1 00:00:00,001 --> 00:00:03,980 I've always enjoyed looking for needles in haystacks. 2 00:00:03,981 --> 00:00:05,700 We need you back in there, that's where we need you, 3 00:00:05,701 --> 00:00:08,220 digging about, finding some facts, for God's sake. 4 00:00:08,221 --> 00:00:12,060 All of Holly Pinder's computers have been brought to the station. 5 00:00:12,061 --> 00:00:13,740 We don't know what's going to be uncovered, 6 00:00:13,741 --> 00:00:15,460 but you can bet heads are going to start rolling soon. 7 00:00:15,461 --> 00:00:17,780 They're going to find whatever it is we're looking for. 8 00:00:17,781 --> 00:00:20,620 Did James ever mention a Joanne Kemper to you? 9 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:22,540 MP for Cambridge St Michael's. 10 00:00:22,541 --> 00:00:23,700 John Taylor, was it? 11 00:00:23,701 --> 00:00:26,780 I do not want that woman's name appearing in any report. 12 00:00:26,781 --> 00:00:29,860 She's connected to two unexplained deaths. 13 00:00:29,861 --> 00:00:31,340 They know who I am, who you are. 14 00:00:31,341 --> 00:00:33,580 I imagine they probably know that DCI Carter's 15 00:00:33,581 --> 00:00:34,940 digging around in all this too. 16 00:00:34,941 --> 00:00:37,180 Do you know what scared me the most that night, 17 00:00:37,181 --> 00:00:38,620 was how terrified he looked. 18 00:00:38,621 --> 00:00:40,580 Do you think Holly had something on the Chief Constable 19 00:00:40,581 --> 00:00:41,940 and they found it? 20 00:00:41,941 --> 00:00:43,980 - JAMES: - Contact Lucy and stop the interview. 21 00:00:43,981 --> 00:00:46,540 You really have had your fair share of tragedies. 22 00:00:46,541 --> 00:00:48,020 It's like it's cyclical or something. 23 00:00:48,021 --> 00:00:51,540 - What's that? - It's a portion of a coded note James had written that 24 00:00:51,541 --> 00:00:53,460 was found on Holly Pinder's computer. 25 00:00:53,461 --> 00:00:55,940 Russell, do you know how Mandy's connected to all this? 26 00:00:55,941 --> 00:00:57,220 She can't have been! What does it say? 27 00:00:57,221 --> 00:00:59,540 Your fiancee was on her way to meet James. 28 00:00:59,541 --> 00:01:01,420 She had unspecified evidence 29 00:01:01,421 --> 00:01:03,860 of her father's involvement in all of this. 30 00:01:03,861 --> 00:01:06,861 BANGING ON DOOR 31 00:01:03,861 --> 00:01:06,860 Ziegler! Open up! 32 00:01:06,861 --> 00:01:09,301 - Stop! - We can't be here. 33 00:02:06,141 --> 00:02:07,901 GUNSHOT 34 00:02:37,061 --> 00:02:38,900 PATTING 35 00:02:38,901 --> 00:02:40,261 Wakey-wakey! 36 00:02:42,101 --> 00:02:43,660 Why did he sleep here? 37 00:02:43,661 --> 00:02:46,621 How should I know? Why did you sleep here? 38 00:02:48,541 --> 00:02:50,380 I don't remember sleeping here. 39 00:02:50,381 --> 00:02:52,020 Because you were asleep. 40 00:02:52,021 --> 00:02:55,380 Did I have a very detailed dream about Chief Constable Ziegler 41 00:02:55,381 --> 00:02:57,900 being murdered and us finding the body? 42 00:02:57,901 --> 00:03:00,220 Oh, no. I'm sorry. 43 00:03:00,221 --> 00:03:02,261 Stop it! 44 00:03:00,221 --> 00:03:02,260 BANGS DOOR 45 00:03:02,261 --> 00:03:03,541 We can't be here. 46 00:03:11,101 --> 00:03:13,500 I still can't believe you just left him there. 47 00:03:13,501 --> 00:03:16,020 What were we supposed to do, incriminate ourselves? 48 00:03:16,021 --> 00:03:19,100 I called it in this morning, said I saw a body through a window, 49 00:03:19,101 --> 00:03:21,900 whilst delivering flyers for a hedge-trimming service. 50 00:03:21,901 --> 00:03:24,700 I added that little detail in for a bit of realism, 51 00:03:24,701 --> 00:03:26,900 because there are a lot of hedges round there. 52 00:03:26,901 --> 00:03:28,060 I-I still don't get why... 53 00:03:28,061 --> 00:03:31,141 PHONE BEEPING 54 00:03:28,061 --> 00:03:31,141 There, you see, 55 00:03:28,061 --> 00:03:31,140 it worked just like we said. 56 00:03:31,141 --> 00:03:33,221 Russell assigned to the investigation. 57 00:03:34,741 --> 00:03:37,020 It has worked like we said. 58 00:03:37,021 --> 00:03:39,381 Russell has been assigned to investigate. 59 00:03:41,101 --> 00:03:44,651 - He's picking me up in five minutes. - Oh, you'd better get ready, then! 60 00:03:45,581 --> 00:03:47,940 I-I think I am ready. 61 00:03:47,941 --> 00:03:50,020 What about your hair? 62 00:03:50,021 --> 00:03:51,421 I have a travel comb. 63 00:04:06,821 --> 00:04:08,180 Why are they here? 64 00:04:08,181 --> 00:04:09,700 They've been assigned too, John. 65 00:04:09,701 --> 00:04:13,740 That's their job, but I told them to stay put until we got here. 66 00:04:13,741 --> 00:04:15,700 They know nothing. 67 00:04:15,701 --> 00:04:16,980 Just play dumb. 68 00:04:16,981 --> 00:04:18,101 I can do that. 69 00:04:25,101 --> 00:04:26,940 All right, what have we got? 70 00:04:26,941 --> 00:04:30,540 Anonymous call from a leafleteer saw the body through the window, 71 00:04:30,541 --> 00:04:32,860 phoned the station straight away. 72 00:04:32,861 --> 00:04:35,940 Uh, officer came, confirmed, called it in. 73 00:04:35,941 --> 00:04:38,540 - Nobody's been inside since? - No. We've done a perimeter. 74 00:04:38,541 --> 00:04:40,620 Scene is secure. 75 00:04:40,621 --> 00:04:42,180 Side door's unlocked though. 76 00:04:42,181 --> 00:04:45,500 Yeah, but obviously we need to wait for the SOCO team before... Ooh! 77 00:04:45,501 --> 00:04:47,780 - Wait, where are you going? - Wait for SOCO! Stay put! 78 00:04:47,781 --> 00:04:49,101 Sir... 79 00:04:59,821 --> 00:05:02,220 What if the killer's still here? 80 00:05:02,221 --> 00:05:04,940 Well, that would be pretty stupid of them, wouldn't it? 81 00:05:04,941 --> 00:05:06,940 What if they are pretty stupid? 82 00:05:06,941 --> 00:05:08,220 They're not. 83 00:05:08,221 --> 00:05:10,620 You'd better shut those curtains. 84 00:05:10,621 --> 00:05:12,620 They could've got any old numpty in a helmet to do this. 85 00:05:12,621 --> 00:05:14,580 I'm sure the boys will let you play with them soon. 86 00:05:14,581 --> 00:05:16,780 It really doesn't bother you, those two? 87 00:05:16,781 --> 00:05:18,500 The DCI and the civilian? 88 00:05:18,501 --> 00:05:21,380 - Crime Scene Consultant. - He's a crossword setter. 89 00:05:21,381 --> 00:05:23,860 Look, we're not being deliberately shut out, Ethan. 90 00:05:23,861 --> 00:05:25,341 SHUTTERS RATTLE LOUDLY 91 00:05:39,261 --> 00:05:41,221 He looks weirdly peaceful. 92 00:05:44,301 --> 00:05:45,581 Apart from the blood. 93 00:05:57,781 --> 00:06:00,541 - Russell... - Don't touch anything. 94 00:06:08,141 --> 00:06:10,141 Somebody was looking for something. 95 00:06:11,141 --> 00:06:12,461 Probably found it. 96 00:06:16,261 --> 00:06:17,501 He gave me his blessing. 97 00:06:19,901 --> 00:06:21,941 Made me swear to take care of her. 98 00:06:23,901 --> 00:06:25,541 Never let anything happen to her. 99 00:06:27,541 --> 00:06:28,901 And then he did. 100 00:06:31,941 --> 00:06:34,051 Why was she in contact with your brother? 101 00:06:36,221 --> 00:06:37,500 I don't know. 102 00:06:37,501 --> 00:06:40,260 Look, why was she involved in any of this? 103 00:06:40,261 --> 00:06:43,460 I mean, it-it doesn't make sense. I mean, 104 00:06:43,461 --> 00:06:45,500 why didn't she talk to me? 105 00:06:45,501 --> 00:06:48,061 I-I don't know, Russ. I'm-I'm sorry. 106 00:06:58,381 --> 00:07:02,581 How could you do it, cover up your own daughter's death? 107 00:07:05,181 --> 00:07:06,700 Hmm! 108 00:07:06,701 --> 00:07:09,061 And then you carried on like nothing happened. 109 00:07:10,501 --> 00:07:12,061 You lied to everybody. 110 00:07:14,741 --> 00:07:15,941 You lied to me. 111 00:07:20,341 --> 00:07:22,500 Just to be Kemper's foot soldier. 112 00:07:22,501 --> 00:07:24,261 We don't know he did that. 113 00:07:25,341 --> 00:07:28,100 Well, he did it for the rest of them, didn't he? 114 00:07:28,101 --> 00:07:31,381 That's your whole theory, isn't it? 115 00:07:31,472 --> 00:07:37,220 Now they're going to do it to him. Probably call it a suicide 116 00:07:37,221 --> 00:07:39,820 and say that he shot himself and hid the gun. 117 00:07:39,821 --> 00:07:41,540 Found it! 118 00:07:41,541 --> 00:07:42,901 Found what? 119 00:07:45,021 --> 00:07:48,621 - John, that could be loaded! - What?! I've lost my pen now. 120 00:07:53,472 --> 00:07:57,020 Looks like they burned a load of papers. 121 00:07:57,021 --> 00:07:58,901 To conceal evidence. 122 00:08:13,461 --> 00:08:16,141 Do you think SOCO will give me my other pen back? 123 00:08:22,741 --> 00:08:25,500 Um, hello, Ma'am. 124 00:08:25,501 --> 00:08:27,820 Uh, what brings you here? 125 00:08:27,821 --> 00:08:29,860 The address was flagged. 126 00:08:29,861 --> 00:08:31,540 Where's DCI Carter? 127 00:08:31,541 --> 00:08:33,940 He's inside with Mr Taylor. We're out here on guard duty... 128 00:08:33,941 --> 00:08:36,411 What do you mean "flagged"? Why? Who lives here? 129 00:08:37,661 --> 00:08:38,711 Ronan Ziegler. 130 00:08:38,712 --> 00:08:41,860 - What?! - What, as in the Chief Constable?! 131 00:08:41,861 --> 00:08:44,180 MUFFLED CONVERSATION 132 00:08:44,181 --> 00:08:47,580 Russell! Chief Superintendent Shaw is here! 133 00:08:47,581 --> 00:08:50,860 What? Already? All right, let's go! 134 00:08:50,861 --> 00:08:52,621 It's locked. 135 00:08:55,272 --> 00:08:59,420 Hey, whoa, just leave it, leave it! Leave it. 136 00:08:59,421 --> 00:09:00,580 The side door's open. 137 00:09:00,581 --> 00:09:01,661 He's in there now. 138 00:09:03,981 --> 00:09:05,780 Er, shall...? 139 00:09:05,781 --> 00:09:08,021 Just stay there! Who did it? 140 00:09:10,581 --> 00:09:13,220 We've just got here ourselves, Ma'am. 141 00:09:13,221 --> 00:09:16,020 If you don't have a single name for me, after an entire 142 00:09:16,021 --> 00:09:19,031 month of disobeying my direct orders, then I can't help you. 143 00:09:20,021 --> 00:09:21,071 Who did it? 144 00:09:23,381 --> 00:09:24,781 Joanne Kemper. 145 00:09:25,821 --> 00:09:27,540 Ma'am, excuse me, but... 146 00:09:27,541 --> 00:09:30,820 I've already spoken to the Police and Crown Commission. 147 00:09:30,821 --> 00:09:34,140 Scotland Yard will be taking over in 24 hours. 148 00:09:34,141 --> 00:09:37,140 They're aware of a secondary investigation going on here. 149 00:09:37,141 --> 00:09:39,260 A secondary investigation? 150 00:09:39,261 --> 00:09:42,060 The murder of an online blogger, Roger Sinclair. 151 00:09:42,061 --> 00:09:46,380 Officially closed, unofficially opened again. 152 00:09:46,381 --> 00:09:47,501 By me. 153 00:09:48,501 --> 00:09:50,611 But what's that got to do with any of this? 154 00:09:52,861 --> 00:09:54,660 Well-well, for a start, 155 00:09:54,661 --> 00:09:57,900 we're pretty sure that whoever did that, did this. 156 00:09:57,901 --> 00:10:01,781 "We"? Sorry, so you're part of this special operation? 157 00:10:02,941 --> 00:10:04,580 I-I think so. 158 00:10:04,581 --> 00:10:06,620 Mr Taylor's association with us 159 00:10:06,621 --> 00:10:09,620 and his involvement in this kind of investigation goes back a lot 160 00:10:09,621 --> 00:10:11,941 further than you may have been led to believe. 161 00:10:15,141 --> 00:10:17,780 Oh, my God, you're MI5! 162 00:10:17,781 --> 00:10:19,740 Puzzles, that's how they recruit them. 163 00:10:19,741 --> 00:10:21,340 That makes so much more sense. 164 00:10:21,341 --> 00:10:24,581 So... Ah, so you actually are a specialist. 165 00:10:29,141 --> 00:10:32,380 Obviously I can neither confirm nor deny that. 166 00:10:32,381 --> 00:10:35,261 - Of course. Of course. - SOCO's here. 167 00:10:38,261 --> 00:10:40,460 The Commissioner leapt on a 24-hour delay 168 00:10:40,461 --> 00:10:43,741 on announcing this, and that is absolutely all the time I can buy. 169 00:10:45,461 --> 00:10:49,460 In the meantime, the whole department has been stood down. 170 00:10:49,461 --> 00:10:51,461 I've sent everyone at the station home. 171 00:10:53,501 --> 00:10:55,501 We'd better let SOCO do their job. 172 00:10:57,501 --> 00:11:00,180 Uh, but what about us? 173 00:11:00,181 --> 00:11:02,260 Do you have some paperwork you can be getting on with? 174 00:11:02,261 --> 00:11:04,541 Surely there's other cases you can work on. 175 00:11:15,341 --> 00:11:16,741 Well, in that case... 176 00:11:18,181 --> 00:11:20,020 Welcome to the inner circle. 177 00:11:20,021 --> 00:11:22,501 - Yes! - Finally! - Yes! Yes! 178 00:11:24,261 --> 00:11:25,421 Yes! 179 00:11:26,621 --> 00:11:28,580 Cool, I mean cool. Yeah, yeah. 180 00:11:28,581 --> 00:11:31,420 We've got 24 hours to prove it's Kemper. 181 00:11:31,421 --> 00:11:33,620 24 hours? It's like a film. 182 00:11:33,621 --> 00:11:35,660 Well, don't take all of them! 183 00:11:35,661 --> 00:11:36,980 Where are you? 184 00:11:36,981 --> 00:11:39,580 Uh, I'm-I'm at the paper. 185 00:11:39,581 --> 00:11:41,740 We left the thumb drive here. 186 00:11:41,741 --> 00:11:43,260 Anyway, now we're having some lunch. 187 00:11:43,261 --> 00:11:44,540 Yes, mine! 188 00:11:44,541 --> 00:11:45,820 Lunch? 189 00:11:45,821 --> 00:11:47,380 Well, brunch. 190 00:11:47,381 --> 00:11:49,180 I don't know, whatever you want to call it. 191 00:11:49,181 --> 00:11:51,700 And then we're going through all the intel again. 192 00:11:51,701 --> 00:11:53,100 John? 193 00:11:53,101 --> 00:11:54,460 I'd better go. 194 00:11:54,461 --> 00:11:56,700 I've not even had breakfast, by the way. 195 00:11:56,701 --> 00:11:58,700 Good. 196 00:11:58,701 --> 00:12:00,460 Could you print out that cypher? 197 00:12:00,461 --> 00:12:06,061 And do you have a whiteboard, um, somewhere around here? 198 00:12:20,061 --> 00:12:21,111 Not to worry... 199 00:12:23,381 --> 00:12:27,340 Right, then, I think we'd better get our Detective Constables up to 200 00:12:27,341 --> 00:12:30,261 speed on where we are with our operation, don't you? 201 00:12:32,261 --> 00:12:34,020 John? 202 00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:37,780 Um... Feels weird without anything up there. 203 00:12:37,781 --> 00:12:40,821 Why don't you pretend there's something's up there, John? 204 00:12:42,061 --> 00:12:43,221 Right... 205 00:12:44,661 --> 00:12:46,381 Okey dokey, pay attention now. 206 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:49,501 ORCHESTRA TUNES UP 207 00:12:50,741 --> 00:12:52,221 JOHN CLEARS THROAT 208 00:12:57,181 --> 00:13:00,980 On the 21st of February, 2024, an 209 00:13:00,981 --> 00:13:05,460 internet journalist, or "blogger", was found dead in his house. 210 00:13:05,461 --> 00:13:06,900 Murdered. 211 00:13:06,901 --> 00:13:10,100 Roger Sinclair, political commentator but mostly 212 00:13:10,101 --> 00:13:13,220 conspiracy theorist and not one that many people took seriously. 213 00:13:13,221 --> 00:13:20,700 First on the scene were my husband and his partner, DI Matt Neville. 214 00:13:20,701 --> 00:13:23,460 They reported no sign of a break-in, no sign of a struggle. 215 00:13:23,461 --> 00:13:27,101 They described the murder as professional in nature. 216 00:13:29,021 --> 00:13:30,660 Go on. 217 00:13:30,661 --> 00:13:35,700 A, um... A second team was sent in. 218 00:13:35,701 --> 00:13:38,260 Authorised by Chief Constable Ziegler. 219 00:13:38,261 --> 00:13:42,420 Hand-picked and from a different unit. 220 00:13:42,421 --> 00:13:46,060 They produced a wildly differing report - visible break-in, 221 00:13:46,061 --> 00:13:47,820 a struggle, a bludgeoning. 222 00:13:47,821 --> 00:13:51,660 An arrest was made. A local burglar, Rhys Bowen. 223 00:13:51,661 --> 00:13:54,140 He died awaiting trial. 224 00:13:54,141 --> 00:13:55,700 Suicide. 225 00:13:55,701 --> 00:13:57,340 But it wasn't suicide? 226 00:13:57,341 --> 00:13:58,540 No, no, of course it wasn't suicide. 227 00:13:58,541 --> 00:13:59,860 Have you not been following any of this? 228 00:13:59,861 --> 00:14:01,820 No, no, no, nobody ever kills themselves. 229 00:14:01,821 --> 00:14:02,871 They did it. 230 00:14:03,901 --> 00:14:05,580 "They" did it? 231 00:14:05,581 --> 00:14:07,500 "They" did it. 232 00:14:07,501 --> 00:14:10,180 Sorry, who are "they"? 233 00:14:10,181 --> 00:14:13,860 Well, we were working on the theory that somewhere among all 234 00:14:13,861 --> 00:14:17,380 of Sinclair's silly conspiracies was one he'd accidentally got right. 235 00:14:17,381 --> 00:14:20,980 Or-or at least close enough for him to be killed for. 236 00:14:20,981 --> 00:14:26,060 Unfortunately, every single one of his files was lost in transit. 237 00:14:26,061 --> 00:14:28,140 What? How did that happen? 238 00:14:28,141 --> 00:14:29,701 Your guess is as good as mine. 239 00:14:33,701 --> 00:14:36,501 Well, we-we did manage to track a couple of them down. 240 00:14:39,061 --> 00:14:41,620 Um... We probably don't have time to go into that. 241 00:14:41,621 --> 00:14:43,020 Not at present, no. 242 00:14:43,021 --> 00:14:47,500 Why don't you tell the Detective Constables what we found in them? 243 00:14:47,501 --> 00:14:50,860 Roger Sinclair claimed that an elite family with historical 244 00:14:50,861 --> 00:14:54,180 connections to Cambridge has, for over a century now, 245 00:14:54,181 --> 00:14:58,620 maintained an unbroken lineage of political power, via 246 00:14:58,621 --> 00:15:03,101 "energetic recalibration on a decennial cycle of ritualistic sacrifice". 247 00:15:04,341 --> 00:15:05,980 Oh... 248 00:15:05,981 --> 00:15:07,500 - WHISPERS: - What the fuck? - Basically, they kill 249 00:15:07,501 --> 00:15:10,780 someone every ten years, and then stay rich and powerful. 250 00:15:10,781 --> 00:15:13,660 - Er... - Sorry, to be clear, that's obviously not true. 251 00:15:13,661 --> 00:15:15,340 But this is where it gets spooky. 252 00:15:15,341 --> 00:15:20,100 Joanne Kemper is connected to two investigated deaths. 253 00:15:20,101 --> 00:15:22,140 They are ten years apart. 254 00:15:22,141 --> 00:15:25,260 First, Dominic Kennedy - hot tub drowning. 255 00:15:25,261 --> 00:15:28,140 Second, Ryan Oakley - drug overdose. 256 00:15:28,141 --> 00:15:31,020 Both incidents were recorded as accidents. 257 00:15:31,021 --> 00:15:34,140 The first by a then-DI Ziegler. 258 00:15:34,141 --> 00:15:35,900 The second by James. 259 00:15:35,901 --> 00:15:39,300 Well, that wasn't very useful of him. Why'd he do that? 260 00:15:39,301 --> 00:15:40,860 Well, he didn't do it on purpose. 261 00:15:40,861 --> 00:15:43,540 I mean, he obviously thought it was an accident. 262 00:15:43,541 --> 00:15:45,580 - It was a mistake. - Sinclair's conspiracy 263 00:15:45,581 --> 00:15:47,500 theory had hit a bit too close to home. 264 00:15:47,501 --> 00:15:49,540 It may have all been abject nonsense, 265 00:15:49,541 --> 00:15:52,100 but he'd inadvertently joined the right dots. 266 00:15:52,101 --> 00:15:53,780 Those deaths weren't accidents, 267 00:15:53,781 --> 00:15:56,341 and he was basically telling the entire internet. 268 00:15:58,981 --> 00:16:01,501 - So they killed him. - That's what they do. 269 00:16:02,541 --> 00:16:05,500 But you still haven't told us who "they" are. 270 00:16:05,501 --> 00:16:08,580 Which family was this Sinclair guy blogging about? 271 00:16:08,581 --> 00:16:10,460 The Kempers. 272 00:16:10,461 --> 00:16:14,020 - What, as in...? - As in Joanne Kemper, yes. 273 00:16:14,021 --> 00:16:16,700 Who now holds the same seat her father did 274 00:16:16,701 --> 00:16:19,260 back when I first started here. 275 00:16:19,261 --> 00:16:21,500 He was a close friend of the Chief Constable. 276 00:16:21,501 --> 00:16:24,261 MOBILE RINGS 277 00:16:26,421 --> 00:16:28,660 - Hello? - But Joanne Kemper, I mean, she's... 278 00:16:28,661 --> 00:16:30,941 She's in the Shadow Cabinet, isn't she? 279 00:16:33,221 --> 00:16:34,460 That's why you're here! 280 00:16:34,461 --> 00:16:38,901 What? Oh, yes, that actually does make sense, doesn't it? 281 00:16:48,581 --> 00:16:52,100 So you're saying that this one woman is somehow 282 00:16:52,101 --> 00:16:54,580 responsible for the deaths of... How many people? 283 00:16:54,581 --> 00:16:59,460 Mandy Ziegler, victim number five, died in a car crash. 284 00:16:59,461 --> 00:17:02,460 We now know that she was on her way to meet James, 285 00:17:02,461 --> 00:17:06,740 supposedly with evidence that implicated her father, 286 00:17:06,741 --> 00:17:09,980 Chief Constable Ziegler. 287 00:17:09,981 --> 00:17:11,581 Do we know that though? 288 00:17:12,901 --> 00:17:14,780 I mean, look how long this thing is. 289 00:17:14,781 --> 00:17:15,820 That's a lot of words to say, 290 00:17:15,821 --> 00:17:18,781 "Mandy Ziegler was on her way to meet me", isn't it? 291 00:17:20,661 --> 00:17:22,541 This is a letter from Dad to us. 292 00:17:26,261 --> 00:17:27,901 Why didn't you de-cypher it all? 293 00:17:29,501 --> 00:17:30,740 I can do it. 294 00:17:30,741 --> 00:17:34,820 Because I didn't know how... Sorry, what did you say? 295 00:17:34,821 --> 00:17:36,220 I said I can do it. 296 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:39,300 That's a... That's a Ludwig. I've got a book here somewhere. 297 00:17:39,301 --> 00:17:41,140 - Are you sure? - Course I'm sure. 298 00:17:41,141 --> 00:17:44,220 That, um, stick-figure with the eyeball for a head, 299 00:17:44,221 --> 00:17:46,100 that's the letter "E". 300 00:17:46,101 --> 00:17:48,460 Um, I only remember that 301 00:17:48,461 --> 00:17:51,421 because I got stuck on Zebedee for bloody ages! 302 00:17:54,861 --> 00:17:55,911 Right... 303 00:17:59,461 --> 00:18:00,781 Aha! 304 00:18:06,901 --> 00:18:11,300 If the implication is that the Chief Constable was somehow helping 305 00:18:11,301 --> 00:18:13,780 cover all this up, why kill him? 306 00:18:13,781 --> 00:18:15,740 Well, I'm sure she had her reasons. 307 00:18:15,741 --> 00:18:16,980 And in fairness, 308 00:18:16,981 --> 00:18:19,940 we don't actually know why she killed the first two either. 309 00:18:19,941 --> 00:18:23,860 What? But we've... We've got less than 24 hours! 310 00:18:23,861 --> 00:18:28,660 Yeah, and I'm sure that's all that Agent Tay-... Mr Taylor will need. 311 00:18:28,661 --> 00:18:30,621 Thank you, Detective Constable Cole. 312 00:18:33,221 --> 00:18:37,060 OK, but it sounds like we don't have any actual, 313 00:18:37,061 --> 00:18:40,540 direct evidence linking Joanne Kemper to even one of these crimes. 314 00:18:40,541 --> 00:18:42,500 - No, annoying, isn't it? - OK, thank you. 315 00:18:42,501 --> 00:18:44,700 The whole special operation's been like this. 316 00:18:44,701 --> 00:18:48,100 The serial number on the base of the gun has been chiselled off. 317 00:18:48,101 --> 00:18:49,540 See what I mean? 318 00:18:49,541 --> 00:18:52,780 However, our killer was apparently unaware that on this 319 00:18:52,781 --> 00:18:56,180 particular model, there are two serial numbers. 320 00:18:56,181 --> 00:18:59,381 One on the base, one under the trigger guard. 321 00:19:02,981 --> 00:19:04,221 Wait... 322 00:19:09,421 --> 00:19:11,460 We know who it's registered to? 323 00:19:11,461 --> 00:19:14,501 Oh, we very much know who it's registered to. 324 00:19:16,581 --> 00:19:17,631 Yes. 325 00:19:30,021 --> 00:19:31,620 Chief Superintendent Shaw, 326 00:19:31,621 --> 00:19:33,980 I hope you have a very good reason for this. 327 00:19:33,981 --> 00:19:37,580 Chief Constable Ziegler was murdered last night. 328 00:19:37,581 --> 00:19:38,631 What?! 329 00:19:39,941 --> 00:19:41,300 Ronan? 330 00:19:41,301 --> 00:19:42,981 No, but I-I-I-I just... 331 00:19:45,621 --> 00:19:46,980 Why am I here? 332 00:19:46,981 --> 00:19:50,261 A gun was found at the scene, registered to your home address. 333 00:19:54,061 --> 00:19:56,501 My father owned a gun. Where is it now? 334 00:19:59,581 --> 00:20:02,220 Well, I assume not locked safely away in my study, 335 00:20:02,221 --> 00:20:04,140 or presumably I wouldn't be here? 336 00:20:04,141 --> 00:20:06,740 Presumably you'd be out for lunch somewhere. 337 00:20:06,741 --> 00:20:08,221 Yes. I would. 338 00:20:09,421 --> 00:20:12,100 I'd like to speak to DCC Radley, please. 339 00:20:12,101 --> 00:20:15,980 The Deputy Chief Constable is your official liaison here. 340 00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:19,580 He cannot be involved in any investigation pertaining to you. 341 00:20:19,581 --> 00:20:24,701 Really? Well, would you mind telling him I'm here anyway? 342 00:20:41,621 --> 00:20:43,301 Er, Y... 343 00:20:45,861 --> 00:20:47,421 Mandy. Er... 344 00:20:52,581 --> 00:20:53,631 Er... 345 00:20:59,701 --> 00:21:00,821 Should I...? 346 00:21:04,061 --> 00:21:09,540 "Dear Lucy, on the second of February 2024, 347 00:21:09,541 --> 00:21:12,500 "I received an anonymous call from a woman 348 00:21:12,501 --> 00:21:16,340 "asking to meet me, in person, claiming to have evidence 349 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:19,620 "linking Chief Constable Ronan Ziegler 350 00:21:19,621 --> 00:21:22,260 "to the death of Ryan Oakley, 351 00:21:22,261 --> 00:21:25,860 "a case I'd closed as an overdose. 352 00:21:25,861 --> 00:21:29,460 "I now know this woman was Mandy Ziegler, 353 00:21:29,461 --> 00:21:33,700 "killed in a fatal car crash on Knight's Path that same evening. 354 00:21:33,701 --> 00:21:38,260 "Her death is on me, as are the deaths of three more people 355 00:21:38,261 --> 00:21:42,420 "whose lives were taken after I had abjectly failed to 356 00:21:42,421 --> 00:21:45,940 "differentiate a murder from an accident." 357 00:21:45,941 --> 00:21:48,061 Wait, three more? After? 358 00:21:49,941 --> 00:21:52,421 You do seem to be missing a victim up there, eh? 359 00:21:53,981 --> 00:21:58,100 "There is no direct evidence linking Joanne Kemper to any 360 00:21:58,101 --> 00:22:02,580 "one of these crimes. The Henge Assembly saw to that." 361 00:22:02,581 --> 00:22:04,860 - The Henge Assembly? - A private members club, 362 00:22:04,861 --> 00:22:07,381 sort of like the Loyal Order Of Water Buffalo. 363 00:22:07,382 --> 00:22:11,140 What, you've never seen The Flintstones? 364 00:22:11,141 --> 00:22:14,460 "She will escape justice, just as her father did before her. 365 00:22:14,461 --> 00:22:17,140 "I hold myself singularly responsible, 366 00:22:17,141 --> 00:22:20,020 "but justice can take many forms. 367 00:22:20,021 --> 00:22:25,380 "I intend to balance these scales by any means necessary." 368 00:22:25,381 --> 00:22:27,901 "If you are reading this, then I have failed." 369 00:22:36,461 --> 00:22:38,020 "I love you. 370 00:22:38,021 --> 00:22:41,460 "Always have, always will, 371 00:22:41,461 --> 00:22:44,820 "James." Well, that's nice, anyway. 372 00:22:44,821 --> 00:22:46,221 He's never coming back. 373 00:22:50,781 --> 00:22:52,900 He thinks it's all his fault. 374 00:22:52,901 --> 00:22:55,780 You know, that balancing the scales stuff doesn't exactly 375 00:22:55,781 --> 00:22:58,061 reek of, um, due process, does it? 376 00:22:59,581 --> 00:23:01,701 I wonder if he's already done what he said. 377 00:23:02,701 --> 00:23:07,141 I mean, we got this thing earlier than he had planned. 378 00:23:10,461 --> 00:23:11,701 If John's read this... 379 00:23:14,301 --> 00:23:16,180 MOBILE RINGS 380 00:23:16,181 --> 00:23:17,231 Lucy. 381 00:23:32,181 --> 00:23:33,301 Mum?! 382 00:23:41,461 --> 00:23:43,140 Oh, Mr Taylor. 383 00:23:43,141 --> 00:23:45,460 Of course you'd be here. 384 00:23:45,461 --> 00:23:48,181 Your family seem to be constantly interviewing me. 385 00:23:57,541 --> 00:24:01,101 - Ms Kemper, my name... - I know who you are, DCI Carter. 386 00:24:02,381 --> 00:24:04,621 Ronan always spoke very highly of you. 387 00:24:09,541 --> 00:24:10,591 Right, then. 388 00:24:11,581 --> 00:24:14,980 My house was broken into three days ago. 389 00:24:14,981 --> 00:24:17,660 The alarm was disabled, we don't know how. 390 00:24:17,661 --> 00:24:22,140 DCC Radley was made aware. My security's being looked into. 391 00:24:22,141 --> 00:24:24,620 We did not believe anything was taken. 392 00:24:24,621 --> 00:24:26,261 And now you think a gun was taken? 393 00:24:28,021 --> 00:24:29,620 Obviously. 394 00:24:29,621 --> 00:24:32,700 You didn't notice a missing firearm for three days? 395 00:24:32,701 --> 00:24:35,701 I don't have many reasons to take it out of my study. 396 00:24:38,141 --> 00:24:41,780 DCC Radley will confirm the break-in. Has he been contacted? 397 00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:44,020 How can he confirm the break-in? 398 00:24:44,021 --> 00:24:47,820 - What? - Surely he can only confirm that you told him there was a 399 00:24:47,821 --> 00:24:50,700 Why would I tell him there was a break-in if there wasn't? 400 00:24:50,701 --> 00:24:53,621 I don't know. Depends on whether or not you're the killer. 401 00:24:54,821 --> 00:24:57,181 Ronan Ziegler was like a second father to me. 402 00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:04,191 He was almost an actual one to you, wasn't he? 403 00:25:09,661 --> 00:25:11,620 He was a man I used to respect. 404 00:25:11,621 --> 00:25:13,060 Used to? 405 00:25:13,061 --> 00:25:16,061 He's dead, Ms Kemper. 406 00:25:18,421 --> 00:25:20,181 And you own the gun that killed him. 407 00:25:23,621 --> 00:25:26,980 It does appear that way, doesn't it? 408 00:25:26,981 --> 00:25:28,741 What time did this happen? 409 00:25:30,501 --> 00:25:34,701 We believe at approximately 8pm last night. 410 00:25:38,581 --> 00:25:40,781 I think I might need to speak to a solicitor. 411 00:25:42,621 --> 00:25:44,341 Nobody's ever said that before. 412 00:25:49,392 --> 00:25:52,740 You're not going to believe it, Sir, 413 00:25:52,741 --> 00:25:55,420 but we have actual CCTV footage of Joanne Kemper 414 00:25:55,421 --> 00:25:58,981 going in and out of Ziegler's house at 19:50 yesterday. 415 00:26:04,981 --> 00:26:06,781 No wonder she wants a solicitor. 416 00:26:11,421 --> 00:26:13,141 GUNSHOT 417 00:26:18,781 --> 00:26:21,420 - Charge her. - What, me? 418 00:26:21,421 --> 00:26:22,901 I-I don't think I can. 419 00:26:27,941 --> 00:26:28,991 Hello... 420 00:26:42,661 --> 00:26:44,421 I was going to kill him myself. 421 00:26:46,181 --> 00:26:47,421 No, you weren't. 422 00:26:50,341 --> 00:26:52,621 You weren't, Russell, I promise. 423 00:26:53,981 --> 00:26:55,221 That's not us. 424 00:27:12,661 --> 00:27:14,421 Nice to have some pictures up here. 425 00:27:16,541 --> 00:27:20,021 This was everything the killer was presumably trying to destroy. 426 00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:26,180 Not that pen, they weren't, that's mine. 427 00:27:26,181 --> 00:27:28,620 I'm sure DC Cole will buy you another one. 428 00:27:28,621 --> 00:27:30,940 - Hmm? - What are those buckles? 429 00:27:30,941 --> 00:27:32,620 Yeah, three. 430 00:27:32,621 --> 00:27:35,980 I'm thinking some sort of hold-all full of papers, 431 00:27:35,981 --> 00:27:37,540 rest of it burned away? 432 00:27:37,541 --> 00:27:39,980 "Erve life then sec"...? 433 00:27:39,981 --> 00:27:42,020 Preserve life then secure scene. 434 00:27:42,021 --> 00:27:43,980 It's from the police training manual. 435 00:27:43,981 --> 00:27:46,180 Priority hierarchy. 436 00:27:46,181 --> 00:27:48,260 Do any of you ever read it? 437 00:27:48,261 --> 00:27:50,981 Why would a murderer burn a textbook? 438 00:27:52,221 --> 00:27:55,180 That's a Ludwig puzzle, or a bit of one, anyway. 439 00:27:55,181 --> 00:27:58,900 The killer must have used random books from the room as kindling. 440 00:27:58,901 --> 00:28:01,540 Ziegler wasn't exactly a puzzle man, John. 441 00:28:01,541 --> 00:28:03,741 You'd be surprised how many shelves I'm on. 442 00:28:04,981 --> 00:28:08,181 So what was it they were actually trying to burn in there? 443 00:28:12,741 --> 00:28:13,791 I don't know. 444 00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:19,580 She owns the gun, she was caught on camera leaving the crime scene. 445 00:28:19,581 --> 00:28:21,900 - Does the motive really matter? - Of course the motive matters! 446 00:28:21,901 --> 00:28:24,551 We're trying to solve an overarching mystery here! 447 00:28:25,741 --> 00:28:26,941 OK, sorry. 448 00:28:28,461 --> 00:28:30,101 MOBILE RINGS 449 00:28:31,901 --> 00:28:33,981 Oh, I never rang her back. 450 00:28:37,261 --> 00:28:39,020 - Who didn't he call back? - Lucy. 451 00:28:39,021 --> 00:28:40,660 - Who's Lucy? - Steve. 452 00:28:40,661 --> 00:28:42,300 Hello? 453 00:28:42,301 --> 00:28:45,580 You're where?! Stay there! 454 00:28:45,581 --> 00:28:47,101 I'm coming! 455 00:28:55,821 --> 00:28:58,540 Oh, there you are. 456 00:28:58,541 --> 00:29:00,900 Did you read that letter? The whole thing? 457 00:29:00,901 --> 00:29:03,100 What? Um... 458 00:29:03,101 --> 00:29:05,980 What? Have you read James's letter? 459 00:29:05,981 --> 00:29:09,340 How?! That code is literally unbreakable! 460 00:29:09,341 --> 00:29:11,980 It's in one of your books, you wally! 461 00:29:11,981 --> 00:29:15,420 Yes, an early self-published limited edition, 462 00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:17,620 barely any printed. 463 00:29:17,621 --> 00:29:20,180 Mum made me give James a copy, that's why he used it. 464 00:29:20,181 --> 00:29:22,940 A thin little paperback? Swirly pattern cover? 465 00:29:22,941 --> 00:29:24,820 That's the Fibonacci Spiral! 466 00:29:24,821 --> 00:29:26,980 Well, my editor got one on eBay. 467 00:29:26,981 --> 00:29:30,380 Did he? Wow, he really is a fan, isn't he? 468 00:29:30,381 --> 00:29:35,820 John, what on earth is, "Justice by any means necessary"? 469 00:29:35,821 --> 00:29:38,380 Yes, I wasn't too happy about that bit either. 470 00:29:38,381 --> 00:29:41,660 We've arrested Joanne Kemper. It was her gun. 471 00:29:41,661 --> 00:29:43,220 She claims it was stolen. 472 00:29:43,221 --> 00:29:45,981 She's also on camera leaving the crime scene. 473 00:29:47,261 --> 00:29:49,260 OK, that doesn't strike you as odd? 474 00:29:49,261 --> 00:29:51,540 Someone who's covered up more murders than hot dinners 475 00:29:51,541 --> 00:29:54,060 and never left one scrap of evidence? 476 00:29:54,061 --> 00:29:56,861 It does make this one a bit of an anomaly, granted. 477 00:30:01,981 --> 00:30:03,980 John, what if James did it? 478 00:30:03,981 --> 00:30:05,341 Did what? 479 00:30:05,342 --> 00:30:10,860 - You can't think... - Look, two people were up to their necks in it. 480 00:30:10,861 --> 00:30:13,580 One of them is dead and the other one is in the frame for his murder. 481 00:30:13,581 --> 00:30:16,500 "Justice by any means necessary". 482 00:30:16,501 --> 00:30:19,261 My brother wouldn't kill anyone. It's... 483 00:30:20,621 --> 00:30:23,020 It's...wrong. 484 00:30:23,021 --> 00:30:26,821 He thinks all these people are dead, maybe more, and it's his fault. 485 00:30:28,821 --> 00:30:32,981 His view on right and wrong may have changed. 486 00:30:34,541 --> 00:30:37,021 Yes, but...murder is really wrong. 487 00:30:38,141 --> 00:30:39,860 You do think it's possible, John. 488 00:30:39,861 --> 00:30:41,461 You've already considered it. 489 00:30:56,821 --> 00:30:58,501 GUNSHOT 490 00:31:02,701 --> 00:31:04,101 But I'd never do that. 491 00:31:04,102 --> 00:31:08,220 Yes, but you'd never get married and settle down and have children. 492 00:31:08,221 --> 00:31:10,341 You are not the same person! 493 00:31:16,141 --> 00:31:19,861 No, that's... Oh, that's not a bad thing, John. 494 00:31:23,821 --> 00:31:25,461 Oh, no... 495 00:31:27,461 --> 00:31:28,701 Maybe he won't see us. 496 00:31:32,301 --> 00:31:35,700 - Mr and Mrs Taylor. - Ah, hello! 497 00:31:35,701 --> 00:31:37,860 I can't say that I'm surprised to see you here. 498 00:31:37,861 --> 00:31:39,540 I'm on a special operation. 499 00:31:39,541 --> 00:31:40,940 Yes, so I've heard. 500 00:31:40,941 --> 00:31:45,540 And perhaps you're here for another interview. 501 00:31:45,541 --> 00:31:47,580 Oh, yes, if you're offering? 502 00:31:47,581 --> 00:31:49,820 Your special operation has been shut down. 503 00:31:49,821 --> 00:31:52,860 The PACC has reversed its decision. 504 00:31:52,861 --> 00:31:54,900 The correct team will be taking over. 505 00:31:54,901 --> 00:31:56,341 They'll be here very soon. 506 00:31:58,461 --> 00:32:02,460 You never did get back to me on that cypher, Mr Taylor. 507 00:32:02,461 --> 00:32:04,061 Do you know why I gave it to you? 508 00:32:04,062 --> 00:32:07,820 Chief Constable Ziegler was overseeing the Pinder task-force 509 00:32:07,821 --> 00:32:11,580 for a total of 48 hours before his...abrupt sabbatical. 510 00:32:11,581 --> 00:32:14,940 That cypher was part of the first haul they got from the hard drive. 511 00:32:14,941 --> 00:32:17,141 We know he sent a copy to himself. 512 00:32:18,141 --> 00:32:22,780 - I-I couldn't solve it. - Yes, well... And now he's dead. 513 00:32:22,781 --> 00:32:25,780 Joanne Kemper is innocent and when she's released, 514 00:32:25,781 --> 00:32:29,140 we'll start looking into more viable suspects. 515 00:32:29,141 --> 00:32:32,620 Maybe someone who might have had a motive to frame her. 516 00:32:32,621 --> 00:32:37,261 Perhaps someone who's become...obsessed with her. 517 00:32:41,381 --> 00:32:44,100 Goodness me, is that a threat? 518 00:32:44,101 --> 00:32:45,941 I don't know why you'd read it as one. 519 00:32:47,181 --> 00:32:52,541 I presume Chief Superintendent Shaw is in her office? Good. 520 00:32:53,701 --> 00:32:55,101 I suggest you two go home. 521 00:32:59,261 --> 00:33:00,621 Don't want to go home. 522 00:33:02,381 --> 00:33:03,981 Neither do I, come on. 523 00:33:07,781 --> 00:33:09,300 I understand that, Ma'am. 524 00:33:09,301 --> 00:33:13,221 Other chances... Yes, but... Ma'am. 525 00:33:14,941 --> 00:33:17,740 The DCC is enroute, if not here already. 526 00:33:17,741 --> 00:33:20,180 Scotland Yard are taking control of the investigation. 527 00:33:20,181 --> 00:33:22,060 - We're to cease operations immediately. - What?! 528 00:33:22,061 --> 00:33:24,820 The tall security guy just arrived 529 00:33:24,821 --> 00:33:27,581 and the police-police are taking the case off us. 530 00:33:30,981 --> 00:33:33,420 - Oh, uh, this is my sister-in-law. - Hello! 531 00:33:33,421 --> 00:33:34,700 Hello. 532 00:33:34,701 --> 00:33:37,460 Erm, we're not actually going to let this happen are we, Sir? 533 00:33:37,461 --> 00:33:39,860 How long have you been investigating this? 534 00:33:39,861 --> 00:33:43,620 - Bloody ages. - Are you...Intelligence? 535 00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:45,101 I have my moments. 536 00:33:45,102 --> 00:33:47,580 We can't do anything about this. 537 00:33:47,581 --> 00:33:51,021 We can never do anything, even when you've got the Super on-side! 538 00:33:52,381 --> 00:33:54,660 No wonder your brother went rogue, John. 539 00:33:54,661 --> 00:33:56,831 How else do you get justice in this system? 540 00:34:09,021 --> 00:34:10,461 Why burn the gun? 541 00:34:14,061 --> 00:34:16,861 - It'd remove the DNA. - Why not just take it home? 542 00:34:24,221 --> 00:34:26,421 Those were Christmas presents from Mandy. 543 00:34:30,021 --> 00:34:32,701 I remember her writing little inscriptions in them. 544 00:34:34,861 --> 00:34:35,911 Both of them? 545 00:34:40,021 --> 00:34:42,301 Did-did she ever buy him a Ludwig? 546 00:34:44,781 --> 00:34:46,620 What? No, she-she didn't. 547 00:34:46,621 --> 00:34:49,220 Do you think you could just get over yourself for five minutes, please? 548 00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:50,541 I am over myself. 549 00:34:52,421 --> 00:34:56,220 There was a Ludwig, right there! My newest one, actually. 550 00:34:56,221 --> 00:34:59,700 I-I put it back on the shelf. 551 00:34:59,701 --> 00:35:01,140 What? Why? 552 00:35:01,141 --> 00:35:03,181 I'm a bit funny about my books. 553 00:35:04,821 --> 00:35:07,020 I-I didn't know it was evidence, did I? 554 00:35:07,021 --> 00:35:09,820 - How is it evidence? - It, it was placed there, deliberately, 555 00:35:09,821 --> 00:35:11,980 alongside two books with inscriptions 556 00:35:11,981 --> 00:35:14,101 by the Chief Constable's daughter in. 557 00:35:15,421 --> 00:35:16,820 That was a clue. 558 00:35:16,821 --> 00:35:18,540 What do you mean "a clue"? 559 00:35:18,541 --> 00:35:21,780 He means the Ludwig was left on purpose for us to find. 560 00:35:21,781 --> 00:35:24,780 That book's going have an inscription in too. 561 00:35:24,781 --> 00:35:29,180 Why on earth would Joanne Kemper leave us a clue to follow? 562 00:35:29,181 --> 00:35:32,380 She wouldn't. 563 00:35:32,381 --> 00:35:37,500 The book's at the crime scene. Would you be able to get it? 564 00:35:37,501 --> 00:35:39,700 Are you serious? 565 00:35:39,701 --> 00:35:41,740 Are you telling me you don't want to know what's in that book? 566 00:35:41,741 --> 00:35:45,260 Are you telling me you're prepared to illegally enter a crime scene? 567 00:35:45,261 --> 00:35:46,901 Well, I mean... 568 00:35:50,101 --> 00:35:52,340 That place is going to be locked up, John. 569 00:35:52,341 --> 00:35:54,820 I know how you can get in. 570 00:35:54,821 --> 00:35:59,741 Really? You do? Is it some sort of specialist... 571 00:36:01,421 --> 00:36:02,740 ..thing? 572 00:36:02,741 --> 00:36:04,500 Hmm? 573 00:36:04,501 --> 00:36:07,500 Oh, no, the Chief Constable just happened to employ the same 574 00:36:07,501 --> 00:36:10,261 "locked-out" backup system as was used by my mum. 575 00:36:20,701 --> 00:36:21,941 Hurry up, will you? 576 00:36:25,341 --> 00:36:27,900 This wasn't in training, you know. 577 00:36:27,901 --> 00:36:29,581 Course it's not, it's illegal. 578 00:36:31,741 --> 00:36:33,621 - I've got it! - Yep. 579 00:36:34,821 --> 00:36:35,871 Yes! 580 00:36:38,541 --> 00:36:39,591 LOCK TURNS 581 00:36:45,981 --> 00:36:48,140 We're holding her in an interview room. 582 00:36:48,141 --> 00:36:50,381 I can assure you she's very comfortable. 583 00:36:51,501 --> 00:36:54,020 I am now, of course, Chief Constable. 584 00:36:54,021 --> 00:36:56,220 Acting Chief Constable. 585 00:36:56,221 --> 00:36:58,060 Right, right... 586 00:36:58,061 --> 00:37:01,980 Although an official appointment will be made at a later date, 587 00:37:01,981 --> 00:37:03,980 once Ziegler's case is closed, 588 00:37:03,981 --> 00:37:07,111 I wonder if you intend on throwing your hat in the ring, Carol? 589 00:37:08,821 --> 00:37:12,421 It's pretty far from my thoughts right now, Chief Constable Radley. 590 00:37:13,621 --> 00:37:14,940 Yes. 591 00:37:14,941 --> 00:37:16,021 Yes, of course. 592 00:37:17,741 --> 00:37:20,701 You do know I considered him a friend? 593 00:37:23,021 --> 00:37:24,141 So did I. 594 00:37:25,501 --> 00:37:26,551 Really? 595 00:37:29,101 --> 00:37:30,151 Hmm... 596 00:37:31,821 --> 00:37:35,221 It's become increasingly obvious that he did some very bad things. 597 00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:39,621 Although, between us, I'm sure we can smooth a lot of that out? 598 00:37:40,621 --> 00:37:42,141 For the sake of the community. 599 00:37:43,781 --> 00:37:47,061 I've taken my team off this case, on advice... 600 00:37:48,421 --> 00:37:53,340 ..but Joanne Kemper has been charged and will be remaining in custody. 601 00:37:53,341 --> 00:37:56,140 Whatever happens next is down to whoever takes over the case. 602 00:37:56,141 --> 00:37:57,740 Not me. 603 00:37:57,741 --> 00:37:59,021 Not you. 604 00:38:00,501 --> 00:38:04,220 Though, of course, you will have their ear. 605 00:38:04,221 --> 00:38:05,341 Yes. 606 00:38:06,501 --> 00:38:07,821 Yes, I suppose I will. 607 00:38:12,421 --> 00:38:14,661 Talk about greatness being thrust upon you. 608 00:38:40,981 --> 00:38:43,981 - Did you look inside? - No, Sir. - Yes, we did. 609 00:38:48,541 --> 00:38:50,941 "To Mandy. I'll make it right." 610 00:38:52,701 --> 00:38:54,420 Russell, what is it? 611 00:38:54,421 --> 00:38:58,260 That was something he used to say to her when she was a little girl. 612 00:38:58,261 --> 00:39:02,100 Whenever she was hurt or upset, or confused, that's what he'd say. 613 00:39:02,101 --> 00:39:03,221 "I'll make it right." 614 00:39:04,722 --> 00:39:07,340 What are you thinking, Sir? 615 00:39:07,341 --> 00:39:09,621 That this isn't what I expected. 616 00:39:12,101 --> 00:39:14,101 This clue isn't for me. 617 00:39:17,781 --> 00:39:20,700 Why haven't any of the pages been ripped out? 618 00:39:20,701 --> 00:39:21,980 Were they supposed to be? 619 00:39:21,981 --> 00:39:23,341 Yes, they were. 620 00:39:26,941 --> 00:39:29,461 This is from a different book. 621 00:39:30,821 --> 00:39:32,020 Well, that's odd. 622 00:39:32,021 --> 00:39:35,100 - What's odd, Sir...? - Sh. - Sorry. 623 00:39:35,101 --> 00:39:36,151 John? 624 00:39:53,901 --> 00:39:56,821 But that's absolutely unbelievable... 625 00:39:58,301 --> 00:40:00,421 ..which is exactly what it was meant to be. 626 00:40:01,932 --> 00:40:04,020 What is it? 627 00:40:04,021 --> 00:40:07,300 Joanne Kemper did not kill Chief Constable Ziegler. 628 00:40:07,301 --> 00:40:08,900 Then who did? 629 00:40:08,901 --> 00:40:11,460 Because our Acting Chief Constable is currently downstairs 630 00:40:11,461 --> 00:40:13,020 arranging her a solicitor. 631 00:40:13,021 --> 00:40:14,071 Hello! 632 00:40:15,741 --> 00:40:18,061 - Ahem. - Ma'am... 633 00:40:19,741 --> 00:40:24,620 Russell, I-I-I don't think I was ever supposed to read that message. 634 00:40:24,621 --> 00:40:25,701 You were. 635 00:40:28,501 --> 00:40:31,940 My impromptu tidy-up was never part of his plan. 636 00:40:31,941 --> 00:40:33,581 You were meant to find that book. 637 00:40:34,621 --> 00:40:38,780 It was published in March this year. 638 00:40:38,781 --> 00:40:40,381 That's after... 639 00:40:41,861 --> 00:40:43,700 After what? 640 00:40:43,701 --> 00:40:44,861 Mandy's death. 641 00:40:47,061 --> 00:40:48,581 We think it was a part of this. 642 00:40:53,981 --> 00:40:55,580 - Who's Mandy? - I don't... 643 00:40:55,581 --> 00:40:58,861 It's Ziegler's daughter and Russell's fiancee. 644 00:40:58,862 --> 00:41:03,220 - Right... - And how long exactly have you known this? 645 00:41:03,221 --> 00:41:06,861 He didn't and neither did Chief Constable Ziegler. 646 00:41:08,021 --> 00:41:09,220 What? 647 00:41:09,221 --> 00:41:12,860 I think until very recently he fully believed that what happened 648 00:41:12,861 --> 00:41:16,541 to his daughter was nothing more than a tragic accident. 649 00:41:17,632 --> 00:41:21,540 He was still grieving for his daughter 650 00:41:21,541 --> 00:41:24,300 and now he was having to spend all day trying to ensure that the 651 00:41:24,301 --> 00:41:27,861 task force didn't find any of his cover-ups on Holly's computers. 652 00:41:31,461 --> 00:41:33,900 That's when he came across the cypher. 653 00:41:33,901 --> 00:41:39,620 The one that DCC Radley gave me that portion of. He recognised it. 654 00:41:39,621 --> 00:41:41,700 - From where? - From one of my books. 655 00:41:41,701 --> 00:41:44,780 Not that one. That one's pretty much brand-new, 656 00:41:44,781 --> 00:41:46,500 I don't think the pages have even been turned. 657 00:41:46,501 --> 00:41:51,220 No, he recognised it from this one. The one that's been burned. 658 00:41:51,221 --> 00:41:54,181 A rare, self-published, limited edition. 659 00:41:55,581 --> 00:41:56,980 What a waste. 660 00:41:56,981 --> 00:41:58,940 But why would he have a copy of this one? 661 00:41:58,941 --> 00:42:00,061 I don't know. 662 00:42:19,181 --> 00:42:21,820 I'll be honest, that bit is a bit strange. 663 00:42:21,821 --> 00:42:23,300 But he definitely had one. 664 00:42:23,301 --> 00:42:25,780 It's impossible to solve it without it. 665 00:42:25,781 --> 00:42:27,421 And he did solve it. 666 00:42:28,541 --> 00:42:31,020 That's how he found out the truth. 667 00:42:31,021 --> 00:42:32,980 Mandy's death was no accident. 668 00:42:32,981 --> 00:42:34,421 He really didn't know... 669 00:42:36,901 --> 00:42:38,981 He was a baddie, but he wasn't like them. 670 00:42:42,621 --> 00:42:46,580 He worked for them, but presumably paid in promotions. 671 00:42:46,581 --> 00:42:47,631 But... 672 00:42:49,421 --> 00:42:51,740 ..he was still a father. 673 00:42:51,741 --> 00:42:53,621 THUNDER RUMBLES 674 00:43:14,821 --> 00:43:16,781 THUNDERCLAP 675 00:43:18,621 --> 00:43:20,141 So who killed him, John? 676 00:43:25,021 --> 00:43:29,580 Kemper couldn't be linked to any crime she'd ever committed. 677 00:43:29,581 --> 00:43:31,300 Ziegler knew that better than anyone. 678 00:43:31,301 --> 00:43:34,500 He was the one that had helped bury them all. 679 00:43:34,501 --> 00:43:36,821 But for his own daughter? 680 00:43:38,301 --> 00:43:41,900 He wanted justice for that and correct justice too, 681 00:43:41,901 --> 00:43:47,420 imprisonment for murder, and if it wasn't to be for hers, 682 00:43:47,421 --> 00:43:49,580 then it would have to be for his. 683 00:43:49,581 --> 00:43:50,901 What are you saying? 684 00:43:52,821 --> 00:43:54,741 I'm saying that this wasn't a murder. 685 00:43:56,661 --> 00:43:57,821 It was a suicide. 686 00:44:01,181 --> 00:44:04,100 Deliberately made to look like a murder. 687 00:44:04,101 --> 00:44:05,301 I'm afraid so. 688 00:44:08,341 --> 00:44:09,981 BEEPING 689 00:44:11,861 --> 00:44:13,820 He wanted to frame Kemper. 690 00:44:13,821 --> 00:44:18,781 He knew her schedule, knew when she'd be off at some gala or other. 691 00:44:22,341 --> 00:44:26,420 And he knew precisely where her father used to keep his gun. 692 00:44:26,421 --> 00:44:29,141 He had worked for this family for nearly 20 years. 693 00:44:32,581 --> 00:44:35,180 He may not have been an actual fan of puzzles, 694 00:44:35,181 --> 00:44:38,580 but it turns out he was exceptionally good at setting them. 695 00:44:38,581 --> 00:44:42,301 I mean, how does one shoot oneself and then hide the gun? 696 00:44:44,021 --> 00:44:46,660 It was the buckles that gave it away, 697 00:44:46,661 --> 00:44:48,940 the three burnt buckles. 698 00:44:48,941 --> 00:44:51,100 They weren't from a hold-all at all. 699 00:44:51,101 --> 00:44:52,900 They were from a pair of braces. 700 00:44:52,901 --> 00:44:57,260 He'd already had the Kemper visit that we caught on camera. 701 00:44:57,261 --> 00:44:58,820 Same day. 702 00:44:58,821 --> 00:45:03,060 What he'd said to her to make her come in person we can only guess at. 703 00:45:03,061 --> 00:45:05,340 My guess would be that it was something that would've 704 00:45:05,341 --> 00:45:07,421 put him at the top of her hit-list anyway. 705 00:45:09,581 --> 00:45:11,701 He saved her the trouble. 706 00:46:01,861 --> 00:46:03,900 It was... 707 00:46:03,901 --> 00:46:05,220 ..brilliant. 708 00:46:05,221 --> 00:46:08,860 Everything ended up exactly where it needed to be. 709 00:46:08,861 --> 00:46:10,820 Well, almost everything. 710 00:46:10,821 --> 00:46:14,541 There were four buckles on those braces, not three. 711 00:46:14,542 --> 00:46:17,860 If you have someone search the chimney, 712 00:46:17,861 --> 00:46:20,140 they're going to find a hook or a nail up there. 713 00:46:20,141 --> 00:46:22,621 And our fourth buckle. 714 00:46:24,461 --> 00:46:26,141 So he sacrificed himself? 715 00:46:27,221 --> 00:46:29,141 He didn't want to live. 716 00:46:30,941 --> 00:46:32,460 Didn't want to live, 717 00:46:32,461 --> 00:46:36,740 but he didn't want to die till he'd made things right. 718 00:46:36,741 --> 00:46:40,940 Justice by any means necessary. 719 00:46:40,941 --> 00:46:43,021 Justice by any means necessary. 720 00:46:45,421 --> 00:46:47,180 We'll have to let her go. 721 00:46:47,181 --> 00:46:50,300 But, no, she's responsible for several actual murders. 722 00:46:50,301 --> 00:46:52,700 Of which our own Chief Constable couldn't even prove 723 00:46:52,701 --> 00:46:55,180 and apparently he was in on half of them. 724 00:46:55,181 --> 00:46:58,980 DC Sullivan is right. This was never the way. 725 00:46:58,981 --> 00:47:00,541 No, it wasn't. 726 00:47:02,501 --> 00:47:03,941 I'm so sorry, DCI Carter. 727 00:47:06,501 --> 00:47:09,860 Right, not a word of this leaves this office. 728 00:47:09,861 --> 00:47:13,100 - Am I understood? - Yes. - Yes. 729 00:47:13,101 --> 00:47:14,500 MOBILE RINGS 730 00:47:14,501 --> 00:47:15,900 Hmm... 731 00:47:15,901 --> 00:47:16,951 Hello. 732 00:47:16,952 --> 00:47:19,980 Yes, of course I'm coming to pick him up. 733 00:47:19,981 --> 00:47:21,500 I have been very busy, you know. 734 00:47:21,501 --> 00:47:24,980 Hmm? Oh, no, no, we solved that. 735 00:47:24,981 --> 00:47:27,940 No, it turns out Chief Constable Ziegler was trying to frame 736 00:47:27,941 --> 00:47:30,580 Joanne Kemper for his own murder by using a makeshift 737 00:47:30,581 --> 00:47:34,060 version of his door-key catapult system. 738 00:47:34,061 --> 00:47:36,500 Mm, I know. 739 00:47:36,501 --> 00:47:38,621 Pretty obvious when you think about it. 740 00:47:39,901 --> 00:47:41,140 Mm... 741 00:47:41,141 --> 00:47:42,461 OK, bye-bye. 742 00:47:47,261 --> 00:47:49,460 Oh, sorry, it's just my boss. 743 00:47:49,461 --> 00:47:54,021 Your boss? As in the editor of a newspaper? 744 00:47:58,781 --> 00:48:02,661 It's-it's not a proper one, it's mo-... 745 00:48:04,221 --> 00:48:05,900 He's cool, isn't he, Russell? 746 00:48:05,901 --> 00:48:07,861 Er... 747 00:49:18,941 --> 00:49:20,580 Good. 748 00:49:20,581 --> 00:49:23,461 Oh! Come in, come in! 749 00:49:30,901 --> 00:49:33,180 What exactly is this place? 750 00:49:33,181 --> 00:49:36,300 Oh, it's, uh, clearly a newsroom. 751 00:49:36,301 --> 00:49:38,420 - Is it? - Sorry, who are these, um, people? 752 00:49:38,421 --> 00:49:41,820 Oh, we have, um, two Detective Constables, um, 753 00:49:41,821 --> 00:49:45,620 DCI Russell Carter, as you know, and Chief Superintendent Carol Shaw. 754 00:49:45,621 --> 00:49:49,861 Right. I-I actually meant what are they doing here? 755 00:49:51,981 --> 00:49:54,060 Sorry, is that an evidence board? 756 00:49:54,061 --> 00:49:56,140 No, it's an architect's easel. 757 00:49:56,141 --> 00:50:00,180 Uh, how exactly did you become involved in all this, Mr Fisher? 758 00:50:00,181 --> 00:50:04,460 Um, I'm-I'm not really quite sure. 759 00:50:04,461 --> 00:50:08,380 Um, probably some kind of cosmic punishment. 760 00:50:08,381 --> 00:50:11,020 Although actually I do get to write a book about it when it's finished. 761 00:50:11,021 --> 00:50:12,140 Co-write. 762 00:50:12,141 --> 00:50:17,180 Co-write?! When did that happen? Sorry about your Chief Constable. 763 00:50:17,181 --> 00:50:18,260 Were you close? 764 00:50:18,261 --> 00:50:19,501 What is all this? 765 00:50:20,981 --> 00:50:27,460 Well, it looks like an unofficial investigation into missing 766 00:50:27,461 --> 00:50:32,020 detectives, multiple murders and high-ranking cover-ups. 767 00:50:32,021 --> 00:50:35,180 Yes, we've done quite well, all things considered. 768 00:50:35,181 --> 00:50:38,541 Ah, apart from not actually catching the baddie, of course. 769 00:51:12,381 --> 00:51:15,101 Do you think she believed it? Our version? 770 00:51:16,501 --> 00:51:18,780 Couldn't get over his daughter's death? 771 00:51:18,781 --> 00:51:23,621 Too proud to have his own recorded as a suicide? No. 772 00:51:25,461 --> 00:51:28,740 She knows Ziegler tried to frame her and she's doesn't care. 773 00:51:28,741 --> 00:51:29,980 Why would she? 774 00:51:29,981 --> 00:51:33,380 It's just another casualty caught in the crossfire of her own ambition. 775 00:51:33,381 --> 00:51:34,500 At the rate she's going, 776 00:51:34,501 --> 00:51:37,741 we'll end up with our first serial killer Prime Minister. 777 00:51:57,341 --> 00:52:00,301 The world's already far too broken for us to allow that. 778 00:52:04,541 --> 00:52:06,061 We're going to have to save it. 779 00:52:07,061 --> 00:52:08,461 Save the world? 780 00:52:10,781 --> 00:52:12,820 Too grand? 781 00:52:12,821 --> 00:52:14,780 Not grand enough. 782 00:52:14,781 --> 00:52:16,861 She already destroyed mine. 783 00:52:18,781 --> 00:52:20,100 That's what she does. 784 00:52:20,101 --> 00:52:21,740 That's why we're all here. 785 00:52:21,741 --> 00:52:24,221 Well, she couldn't have chosen worse opponents. 786 00:52:25,421 --> 00:52:28,340 For her, I mean! You're all actually really good, 787 00:52:28,341 --> 00:52:29,461 that's the point. 788 00:52:31,261 --> 00:52:34,820 Yeah, well, in fairness, you're pretty good yourself, John. 789 00:52:34,821 --> 00:52:36,381 Yes, I know I am. 790 00:52:39,981 --> 00:52:41,781 That's why we're going to win. 791 00:53:08,341 --> 00:53:12,461 MUSIC: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 792 00:53:12,511 --> 00:53:17,061 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0