1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,956 {\an8}I've always enjoyed looking for needles in haystacks. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:05,676 We need you back in there, that's where we need you, 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,196 digging about, finding some facts, for God's sake. 4 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,036 All of Holly Pinder's computers have been brought to the station. 5 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:13,716 We don't know what's going to be uncovered, 6 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,436 but you can bet heads are going to start rolling soon. 7 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,756 They're going to find whatever it is we're looking for. 8 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,596 Did James ever mention a Joanne Kemper to you? 9 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,516 MP for Cambridge St Michael's. 10 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:23,676 John Taylor, was it? 11 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,756 I do not want that woman's name appearing in any report. 12 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,836 She's connected to two unexplained deaths. 13 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,316 They know who I am, who you are. 14 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,556 I imagine they probably know that DCI Carter's 15 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:34,916 digging around in all this too. 16 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,156 Do you know what scared me the most that night, 17 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:38,596 was how terrified he looked. 18 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,556 Do you think Holly had something on the Chief Constable 19 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:41,916 and they found it? 20 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:43,956 JAMES: - Contact Lucy and stop the interview. 21 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,516 You really have had your fair share of tragedies. 22 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:47,996 It's like it's cyclical or something. 23 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,516 -What's that? -It's a portion of a coded note James had written that 24 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,436 was found on Holly Pinder's computer. 25 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,916 Russell, do you know how Mandy's connected to all this? 26 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,196 She can't have been! What does it say? 27 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,516 Your fiancee was on her way to meet James. 28 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,396 She had unspecified evidence 29 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,836 of her father's involvement in all of this. 30 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:05,337 BANGING ON DOOR 31 00:01:05,341 --> 00:01:06,836 Ziegler! Open up! 32 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,280 -Stop! -We can't be here. 33 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,880 GUNSHOT 34 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:38,876 PATTING 35 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,240 Wakey-wakey! 36 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,636 Why did he sleep here? 37 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:46,600 How should I know? Why did you sleep here? 38 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,356 I don't remember sleeping here. 39 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,996 Because you were asleep. 40 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,356 Did I have a very detailed dream about Chief Constable Ziegler 41 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,876 being murdered and us finding the body? 42 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,196 Oh, no. I'm sorry. 43 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,217 Stop it! 44 00:03:01,221 --> 00:03:02,236 BANGS DOOR 45 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:03,520 We can't be here. 46 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,476 I still can't believe you just left him there. 47 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,996 What were we supposed to do, incriminate ourselves? 48 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,076 I called it in this morning, said I saw a body through a window, 49 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,876 whilst delivering flyers for a hedge-trimming service. 50 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,676 I added that little detail in for a bit of realism, 51 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,876 because there are a lot of hedges round there. 52 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:28,036 I-I still don't get why... 53 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,577 PHONE BEEPING 54 00:03:29,581 --> 00:03:31,120 There, you see, 55 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,116 it worked just like we said. 56 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,200 Russell assigned to the investigation. 57 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,996 It has worked like we said. 58 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,360 Russell has been assigned to investigate. 59 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,480 -He's picking me up in five minutes. -Oh, you'd better get ready, then! 60 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,916 I-I think I am ready. 61 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,996 What about your hair? 62 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,400 I have a travel comb. 63 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,156 Why are they here? 64 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,676 They've been assigned too, John. 65 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,716 That's their job, but I told them to stay put until we got here. 66 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,676 They know nothing. 67 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:16,956 Just play dumb. 68 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:18,080 I can do that. 69 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,916 All right, what have we got? 70 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,516 Anonymous call from a leafleteer saw the body through the window, 71 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,836 phoned the station straight away. 72 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,916 Uh, officer came, confirmed, called it in. 73 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,516 -Nobody's been inside since? -No. We've done a perimeter. 74 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,596 Scene is secure. 75 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,156 Side door's unlocked though. 76 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,476 Yeah, but obviously we need to wait for the SOCO team before... Ooh! 77 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,756 -Wait, where are you going? -Wait for SOCO! Stay put! 78 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,080 Sir... 79 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,196 What if the killer's still here? 80 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,916 Well, that would be pretty stupid of them, wouldn't it? 81 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,916 What if they are pretty stupid? 82 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:08,196 They're not. 83 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,596 You'd better shut those curtains. 84 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,596 They could've got any old numpty in a helmet to do this. 85 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,556 I'm sure the boys will let you play with them soon. 86 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,756 It really doesn't bother you, those two? 87 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:18,476 The DCI and the civilian? 88 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,356 -Crime Scene Consultant. -He's a crossword setter. 89 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,836 Look, we're not being deliberately shut out, Ethan. 90 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:25,320 SHUTTERS RATTLE LOUDLY 91 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,200 He looks weirdly peaceful. 92 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:45,560 Apart from the blood. 93 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,520 -Russell... -Don't touch anything. 94 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,120 Somebody was looking for something. 95 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:12,440 Probably found it. 96 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,480 He gave me his blessing. 97 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:21,920 Made me swear to take care of her. 98 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,520 Never let anything happen to her. 99 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,880 And then he did. 100 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,000 Why was she in contact with your brother? 101 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,476 I don't know. 102 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,236 Look, why was she involved in any of this? 103 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,436 I mean, it-it doesn't make sense. I mean, 104 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,476 why didn't she talk to me? 105 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,040 I-I don't know, Russ. I'm-I'm sorry. 106 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,560 How could you do it, cover up your own daughter's death? 107 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,676 Hmm! 108 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,040 And then you carried on like nothing happened. 109 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,040 You lied to everybody. 110 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:15,920 You lied to me. 111 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:22,476 Just to be Kemper's foot soldier. 112 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,240 We don't know he did that. 113 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,076 Well, he did it for the rest of them, didn't he? 114 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,360 That's your whole theory, isn't it? 115 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,196 Now they're going to do it to him. Probably call it a suicide 116 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,796 and say that he shot himself and hid the gun. 117 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,516 Found it! 118 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:42,880 Found what? 119 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,600 -John, that could be loaded! -What?! I've lost my pen now. 120 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:56,996 Looks like they burned a load of papers. 121 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,880 To conceal evidence. 122 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,120 Do you think SOCO will give me my other pen back? 123 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,476 Um, hello, Ma'am. 124 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,796 Uh, what brings you here? 125 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,836 The address was flagged. 126 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,516 Where's DCI Carter? 127 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,916 He's inside with Mr Taylor. We're out here on guard duty... 128 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,360 What do you mean "flagged"? Why? Who lives here? 129 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:38,680 Ronan Ziegler. 130 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:41,836 -What?! -What, as in the Chief Constable?! 131 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,156 MUFFLED CONVERSATION 132 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,556 Russell! Chief Superintendent Shaw is here! 133 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:50,836 What? Already? All right, let's go! 134 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,600 It's locked. 135 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,396 Hey, whoa, just leave it, leave it! Leave it. 136 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:00,556 The side door's open. 137 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:01,640 He's in there now. 138 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,756 Er, shall...? 139 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,000 Just stay there! Who did it? 140 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:13,196 We've just got here ourselves, Ma'am. 141 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,996 If you don't have a single name for me, after an entire 142 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,520 month of disobeying my direct orders, then I can't help you. 143 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,040 Who did it? 144 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,760 Joanne Kemper. 145 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:27,516 Ma'am, excuse me, but... 146 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,796 I've already spoken to the Police and Crown Commission. 147 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,116 Scotland Yard will be taking over in 24 hours. 148 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,116 They're aware of a secondary investigation going on here. 149 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,236 A secondary investigation? 150 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,036 The murder of an online blogger, Roger Sinclair. 151 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:46,356 Officially closed, unofficially opened again. 152 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,480 By me. 153 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,560 But what's that got to do with any of this? 154 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,636 Well-well, for a start, 155 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,876 we're pretty sure that whoever did that, did this. 156 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,760 "We"? Sorry, so you're part of this special operation? 157 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:04,556 I-I think so. 158 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,596 Mr Taylor's association with us 159 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,596 and his involvement in this kind of investigation goes back a lot 160 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,920 further than you may have been led to believe. 161 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,756 Oh, my God, you're MI5! 162 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:19,716 Puzzles, that's how they recruit them. 163 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,316 That makes so much more sense. 164 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,560 So... Ah, so you actually are a specialist. 165 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,356 Obviously I can neither confirm nor deny that. 166 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,240 -Of course. Of course. -SOCO's here. 167 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,436 The Commissioner leapt on a 24-hour delay 168 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,720 on announcing this, and that is absolutely all the time I can buy. 169 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,436 In the meantime, the whole department has been stood down. 170 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,440 I've sent everyone at the station home. 171 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,480 We'd better let SOCO do their job. 172 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,156 Uh, but what about us? 173 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,236 Do you have some paperwork you can be getting on with? 174 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:04,520 Surely there's other cases you can work on. 175 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,720 Well, in that case... 176 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:19,996 Welcome to the inner circle. 177 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,480 -Yes! -Finally! -Yes! Yes! 178 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:25,400 Yes! 179 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:28,556 Cool, I mean cool. Yeah, yeah. 180 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,396 We've got 24 hours to prove it's Kemper. 181 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,596 24 hours? It's like a film. 182 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,636 Well, don't take all of them! 183 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:36,956 Where are you? 184 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,556 Uh, I'm-I'm at the paper. 185 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:41,716 We left the thumb drive here. 186 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:43,236 Anyway, now we're having some lunch. 187 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,516 Yes, mine! 188 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:45,796 Lunch? 189 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,356 Well, brunch. 190 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,156 I don't know, whatever you want to call it. 191 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,676 And then we're going through all the intel again. 192 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:53,076 John? 193 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,436 I'd better go. 194 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,676 I've not even had breakfast, by the way. 195 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,676 Good. 196 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:00,436 Could you print out that cypher? 197 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:06,040 And do you have a whiteboard, um, somewhere around here? 198 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,080 Not to worry... 199 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,316 Right, then, I think we'd better get our Detective Constables up to 200 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,240 speed on where we are with our operation, don't you? 201 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,996 John? 202 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,756 Um... Feels weird without anything up there. 203 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,800 Why don't you pretend there's something's up there, John? 204 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:43,200 Right... 205 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,360 Okey dokey, pay attention now. 206 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,480 ORCHESTRA TUNES UP 207 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,200 JOHN CLEARS THROAT 208 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,956 On the 21st of February, 2024, an 209 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:05,436 internet journalist, or "blogger", was found dead in his house. 210 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,876 Murdered. 211 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,076 Roger Sinclair, political commentator but mostly 212 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,196 conspiracy theorist and not one that many people took seriously. 213 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:20,676 First on the scene were my husband and his partner, DI Matt Neville. 214 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:23,436 They reported no sign of a break-in, no sign of a struggle. 215 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:27,080 They described the murder as professional in nature. 216 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,636 Go on. 217 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:35,676 A, um... A second team was sent in. 218 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:38,236 Authorised by Chief Constable Ziegler. 219 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:42,396 Hand-picked and from a different unit. 220 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,036 They produced a wildly differing report - visible break-in, 221 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,796 a struggle, a bludgeoning. 222 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,636 An arrest was made. A local burglar, Rhys Bowen. 223 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,116 He died awaiting trial. 224 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,676 Suicide. 225 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:57,316 But it wasn't suicide? 226 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:58,516 No, no, of course it wasn't suicide. 227 00:13:58,520 --> 00:13:59,836 Have you not been following any of this? 228 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,796 No, no, no, nobody ever kills themselves. 229 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:02,840 They did it. 230 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,556 "They" did it? 231 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,476 "They" did it. 232 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,156 Sorry, who are "they"? 233 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,836 Well, we were working on the theory that somewhere among all 234 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,356 of Sinclair's silly conspiracies was one he'd accidentally got right. 235 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,956 Or-or at least close enough for him to be killed for. 236 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:26,036 Unfortunately, every single one of his files was lost in transit. 237 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,116 What? How did that happen? 238 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,680 Your guess is as good as mine. 239 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,480 Well, we-we did manage to track a couple of them down. 240 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,596 Um... We probably don't have time to go into that. 241 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,996 Not at present, no. 242 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,476 Why don't you tell the Detective Constables what we found in them? 243 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,836 Roger Sinclair claimed that an elite family with historical 244 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,156 connections to Cambridge has, for over a century now, 245 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:58,596 maintained an unbroken lineage of political power, via 246 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:03,080 "energetic recalibration on a decennial cycle of ritualistic sacrifice". 247 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:05,956 Oh... 248 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,476 -WHISPERS: - What the fuck? -Basically, they kill 249 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,756 someone every ten years, and then stay rich and powerful. 250 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,636 -Er... -Sorry, to be clear, that's obviously not true. 251 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,316 But this is where it gets spooky. 252 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:20,076 Joanne Kemper is connected to two investigated deaths. 253 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,116 They are ten years apart. 254 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,236 First, Dominic Kennedy - hot tub drowning. 255 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,116 Second, Ryan Oakley - drug overdose. 256 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,996 Both incidents were recorded as accidents. 257 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,116 The first by a then-DI Ziegler. 258 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,876 The second by James. 259 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,276 Well, that wasn't very useful of him. Why'd he do that? 260 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,836 Well, he didn't do it on purpose. 261 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,516 I mean, he obviously thought it was an accident. 262 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,556 -It was a mistake. -Sinclair's conspiracy 263 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,476 theory had hit a bit too close to home. 264 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,516 It may have all been abject nonsense, 265 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,076 but he'd inadvertently joined the right dots. 266 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:53,756 Those deaths weren't accidents, 267 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,320 and he was basically telling the entire internet. 268 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,480 -So they killed him. -That's what they do. 269 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,476 But you still haven't told us who "they" are. 270 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,556 Which family was this Sinclair guy blogging about? 271 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,436 The Kempers. 272 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,996 -What, as in...? -As in Joanne Kemper, yes. 273 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,676 Who now holds the same seat her father did 274 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,236 back when I first started here. 275 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,476 He was a close friend of the Chief Constable. 276 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,240 MOBILE RINGS 277 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,636 -Hello? -But Joanne Kemper, I mean, she's... 278 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,920 She's in the Shadow Cabinet, isn't she? 279 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,436 That's why you're here! 280 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,880 What? Oh, yes, that actually does make sense, doesn't it? 281 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,076 So you're saying that this one woman is somehow 282 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,556 responsible for the deaths of... How many people? 283 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:59,436 Mandy Ziegler, victim number five, died in a car crash. 284 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,436 We now know that she was on her way to meet James, 285 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,716 supposedly with evidence that implicated her father, 286 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,956 Chief Constable Ziegler. 287 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,560 Do we know that though? 288 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:14,756 I mean, look how long this thing is. 289 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:15,796 That's a lot of words to say, 290 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,760 "Mandy Ziegler was on her way to meet me", isn't it? 291 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,520 This is a letter from Dad to us. 292 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,880 Why didn't you de-cypher it all? 293 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:30,716 I can do it. 294 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,796 Because I didn't know how... Sorry, what did you say? 295 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,196 I said I can do it. 296 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,276 That's a... That's a Ludwig. I've got a book here somewhere. 297 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,116 -Are you sure? -Course I'm sure. 298 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:44,196 That, um, stick-figure with the eyeball for a head, 299 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,076 that's the letter "E". 300 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,436 Um, I only remember that 301 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,400 because I got stuck on Zebedee for bloody ages! 302 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:55,880 Right... 303 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:00,760 Aha! 304 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:11,276 If the implication is that the Chief Constable was somehow helping 305 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,756 cover all this up, why kill him? 306 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:15,716 Well, I'm sure she had her reasons. 307 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,956 And in fairness, 308 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,916 we don't actually know why she killed the first two either. 309 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,836 What? But we've... We've got less than 24 hours! 310 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:28,636 Yeah, and I'm sure that's all that Agent Tay-... Mr Taylor will need. 311 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,600 Thank you, Detective Constable Cole. 312 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,036 OK, but it sounds like we don't have any actual, 313 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,516 direct evidence linking Joanne Kemper to even one of these crimes. 314 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,476 -No, annoying, isn't it? -OK, thank you. 315 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,676 The whole special operation's been like this. 316 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,076 The serial number on the base of the gun has been chiselled off. 317 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:49,516 See what I mean? 318 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,756 However, our killer was apparently unaware that on this 319 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,156 particular model, there are two serial numbers. 320 00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:59,360 One on the base, one under the trigger guard. 321 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,200 Wait... 322 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,436 We know who it's registered to? 323 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,480 Oh, we very much know who it's registered to. 324 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:17,600 Yes. 325 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,596 Chief Superintendent Shaw, 326 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,956 I hope you have a very good reason for this. 327 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,556 Chief Constable Ziegler was murdered last night. 328 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:38,600 What?! 329 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:41,276 Ronan? 330 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:42,960 No, but I-I-I-I just... 331 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,956 Why am I here? 332 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,240 A gun was found at the scene, registered to your home address. 333 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,480 My father owned a gun. Where is it now? 334 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,196 Well, I assume not locked safely away in my study, 335 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,116 or presumably I wouldn't be here? 336 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:06,716 Presumably you'd be out for lunch somewhere. 337 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,200 Yes. I would. 338 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,076 I'd like to speak to DCC Radley, please. 339 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,956 The Deputy Chief Constable is your official liaison here. 340 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,556 He cannot be involved in any investigation pertaining to you. 341 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:24,680 Really? Well, would you mind telling him I'm here anyway? 342 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,280 Er, Y... 343 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,400 Mandy. Er... 344 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:53,600 Er... 345 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:00,800 Should I...? 346 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:09,516 "Dear Lucy, on the second of February 2024, 347 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,476 "I received an anonymous call from a woman 348 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:16,316 "asking to meet me, in person, claiming to have evidence 349 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,596 "linking Chief Constable Ronan Ziegler 350 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,236 "to the death of Ryan Oakley, 351 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,836 "a case I'd closed as an overdose." 352 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:29,436 "I now know this woman was Mandy Ziegler," 353 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,676 "killed in a fatal car crash on Knight's Path that same evening." 354 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:38,236 "Her death is on me, as are the deaths of three more people" 355 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,396 "whose lives were taken after I had abjectly failed to" 356 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,916 "differentiate a murder from an accident." 357 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,040 Wait, three more? After? 358 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,400 You do seem to be missing a victim up there, eh? 359 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,076 "There is no direct evidence linking Joanne Kemper to any" 360 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:02,556 "one of these crimes. The Henge Assembly saw to that." 361 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,836 -The Henge Assembly? -A private members club, 362 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,360 sort of like the Loyal Order Of Water Buffalo. 363 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,116 What, you've never seen The Flintstones? 364 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:14,436 "She will escape justice, just as her father did before her." 365 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,116 "I hold myself singularly responsible," 366 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:19,996 "but justice can take many forms." 367 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:25,356 "I intend to balance these scales by any means necessary." 368 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,880 "If you are reading this, then I have failed." 369 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:37,996 "I love you. 370 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,436 "Always have, always will, 371 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,796 "James." Well, that's nice, anyway. 372 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,200 He's never coming back. 373 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,876 He thinks it's all his fault. 374 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,756 You know, that balancing the scales stuff doesn't exactly 375 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,040 reek of, um, due process, does it? 376 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,680 I wonder if he's already done what he said. 377 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,120 I mean, we got this thing earlier than he had planned. 378 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:11,680 If John's read this... 379 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,156 MOBILE RINGS 380 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,200 Lucy. 381 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,280 Mum?! 382 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:43,116 Oh, Mr Taylor. 383 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,436 Of course you'd be here. 384 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,160 Your family seem to be constantly interviewing me. 385 00:23:57,520 --> 00:24:01,080 -Ms Kemper, my name... -I know who you are, DCI Carter. 386 00:24:02,360 --> 00:24:04,600 Ronan always spoke very highly of you. 387 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:10,560 Right, then. 388 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,956 My house was broken into three days ago. 389 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,636 The alarm was disabled, we don't know how. 390 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:22,116 DCC Radley was made aware. My security's being looked into. 391 00:24:22,120 --> 00:24:24,596 We did not believe anything was taken. 392 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,240 And now you think a gun was taken? 393 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,596 Obviously. 394 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,676 You didn't notice a missing firearm for three days? 395 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,680 I don't have many reasons to take it out of my study. 396 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:41,756 DCC Radley will confirm the break-in. Has he been contacted? 397 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,996 How can he confirm the break-in? 398 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,796 -What? -Surely he can only confirm that you told him there was a break-in? 399 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,676 Why would I tell him there was a break-in if there wasn't? 400 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,600 I don't know. Depends on whether or not you're the killer. 401 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,160 Ronan Ziegler was like a second father to me. 402 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,120 He was almost an actual one to you, wasn't he? 403 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,596 He was a man I used to respect. 404 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,036 Used to? 405 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,040 He's dead, Ms Kemper. 406 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,160 And you own the gun that killed him. 407 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,956 It does appear that way, doesn't it? 408 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,720 What time did this happen? 409 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:34,680 We believe at approximately 8pm last night. 410 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,760 I think I might need to speak to a solicitor. 411 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,320 Nobody's ever said that before. 412 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:52,716 You're not going to believe it, Sir, 413 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,396 but we have actual CCTV footage of Joanne Kemper 414 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,960 going in and out of Ziegler's house at 19:50 yesterday. 415 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:06,760 No wonder she wants a solicitor. 416 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,120 GUNSHOT 417 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,396 -Charge her. -What, me? 418 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:22,880 I-I don't think I can. 419 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:28,960 Hello... 420 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,400 I was going to kill him myself. 421 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,400 No, you weren't. 422 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,600 You weren't, Russell, I promise. 423 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,200 That's not us. 424 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:14,400 Nice to have some pictures up here. 425 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,000 This was everything the killer was presumably trying to destroy. 426 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,156 Not that pen, they weren't, that's mine. 427 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,596 I'm sure DC Cole will buy you another one. 428 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,916 -Hmm? -What are those buckles? 429 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:32,596 Yeah, three. 430 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,956 I'm thinking some sort of hold-all full of papers, 431 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:37,516 rest of it burned away? 432 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,956 "Erve life then sec"...? 433 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,996 Preserve life then secure scene. 434 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,956 It's from the police training manual. 435 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,156 Priority hierarchy. 436 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,236 Do any of you ever read it? 437 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,960 Why would a murderer burn a textbook? 438 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,156 That's a Ludwig puzzle, or a bit of one, anyway. 439 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,876 The killer must have used random books from the room as kindling. 440 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,516 Ziegler wasn't exactly a puzzle man, John. 441 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,720 You'd be surprised how many shelves I'm on. 442 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,160 So what was it they were actually trying to burn in there? 443 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:13,760 I don't know. 444 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,556 She owns the gun, she was caught on camera leaving the crime scene. 445 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,876 -Does the motive really matter? -Of course the motive matters! 446 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,480 We're trying to solve an overarching mystery here! 447 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:26,920 OK, sorry. 448 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,080 MOBILE RINGS 449 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,960 Oh, I never rang her back. 450 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:38,996 -Who didn't he call back? -Lucy. 451 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,636 -Who's Lucy? -Steve. 452 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,276 Hello? 453 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,556 You're where?! Stay there! 454 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,080 I'm coming! 455 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,516 Oh, there you are. 456 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,876 Did you read that letter? The whole thing? 457 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,076 What? Um... 458 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,956 What? Have you read James's letter? 459 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,316 How?! That code is literally unbreakable! 460 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,956 It's in one of your books, you wally! 461 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,396 Yes, an early self-published limited edition, 462 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,596 barely any printed. 463 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,156 Mum made me give James a copy, that's why he used it. 464 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,916 A thin little paperback? Swirly pattern cover? 465 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,796 That's the Fibonacci Spiral! 466 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,956 Well, my editor got one on eBay. 467 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,356 Did he? Wow, he really is a fan, isn't he? 468 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:35,796 John, what on earth is, "Justice by any means necessary"? 469 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,356 Yes, I wasn't too happy about that bit either. 470 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,636 We've arrested Joanne Kemper. It was her gun. 471 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,196 She claims it was stolen. 472 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,960 She's also on camera leaving the crime scene. 473 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,236 OK, that doesn't strike you as odd? 474 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,516 Someone who's covered up more murders than hot dinners 475 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,036 and never left one scrap of evidence? 476 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,840 It does make this one a bit of an anomaly, granted. 477 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,956 John, what if James did it? 478 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:05,320 Did what? 479 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,836 -You can't think... -Look, two people were up to their necks in it. 480 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,556 One of them is dead and the other one is in the frame for his murder. 481 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,476 "Justice by any means necessary". 482 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,240 My brother wouldn't kill anyone. It's... 483 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,996 It's... wrong. 484 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,800 He thinks all these people are dead, maybe more, and it's his fault. 485 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,960 His view on right and wrong may have changed. 486 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,000 Yes, but... murder is really wrong. 487 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,836 You do think it's possible, John. 488 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,440 You've already considered it. 489 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,480 GUNSHOT 490 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,080 But I'd never do that. 491 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,196 Yes, but you'd never get married and settle down and have children. 492 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,320 You are not the same person! 493 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,840 No, that's... Oh, that's not a bad thing, John. 494 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,440 Oh, no... 495 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:28,680 Maybe he won't see us. 496 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,676 -Mr and Mrs Taylor. -Ah, hello! 497 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,836 I can't say that I'm surprised to see you here. 498 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:39,516 I'm on a special operation. 499 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:40,916 Yes, so I've heard. 500 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:45,516 And perhaps you're here for another interview. 501 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,556 Oh, yes, if you're offering? 502 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,796 Your special operation has been shut down. 503 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,836 The PACC has reversed its decision. 504 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,876 The correct team will be taking over. 505 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,320 They'll be here very soon. 506 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,436 You never did get back to me on that cypher, Mr Taylor. 507 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,040 Do you know why I gave it to you? 508 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,796 Chief Constable Ziegler was overseeing the Pinder task-force 509 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,556 for a total of 48 hours before his... abrupt sabbatical. 510 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,916 That cypher was part of the first haul they got from the hard drive. 511 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,120 We know he sent a copy to himself. 512 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:22,756 -I-I couldn't solve it. -Yes, well... And now he's dead. 513 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,756 Joanne Kemper is innocent and when she's released, 514 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:29,116 we'll start looking into more viable suspects. 515 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,596 Maybe someone who might have had a motive to frame her. 516 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:37,240 Perhaps someone who's become... obsessed with her. 517 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,076 Goodness me, is that a threat? 518 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:45,920 I don't know why you'd read it as one. 519 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:52,520 I presume Chief Superintendent Shaw is in her office? Good. 520 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,080 I suggest you two go home. 521 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,600 Don't want to go home. 522 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:03,960 Neither do I, come on. 523 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,276 I understand that, Ma'am. 524 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:13,200 Other chances... Yes, but... Ma'am. 525 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,716 The DCC is enroute, if not here already. 526 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,156 Scotland Yard are taking control of the investigation. 527 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,036 -We're to cease operations immediately. -What?! 528 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,796 The tall security guy just arrived 529 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,560 and the police-police are taking the case off us. 530 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,396 -Oh, uh, this is my sister-in-law. -Hello! 531 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:34,676 Hello. 532 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,436 Erm, we're not actually going to let this happen are we, Sir? 533 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,836 How long have you been investigating this? 534 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,596 -Bloody ages. -Are you... Intelligence? 535 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,080 I have my moments. 536 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:47,556 We can't do anything about this. 537 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,000 We can never do anything, even when you've got the Super on-side! 538 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,636 No wonder your brother went rogue, John. 539 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,760 How else do you get justice in this system? 540 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,440 Why burn the gun? 541 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,840 -It'd remove the DNA. -Why not just take it home? 542 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,400 Those were Christmas presents from Mandy. 543 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,680 I remember her writing little inscriptions in them. 544 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:35,880 Both of them? 545 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,280 Did-did she ever buy him a Ludwig? 546 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,596 What? No, she-she didn't. 547 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,196 Do you think you could just get over yourself for five minutes, please? 548 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,520 I am over myself. 549 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,196 There was a Ludwig, right there! My newest one, actually. 550 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,676 I-I put it back on the shelf. 551 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,116 What? Why? 552 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,160 I'm a bit funny about my books. 553 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,996 I-I didn't know it was evidence, did I? 554 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,796 -How is it evidence? -It, it was placed there, deliberately, 555 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,956 alongside two books with inscriptions 556 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,080 by the Chief Constable's daughter in. 557 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:16,796 That was a clue. 558 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,516 What do you mean "a clue"? 559 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,756 He means the Ludwig was left on purpose for us to find. 560 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,756 That book's going have an inscription in too. 561 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:29,156 Why on earth would Joanne Kemper leave us a clue to follow? 562 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,356 She wouldn't. 563 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:37,476 The book's at the crime scene. Would you be able to get it? 564 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,676 Are you serious? 565 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,716 Are you telling me you don't want to know what's in that book? 566 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,236 Are you telling me you're prepared to illegally enter a crime scene? 567 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:46,880 Well, I mean... 568 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,316 That place is going to be locked up, John. 569 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,796 I know how you can get in. 570 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,720 Really? You do? Is it some sort of specialist... 571 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,716 thing? 572 00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:04,476 Hmm? 573 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,476 Oh, no, the Chief Constable just happened to employ the same 574 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,240 "locked-out" backup system as was used by my mum. 575 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:21,920 Hurry up, will you? 576 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,876 This wasn't in training, you know. 577 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,560 Course it's not, it's illegal. 578 00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:33,600 -I've got it! -Yep. 579 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:35,840 Yes! 580 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:39,560 LOCK TURNS 581 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,116 We're holding her in an interview room. 582 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,360 I can assure you she's very comfortable. 583 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,996 I am now, of course, Chief Constable. 584 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,196 Acting Chief Constable. 585 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,036 Right, right... 586 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,956 Although an official appointment will be made at a later date, 587 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:03,956 once Ziegler's case is closed, 588 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,040 I wonder if you intend on throwing your hat in the ring, Carol? 589 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,400 It's pretty far from my thoughts right now, Chief Constable Radley. 590 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:14,916 Yes. 591 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,000 Yes, of course. 592 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:20,680 You do know I considered him a friend? 593 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,120 So did I. 594 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:26,520 Really? 595 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,120 Hmm... 596 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,200 It's become increasingly obvious that he did some very bad things. 597 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,600 Although, between us, I'm sure we can smooth a lot of that out? 598 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,120 For the sake of the community. 599 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,040 I've taken my team off this case, on advice... 600 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:53,316 but Joanne Kemper has been charged and will be remaining in custody. 601 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,116 Whatever happens next is down to whoever takes over the case. 602 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:57,716 Not me. 603 00:37:57,720 --> 00:37:59,000 Not you. 604 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,196 Though, of course, you will have their ear. 605 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:05,320 Yes. 606 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:07,800 Yes, I suppose I will. 607 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,640 Talk about greatness being thrust upon you. 608 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,960 -Did you look inside? - No, Sir. -Yes, we did. - Quick peek. 609 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,920 "To Mandy. I'll make it right." 610 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,396 Russell, what is it? 611 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,236 That was something he used to say to her when she was a little girl. 612 00:38:58,240 --> 00:39:02,076 Whenever she was hurt or upset, or confused, that's what he'd say. 613 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,200 "I'll make it right." 614 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,316 What are you thinking, Sir? 615 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,600 That this isn't what I expected. 616 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,080 This clue isn't for me. 617 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,676 Why haven't any of the pages been ripped out? 618 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:21,956 Were they supposed to be? 619 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,320 Yes, they were. 620 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,440 This is from a different book. 621 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:31,996 Well, that's odd. 622 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,076 -What's odd, Sir...? -Sh. -Sorry. 623 00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:36,120 John? 624 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,800 But that's absolutely unbelievable... 625 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,400 which is exactly what it was meant to be. 626 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:03,996 What is it? 627 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,276 Joanne Kemper did not kill Chief Constable Ziegler. 628 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:08,876 Then who did? 629 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,436 Because our Acting Chief Constable is currently downstairs 630 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:12,996 arranging her a solicitor. 631 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,040 Hello! 632 00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:18,040 -Ahem. -Ma'am... 633 00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:24,596 Russell, I-I-I don't think I was ever supposed to read that message. 634 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:25,680 You were. 635 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,916 My impromptu tidy-up was never part of his plan. 636 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,560 You were meant to find that book. 637 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,756 It was published in March this year. 638 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,360 That's after... 639 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,676 After what? 640 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:44,840 Mandy's death. 641 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,560 We think it was a part of this. 642 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,556 -Who's Mandy? -I don't... 643 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,840 It's Ziegler's daughter and Russell's fiancee. 644 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,196 -Right... -And how long exactly have you known this? 645 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,840 He didn't and neither did Chief Constable Ziegler. 646 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,196 What? 647 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:12,836 I think until very recently he fully believed that what happened 648 00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,520 to his daughter was nothing more than a tragic accident. 649 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,516 He was still grieving for his daughter 650 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,276 and now he was having to spend all day trying to ensure that the 651 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,840 task force didn't find any of his cover-ups on Holly's computers. 652 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,876 That's when he came across the cypher. 653 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:39,596 The one that DCC Radley gave me that portion of. He recognised it. 654 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,676 -From where? -From one of my books. 655 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,756 Not that one. That one's pretty much brand-new, 656 00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,476 I don't think the pages have even been turned. 657 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:51,196 No, he recognised it from this one. The one that's been burned. 658 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,160 A rare, self-published, limited edition. 659 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:56,956 What a waste. 660 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,916 But why would he have a copy of this one? 661 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,040 I don't know. 662 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,796 I'll be honest, that bit is a bit strange. 663 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,276 But he definitely had one. 664 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,756 It's impossible to solve it without it. 665 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:27,400 And he did solve it. 666 00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,996 That's how he found out the truth. 667 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:32,956 Mandy's death was no accident. 668 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,400 He really didn't know... 669 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:38,960 He was a baddie, but he wasn't like them. 670 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:46,556 He worked for them, but presumably paid in promotions. 671 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:47,600 But... 672 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,716 he was still a father. 673 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:53,600 THUNDER RUMBLES 674 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,760 THUNDERCLAP 675 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,120 So who killed him, John? 676 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:29,556 Kemper couldn't be linked to any crime she'd ever committed. 677 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:31,276 Ziegler knew that better than anyone. 678 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,476 He was the one that had helped bury them all. 679 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,800 But for his own daughter? 680 00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,876 He wanted justice for that and correct justice too, 681 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:47,396 imprisonment for murder, and if it wasn't to be for hers, 682 00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,556 then it would have to be for his. 683 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:50,880 What are you saying? 684 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,720 I'm saying that this wasn't a murder. 685 00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:57,800 It was a suicide. 686 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,076 Deliberately made to look like a murder. 687 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:05,280 I'm afraid so. 688 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:09,960 BEEPING 689 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:13,796 He wanted to frame Kemper. 690 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:18,760 He knew her schedule, knew when she'd be off at some gala or other. 691 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:26,396 And he knew precisely where her father used to keep his gun. 692 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,120 He had worked for this family for nearly 20 years. 693 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,156 He may not have been an actual fan of puzzles, 694 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,556 but it turns out he was exceptionally good at setting them. 695 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:42,280 I mean, how does one shoot oneself and then hide the gun? 696 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,636 It was the buckles that gave it away, 697 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,916 the three burnt buckles. 698 00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,076 They weren't from a hold-all at all. 699 00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:52,876 They were from a pair of braces. 700 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,236 He'd already had the Kemper visit that we caught on camera. 701 00:44:57,240 --> 00:44:58,796 Same day. 702 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:03,036 What he'd said to her to make her come in person we can only guess at. 703 00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,316 My guess would be that it was something that would've 704 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,400 put him at the top of her hit-list anyway. 705 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:11,680 He saved her the trouble. 706 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:03,876 It was... 707 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:05,196 brilliant. 708 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,836 Everything ended up exactly where it needed to be. 709 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:10,796 Well, almost everything. 710 00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:14,520 There were four buckles on those braces, not three. 711 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:17,836 If you have someone search the chimney, 712 00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,116 they're going to find a hook or a nail up there. 713 00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:22,600 And our fourth buckle. 714 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,120 So he sacrificed himself? 715 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,120 He didn't want to live. 716 00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,436 Didn't want to live, 717 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,716 but he didn't want to die till he'd made things right. 718 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:40,916 Justice by any means necessary. 719 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:43,000 Justice by any means necessary. 720 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,156 We'll have to let her go. 721 00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,276 But, no, she's responsible for several actual murders. 722 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,676 Of which our own Chief Constable couldn't even prove 723 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,156 and apparently he was in on half of them. 724 00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:58,956 DC Sullivan is right. This was never the way. 725 00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:00,520 No, it wasn't. 726 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:03,920 I'm so sorry, DCI Carter. 727 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:09,836 Right, not a word of this leaves this office. 728 00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,076 -Am I understood? - Yes. -Yes. - Yes, Ma'am. 729 00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:14,476 MOBILE RINGS 730 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:15,876 Hmm... 731 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:16,920 Hello. 732 00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:19,956 Yes, of course I'm coming to pick him up. 733 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,476 I have been very busy, you know. 734 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:24,956 Hmm? Oh, no, no, we solved that. 735 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,916 No, it turns out Chief Constable Ziegler was trying to frame 736 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,556 Joanne Kemper for his own murder by using a makeshift 737 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:34,036 version of his door-key catapult system. 738 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,476 Mm, I know. 739 00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:38,600 Pretty obvious when you think about it. 740 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,116 Mm... 741 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,440 OK, bye-bye. 742 00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:49,436 Oh, sorry, it's just my boss. 743 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:54,000 Your boss? As in the editor of a newspaper? 744 00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,640 It's-it's not a proper one, it's mo-... 745 00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:05,876 He's cool, isn't he, Russell? 746 00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:07,840 Er... 747 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,556 Good. 748 00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:23,440 Oh! Come in, come in! 749 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,156 What exactly is this place? 750 00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,276 Oh, it's, uh, clearly a newsroom. 751 00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,396 -Is it? -Sorry, who are these, um, people? 752 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,796 Oh, we have, um, two Detective Constables, um, 753 00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:45,596 DCI Russell Carter, as you know, and Chief Superintendent Carol Shaw. 754 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:49,840 Right. I-I actually meant what are they doing here? 755 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,036 Sorry, is that an evidence board? 756 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,116 No, it's an architect's easel. 757 00:49:56,120 --> 00:50:00,156 Uh, how exactly did you become involved in all this, Mr Fisher? 758 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:04,436 Um, I'm-I'm not really quite sure. 759 00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:08,356 Um, probably some kind of cosmic punishment. 760 00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:10,996 Although actually I do get to write a book about it when it's finished. 761 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:12,116 Co-write. 762 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:17,156 Co-write?! When did that happen? Sorry about your Chief Constable. 763 00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:18,236 Were you close? 764 00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:19,480 What is all this? 765 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:27,436 Well, it looks like an unofficial investigation into missing 766 00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:31,996 detectives, multiple murders and high-ranking cover-ups. 767 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,156 Yes, we've done quite well, all things considered. 768 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:38,520 Ah, apart from not actually catching the baddie, of course. 769 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:15,080 Do you think she believed it? Our version? 770 00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:18,756 Couldn't get over his daughter's death? 771 00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:23,600 Too proud to have his own recorded as a suicide? No. 772 00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:28,716 She knows Ziegler tried to frame her and she's doesn't care. 773 00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:29,956 Why would she? 774 00:51:29,960 --> 00:51:33,356 It's just another casualty caught in the crossfire of her own ambition. 775 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:34,476 At the rate she's going, 776 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:37,720 we'll end up with our first serial killer Prime Minister. 777 00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:00,280 The world's already far too broken for us to allow that. 778 00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:06,040 We're going to have to save it. 779 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:08,440 Save the world? 780 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:12,796 Too grand? 781 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:14,756 Not grand enough. 782 00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:16,840 She already destroyed mine. 783 00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:20,076 That's what she does. 784 00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:21,716 That's why we're all here. 785 00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:24,200 Well, she couldn't have chosen worse opponents. 786 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,316 For her, I mean! You're all actually really good, 787 00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:29,440 that's the point. 788 00:52:31,240 --> 00:52:34,796 Yeah, well, in fairness, you're pretty good yourself, John. 789 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:36,360 Yes, I know I am. 790 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:41,760 That's why we're going to win. 791 00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:12,440 MUSIC: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony