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SAM: When we won the contract,
we gained a data gold mine...

The independence of Unitas
Health is being recognised.

..and the powerful enemies
that go with that.

Oscar Harris.
Number 10 special adviser.

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NIKKI: I think they're
blood samples that were being

manipulated
to plant as evidence.

But no-one would have
taken it. Would they?

Some of your questioning
goes way beyond your remit,

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Should get some candidates. Sure.

Vigil finds a link
you didn't know was there.

HARRIS: DNA was recovered

from a cartridge
left by the assassin.

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..at the earliest.
On your knees! Get down!

NIKKI: In Paris he was assigned
to covert operations.

On what planet does he leave
this much evidence behind?

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Goodnight. Goodnight.

SIRENS

LINE RINGS

JACK SIGHS

VOICEMAIL: Hello.
You've reached Sam Ryan.

Please leave a message
after the beep.

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You made it back, then. Yeah.

Oh... OK.

Sorry about your dad. Thank you.

DC Sharon Griffiths.
You're the forensic team?

Yes. We're from the Lyell.

He's over here.

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He's a journalist.

He was asking about allegations

of DNA manipulation

in the Health Secretary's
assassination.

Found a phone or a laptop yet?

Nothing. Place is clean.

Good. That means
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Here we go.

What is it? Looks like blood.

Diluted blood.

Splash-back
with hand washing, maybe.

Thanks.

Anything useful?

Found blood in the bathroom.

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I thought Professor Ryan
might be joining us.

I'm eager to meet her.

Sam has been held up
this morning,

but I can speak
for the both of us.

We know there are concerns
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But at what cost to us?

You must understand that

independence is a cornerstone
of everything we do here.

The public will never give up
their private health data

unless they trust us
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of people's private lives

without even declaring it
half the time.

HE LAUGHS

Your health passport

tracks people 24/7.

But we are helping to save lives.

The passport programme
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but you're ignoring
the political reality

in front of you.

With my backing,

we can take the health passport
programme global.

I already have footing
in the Asian markets.

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from a considerable height.

With bilateral compound
fractures of the lower limbs.

Swelling of
the right lateral malleolus.

Protrusion of the fibula
on the right leg.

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overlying the frontal bone.

And a smaller,
equally fresh-looking bruise

under the point of his chin.

What's up?

He has a midline fracture
of the mandible

and bilateral fractures
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that Meehan had, though.

This could have been caused by

a hard punch on the chin.

JOMO: So...I'll be in touch.

Give my regards
to Professor Ryan.

Of course.

There you go.

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HE SIGHS

I've worked so hard to give you
everything you ever wanted.

And now
you're undermining it all.

You're breaking
your mom's heart.

No wonder
she's thinking of leaving us.

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a haemorrhage
on the frontal lobe.

Any backlash?

No. Nothing on
the opposite occipital lobe.

When a moving head
hits the ground,

the brain bounces
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not his head hitting the ground.

So, cause of death?
Cause of death

likely to be multiple injuries
from blunt-force trauma

due to impact,

but it's possible that he was
attacked before the fall.

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One is a match to Meehan.

The other's a partial,
incomplete DNA profile.

Did you run it through
the database?

It's too degraded.

It's been mixed with
disinfectant, unfortunately.

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cleaning up afterwards.

Luckily, they didn't do
as good a job washing their hands.

The spines found
on Meehan's jacket

are from a cholla cactus.

They are barbed,

so they catch on skin
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to Meehan
during an altercation.

Hm. If someone was there,

they could have taken
his laptop and his phone.

Maybe he was working on a story
that they didn't want

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Oliver Meehan visited the Lyell.

He was asking questions
about the investigation

into the Health Secretary's
death.

Right. Well, that kicks
things up a notch.

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and now you'll have an heir
to the throne.

Cheers.

HE LAUGHS

DAVID: Cheers.

Hey, hey, hey!

Time to step up now, son.

OK?

HE PATS DAVID'S BACK

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My PA must have forgotten
to put you in the loop.

We're talking about
the future of the company here,

a company I'll be running one day.

One day.

Not today.

I'm still in charge -
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I just wish
Sam could have been here.

Where is she?

Oh, she's completely absorbed
in her work, as usual.

You both have that in common.

I... I have to get going.

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with a journalist? If the idea
of fake DNA got out,

it would completely undermine
the field of forensic science.

Sam would know that
better than anyone. Yeah.

So maybe
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Huh. They said
they were bringing in

some hot-shot detective.

The Greater London Commissioner
has requested our involvement

in Sam Ryan's disappearance
and Meehan's murder.

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CLEARS HIS THROAT

Thank you, DS Chalal.

DC Griffiths,
can I have a word?

DS CHALAL: Just in case you've
forgotten who's in charge. Right.

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as we move into the flat.

Chances are the victim
was injured in the doorway,

staggered back
into the dining room.

Signs of a violent struggle
in here.

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You're going to want to put
divers in the water.

It's possible she was thrown
from the balcony.

DS Chalal.

I can manage things here.

You go and inform Jomo Mashaba.

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I'm not sure what time,
exactly.

You didn't think to call her
when she didn't come home?

Of course,
but it's not uncommon

for her to stay in the city
when she's working late.

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HE SIGHS

We've been haemorrhaging political
support since the launch.

We can't afford
another scandal.

Do you ever stay at the flat?

Sometimes.

Not recently.

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I promised...

I wouldn't ask you this.

But I need you
to do something for me.

It's about the phone call
I got earlier.

We looked at the CCTV footage
of Sam and Meehan.

There's nothing conclusive.

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Whatever he was working on
he was keeping under wraps,

but he did mention
to one of them

that he was looking
into Unitas Health.

Where are we with retracing
Sam's movements

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No, I've spoken to Harris.
The meeting

has no relevance
to our investigation.

What was it about?

Oh, I'm sorry,
have I missed something here?

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derived from induced
pluripotent stem cells,

or iPSCs.

Each engineered iPSC
contains a genetic barcode,

so we can monitor any mutations
as the healing process begins.

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Of course. From the...
Thomas Lyell Centre.

That's right.

I don't lecture
to many pathologists.

I'm on the investigation team
looking into Sam's disappearance.

Oh. Yes. Of course.

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Well, it wasn't my intention

to use my father-in-law
as the guinea pig,

but when Jomo failed to find
a suitable heart donor

my husband insisted we try it.

You see, there's no risk
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We should be offering our treatments
publicly within the year.

That's amazing.

Listen, I don't mean
to hold you up, but...

..before Sam went missing,

I spoke to her about
a blood sample I'd been testing.

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She could be halfway
down the Thames,

and you're rummaging
through her stuff?

Divers are looking for her.

Just need to search her office,
see if she left anything

that'll help us find out
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to run this place, you know.

Wouldn't matter.

Jack, I've got something.

Nikki. I just ran a Vigil Network
search on Sam's company car.

ANPR has the vehicle arriving
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Visitors are restricted.

But you got Sam Ryan
permission to see him.

Knowing what she and Tom
spoke about could help us

find out what's happened to her.

The police have already
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It's the only thing that matters.

You, me...

..and our child.

OK.

PHONE RINGS

Hello. Jomo? It's Ethan Daley.

I saw Sam's case was registered
at Vigil Network yesterday.

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Well... Thank you.

CAR INDICATOR CLICKING

What the hell?

W-What's going on?

Stop the car. Stop the car!

Mr Daley... Where's my wife?

Oh, my God, is that my wife?
Is that Helen?!

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I wondered if I'd see you again.

I had to get government
permission to be here.

I hear Sam came to see you.

That's why you're here.

You know she's the reason
I'm in prison?

She shopped me to the police.

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before I was arrested.
Oliver Meehan.

I hadn't heard from you.

I needed to get
my story out somehow.

Meehan's a good journalist.

Anyway, I gave him everything I had.

The dirty money at Unitas.

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The diving unit's
still searching the river.

You shouldn't be here.

Whoever went after Sam and
Meehan might come for you next.

I want to prove your innocence.

I've been testing vials
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I won't give up on you, Tom.

Be careful, Nikki.

Whoever these people are,
they're dangerous.

BEEPING

PHONE RINGS

Hey. Can you let me in?

Hello?

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HE SIGHS

Hmm, it's not here.

What are you reading?

A research paper
published by Fiona Mashaba.

A light page-turner, is it?

I went to watch her lecture about
her stem-cell research this morning.

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Exactly.

Hmm. So, theoretically,
this technique could be used

to create any type of cell -
skin, sperm, white blood cells.

And I think that
the technology is capable

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I have no idea.

OK. Have you eaten?

Hmm? Have you eaten?

No. No time to eat. You'll burn out.

And this can wait till tomorrow.

My treat. Hmm?

Now you mention it, I'm starving.

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Hmm?

Did you take this? No.

Come on.

Weird.

DSI BOYLE: What do you mean,
it's all gone?

Vials of blood. Faulkner's DNA.

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I don't know.

But whoever stole it left it here to
show they can get to us.

I've dusted it for prints, but...

Wow, well done. Eh?
Thank God you're on the case.

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I wouldn't be
surprised if they destroyed

the evidence against Faulkner
themselves.

She's his ex-bloody-wife.

LIFT DINGS

I told Fiona that Sam was helping me
test a blood sample from the Lyell.

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I know things have been very
difficult lately, but, um, you know,

now Fiona's pregnant,

can't we just try harder
to get along?

What is it?

Yeah.

I'm at Sam Ryan
and Jomo Mashaba's house.

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That was weeks ago.

He was harassing
the family of my former

personal assistant, Rosa Hernandez.

Kept asking all sorts
of questions about her death

when they were trying to grieve.

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..how far would you go to make sure
Faulkner stays locked up?

Is that recent?

This? It's just from cooking.

Your DNA matches
a partial blood sample

discovered in Oliver Meehan's flat.

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This has to be from Sam.

Wait, so, first you think
she stole the vial.

Now you're saying she's returned it?

This was posted yesterday.

What does that mean?

She's still alive?

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allegedly belonging to Tom Faulkner.

A barcode that could only have been
created by your technology.

Did you have anything to do

with the fabricating of
evidence against Tom Faulkner?

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Did someone ask you to fabricate
the evidence against Tom?

You don't understand.

I did what was necessary to get
my research where it is today.

I think you should come
down to the station

for further questioning, OK?

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Cactus.
BOTH: Cholla cactus.

Dad... What did the police want?

They think that we had
something to do with the death

of a journalist.

Now, I know that I didn't,

so I need you to tell me
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something which you later
rely on in court.

Anything you do say
may be given in evidence.

Come along, sir.

I need to search David's office.

Everything I've done
with Unitas was for him.

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He was a credible journalist, so...

..if the story came out, then...

..it would ruin the company.

There have been allegations
about dirty money

in Unitas for a while now.

Where did the money come from,
David?

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That's why I went to his apartment,

to try and reason with him, to try
and bribe him, if necessary.

But he wouldn't listen.

HE SIGHS

We argued.

He hit me.

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He died from the fall.

Tell us about the framing
of Tom Faulkner.

SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

A few weeks before
the health passport launch,

David brought a skin scraping
to my laboratory.

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would have been withdrawn.

I can't believe
you could have been so naive.

So, you fabricated the evidence
against Tom Faulkner?

We had no idea what
the samples would be used for.

We didn't even know
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Jomo had been shot and...and
the Health Secretary was dead.

People were dying all around us.

If we'd have said anything, it would
have been me and Fiona next.

I don't think you're telling us
the whole truth, David.

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What a balls-up.
This could see Faulkner walk.

Faulkner's innocent, Ronnie.

David Mashaba can tell us

who ordered the
Health Secretary's assassination.

Just go and sort out a safe house
for the pair of them, will you?

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So, why did you call me here?

Because what you have
uncovered could derail

the entire justice system.

If this information ever got out,
it would be a political catastrophe.

Are you asking me
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And you think Sam sent it?

Yeah. I do.

Then where is she?

There's... There's something
I want to tell you.

I think you'll want
to know this now.

PHONE RINGS