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Aunt Ada: A cold case cracked open.

Our sleuths are getting closer to the lion's den.

But today is All Hallows Eve,

a time where the veil

between the living and the dead grows thin,

and ghosts from the past creep out to haunt our present.

History repeats.

Memories stir.

And as for our detective duo,

horrors lie ahead.

And this time they might just find themselves

going beyond the point of no return.

Oh, wait, you can't just go barging in there.

- What? - He could be dangerous.

Yeah, I know, that's why we're getting Lancaster out.

We're gonna call Draper.

Gonna ask her to check the car registration

and see if it matches any CCTV near Sunny Ridge.

You're not thinking straight. Just hold on.

Tommy, don't lecture me.

Tuppence...

Hey!

What are you doing here?

Hey. Hello. Uh... s-sorry.

I was just hoping to ask Sir Philip some questions

about the Red House.

Look, I told you everything there is to know, huh?

And his cancer's back, so he's very fragile right now.

Okay. Uh...

Yeah, I'll-- I'll go.

Hey, listen, just before I shoot off,

I don't suppose I could have a cheeky look

at the Rolls-Royce, could I?

The Phantom?

I'm a huge, huge fan of classic cars.

As long as you promise to leave the old boy alone.

Of course. Promise.

Well, after you, then.

Does Sir Philip use it much?

No, he doesn't get out of the house most days.

So I'm guessing you--

you must get to drive it around a bit, then.

If I want. He's pretty generous like that.

Have you, uh, been to London recently?

What kind of question is that?

Look, I've got to get to this party at the church.

So I think you should leave, eh?

Now.

Of course.

Hey, have a nice day, yeah? Take it easy.

Come on, Tuppence.

Come on, Tuppence, answer your phone for once in your life.

Please leave a message after the tone.

Draper it is.

Tommy! Hi!

I mean I mean, hi, hi.

That cold case I told you about in Sutton Chancellor.

I think it's bigger than us. I need your help.

What have you found?

Tommy? Tommy?

Hello?

Tommy? Tommy?

I'm sorry? Who are you?

Oh, I'm-- I'm sorry. I'm--

The new agency nurse. Of course.

Yes. Yes, that's who I am. Hello.

Hello.

Good, because I could do with an opponent.

Right. Okay.

- Please. - Thanks.

So it's your move.

Right.

Ah Uh...

I'm sorry. I'm a little bit rusty.

Chess was never really my thing.

My sister, on the other hand.

Yeah, my wife and I used to play.

She was very good.

Julia?

I heard some people mention her name in the village.

I'm so sorry to hear that she's no longer with us.

Not as sorry as I am.

What happened to her?

She died a few years ago.

She-- She became unwell on our journey back from abroad.

Oh! I-I saw her childhood home. Yesterday, actually.

The Red House in Birnam Hollow.

It's such a shame that it's just sitting there.

Sir Philip: I wouldn't know.

I don't think I've been down there for years.

But you pay Amos to take care of it, don't you?

You seem remarkably well informed...

for an agency nurse.

It's just interesting to me

that you would take care of a place

that must have some bad memories.

And what would they be?

Your wife's affair with Boscowan, maybe?

Oh, fuck.

Oh, my gosh.

Where's my phone?

Tuppence?

Tuppence! Hello?!

Help!

You should be careful of village gossip.

Tittle-tattle can cost lives.

You're right. Rumours can be dangerous.

They cost Boscowan a lot.

All that talk about taking children definitely ruined him.

You know, it's really not much fun playing someone

who doesn't have a clue.

I'm better at poker.

Ah...

Oh, look.

I do remember how to play this game.

Sadly, not well enough.

Checkmate.

I know what you are, and I won't have it.

You need to leave.

And I know exactly what you are too.

You're not gonna get away with it.

Where is she? Where is Mrs. Lancaster?

What--

Oh!

Sir Philip! Hey!

Hey!

Tuppence.

Tuppence!

Tommy!

In here!

What the...

Oh!

Oh, my.

It was horrible.

Are you okay?

No. No, I'm so not fucking okay.

We need to get out of here now.

What happened to you?! Your head.

- Oh, my God, you're bleeding. - Don't-- ow!

Hit in the head. Probably concussed.

Locked in the garage. And, yeah, they took my phone.

Fuck.

Why did you rush in here on your own?

- Did you see who tied you up? - No, no.

It wasn't Sir Philip. There was somebody else.

Sir Philip's got Lancaster. They've left in the Phantom.

Okay, well, we have to go.

We need to find whoever's been helping him.

Wait! Tommy.

"Julia as Waterlily."

Oh, my gosh, we were right.

Julia Starke is Jane Lancaster.

Yeah.

So-- So hang on.

So, wait, Philip faked her death.

Why would he do that?

So he could shut her away in an old people's home,

and no one would believe her

when she started murmuring about her serial-killer husband.

You think he did it?

The kids.

And I think I know exactly who's been helping him.

Amos.

I know where we need to go.

- He said he'd be at the party. - Okay. Yeah.

If he's telling us the truth.

- Stay down. - There he is.

I mean, I think that's him in the mask.

We can't ambush him. He's violent.

We don't have proof.

Wait, you said he took your phone, didn't you?

Well, I've got an idea. Wait.

Okay, Tommy, Tommy, Tommy... Tommy.

He's not answering.

Who's...

Who's that?

Wait a second.

Stay there, stay there.

Hey!

Hey.

Wait.

No, no!

Wait. What?

Vicar Bly?

- I-I-I-- - Where are they?

Where's Philip taken Julia?

We know Julia's Lancaster. We know everything.

It's too late. It's all over now.

What do you mean? What's he done to her?

- What's he done to her?! - Well?

How are you even a part of this?

- You're literally-- - He's my brother.

- Sir Philip is your brother? - He's sick. He needed my help.

You attacked us. All of this for family loyalty?

How could you? I'm calling the police.

No, please.

Uh, they're already here.

She says the gardener had nothing to do with it.

Other than that she's refusing to talk.

In the meantime, I've arrested her

for unlawful wounding of you, Tommy,

and false imprisonment of you, Tuppence.

I'm taking her to local station to get booked into custody now.

- Thank you. - Okay.

But the connection to the cold case,

it's hard without this Philip guy and Missus...

- Lancaster. - I mean, or Julia Starke.

- It's-- It's confusing. - Right. Okay.

I'll put interest reports on the Phantom on PNC and ANPR.

She won't get far.

And this is where I say, "Let me handle it,"

And you guys ignore me and go and solve it,

Which I really hope you do.

Sorry, can I ask, um, how and why you're here?

Oh, um, yeah.

Tommy called me, asked for my help.

Oh, okay.

And then the phone went dead,

so I asked the phone company to pinpoint his location.

It's a bit cheeky. Well, perks of the job.

Hmm.

Okay. See ya.

What are you doing?

Hey. Thanks.

As ever, you've been amazing.

I had to tell Merriot I was getting my appendix out.

That's how much I'm not supposed to be here.

Thank you.

So you really think that this guy is the key to all this?

The missing kids?

Yeah, I do.

Well, then just be careful.

I wouldn't want anything happening to you.

Hey, no, I mean, I'm just--

I'm just really excited for the next book.

I should probably stop calling you Draper.

Oh, Clem. Clemmy. Clementine. Any of the above.

Clem? Clem-- Clemmy? Clementine?

Oh, that's weird. It's weird. Just call me Draper.

- See ya. - Bye, Draper.

Who does that?

Hit a man across the head

and take a woman hostage for her serial-killer brother?

Thank God Draper turned up when she did.

Yeah. Good old Draper.

She's dependable.

- Sorry. - Do you need some painkillers?

I mean, maybe you should get your head checked out.

No, no. It's fine.

Let's just stay focused on the case.

We're really close.

Where is it?

Here.

You are right, though. We are-- We are close.

I mean, okay, look,

we-- we know it's Philip who killed the kids.

But what evidence do we have?

He could be miles away with Lancaster by now.

And until we find Philip,

we have nothing concrete on the kids, right?

What would actually pin it on him?

Finding the bodies.

I never want to see one of those raises again.

Julia's precious roses.

What was it called again?

Let me just-- Let me just look that up.

The apothecary's rose,

also known as the House of Lancaster rose.

So now we know why her alias was Lancaster.

This particular flower blooms from June to late October.

Late October.

What?

The painting.

We have to see the painting.

January.

You said you painted it in January, right?

Yeah.

The apothecary's rose, they're late bloomers,

but they certainly do not bloom in January.

So someone else painted the roses in later, didn't they?

Yeah, they must have.

It occurred to me that the only person

who those roses meant something to was Julia,

and I thought that, I don't know,

perhaps she was trying to send me a message or something.

No, she wasn't trying to send you a message.

She was trying to send all of us a message.

- What are you doing? - Trust me.

What are those scratches?

They're initials.

The children's initials.

The children, as in...?

She was trying to tell us in any way that she could

what her husband had done.

And where they were buried.

So he tried to blame me for something he did?

Oh, my God, I'll kill him.

Yeah, join the queue.

We know where we need to go.

Oh, my God, is that Sir Philip's car?

Has it crashed?

- What's happened? - I don't know.

I'm guessing it can't be good.

What's he done to her?

Is that blood?

Come on.

Draper.

Tommy, when I was at the station,

we got a call through.

The landlady, Fran Copleigh.

Her daughter's missing. Have you seen her?

- Hetty's gone missing? - What?

No, no, no, we haven't seen her.

What? I can't-- I can't hear you.

Draper, the line's breaking.

- Shit! - What did she say?

I think something terrible is about to happen.

Come on.

Oh, my God.

Hetty? Hetty!

Lancaster!

They're not up here.

No, they're not in here either.

Julia!

He must be hiding them in here somewhere.

Shh.

Can you hear that? It's like music.

Tommy.

"Your poor child in the chimney."

The fireplace.

Uh, she said that this place had secrets.

Like the drawer in Ada's desk.

Okay. Uh...

- There might be a catch? - Yeah.

Or a spring. Look for spring or a catch or something.

Okay.

Tuppence, look, look. There's a lever.

Hetty?

Hetty! Oh!

Oh, they're here.

Oh, Hetty, Mrs. Lancaster.

They're both here. Okay. Okay.

- Is she okay? - She's not responding.

Shh! She's sleeping.

Mrs. Lancaster. Julia. You're awake.

Okay, we need to go now. Come on.

Help me with Hetty.

Come, come, come, come.

It's okay. You're gonna be okay.

I'll come back for you.

Okay. I've got her. You go get Lancaster.

Tommy?

- Tuppence? - What's happened?

It won't open.

Hang on. I'll pull the catch again.

Must be a catch on this side.

I can't!

I can't open it! The catch isn't working!

Okay, just look after Hetty.

I'll check upstairs.

Okay.

Don't worry. I'm gonna get us out of here.

It must be here somewhere.

You know, when Phillip first got sick.

I had to stop dancing to take care of him.

I had been someone.

Waterlily. My greatest role.

Boscawen loved me as Waterlily.

Obsessed.

You see, I grew up in this house,

and it was just sitting here all alone.

I thought, why not use it to have some fun?

So we met here for our affair.

And then one night, I found her snooping.

Annoying little girl.

Wait, what-- what did you just say?

Oh, you were listening.

Would you like some milk?

You might as well.

Makes it very quick.

Very painless.

Susan. She saw you here with Boscowan.

So...

What did you do to her?

I did what I had to do.

At first I felt so very scared.

And then so very powerful.

It was like that rush you get on stage

with a thousand eyes trained on you.

But Nicolas and Helen.

Well, it was just suddenly so very easy.

Children take what they're given, especially from women.

Are you feeling all right?

You don't look very well.

Sir Philip found out, and he took you away.

And he pretended that leaving the village

was to do with the affair.

Clever, really. He must love me very much.

But then he got sick again,

and he came back...

and he faked your death.

And he gave you a new name and shut you up in a retirement home

to keep you far away from children.

I felt so...

betrayed.

Abandoned.

I had to find a way out.

But that annoying Packford woman who Philip had spying on me

would only sound the alarm if I did something truly awful.

So you killed Ada.

She was such a lovely woman.

Really.

Very clever.

But then again, her hip flask.

Such a dirty habit.

And then I led you both here.

I pointed out the painting.

There it is. That's how I know it's my room.

Follow the painting.

Tugged at the heartstrings.

I wondered, was it your poor child...

in the chimney?

I told them what I knew.

They wouldn't believe me.

Why won't they come?

So you led us here not to help you, but to...

to applaud you.

Yes.

What's the point of going to my grave a no-one

when I could finally be somebody?

So you-- you want people to know that you did this?

My plan was working.

Until his sister got involved, as ever.

Vicar Bly, she attacked us at the house

so Philip could get you away.

When they took me from the house,

I realised that Philip was finally going to call an end

to the whole thing...

...bring me here, and kill me.

But he didn't manage it.

The car on the verge.

It was his blood on the torch.

I just needed to delay him a little.

I needed time for you to catch up to me.

I took my chance and ran for it.

But there she was, watching like the first time.

Seeing something she shouldn't have.

Another greedy little girl

wanting to eat all her sweets at once,

all washed down with a nice big glass of milk.

Ohh, I just need...

And now it's your turn.

- Hetty. - I want my mummy.

Oh! You're gonna be okay.

You're gonna be okay.

You need to get out. Now!

Amos.

Oh, thank God! Will you take her?

Is she okay?

What happened? I saw the smoke.

- I've got to go back in there. - No, no, you can't.

It's on fire.

What?

You can't go back in there.

Watch me.

Tommy!

- Tommy! - It's gonna be okay.

- Julia, stop! - Philip.

You need to get out. This is between me and her.

Get off.

What about everybody else? Huh?

What about the families of those children?

They deserve closure.

You could have given them peace, but you hid her.

She's my wife. I love her.

That's not love! You did something terrible!

You trapped each other inside a lie.

Hetty could have died tonight.

Sir Philip: I didn't know the child was in here.

I-I wouldn't have started the fire.

The fire?

I want us to go together, my darling.

I can't keep fighting anymore.

It's time.

Together? Really?

Of course.

Always.

Tommy!

- It was her. It was Lancaster. - What happened?

- Tommy? Tommy. - Mm?

Okay. Come on, come on.

- We have to go.

Come on.

The fire...

- Come on. Come on. - No, no.

We have to go. Put your...

- We don't have time, okay?

Almost there. Just this way.

- I just, uh... - No, no, no! No, no, no, no!

Tommy! No! No!

Tommy!

Tommy! Tommy, Wake up!

Tommy?

I'm not gonna leave you, okay, because this is it.

This is it, Tommy.

Tommy, it's me and you.

It's Tommy and Tuppence, okay?

And I'm really happy that life threw us together.

I am, and I...

I'm never happier than when I'm with you and I just...

Please. I just want you to know, all I want is you, okay?

I just want you. I just want you, okay? So...

Come on. I'm not gonna give up.

Tommy...

Okay, come on. Come on.

Oh! Let's get you...

Tommy!

Are you okay? Are you hurt? Are you okay?

No, I'm fine.

Tommy, can you hear me? Can you hear me?

- Yeah. - Where are you hurt?

Just deep breaths. Take deep breaths.

And the children...

They're here, aren't they?

So I've been tending to a graveyard all these years.

It's horrible.

Well, maybe it meant they weren't alone.

Someone was caring for them at least.

Yeah.

Aunt Ada: And so the long night of unspeakable horror is over.

Order is restored,

and evil comes to its final resolution.

But whilst the past is put to rest,

the future remains uncertain.

And as our beloved detectives return home

bruised and battered, they're left wondering

whether Blunts Brilliant Detectives

has also come to an end.

I mean, it just sounds horrific

and even more of a reason to get out of here.

You need a proper break.

And, hey, if a 12-hour movie marathon on the plane

doesn't do it, I don't know what will.

Hey.

Hey, Tuppence.

I'm sorry. I'm just...

It's okay. It's just nerves.

It's not nerves. I'm sorry, it's not...

What?

What's going on?

Oh, God, I can't keep...

I can't keep avoiding things 'cause they're scary and hard.

I can't-- I just can't seem to tell people

what I actually want.

And what-- what do you want?

I want to stay here.

I really want to keep doing this.

And you want to be with him?

I...

I just want-- I want to see if we have a chance.

I'm so sorry.

- I'm sorry. - Hey, hey, hey.

Okay. That's okay.

Oh, no...

I mean, it fucking hurts, but...

You made me feel like you-- like you chose me.

I know.

I was really unfair.

I'm just...

I'm so-- I'm...

It's the Uber.

Oh, my God. I don't even...

So, last chance.

Come with me.

Please come with me.

And her plane leaves today?

Just like that, after everything?

Yeah, just like that.

Hmm.

You know how you've just uncovered

a horrific serial-killer cold case

for which you will be getting intense therapy, please?

Mm-hmm.

Well...

...wasn't that really just about a guy that couldn't let go

and how that ruined his life

and the lives of everyone within a five-mile radius?

Hang on a minute.

Are you trying to tell me that desperately clinging onto

a codependent past relationship isn't the best idea?

Well, that, yes, but...

Also there are plenty of fish in the very full sea.

You deserve to dive right in.

And now I'm gonna stop mixing my metaphors

and go and mix some drinks.

Thank you, Albert.

And with that in mind, you have a visitor.

Hi.

Um, I was on my way to work,

but I thought I could milk the appendix thing for one more day

and that you might need some company.

And, um, chocolate.

Oh, fuck.

So, um, you didn't go, then, huh?

If this is a lecture, it's really not the right time.

I, um...

I actually just wanted to say to you

that what you did at Blunt--

that what you did at Blunt at first seemed crazy,

but you were actually, surprisingly,

almost quite good at it.

And brave.

Sorry? Are you about to cry as well?

What's happening?

And I'm proud of you.

Now, kindly but firmly, get the fuck out of my house

and sort your life out now, please, okay?

Yeah?

Yeah.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Hello?

Okay, um...

Leave it with me.

You know there was nothing more

you could have done, right, with Ada?

Just in case you were beating yourself up.

No, I know.

I'm fine.

Oh, shit. I'm so sorry.

No, I'll do it. No, it's okay.

I'm not fine, actually.

Um, don't know how I'm gonna move on from this.

From all of it.

Hey.

It's okay.

Come here.

- Um... - Tuppence.

Your flight?

Yeah. I'm not going back to America.

Um, I just-- I didn't want to leave...

Blunts.

The business.

I love it. I think I'm good at it.

Um, I would like to keep-- keep doing it, keep--

maybe I wondered if you would maybe want to keep doing it too.

Yeah. I-I, uh...

- Of course. - Cool. Great.

- Of course. - Thank-- yeah.

I-- I should probably go.

No, it's okay. You don't need to.

You know where I am.

What about Julius?

That's over, properly.

Sorry to hear that.

Yeah, me too.

But I really like my life here.

He told me that he thought I was destined for greatness.

And I figure I can't really...

I can only really do that here as part of something bigger.

Well, I am...

Yeah, I'm really happy that you realised what you want

and that you and I can be together again.

We can work together.

Am I really too late, Tommy?

Tuppence, I...

Look sharp. I got a customer for you.

Constance, what the fuck are you doing here?

- Now is not the time. - This can't wait.

- What are you talking about? - Tuppence, listen, okay?

The government needs your services.

Or at least the services of those

who would never, ever be mistaken for professional spies.

And I thought, who better?

Sorry, what? What's going on?

I have a mission for you,

should you choose to accept,

but I do need you to make a decision now.

So are you in?

The both of you?

Right. Shall we?

Aunt Ada: Ooh, good!

It seems our sleuthing twosome are back together,

and there will be new dastardly mysteries

to uncover on the horizon,

as well as a secret or two of my own.

Now, if they could only solve the biggest conundrum of all--

whether they should be more