All language subtitles for Murder.In.Suburbia.S01E01.Applejacks.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-squalor_track3_eng

[road murmurs]

[haunting music]

[bird chirps]

-[latch clicks]
-[hinge squeaks]

[girl speaks faintly]

[car door handle clunks]

[car door clacks]

[bicycle clacks]

[eerie music]

[siren wails]

[radio buzzes]

[car doors clack]

-[camera snaps]
-Yep.

[investigator speaks faintly]

[Investigator] Oh.

-[camera snaps]
-[lively music]

[Kate] I just can't
believe he fixed us up

with a couple of coppers.

[Emma] I thought we might
have something in common.

Like what? The same blood group?

They looked like fun.

No, Scribbs, they looked
like two desperate men

trying to get laid.

Well, the one with the
broken nose wasn't that bad.

Oh yeah, that
catching-food-in-his-mouth
thing,

that was very nice, very cute.

So where did you meet them?
Uh, please, say somewhere dark.

Canteen.

Great, you met two strange
men in the canteen,

and they asked if ya
had a mate, classy.

[lively music continues]

What's my single most important
word about men, Scribbs?

Uh, they mustn't be married?

No, the other one.

No bad boys.

Because?

-They're bad.
-And?

They're boys.

Thanks.

Next time you ask me to go
on a blind date with you,

I want a colour photograph

and at least three
female references

before I even think
about it, understood?

Yep.

[Kate sighs]

What happened to the
extra-strong ones?

They didn't have any.

Oh.

-[camera snaps]
-[camera beeps]

[camera whirs]

Scribbs, you never
returned my call.

Yeah, no, I feel
really bad about that.

Here's one for your screensaver.

So, what do we know about this?

[DS Pudney] One female
victim, early 30s,

no sign of forced entry,
no sign of robbery.

Time and cause? [sighs]

More than 8 hours, [sighs]
probably less than 24.

Multiple stab-wounds
to the chest.

[Kate] Any indications
of resistance?

[Richard] Yeah, one
defence cut across the palm

-of the right hand.
-How did they get in?

She either let them
in, or they had a key.

D'you know who she is yet?

Nicola Pengelly.

Runs her own business.
Recruitment consultancy.

Lives alone. Mother up north.

Apparently, played her
music a little too loud.

-[camera snaps]
-She's me.

Any witnesses?

Not yet. We got the
troops banging on doors.

Hopefully, they'll
turn up something.

Who found her body?

-[camera snaps]
-Ralph Mitchell, fiance.

He's outside.

[camera whirs]

What's going on out here?

[DS Pudney] Fiance's
building her a hot tub.

Nice.

[Richard] Ma'am, there's a lot
of these Applejacks videos.

[Emma] Ash.

Yeah?

[Emma] Have a listen to this.

-[button clunks]
-Hi, you've reached Nikki.

Please, leave a message
after the beat, thanks, bye.

[answering machine beeps]

♪ I just called to say ♪

-♪ I love you. ♪
-[menacing music]

♪ I just called to
say how much I care ♪

♪ I just called to say ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ And I mean it
from the bottom ♪

♪ Of my heart ♪

[Officer] Excuse
me, Mr. Mitchell,

you can't touch anything.

-[radio beeps]
-Excuse me, sir. Excuse me.

-Sorry, you've got to stop.
-Shoulda been finished

-three months ago.
-No.

-No.
-I told her

it would be ready.

-Let go.
-A promise is a promise.

-Let go.
-No, it's alright.

It's alright. Just,
just let him go.

[bird chirps]

I'm Detective Inspector
Ashurst, Middleford CID.

This is an active crime
scene, Mr. Mitchell.

It's her birthday in less
than three weeks. [breathes]

If I just put in a
few extra hours...

[radio beeps]

Why don't you come
inside for a moment

and let these officers
get on with their work.

[haunting music]

When you arrived this morning
and she didn't answer,

you let yourself in.

Is that right?

You have a key?

Yes.

What time is that, exactly?

Just after 9:00, I think.

How long have you known Nicola?

'Bout a year.

[tuts] And when did
you last see her alive?

Yesterday lunchtime.

[Kate] Was that the last
time you spoke to her?

No, we spoke on the
phone last night.

What time was that?

Just after 10:00, I think.

And as far as you could
tell, was everything okay?

Everything was fine.

Have you left any
messages since?

You sure about that?

Can you think of anyone who
would've wished Nicola any harm?

Maybe you should talk to
her ex-husband Gavin Webb.

Why's that?

He wanted to get back with her.

Nikki said no.

If anyone had a reason
to kill her, it's him.

Men drive cars.

Women have
relationships with them.

This little beauty won't
just get you there.

It'll give you the
smoothest ride of your life.

But will it still respect
you in the morning?

I warned her about him.

Look. I told her she was
making a big mistake.

Are you suggesting Ralph
Mitchell has something to do

with Nicholas's
murder, Mr. Webb?

I'm not suggesting anything.

I'm telling you
that he killed her.

With all due respect, Sir,

why would he want to
do something like that?

He and Nikki were
planning to get married.

In his dreams.

He was just some temporary
shag she picked up

at that stupid singles club.

What singles club?

Um, Applejacks,
that's where they met.

Look. Nikki would never have
married an ape like that.

She was just waiting for the,

the right moment to dump him.

Had she told you that?

You were still close, then?

Closer than most
married couples.

Even though you weren't
married anymore?

Even though you
weren't even a couple?

I made a mistake,
Detective Sergeant,

and Nikki couldn't forgive me.

That doesn't mean we
stopped loving each other.

But what are you doing here?

It's obvious what happened.

She told him she was leaving
him, and he killed her.

-♪ Oh, when the snowman ♪
-[revellers chatter]

♪ brings the snow ♪

♪ Oh, well, he just
might like to know ♪

♪ He's put a great big
smile on somebody's face ♪

Suppose we could say she's
choosing to reclaim her body

by celebrating its full
splendour in public.

Or we could just
say she's a slag.

Yeah, something tells me
we'd enjoy saying that

a whole lot more.

♪ Well, I wish it could be ♪

Where to next?

Your place? Or mine? [giggles]

Coward!

What's this?

Video of the victim,
Boss, Nicola Pengelly,

taken at the
Applejacks foam party.

"Apple" what?

Applejacks, it's a club
for affluent singles.

I thought you said
she was married.

Um, married as in divorced.

That's divorced as in now
engaged to someone else.

Hmm.

Why does a woman that
beautiful join a singles club?

You obviously haven't been
out there lately, Boss.

The shelves aren't
exactly well stocked.

A girl needs every
advantage she can get.

[Jeremy clears throat]

Uh, this fiance, what
do we know about him?

Uh, Ralph Mitchell, record
for assault three years ago.

Serious.

Nah, ripped out a hot tub he
hadn't received payment for.

Six months suspended.

Oh, and I checked out
Gavin Webb's alibi.

He was playing cards
till gone 10:00,

got home at 11:00.

I know it was 11:00 'cause
the neighbours were in.

[misty music]

Something interesting?

Perhaps.

[papers rustle]

Check out the third
finger on the left hand.

[Emma] Whatever
happened to that ring?

To me, you have a
motive, robbery.

If it was robbery, why not
clean her out completely?

Exactly, why just
take that ring.

Uh, you're absolutely sure
it's nowhere in the house.

No, we've been through there
with a fine-tooth comb.

It's gone for sure.

She could just've
lost it, of course.

Ha, trust me, you don't
lose a ring that size.

Uh, where exactly are
you going with this?

Well, Nicola Pengelly
and Ralph Mitchell

were going to get married,

so maybe someone didn't
want that to happen.

And if, if the
motive isn't robbery,

the chances are it could be-

-Oh, um.
-It could be personal.

[Emma] Running late.

Oh yeah, I'm meeting
someone for lunch.

Ah, hot date?

Aren't they all?

Okay, run with that,
but keep me informed.

[lively music]

D'you think he's gay?

Is that "gay" as in
"hasn't made a pass yet,

therefore, must be"?

I was thinking more of
"unbelievably gorgeous.

What's the catch?"

[road murmurs]

[engine murmurs]

My sister's getting a hot tub.

Well, your sister's
getting a divorce, too.

Doesn't mean it's a good idea.

[Emma scoffs]

They're very relaxing.

You should try it.

It's just a bath
with your friends.

Are you suggesting
I need to relax?

Just saying.

[car growls]

Nikki's engagement ring,

I don't suppose you
happened to remember

whether or not she was wearing
it the last time you saw her?

[Ralph] She always wore it.

Why? What's happened?

We're not exactly sure,
but seems to be missing.

D'you know where it might be?

No.

Gavin Webb, he said Nikki
was having second thoughts

about marrying you.

That's rubbish.

Gavin just hated the fact that
I made her happy. That's all.

[Kate] You say Nikki called you

the night she was murdered.

Yes.

Well, according to
the phone record,

she called you just after 10:00

and spoke for 5 1/2 minutes.

And then, you phoned
her and spoke again,

this time for just 12 seconds.

You're wondering what the
hell you say to somebody

in just 12 seconds, right?

I love you, darling. I'll
love you forever and ever.

I'll never stop
loving you. Goodnight.

We spent most nights together.

On the few occasions
we were apart,

I made it a rule never
to let the day end

without telling her
that at least once.

[haunting music]

[engine hums]

[engine growls]

[jittery music]

Ever get one of those
I-love-you-forever-and-ever
calls

-off Marcus.
-[handbrake croaks]

Marcus was a bastard, Scribbs.

Never call me, full stop.

Bastard men, eh?

What did God create them for?

[seatbelt clunks]

We should always be grateful
to the bastard, Scribbs.

They help us appreciate
the nice boring ones.

[handle clunks]

People say we're a dating agency

for suburbia's rich elite.

[chuckles] Not true.

Course, we like our members
to be financially secure,

but apart from that,
anyone who can join.

Heart surgeons, roofing
contractors, we have them all.

We hold weekly events, monthly
events, whatever whenever.

As little or as much as you
like, it's entirely up to you.

Everything, in fact, for
the successful single life.

Wouldn't a successful
single life involve

not being single anymore.

I think it's all a
question of choices:

sometimes single, sometimes not.

Single but never
lonely, that's the rule.

[folder slaps]

So, what about Nicola Pengelly?

How long had she been a member?

Just over a year.

She was a very special
person, real force of nature.

What's a lovemap?

Well, evidence suggests

that when we judge a
prospective partner,

it takes us less
than 0.1 of a second.

Trouble is we
usually get it wrong.

With the lovemap, you have your
own unique subliminal guide

to your ideal partner.

How does it work?

Well, basically, it alerts us

to our own specific
emotional cues.

What I like to call
trigger feelings,

the, um, shape of a mouth,

colour of the eyes,

particular type of laugh.

And what about Nicola Pengelly?

What were her trigger feelings?

Nikki was drawn to
strong, confident men.

What we sometimes call enablers.

Men like Ralph Mitchell?

Yes, well, Ralph was a member
she had a particular type

of bond with, yes.

Well, more than a bond. They
were about to get married.

Ha, heh.

You didn't approve.

[Redmond inhales]

Uh, it's not my job to
approve or disapprove.

When two of our members

reach that particular
level of understanding,

I simply celebrate.

[phone rings]

D'you keep files?

Yes, naturally, in order to
update my members' lovemaps,

I keep extensive records.

-[gloomy music]
-[keyboard clacks]

Problem?

[Redmond clears throat]

I think you'll have to
speak to my wife, Maxine.

She's, um, charge of membership.

[keyboard clacks]

It seems she's, um, deleted
Nikki's records yesterday.

[keyboard clacks]

[machine whirs]

She indicated that she wished
to terminate her membership

with immediate effect.

I'm afraid I have a
thing about efficiency,

so that was it.

-[machine beeps]
-She was gone.

[Emma] Did she come here?

We spoke on the phone. [sighs]

Did she say why she was leaving?

She felt that some of our
other members were judging her.

Look, heh. You
have to understand.

She was a party girl,

and she did what
party girls always do.

She pushed her luck.

[bottle glugs]

[Maxine sighs]

Did I like her personally?
No, not really.

Am I sorry she's
dead? Of course, I am.

She made having fun look easy.

And in my business,
that's always good news.

As far as Nikki and
Ralph was concerned,

the "relationship," who knows?

It might've worked,

But you had doubt?

Let's just say it was a
tempestuous affair, heh.

Have you spoken
to Hazel Lawrence?

Another one of our members.

She and Nikki were good friends.

I'm sure she'll be happy
to give you the low down.

Great, thanks.

I'd really appreciate it

if the Applejacks
name could be kept out

of any surrounding publicity.

After all, this isn't strictly
anything to do with us,

and we do have a
reputation to consider.

[heels clop]

[phone rings]

[Emma] Hazel Lawrence, friend.

According to Maxine Appleby.

[Emma] Mm.

[Kate] Any luck yet?

No, I've wrung her
house. No answer.

And I've left a
message at her work.

When was she last seen?

Applejacks beach party.

Night Nikki was murdered.

[phone rings]

Okay, let's start
putting this together.

Nikki Pengelly had
two men in her life.

Yeah, that we know of.

Any more would be greedy.

Gavin, ex-husband and
all-around creepy person,

and Ralph, the hot tub fiance
that she met at Applejacks,

the upmarket dating agency

run by the incredibly
smarmy Redmond

and his bionic wife, Maxine.

Have you ever thought about
her dating agency, Scribbs?

In the
hey-that-might-be-fun sense?

Or in the desperate

how-the-hell-am-I-ever-gonna-find-anyone
sense?

Ah, we've had this conversation
before, haven't we?

Yep, Ash, we have this
conversation every Monday.

Okay, moving on. [sighs]

Hazel Lawrence was
the victim's friend.

[phone rings]

[phone clacks]

Hello? Okay.

Yeah, thank you.
Thanks very much.

No, no, it's just a routine
inquiry. Thanks, bye.

[phone clunks]

That was Hazel's boss. [sighs]

She hasn't turned up for work,

and she hasn't called in sick.

It's highly unusual for her.

Right, let's go.

-[haunting music]
-[leaf blower murmurs]

[bird caws]

-[bird tweets]
-You know what I love

about suburbia, Scribbs?

[Emma] No, what?

The effortless way it all works:

deceit, murder, wife-swapping.

And still, all the
hedges get trimmed.

[bird chirps]

-[gloomy music]
-[knocker clacks]

[letterbox scrapes]

Hazel. Hazel Lawrence.

-[Kate sighs]
-[bird chirps]

[letterbox creaks]

-[letterbox clacks]
-[knocker clacks]

-[letterbox clacks]
-Ah, we're looking

for Hazel Lawrence.

Who are you?

Ah, well, I haven't seen
her for a couple of days.

She have a spare key?

Don't you need a warrant?

Don't you need a haircut?

God, I swore I'd never say
that till I had kids of my own.

[plant pot clunks]

See what this job does to you?

They're under the other part.

Oh.

-[pot scrapes]
-[keys rattle]

I'll, uh, I'll go and put
some clothes on, shall I?

[sighs] Please, do.

Something else I never
thought I'd hear you say.

[bird tweets]

[lock clicks]

[latch clicks]

[gloomy music]

No mess, no clutter,

it's like your place, Ash.

[fridge clunks]

[gloomy music swells]

[sniffs] Urgh, now
it looks like mine.

[fridge clacks]

It's called tidying up.

It's what those of
us who have a thing

about seeing the floor do.

Least my place has character.

Hmm, unfortunately, not
one you'd like to meet

on a dark night.

[gloomy music swells]

[paperweight clunks]

[parcel slaps]

[glimmering music]

[photos rustle]

[gloomy music]

Ash?

Snap.

[table clacks]

It's been over
for almost a year.

So why are you
sending her flowers?

Were you seeing Hazel Lawrence

at the same time you were
seeing Nicola Pengelly?

No.

What I need now is the
truth, Mr. Mitchell.

[limping music]

Only happened once,
two weeks ago.

Nikki and I had a huge row.

I called Hazel.

[tuts] I know it was
a stupid thing to do,

but I just needed
someone to talk to.

She told me to come over.

The next morning, I realised
what a mistake I'd made.

I went straight from
Hazel's to the jewellers,

and by lunchtime, Nikki
and I were engaged.

Just born romantic,
aren't you, Ralph?

I was drunk.

I made a mistake.

And why the flowers?

I felt guilty.

I had to find a way of
letting her down gently.

[Emma scoffs]

Trust me, sending
someone flowers

with the words "love, always"

is never a good
way of doing that.

[leather creaks]

[Kate] When she found
out you were engaged,

did she threaten either
Nikki or yourself?

No.

Do you know where she is now?

We'd like to talk to her, but
she seems to have disappeared.

I haven't seen or
spoken to Hazel

since the day I sent
her the flowers.

Hazel's missing from work,

she didn't come home last night,

and no one seems to
know where she is.

At the same time, she
hasn't packed any clothes.

Her passport isn't missing.

She's written no checks, and
no payments have been recorded

from her credit card, so-

Uh, missing or running.

Either way, we need to find her.

Ah, you wanted to
know about the catch.

-[lively music]
-There she is.

[latch clunks]

[Emma] There was a
peck on the cheek.

Peck on the cheek
means friend or family.

What about wife?

A peck on the cheek
can also mean wife.

[door thuds]

What's the detective
inside you say?

The detective inside me says,

"What the hell am I
doing standing here

watching my boss kiss
a pretty young girl?"

What does the detective
inside you say?

Detective inside me says

the pretty young girl
isn't wearing a ring.

[shoes clack]

See ya. Yeah, I will.

'Kay, bye.

[hinge squeals]

[keyboard clacks]

[Jeremy laughs]

[Emma speaks faintly]

-Well-
-You have to come, please.

[Jeremy speaks faintly]

[flyer rustles]

-[keyboard clacks]
-[phone rings]

Neighbour spotted a silver BMW

parked outside Nicola
Pengelly's house

the night of the murder.

Do we have a
registration number.

Better than that,
we have the owner.

[Emma] Mrs. Lovemaps
herself, Maxine Appleby.

Five people central
to this investigation,

Nicola Pengelly, Hazel
Lawrence, Ralph Mitchell,

Redmond, and Maxine Appleby,

all involved in Applejacks,

I think maybe what you
said's right, Scribbs.

We need to start looking at this

from the, uh,
[inhales] inside out.

Excuse me.

Why do I get the impression
that someone's about to say

something I'm really
not going to like?

"Applejacks skooldisco.

Relive the passion
of the playground."

Not even if you paid
me in chocolate.

-[seal clicks]
-[doors whir]

It was totally
Sullivan's idea, I swear.

D'you honestly think I'd
suggest something like this

just so he could
see me dressed up

like some cheap little
hooker from St Trinian's?

Here, have a prefect's badge

if it makes you feel any better.

Thanks.

[tuts] So, did
you have a uniform

at Lady Margaret's College
for Posh Young Desirables?

Or was it just
anything with pearls?

Actually, the blazer
was bright purple.

The skirt was bottle
green. Socks were grey.

How about you?

What? This is my school uniform.

Why doesn't that surprise me?

♪ Run away, I've got to ♪

♪ Get away from the
pain you drive ♪

♪ Into the heart of me ♪

♪ The love we ♪

-♪ share seems to go nowhere ♪
-♪ Whoa, oh, whoa, oh ♪

♪ And I've lost my light ♪

♪ For I toss and turn ♪

♪ I can't sleep at night ♪

♪ Once I ran to you ♪

♪ I ran ♪

♪ Now I run from you ♪

♪ This tainted
love you've given ♪

♪ I give you all a
boy could give you ♪

♪ Take my tears and
that's not nearly all ♪

♪ Tainted love ♪

Okay, I hope you're
not here to harass us.

[scoffs] Dressed like this?

No, we're just doing a little
bit of background research.

Ah-ha, yeah, we've
done nothing wrong.

You know, if you
keep saying that,

we're gonna start
getting suspicious.

It's the truth.

Anyway, well, now you're here,

let me least buy you a drink.

Vodka and beer, am I right?

Spot on. She'll have
an orange juice.

Ha ha.

If I thought you were
actually enjoying this,

I'd be seriously pissed off.
You do realise that, don't you?

You know your problem,
Ash? You never relax.

We're supposed to be working.

Yeah, but can't work
be fun occasionally?

What are my two rules
about fun, Scribbs?

Not here. Not now.

Timing, behaviour, surroundings.

They're three rules.

Yes, and this is a
murder investigation.

And we're about to interview
a possible suspect.

Fine, fine, just as long as
you don't end up snogging him.

That only happened once,

-and he was found not guilty.
-♪ And that's not nearly all ♪

♪ Tainted love ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Tainted love ♪

-[wistful music]
-♪ Waste the chance ♪

♪ That I'd been given ♪

♪ So I'm never
gonna dance again ♪

♪ The way I danced
with you, ooh, ooh ♪

Know what they say about
women with beautiful legs.

She's got the job.

Beautiful legs, beautiful
brains, beautiful person.

[Kate laughs]

Yes, we were talking about
Hazel, Hazel Lawrence.

I felt very sorry for Hazel.

Why was that?

Well, she didn't know that
Ralph and Nikki'd got engaged.

When I told her at the beach
party, she was very upset.

Did she leave early?

♪ To the heart and mind ♪

I really don't remember.

♪ Ignorance is kind ♪

Sorry.

♪ There's no comfort
in the truth ♪

♪ Pain is all ♪

Your colleague's very pretty.

♪ I'm never gonna dance again ♪

-Yeah, she is, isn't she?
-♪ Guilty feet have got ♪

♪ No rhythm ♪

♪ Though it's easy ♪

So, how did you
and Redmond meet?

♪ I know you're not a fool ♪

I won a beauty pageant.

Redmond was one of the judges.

He was 33 years old and had
just made his first million.

Better like you
being stood there

in that bathing costume, then.

♪ The way I danced with you ♪

[Kate] Was Nikki a good dancer?

She was good at everything.

She was the life and
soul of the party.

Everyone loved her.

Everyone?

Everyone male.

So women had a
different opinion?

Why was that?

Why do women hate
beautiful women?

You tell me.

[tuts] I don't know. Experience?

I mean, you're wife, Maxine,

she didn't like
Nikki much, did she?

Well, I'm delighted
you've had a chance

to see what a friendly bunch
we are here at Applejacks.

I trust that when you
come to make your report,

you'll mention our willingness
to fully cooperate.

♪ We could have been
so good together ♪

♪ We could have lived
this dance forever ♪

♪ But now, who's
gonna dance with me ♪

♪ Please, stay ♪

How come you didn't mention
that you were at Nikki's house

the night she was
killed, Mrs. Appleby?

♪ Guilty feet have got ♪

-♪ No rhythm ♪
-Was it that night?

♪ Though it's easy to pretend ♪

[glass clinks]

I don't remember.

Neighbour saw your
car parked outside.

I wanted to talk to her.

As I told you, last time,

one or two of our female
members were uncomfortable

with her attitude.

It was deemed a
little too predatory.

Members like Hazel Lawrence?

♪ Oh, oh ♪

Did she blame Nikki
for stealing Ralph?

She was in love.
She blamed everyone.

And what happened
when you spoke to her?

It degenerated into
a slanging match.

In the end, she resigned
her membership, and I agreed

-to refund her subscription.
-♪ Now that you're gone ♪

What time'd you leave?

Just before 9:00.

-I went back to the office.
-♪ Your words, you're gone ♪

But I thought you went to
the Applejacks beach party.

I was angry.

I wanted to scrub her
records immediately.

Very childish, I know,

but strangely
satisfying nonetheless.

Then I went to the party.

[partygoers cheer]

And what about your husband?

He was already there.

Over 200 people attended.

I'm sure any number
of them would be happy

to verify that for you.

Was Applejacks all you
argued with Nikki about?

♪ In a cocktail bar
♪ ♪ When I met you ♪

I may have warned
her to stay away

-from my husband.
-♪ I picked you up ♪

♪ I shook you up ♪

Maybe you'd have been better
off warning your husband

-to stay away from her.
-♪ Turn you into someone new ♪

[partygoers cheer]

[partygoer whistles]

♪ Now, five years later on ♪

♪ You've got the
world at your feet ♪

♪ Success has been
so easy for you ♪

-[cherishing music]
-[hinge creaks]

We know Nikki was
still alive at 10:00,

because she spoke to
Ralph on the phone.

So if Maxine Appleby was
somewhere else by 9:00,

that rules her out.

Still think she knows
more than she's saying.

Well, she probably just
resents us being here, though.

Maybe she's protecting someone.

Who? Redmond?

What about a motive?

♪ I just called to say ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ I just called to say ♪

♪ How much I care ♪

Shall we bring him in?

Dressed like this? He'll keep.

♪ To say I love you ♪

♪ And I mean it
from the bottom ♪

♪ Of my heart ♪

♪ Of my heart ♪

-[door thuds]
-[door rattles]

[heels clop]

Oi, Scribbs.

[blinds whir]

Can ya let me in?

[vehicle squeals]

-Gavin Webb said
-[door slams]

he was playing cards until 10:00

but didn't get home until 11:00

as verified by his neighbour,

so it took him an hour
to drive home that night.

-[door thuds]
-So?

so I just did the same journey

right in the middle
of rush hour,

and it took me 24
minutes and 39 seconds.

So that still leaves Gavin
35 minutes and 21 seconds

to make a detour to
Nicola Pengelly's

and still be home by 11:00.

You've applied for a lovemap.

-[box thuds]
-[Emma sighs]

I was intrigued

-[milk burbles]
-[Sugar Puffs rattle]

and drunk.

[bottle clonks]

-Is that what I think it is?
-[blender clacks]

Don't knock the Sugar
Puff drink, okay?

[door clunks]

But it's not a drink,
Scribbs. It's a potion.

[hand slaps]

-[blender whirs]
-[blender rattle]

You don't understand
the Sugar Puff drink.

[blender clicks]

Sugar Puff drink gives
me everything I need.

-It's a life choice.
-[Sugar Puff drink burbles]

[heels clop]

So, what's up?

Mm, my sister bumped
into Danny yesterday.

Is he the one who threatened
to drill a hole in your head

and suck the contents
out with this straw

or the one who put suntan
lotion on his ears?

Never did approve of that
relationship, did you?

It wasn't a relationship,
Scribbs. It was a sleepover.

[groans] Well, anyway, it
doesn't matter anymore.

Cause apparently he's getting
married to Fabulous Girl.

Do I know Fabulous Girl?

Everyone knows Fabulous Girl.

Blonde, size 8, 94-inch heels,

[sighs] sort of Nicola Pengelly
but doesn't get murdered.

You're right; I do
know her. Hate her.

[newspaper rustles]

D'you know, there's
an old saying:

the right one is
always the next one.

I didn't say it was
a good saying. I said
it was an old one.

Right, I'm gonna see Gavin Webb.

You call on Redmond.
Put some pressure on.

[Emma groans]

[sneaky music continues]

What do you want?

I just need to ask you
a few more questions.

Told you everything that I know.

It's about your statement.

Don't you people ever give up?

It's important.

Look. I told you
it was just a joke.

We both hated that song.

I just want the truth,
Mr. Appleby. That's all.

[sighs] All right, I
liked her. Hands held up.

Bad boy. Very sorry.

And what did Maxine
think about that?

Maxine and I have a very
flexible arrangement.

Flexible as in she
bends over backwards?

You were in love
with Nicola Pengelly.

[Redmond scoffs]

Hardly in love.

Obsessed, then?

Look. I've already told
you I wasn't there.

All we know for
certain, Redmond,

is that Maxine's car was
seen outside Nikki's house

the night of the murder.

Who's to say you
weren't driving.

All right, just ask
yourself this question.

If I knew that Nikki was dead,

why on earth would I leave
that ridiculous message

on our answer machine?

If what you say is
true, [chuckles] why,

why would I implicate
myself like that?

Who on earth in their right mind

would telephone someone
they know is already dead?

So you say you finished
playing cards at 10:00,

and you got home by 11:00.

Picked up a takeaway
at the corner.

I presume you checked that, too.

Yeah, it's the time
you took getting there.

I just did the journey
myself, and it took me

just under 35 minutes.

So by my reckoning,
that still leaves a gap

of about 25 minutes.

I had engine trouble,
an irritating rattle.

I stopped a check, found
nothing, and drove on.

A wonderful woman is dead,

and right now you have
absolutely nothing,

nothing on me.

Now, that may pass for good work

in your book,
Detective Inspector.

But in mine, [inhales] it looks
a little like incompetence.

[gloomy music]

[latch clunks]

[horrified music]

It's me.

I've just found Hazel
Lawrence's body,

and guess whose
ring she's wearing.

[Gavin breathes]

W-why would I kill her?
I didn't even know her.

Her body was found in the
boot of one of your cars.

Well, obviously someone
else put her there

to make it look like me.

And who would want to
do something like that?

[scoffs] Oh, come on,
you know as well as I do

there's a whole list of people.

We're talking about
murder, Mr. Webb.

Uh, I can't explain it, okay.

Look. I was surprised as you
when you opened that boot.

Tell me the truth, Gavin.

I am telling you the truth.

I may not be the nicest
person in the world,

but I'm no murderer.

You wanted a
reconciliation with Nikki,

and when she said
no, you killed her.

You know that's not true.

You killed her.

And then, in a moment of
supreme bad luck, Hazel arrived.

I swear I don't know what
you're talking about.

Hazel was angry
because she thought

Nikki had stolen Ralph from her,

and when she stumbled
across what you'd done,

you had to kill her, too.

I love Nikki. All I cared
about was her happiness.

I, I could never have
hurt, not a million years.

[door knocks]

[latch clunks]

[phone rings]

Detective Sergeant Scribbins
has just entered the room.

Interview terminated at 10:05.

[heels clop]

This had better be worth it.

I just beginning to
get somewhere with him.

He didn't do it.

-What?
-Report from the lab.

Prints on the knife used
to kill Nicola Pengelly

belonged to Hazel Lawrence,

and the blood on Hazel's
clothes is Nikki's.

I don't believe it.

Hazel definitely killed Nikki.

Uh, what about Hazel?
Who killed Hazel?

Pathologist confirmed
she was killed

the same night as Nikki.

But right now, there's no
forensic evidence whatsoever

to link Gavin Webb
to either of them.

No! No, no, no!

[phone rings]

So Hazel Lawrence
killed Nikki Pengelly.

Yeah, we now have a clear match

on the prints taken from Hazel
and the ones on the knife.

We know that she was distressed

about the situation with Ralph,

and we think the news

that him and Nikki
were gonna get married

caused her to do
something drastic.

There's also the ring.

Yeah, we reckon she murdered
Nikki and took the ring

'cause in some [inhales]
screwed up way,

she thought it was
rightfully hers.

Hmm, and what about the blood?

Nicola Pengelly's.

Transferred from the
crime scene to the car

via Hazel's body.

Okay, but none of this
answers the question:

if Hazel killed Nikki,
then who killed Hazel?

Well, Hazel was strangled,
and, and as we know

from past experience,

strangulation tends to
indicate a, a male perpetrator.

Just gimme the headlines, Ash.

Well, we're close to
making an arrest, Boss.

I-in fact, I'd say we
were extremely close.

We, we just need a
little bit more time.

The but part being?

Don't have a suspect, and
we don't have a motive.

Urgh, I don't want
this going cold.

Turn it around, and do
it quickly. Understand?

[shoes thud]

I thought if I said it quickly,
it might not sound so bad.

Nice try. [inhales]

What still doesn't
make any sense

is why anyone would
bother to hide one body

but leave the other.

Because whoever killed
Hazel didn't kill Nikki.

They must have panicked and
assumed if they hid the body,

we'd never be able to pin
the second murder on them.

But now we've
found Hazel's body,

and we're still none the wiser.

-What about Redmond?
-He was at the beach party.

We've got about a billion
statements placing him there.

Well, he coulda slipped away.

With all those people
there, who would've noticed?

But why would he kill Hazel?

Because he arrived at
Nikki's, found her dead.

Hazel was still there,
so he lost his temper.

Argh, I don't know.

[Emma] No, you're reaching, Ash.

No, I'm just saying it's
a possibility. That's all.

Yeah, all right, but
why leave that message

on the answer phone?

Uh, like he said, why
would you call somebody

you already know is dead?

[thoughtful music]

He's right. He's
absolutely right.

What?

Well, how do we know Nikki
was still alive at 10:00.

The phone record. She
called Ralph at 10:05.

No someone called Ralph at
10:05, but it wasn't Nikki.

We got the right motive. We've
just got the wrong person.

[coat ruffles]

[Emma] Ash.

-[latch clicks]
-[hinge squeaks]

[heels clop]

[apprehensive music]

[flyer rustles]

[heels clop]

What are you doing here?

I just wanted to be the
first to congratulate you.

Going somewhere nice, Ralph?

I just needed to get away
for a few days. That's all.

Oh, you know, you
want to watch yourself

with the sun down there.

They say it's a killer.

[Ralph] What do you want?

Uh, back at the station,
they're popping champagne corks.

D'you know why?

No.

Gavin Webb's just been charged

with the murders of Nicola
Pengelly and Hazel Lawrence.

So it's drinks all round,

but you know, I hate
drinking on an empty stomach.

And that's what this case
has left me feeling, empty.

Why don't you just
get to the point?

Well, the point is I
know you killed Hazel.

Bullshit.

[Kate] It wasn't Nikki
who phoned you that night,

was it, Ralph?

Of course, it was.

No, no, Nikki was already dead.

The person you spoke to was
the person who killed her.

[Ralph exhales]

Where are you getting
this stuff from?

And when you phoned
back, it wasn't

because you'd forgotten to
tell her that you loved her.

It was to check, to see
if it really was happening

or whether Hazel
was just bluffing.

You don't know what
you're talking about?

Not that it matters
anymore, [chuckles]

because by the time everyone
realises, you'll be long gone.

So once again, my
congratulations.

[keys jingle]

Look. I'm sorry.

I understand why
you did it, Ralph.

I know how you must have felt

to find someone and then
to lose them like that.

It was just too much.

When Hazel first phoned me
and told me what she'd done,

I couldn't believe it.

I drove there as
fast as I could.

[shoes thud]

Kept telling myself
it couldn't be true.

Must be some kind of sick joke.

[Ralph breathes]

When I got there
and I saw the body,

[Hazel sputters]

I killed her.

[Ralph] Hazel was there.

[Hazel breathes]

[leather creaks]

Before I know what I was
doing, I'd grabbed hold of her.

[Ralph grunts]

[Ralph breathes]

By the time I came to my
senses, it was too late.

So you decided to
get rid of the body.

I knew sooner or
later, you'd link Hazel

to Nikki's murder.

[Kate] And then, you
remembered Gavin's showroom.

Nikki still had a set of keys.

[keys jingle]

[lock clacks]

[alarm rings]

[heels clop]

[latch clunks]

He'd made things
difficult for us.

Why not make things
difficult for him?

[leather creaks]

[boot thuds]

When I met Nikki,

-[haunting music]
-my whole life changed.

We had so many plans,

so many things we wanted to do.

Shoulda thought about Hazel,

just taken the time
to put things right.

It's too late now.

Yes, it is.

Give my regards to Gavin Webb.

[heels clop]

-[latch clicks]
-[hinge squeals]

[tuts] You just cost
me 20 quid, Ralph.

I said you wouldn't bolt.

[handle clunks]

[Radioman] Yeah, I'm
off now. [indistinct]

[door clunks]

[engine growls]

[engine whirs]

[car door thuds]

Ash, Scribbs,
[pants] good collar.

Thanks, Boss.

[offhand music]

Well, I'll, I'll see you
back at the station, hmm?

[car door clunks]

Argh, that man
turns out to be gay,

I'm gonna shoot myself.

[handle clunks]

[cheery music]

D'you know what I hate most
about being single, Scribbs?

[Emma] Catching murderers
and having no one

to share it with?

[Kate] No, it's a whole
industry that goes with it,

the books, the jargon,
the how-to-do-it articles,

the TV adverts, the clubs,

the people who wanna help.

The lovemaps?

Especially the lovemaps.

Heh, ha ha ha.

Anyway, what's the big deal?

Being single's
actually quite fun.

-[handle clunks]
-Yeah, my thoughts exactly.

[handle clunks]

[door thuds]

[door thuds]

[Emma] Sure, New
Year's Eve's bad.

And Christmas.

Birthdays, too.

[Kate] Of course, birthdays.

And weekends.

[seatbelt clicks]

Goes without saying.

Mondays and Fridays can
be a bit of a bastard,

you know, the whole
beginning-and-end-of-the-week
thing.

Fridays are hell.

And Wednesdays,
sometimes Wednesdays,

middle of the week, no
place to rest your head.

You know, for the same reason,

I find Thursdays
a bit of a strain.

Well, Thursdays have
always been a low point.

[Emma] Tuesdays are fine though.

[Kate] Tuesdays are
completely brilliant.

[Emma] Hmm, being
single on a Tuesday's

an absolute breeze.

[Kate] Exactly, [chuckles]
so what's the problem?

Being single on
Tuesdays is fine.

[Emma] All that sorted then.

[Kate] Completely.

[questing music]

[beaming music]