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I am commanded to receive you
on this point,

to teach you that as this is
an instrument of torture to the flesh,

recollect it in your mind
and conscience should you ever reveal

our secrets unlawfully.

Vouchsafe thine aid,
father of the universe,

to our present convention.

And grant that this apprentice may dedicate
and devote his life to thy service

and become a true and faithful
member of our company.

So let it be.

Turn to the east.

Wire In The Blood

4x03 - Hole In The Heart

Transcript: Intrepid/Anthology
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Subtitles: Spooky
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You get to a stage in your life
where you've nothing left to prove.

And you find ...

you've got nothing left.

Staring into this void.
And trying not to look down?

Spend all your time getting here.
And there's nothing there.

I put on this happy face.
So people will leave me alone.

Do you want me to leave
you alone, Kurt?

Aren't you supposed
to be talking me out of this?

Talk you out of this?
How do I do that?

You could tell me how young I am ...
gifted and brilliant.

How much I have to live for.

And are you brilliant?

Starred first in biochemistry.
My Ph.D. is in virus mutation.

And you found a cure
for the common cold?

Look at them. Sacks of DNA
-- absorbing, excreting, reproducing.

For what?

Do you have any family?

I had a friend.

- She moved away. You?
- Dad, two sisters.

You see, I've known people
who've killed themselves.

Well, they, they feel nothing.

Their family and friends
-- well, they feel pain;

it's unbearable pain.

I can't help it.
I can't see any way out.

I don't know why I'm here.
Or what I'm supposed to be doing.

This isn't
the way to find out, Kurt.

- Are you leaving me?
- Ah, not doing this today.

I'll see how I feel
tomorrow. You coming?

Whoa!

Hold me!

Hold me!

It's okay.
Somebody help me.

That's it!
I got you.

- Come on. Come on.
- Take it easy.

I'm fine, he didn't touch me.

Take it easy.

Kurt?

This is my mobile, hmm?

I'll follow you down.
Twenty minutes.

Tell your arsehole friend
to take pills next time.

That way two hundred children
won't have to watch.

Oh, I wasn't aware anyone
had to watch?

The guy tried to top himself outside
a primary school, Tony, for God's sake.

Well, he wasn't doing it to upset anyone.
What are you doing here anyway?

- Mum!
- Hey, pumpkin.

- Did he jump, that man?
- No, silly.

He would've been all right.
His guardian angel would have caught him.

Wait in the car.
I'll be along in a minute.

- Bye.
- Bye.

He believes in angels.
What can you do?

And you don't?

I take him to church every Sunday.

It was the only way I could
get him into that school.

Took a bottle up there.
Maybe you were his guardian angel.

Yeah.

Nearly got to fly as well.

Be strong.
We'll be together always.

God bless.

This way, gentlemen.

Good morning, Paul.

Thank you.

Paula?

- The IPCC?
- Sorry?

I used to work with
one of those blokes,

then he got a job with the Independent
Police Complaints Commission.

Maybe Eden's been
fiddling his expenses.

I don't think that's our
place to speculate, do you?

No.

Fielding.
Cardigan Street?

We're on our way.

Fire was reported around 3 a.m.
by the guy downstairs.

By then the whole place
had gone up.

- Something helped it along.
- Unleaded.

Yep, that would do it.

Handcuffed.

Yeah, they're not a police issue.
They're a Chinese make.

Sort they sell in sex shops.

Apparently.

Mattress under the bed --

Yeah, that was to seed the fire.

Bit of petrol to get the barbie
started and then ...

And this one?
Not tied up?

No, it looks like
he was cracked over the head

before being
dumped in the chair.

Never woke up.

Unlike that poor sod.

No, he didn't miss a thing.

Okay, this guy here
is most likely Khan.

Ahmed Khan, a property developer.

Wife, no kids.
They're separated.

And this one?

Well, there was a name tag
on the briefcase. Peter Durbridge.

He was Khan's accountant.

- They were talking business?
- And got rudely interrupted.

Khan's PA says he was getting
a divorce, and it wasn't exactly amicable.

Yeah, well, you'd have to be married
to somebody to hate them this much.

I feel like such a failure.

I couldn't even go through with it.

Well, committing suicide
isn't success.

Choosing life isn't failure.

There are no easy answers, Kurt.
That's hard to face.

It's time I made a move.
Thanks, Tony.

Yeah, I'll see you Thursday.

- Uh, keep my number handy.
- Yeah.

Kurt?

I mean it.

Anytime.

Tony Hill.

She swore she'd make him suffer.
I didn't know what she meant.

Your prints were found
all over the flat.

I didn't kill him.

He's been sleeping
with the victim's wife.

Picked them both up at the airport
heading for Hong Kong.

They'd already cleaned out
the dead man's bank account.

It was all his idea.

Someone forged your husband's
signature and moved two million quid

to an account in Jersey.

It's my money!

Ahmed was going to lose it all
in business expenses.

And that accountant would have
buried it. Left me with nothing.

Max -- he's a thug.

She brought me there a few days ago
... to sleep in his bed to spite him.

She set me up.

We've been at this for bloody hours
-- each one blaming the other.

- What does the evidence say?
- That they both did it.

And you want me to what,
psychoanalyze them both?

Look, Durbridge's prints
were on the cuffs.

So it looks like they got him to tie Khan
to the bed before they set them both on fire.

Now, if that's the case, this wasn't
a crime of passion. This was pure sadism.

Can I see it -- Khan's flat?

Sure, but I warn you --
Pictures don't do it justice.

Door was locked when
the fire brigade turned up.

Now, these keys
-- whose are those?

Khan's, presumably. His wife had
a set when we picked her up.

So Durbridge's prints
were on the cuffs.

Partial prints on the bed frame
of the wife and lover.

And nothing on the petrol can.

Uh, this vase, this was here?

Apart from the body, nothing's been moved.

That's a big briefcase.
Where's all the papers gone?

Most of them went up in the fire.

And Durbridge, he was ...
he was sat here.

What, like this?

Well, this chair doesn't go here.

Goes in front of the screen,
so this chair's been moved.

Why do you think
the chair was moved?

So, what do you think?

That none of it adds up.

One of the victims
is chained to the bed

and the other one's just
left sitting there?

Alex, you asked me
to look at the murder scene.

No, you asked to look
at the murder scene.

I asked you to talk to
Khan's wife and her lover.

Maybe they're telling the truth.

Yes, this goes beyond sadism.
This is,

this is more human sacrifice.

And if the accountant was unconscious,
why turn his chair around to face the bed?

He was dead, Tony.
His skull was cracked open.

Was that before
or after the fire started?

Fine, let's find out.

I ran tests on Mr. Khan's blood
-- what was left of it

-- and found trace
of flunitrazepam.

Rohypnol.

Enough to make him dizzy
and compliant,

but not enough to keep
him unconscious, unfortunately.

What about the man in the chair?

This one hadn't been drugged.
He definitely received a blow to the head.

The skull was fractured, but that was
post-mortem, from falling debris.

What about before the fire?

It's possible he was knocked out
before the fire was started,

but the evidence is inconclusive.
Sorry.

We're holding Mrs. Khan and her boyfriend
for obtaining money by deception.

We need more evidence
to nail them for the murders.

Paula, check out Khan's business dealings.
See who he might have pissed off.

Are we talking
about other suspects?

Apart from his wife
and her boyfriend?

No, we're not. What have you
got on those handcuffs, Kevin?

Stocked by three retailers
in Bradfield I'm checking out.

Can I speak to Mrs. Durbridge?
The accountant's widow?

Fine, I'll come with you.

All right, guys, thanks.
Remember, briefing at 5:00.

All right, see you later, gov.

Why do you want to speak
to her instead of the suspects?

I don't need a chaperone.

She's newly widowed. And I don't think
tact's your strong point, do you?

Alex, are you going to be pressing
charges in the Khan case soon?

- Hello, Dr. Hill.
- Hmm.

We're still gathering evidence,
sir. The case is more complex

than it first appeared.

Yeah, well, it normally is
when Dr. Hill is involved.

Very good.
Carry on.

Happy to help.

Mrs. Durbridge -- Detective Inspector
Fielding and this is Dr. Tony Hill.

Hello.

- Please, do sit down.
- Thank you.

Sorry, I can't get up.

You've got a lovely home.

That's how Peter likes it
-- neat and tidy.

We're very sorry about
what happened to your husband.

I promise, we're going to do our very
best to bring his killers to justice.

Would you like to sit down? Sorry?

Sit down, Tony.

I've already spoken
to your Sergeant Reynolds.

This won't take long, just a couple
of questions about your late husband.

Did he mention there was
any problems at work?

- Not that I know of.
- Did he talk much about his work?

Not really. He always said
he didn't want to bore me.

And was it boring -- his work?

- How did he feel about it?
- He was an accountant.

Did you talk about his feelings?

We were married thirty years.

- So you didn't.
- So we didn't have to.

Sorry, can I ask how you ...

MS. I was diagnosed
six months ago.

Peter was going
to retire to look after me.

He never complained.
He was my rock.

And what about Peter's health?
How was it generally?

He was fine.

Was he sleeping okay?
Was he irritable?

Appetite change?

You're talking about depression.
He wasn't depressed.

What about when you were
diagnosed with MS?

He took it in his stride.

We loved each other.

We�re very sorry, Mrs. Durbridge,
to disturb you.

- I'd like to ask �
- Goodbye, Mrs. Durbridge,

and thanks again for your time.

Dr. Hill?

I knew you could be insensitive, but

why didn't you show her
the photographs of his corpse?

Oh, I didn't bring any.

What does it matter
if he wasn't sleeping

and what state his marriage was in?

Murder's about the victim
as much as the killer, Alex.

You think Khan's wife murdered him
because his accountant was depressed?

Well, maybe it wasn't Khan's
wife or a business rival.

But it was someone fastidious
and anal and methodical.

Eden was right -- I ask for your help
on an open-and-shut murder case

and I end up grilling
a poor woman in a wheelchair

as if she was a suspect.

I suppose you want
a lift back to college?

No, I'll walk.

Fine.
Thanks for your help, Tony.

My pleasure.

So you pick up a glass
and he picks up a glass.

Before you torch the place,
you turn the chair around.

Why did you want Durbridge to see?

One of the victims
is chained to the bed

and the other one's just
left sitting there.

You hit him.

No, you didn't hit him.

Because it was him
who picked up the glass.

Likes things neat
and tidy, does our Peter.

You weren't even there, were you?

It was just him and Khan.

Khan was redeveloping
the old King's Bridge Cinema as flats.

He was building
a mall in the city center.

And he'd just bought
a derelict church out at Pottersfield.

Apparently, he wanted
to turn it into a nightclub.

Six pairs of those handcuffs
were sold in the last month.

We're tracking down all the assistants,
checking out footage from security cameras.

Find out if any buyers
resemble Peter Durbridge.

What, one of the victims?

If Durbridge bought the handcuffs,
wouldn't that make him a suspect?

Dr. Hill, can I talk
to you a moment?

Chase up that video footage, Kevin.
Paula, check Khan's accounts for

dodgy money, suspicious transfers.
I'll look into these business projects.

Go on then.
Let's hear it.

It wasn't Khan's
wife or her lover.

Durbridge killed Khan,
then he killed himself.

Tony?

Look, people commit suicide
for all sorts of reasons

-- depression, guilt, a way to escape
punishment, self-inflicted punishment --

Stop, look ...

you're saying Durbridge chained Khan
to the bed then sat and watched him burn?

It's the only reading of that
murder scene that makes sense.

How does that make sense?

Look, his wife's in a wheelchair.
He's devoted his life to helping her.

Why would he be so selfish
as to commit suicide?

Middle-aged men have feelings.

Middle aged men
-- they get depressed.

You've got no evidence
that he was depressed.

And anyway, what force
on earth can make a middle-aged man

sit in an armchair
while they burn to death,

no matter how depressed he was?
- I've no idea.

Got people to talk to.

Khan bought a disused church
in Pottersfield a month ago.

Old St. Xavier's, yes.

Did you have anything
to do with that sale?

As Bishop, I had to approve it.

If you want details,
ask the estate people.

Did you know that Khan planned
to turn it into a nightclub?

Well, I did hear something.

There's not much we can do
about it, I'm afraid.

Were there any rival bids
or did anyone object to the sale?

A couple of die-hards.

We're here to carry on the work
of Christ, not preserve Victorian relics.

The sale will help to fund
our outreach center.

Oh, that reminds me, I'm supposed
to be doing my stint on the switchboard.

Switchboard?

Well, if a Bishop can't spend
an hour with the needy,

he's not really much of a bishop.

Thank you, milord.

- Jeremy.
- Jeremy.

I don't hate myself anymore.

And I wish I could
share it with you

-- this feeling.
- So do I.

Well, you've either got it
r you haven't. God, this, it's ...

Seems like euphoria.

I'm not on anything,
if that's what's worrying you.

If you swing from depression
to elation this quickly,

you might end up swinging back.
- No, Tony.

This isn't a mood swing.

This is me.
This is who I am.

And I've made friends,
you know. Good people.

Yay, I'm glad to hear it.

- Where did you meet them?
- The thing is ...

I'm not really sure
we need to meet up anymore.

Well, that's up to you, Kurt.

But I'm always
happy to see you.

Well, I'll try
and call in next week.

Say Tuesday at 5:00?

When all men shall be afraid
of that which is on high

and fear shall possess them ...

When the silver cord be loosed
and the golden bowl be broken,

then shall the dust return to the earth
that it was and the spirit return to God,

who gave it.
Who comes here?

One who has passed
the degree of fellow craft

and now wishes to be raised
to the sublime degree of master mason.

Brother, is this an act
of your own free will and accord?

It is.

Are you going to come to the play?

I'll do my best, darling.

Let's have a look.
With the brolly.

That's perfect.

Right, you've got to be careful
with it tomorrow.

That man on the roof --
would an angel really have saved him?

I don't know.

But if someone wants
to do something stupid or bad,

God doesn't always stop them.

Why not?

Because then I'd be out of a job.
Now, off to bed.

- Can I sleep in this?
- No.

But if you ask God
for strength to change,

you'll find it.

I mean, you've already
kicked the drug habit.

Sorry.
I feel

... help me.

Oh, Dr. Hill --

- Uh, Tony.
- Professor Sutton, hi.

I saw you help that boy down
off the roof the other day,

uh, Kurtis Merrick?

Oh, no, he helped himself.

Oh, I was impressed.

It's a risky business.
If they fall, they can take you with them,

literally and figuratively.

Have you done some counseling?

A little ...
people don't realize how often

it's the counselors
who end up needing the counsel.

You're not a religious man?

Oh, you heard?

Well, it's just that
if you don't believe in God,

it's harder to give them
a good reason to go on existing.

Well, if religion's the only
reason to live, God help us all.

Khan's affairs are a real tangle.
His company's all over.

Accounts in the Caymans
and the Isle of Man.

Don't we need to speak
to an accountant?

We need to speak
to his accountant.

That's not likely to happen.

- What was Tony Hill's theory?
- Nothing you need worry about.

- Kevin, nice of you to join us.
- Sorry, guv.

I just got this in.
It's a surveillance tape from a sex shop,

where they sell
those handcuffs.

- This is from last week.
- That's Durbridge.

Buying the handcuffs --

-- that he used to chain Khan
to the bed.

So he killed Khan
and then topped himself.

Tony-bloody-Hill.
I'll never hear the end of it.

CID?

- Chief?
- Hmm?

- Jeremy Sacker, the bishop?
- I'll take it in my office.

No, no, no.
He's dead.

Multiple stab wounds.

One to the upper chest,
two to the stomach,

one in the left thigh,
one in the right calf,

and one in the bicep
of the left arm.

What appears to be a pair
of geometrical compasses

driven into the trachea.

Attacker right-handed,
small in stature.

- Seven wounds.
- Six, plus this one here.

Mostly post-mortem.
There'd be a lot more blood otherwise.

Weapon used appears to be a long-bladed
knife. Rather than these.

Seven deadly sins?

Could have a religious
significance about it.

Oh, yeah, Tony. He's a bishop.
And this is a church.

Why leave him like this?

What?

Eyelids have been pinned open.
Pins have been driven into each eye.

Again, post-mortem.

Guv, we've got a handprint!

It's the only one, but ...
it's a beauty.

No attempt to clean it off.

A teenager?

And there's
no one else in here?

We haven't checked the belfry
but only the chief bell-ringer and verger have keys.

Someone did complain about
the bells ringing late last night,

but apparently it stopped
after ten minutes.

They said it sounded irregular.
Random clanging.

Yeah, hanging yourself
isn't always that efficient.

Well, she left the handprint
because it didn't matter.

She couldn't have done that by herself.
Not unless she drugged him.

Like Khan was, you mean?

Durbridge did buy those handcuffs.
Looks like you were right about him.

I think that girl in the church
knew Peter Durbridge.

- No.
- Mm-hmm.

Really?

Two murders, two suicides.

That's not a coincidence, Alex.
That's a suicide pact.

One dominant partner persuades
the other they can't be apart.

But they can be together
in Neverland.

Usually it's between husband
and wife, or lovers.

And you think the girl in the
church and Durbridge were lovers?

Thirty years of marriage,
his wife didn't even know him.

Mary Jessica Knight,
23 years old.

Prostitute
with a serious drug habit.

No convictions
in the last six months.

They found traces of benzodiapezine
in the bishop's coffee.

It's a date rape drug.
Same class as rohypnol.

So he would have
been conscious but --

Compliant and suggestible,
like Khan, the last victim.

- Where would she get rohypnol?
- The street.

- We seize a batch of it every other week.
- Who said romance is dead?

It's possible that Durbridge was having
a relationship with Mary Knight.

So we need to explore that.

She was a working girl
and he was an accountant.

Maybe he did her books
and she did him.

How does that arrangement come
to include murder and suicide?

So Sacker, agrees to the sale
of the church. Khan buys it.

So far that's the only
link between the two murders.

That doesn't give
us anything like a motive.

- It's not pins, it's needles.
- What?

It's needles pushed into
his eyes after death.

Christ, she must have been insane.

Well, even insane people
have reasons.

Kevin, find out if Khan and the bishop
knew one another socially

and where and when
they might have met.

Will you come with me to her flat?
Maybe she left a suicide note.

Well, she did. Trussed
to a pillar and stabbed.

Neighbor said there was a lot
of coming and going late at night.

Sounds like she was still in the game.

Is this what a tart's flat looks like?

- "Rapture"?
- Maybe she meant this.

Look at the hanged man's face.
He's almost smiling.

No papers or magazines.

There's no pictures, no photos.
No ornaments, almost monastic.

Lots of mugs. Seven.

They found any fingerprints?

No, just hers.

You know, maybe the link was religious.

Bishop sold the church, Khan bought
it to convert into a nightclub.

Maybe Durbridge and the girl
thought it was sacrilege.

What kind of evangelical
hides their faith?

What kind of evangelical
butchers a bishop?

There's a ritualistic element
to these killings.

Looks more like Satanism
rather than Christianity.

Two victims, two killers.

Not much left to investigate.

There's four victims.

The two who killed themselves.
They're victims as well.

How did it come to this, Alex?

I mean, how did Mary end up
in such a negative spiral?

She obviously had friends,
people to confide in.

Oh, damn, I'm supposed
to be meeting Kurt.

Tony ... I'm sorry I didn't
believe you about Durbridge.

Maybe we could have
prevented this.

Can't always save people
from themselves, Alex.

This is Kurt Merrick.
Leave a message.

And he just walked out?

Did he leave a note?

- Did he leave a forwarding address?!
- What?

Oh, hold on.

- Kurt, did he just walk out?
- Yeah.

Gave me this. He said "bye"
and that was it.

- He gave you an iPod?
- Well, he gave away loads of things.

Camera, his watch --
it was like Christmas.

- He was really happy.
- Uh, no,

when someone starts to give away
all their possessions,

it's known as a suicide indicator.

Which means he was probably
planning to kill himself.

- Was he?
- Yeah.

- Oh, shit.
- Hmm.

Uh, Kurt's missing, Alex.

He said he would call in
but he never showed.

Tony, I've got enough
on my plate.

Plus, he's not been missing
long enough.

Yeah, but I went to his room
and he's cleared everything out.

I don't know, have you tried
the Sally Army?

Maybe he's sleeping rough.

Yep, uh, never mind, Alex.

Thanks.

Ma'am.

I was going through the bishop's
correspondence with his secretary,

and she said that
she'd never seen this.

Independent Police
Complaints Commission.

Requesting a meeting.

"To discuss the serious
allegations you have raised."

Doesn't say what the allegations
were, though.

Sacker made an official complaint
about a police officer.

And two weeks later,
he was murdered.

That's got to be worth a look.

Yes, I, I know it.
You look tired.

I'm, uh ... helping
the police with a case.

Who's helping you?

Oh, here.

"The Martyrs Mirror."
By Jan Luiken, 1698.

It's hideous.

Like today's tabloids, serving
up rape and murder and calling it news.

How's your friend Kurt?
I'm sorry I shouldn't ask.

Disappeared.

You know, I'm sure you did
your best, Tony.

Yeah, I did.
And I failed.

In times like this, prayer can help.

We can't solve our problems
by confiding in an invisible friend.

Don't knock it unless
you've tried it.

- Thanks.
- Anytime.

We should reflect not
on what Mary Knight did,

but on what we failed to do.

As Christians, we should
bear witness to the truth,

even if that truth
is painful to face.

Now, in God's time,
we will know the truth

about why Mary Knight
did what she did.

But until then, we must live
in hope that Christ will receive her,

and that she will find peace
and safety at last.

Oh, uh, was she a Christian
-- Mary Knight?

Sorry?

I just wondered if you knew her.

No, it's just my turn
to officiate today.

Uh, I'm Tony Hill, by the way.
Have we met?

John Tallis.

Can I help you, Mr. Hill?

You said you hoped Christ
would receive her.

I just wondered what
she had to do to go to hell.

Well, God is her judge now,
not me.

See, I deal with murders
all the time.

I deal with rapists, necrophiles,
I've even seen children --

I can always find a rationale,
even in their madness.

Can't seem to get my head
round this one.

Christ drove the money lenders
from the temple with a whip

for corrupting a place of worship.

So he felt the bishop was corrupt?

What, because he sold the church?

Many people believe the whole
world is corrupt.

Our leaders tell us lies.
Our faith is mocked and belittled.

Maybe that's what
Mary Knight felt.

But she killed herself.
I thought that was unforgivable.

Christ let himself die for our sins.
We don't condemn him.

I'm not trying to condemn anyone.
I'm just trying to understand.

Well, there's a limit
to understanding, Mr. Hill.

Sometimes you have to have faith.

Please, excuse me.

Just one more thing.
"Rapture."

- What does "rapture" mean?
- You'd know it if you felt it.

Well, apart from being
at one with God?

Well, Saint Paul suggests that
Christ will rescue his chosen

from the world before the apocalypse.

- The apocalypse?
- War, famine, pestilence, and death.

The antichrist.
The second coming?

No one actually believes
in all that, do they?

You're talking about
the Bible, Mr. Hill.

Please, excuse me.

Thanks.
And sorry.

I hear you had
some visitors the other day ...

from the Police Complaints Commission.

It was a routine inquiry.
Concerning?

A complaint was made,
it was investigated,

no evidence was found
and the matter was closed.

I take it this was the complaint
made by Bishop Sacker?

I wasn't told who made it.

We all have friends, brother.

Now that the bishop is dead,
presumably the matter will be closed?

And let's hope all our friends
exercise more judgment ...

and discretion in the future.

What exactly does that mean?

As you said, brother,
the matter's closed.

It's not pins, it's needles.

Needles in his eyes.

"Open your eyes to the world
and look and behold the Lamb of God."

"It's easier to pass a camel through
the eye of a needle than -- "

so it's eyes and needles.

It's biblical --
it's garbled, it's mangled.

There's an image here, Tony.

It's symmetry, geometry.

Multiple stab wounds.
One to the upper chest, two to the stomach,

one in the left thigh,
and one in the bicep of the left arm.

What appears to be a pair
of geometrical compasses driven into the trachea.

I know that Bishop Sacker
made allegations to the IPCC.

I need to know what they were.

The bishop was stabbed seven times.

We still haven't established a motive.

Fine.
I'll take this to my ACC.

Sacker made a complaint
to the IPCC

two weeks before he was killed.
No one will tell me what about.

- Freemasons.
- What?

The symbols, the rituals.

Seven cups, seven knives.

Mary Knight stabbed Sacker ...

seven times.

And the last time
was with the compass.

They're a symbol
of Freemasonry.

Tony, the Freemasons are a dinner
club for middle-aged businessmen.

Who take solemn vows and secret
rituals to protect each other

and preserve their secrets
on pain of torture and death.

So you're saying that the bishop
was killed because he's a Mason?

Or maybe because he wasn't.

It's worth asking
the question, though.

If we can find anyone
to answer it, that is.

I am master of the West
Bradfield Lodge, yes.

I believe it says so
on our website.

Was Bishop Sacker a member?

I knew Jeremy.

What happened to him
was absolutely appalling.

What about Ahmed Khan?

You think their deaths
were connected?

We think they could have been targeted
because of their business dealings, yes.

And what would that have
to do with this lodge?

Well, if Khan and the bishop

were both Masons --
- Oh, I see.

The old Freemason
conspiracy, hmm?

- Were they both members, yes or no?
- Inspector, we're a social club.

We have rituals
and ceremonies, yes.

But they're just quaint traditions
about a sinister as Morris dancing.

Some of our members do business, yes.
But, uh,

that's not why we're here.

Can you give me a list
of lodge members?

I'll assist you
in any way I can,

but I'm afraid
that's not one of them.

I could get a court order.

By all means, do.

They are fun,
aren't they, secrets?

All knowledge is power.
To share it is to lose it.

Well, I'm afraid you've lost me.

Well, most of my patients
have secrets ...

festering away inside them.

- I believe secrecy corrupts.
- And don't doctors have secrets?

Those rituals, no, they're not just
handshakes and haypence, are they?

What about the one with the dagger?

Where you threaten to torture
initiates who betray the brotherhood.

- Are you a Freemason?
- I'm not the club-able type.

Then you don't know what
you're talking about, do you?

Milord. We're investigating
two murders.

And you seem to be
starting from the premise

that the victims deserved it.

You're lucky this case
won't come before me, Inspector.

Now, if that's all?

Yes, milord.

Ahmed and the bishop

-- did they betray you?

- Would you get out, please?
- Tony?

For God's sakes, Tony,
I brought you along to help.

Oh, why did you let him bluster
you like that?

Because he's a Freemason?

Sod the Freemasons, Tony.
He's a judge.

You don't go accusing a judge
of corruption and cult membership.

That's exactly what
the Freemasons are, Alex!

- Keep your voice down.
- No, they are a cult.

Meeting in secret, enforcing their loyalties
through rituals and oaths and,

and private language.

And they're led by one man,
who is charismatic and manipulative.

I know, but you don't go
accusing him to his face.

You rattle Hynes' cage,
he'll have your arm off.

Paula, you still at the office?

Good, see what we can dig up
about Judge Stephen Hynes.

Rumors, gossip, allegations.

That's right, the judge.

Fine. So do it discreetly.

All right, we're done here.

- Where are we going?
- Ben's school play starts at 7:00.

I promised I'd be there.

Mm-hmm,

well, uh ... I was planning
on writing up some notes tonight,

but, uh ... a play.
- What?

I haven't seen a school play
since I was in one.

You weren't asking me
to come, were you?

You were in a school play?

- Back end of a donkey, yes.
- Typecasting, yeah?

I've no idea what you mean.

Paul, I've just had your DI
and that Dr. Hill in my chambers,

asking damned impertinent questions.

It's a waste of police resources
and it's a waste of my time.

I very much hope
it doesn't happen again.

If you'd like to take
your seats, please.

The play is about to begin.

- Hello.
- Hello, Ben.

Are you Mum's date?

Yes?
No, no.

That's good.
Mum doesn't have many dates.

Shouldn't you be backstage?
It's going to start soon.

- Hello?
- Hi, Stephen, it's me.

Who's "me"?

It's Danny.
I was in the neighborhood.

Man is too simple.

I am very disappointed.

I will wipe out the whole world
in a huge flood and start again.

Only you and your family
must be saved.

How are you getting
on with your probation officer?

Oh, he's an idiot;
he forgets my name half the time.

If you keep your nose clean,

a young man like you could
do a lot for himself.

Stephen, could I, um,
run myself a bath?

I've been feeling
a little bit dirty.

I'll get you a towel.

I know it's not "Chicago,"
but cheer up.

The flood has ended.
We are saved.

All I'm saying is, what sort
of God would wipe us all out

and then start again?

That's the Old Testament for you
-- zero tolerance.

Hey, you were great.
And you, Zach.

Mum, can I go to Zach's house.
His mum says it's all right.

Hold on.

Fielding.

Yeah, Kevin?

Okay.

It's Hynes.

- It's John the Baptist.
- I'm sorry?

John the Baptist had
his head served up on a platter.

Yeah, well, Salome
is in the bathroom.

One of the uniforms ID'd him.
Danny Ellis, petty thief, dealer.

There's no sign of
a forced entry or a struggle.

Looks like Hynes invited him in.

Chief, last year, a burglar
died in this flat from an overdose.

- Hynes found him when he got home.
- Burglar?

Kid called Anthony Harris.

No previous convictions for burglary.
He did have form as a crackhead and rent boy.

How did he get in?

He stole Hynes' keys.
That was the story, anyhow.

Well, this one wasn't a burglar.

No, he was invited.

I suspect the other boy
was invited as well.

"Judge not, lest ye be judged."

So he's John the Baptist.
Salome is in the bath.

Durbridge and Knight were lovers.
Where does Ellis fit in?

Seven veils, seven wounds.
There's something missing.

Three-way suicide pact?
Have you ever heard of one?

Oh, my God.

Saint Sebastian, Saint Lawrence,
John the Baptist.

All Christian martyrs.

"Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord.
And I shall repay."

They're avenging Christian martyrs.

Martyrs give their life for Jesus,
go straight to heaven, achieve rapture.

Look at the face.

Yeah, you're right, Alex.
This is about religion,

but not the happy-clappy sort.

An evangelical suicide cult.

A close sect whose disciples
will do anything.

And will be led by one man.
He'll be obsessive, manipulative, secretive.

Which man?

Now, look at the victims, see.

Bishop sold Khan a church.

Hynes sat in judgment on the rent boys.
Then invited them home.

Yeah, "the world is corrupt.
And the leaders tell us lies.

And our faith is mocked
and belittled."

Who said that?

Tallis -- he was vicar
at Mary Knight's funeral.

Oh, God.

We saw him at Durbridge's house.

Reverend Tallis, we have a warrant
to search the premises.

Nothing, gov!

What did the diver say?

No one else down there.
It looks like he was the only victim.

How did he know
we were coming for him?

What's that passage from the Bible?

Something like, "whoever corrupts my children,
throw a noose around his neck

and throw him into the sea."
Something like that.

This was remorse.
Self-punishment.

We've already found prints
for Durbridge, Knight, and Ellis.

They all met here.

Saint Florian. The Patron
Saint of Firefighters.

"And the kings of the earth
and the great men, and the rich men,

and the chief captains,"

... "said to the mountains
and the rocks, 'fall on us

and hide us from
the wrath of the lamb."

Kings of the earth,
great men, rich men.

Khan, Sacker, Hynes.

Tallis, he told me.

He said the world was corrupt.
Our leaders lie to us.

He wasn't guessing how Mary Knight
felt -- he knew.

He knew because
he felt it as well.

He was ill --
I didn't spot it.

He wasn't ill --
it's what he believes.

- You can't change that.
- Yeah, but I could have listened.

I could have saved Hynes. I could have
saved the kid who killed him.

Tony, this isn't your fault.

Like you said, you can't always
save people from themselves.

Kurt!

Tony.

Would you like something?

I've been looking
all over for you.

I've got lamb's stew.

It's only two days past
its sell-by date.

I heard you'd given all your stuff away,
so naturally I thought --

-- that I'd killed myself.

Sorry.
I did, sort of.

And here I am.

These people have real problems.
Kind of puts mine into perspective.

So you'll work for the Salvation Army.
Where's your uniform?

Oh, they just let me help out.

I don't quite buy their take
on the Bible, but they mean well.

So

... you happy?

Yeah.

It was like I had a hole in my heart,
that nothing could fill.

You feel it.

That's what makes you such
a good therapist. But ...

getting people to feel better
is not the same as curing them, is it?

Is there a cure for life?

Thanks for everything, Tony.

I hope things work out for you.

- Your phone was switched off.
- Mm-hmm, needed to think.

- I found Kurt Merrick.
- He isn't --

No, he's, uh ...
he's out with the Salvation Army.

He's feeding the poor.

Good for him.

Faith gives people a meaning
in life, doesn't it?

Well, all I believe is life has
no meaning. You just get used to it.

See, I failed all these people
because I didn't get religion.

What's wrong with me, Alex?

You seek happiness, believe.
You seek the truth, inquire.

Friedrich Nietzsche?

See, I do read more than
the police gazette.

Faith's not part of my nature,
either, Tony.

You just have to shoulder
the burden of not knowing.

Tallis is dead. This cult, sect
-- whatever it is --

it's finished, yes?
- Seven wounds. Seven cups.

You think there's more?

Durbridge, Ellis, Knight, and Tallis.

Leaves three.

Yeah, but the leader's dead.

Tallis can't be the leader.

The leader of a cult, he lives
to control his followers.

Their submission gratifies him,
reinforces his ego.

He would never leave them
to manage for themselves,

he'd take them with him
like, uh ...

Like Jim Jones in Guyana,

when the authorities
came for him.

He and nine hundred disciples
died from drinking cyanide.

But Tallis hung a millstone
around his neck. That's about guilt,

remorse, self-punishment.

I think that's what we're
meant to think.

I think this leader made Tallis stage
a suicide to mislead us.

This leader is paranoid,
he's obsessed with betrayal.

Tallis sacrificed himself to prove
his loyalty, his faith.

Who did Kevin say this was again?

Saint Florian, the Patron Saint
of Firefighters.

Saint Florian, Third Century Roman soldier.

Secret convert to Christianity.

Scourged, flayed, flung into a river
with a millstone round his neck.

Another martyr.

Tallis, he was just following orders.

Killed himself in a way that
signified grief and remorse.

He wanted to obey, but unconsciously,
he resented it.

That's why he chose this medal
to mark the passage in the Bible.

Sorry, Alex, this isn't over.

The Order of the Solar Temple,
1994, 48 suicides.

Jim Jones' commune in Guyana,
914,

so we're looking at a religious cult
for whom suicide is martyrdom.

It's an express lift to heaven.

Led by one man who is obsessive,
secretive, all controlling.

What about that vicar
-- Tallis?

John Tallis gave his life
to protect the leader.

So it's someone with enough
charisma and conviction

to get his followers to commit acts of ...

well, unbelievable brutality.

There were seven mugs,
seven wounds, so ...

We think there's six disciples,
four of whom are already dead,

-- they set out to punish
the worldly and corrupt.

Kings of the earth.
Great men, rich men.

- It's insane.
- It's consensual validation, Kevin.

The urge to conform.

What seems insane to us is completely
logical to the group.

Where does he find these nutters?

That's just it, see?
They're not nutters, Kevin!

Not to begin with.

No, they're just,
just ordinary people.

They're just like you and me.

But they're marginalized,
they're alienated.

You know, we've all felt vulnerable
at one time or another, eh?

Lost my home, lost my job.

Lost my wife.

So I crave certainty.

And the cult, it gives me friends,
it gives me family.

And all it asks from me
is loyalty and obedience.

I'm happy to do that.

So I renounce my will.

No more doubt.
No more torment.

See, Peter Durbridge, he was so
looking forward to his retirement,

when he found out his wife,
she was diagnosed with MS.

Which meant he would spend the rest
of his life caring for her.

He despaired.

And so he sought help.

He found John Tallis,
who led him to this man.

All the members so far
have been white,

and any group inspired by the Bible
will have a male leader.

So we're looking for a white man.

Educated, authoritative.
He'll have steady employment in ...

teaching, management.

And it's a job that gives him a lot
of time for voluntary work on

suicide help lines, because that ...

is where he finds these disciples.

We should check
out his recruiting grounds.

Prisons, remand centers,
charity organizations.

How would he get in to a prison?

Check the list of lay visitors.

Which nick?

Wherever Mary Knight
or Danny Ellis were banged up.

On to it, gov.

Thank you, Tony.

Alex, I was hoping you could
fill me in on your progress.

We're about to check out
Shelman's Prison.

It's possible that one of the killers
was recruited there.

By that vicar, Tallis?

Tallis is one of the members.
We think there's two more, plus a leader.

Religious fanatics?

We believe Hynes and the others
were corrupt, yes.

Clearly deluded, then.

Not in Hynes' case, at least.

He entertained male prostitutes,

some of whom had appeared
before him in court.

Alex, are you investigating
the murderers or the victims?

Last year, Hynes reported a burglar
dead in his flat from an overdose.

He said that the kid had stolen his keys.

Now, I think that Hynes
had invited him in

and I think he was there
when the kid died.

You can't libel the dead, Alex.
A little bit of discretion would be wise.

Someone in the force helped him
cover it up.

Word got out, Bishop Sacker
heard about it

and reported his concerns
to the IPCC.

What did they conclude?

They found no evidence
to support it.

So you can drop that line
of inquiry.

- Judge Hynes was a Freemason.
- Is that relevant?

Are you a Freemason, sir?

Now you're investigating me?

Tell me how you get
on at Shelman Prison.

Yeah, any time in the last two years.
Yeah, thanks.

Kevin, do we still have access
to Hynes' flat?

Yeah.

Find his phone records.

I want to see who he called
the night the rent boy died.

All visitors are vetted
and have to produce references.

We also take photographs and fingerprints;
it's all kept on file.

- Very thorough.
- Common sense.

Do we know which
of these lay visitors

might have spoken to Mary Knight
while she was in here?

Any of them could have -- the person
you need to speak to is Kiley Brice

-- we're fetching her.

Got any fags?

Sorry.

Sorry, you don't, or sorry
you're not going to give me any?

Do you remember a prisoner
called Mary Knight?

You shared a cell with her
two years ago?

We all share.
Overcrowding.

She's dead. She stabbed a man
to death and then she hung herself.

- In a church.
- It's a shame.

We're trying to trace
her movements.

Have you heard from her,
had she been to visit you?

We weren't that close.

How close were you?

We were mates for a while,
that's all.

What happened?

She were released,
went her own way.

And forgot about you?
And left you here to rot?

- I don't even know why --
- We think she met a man in here.

A lay visitor.

That's how she got God.

And we think he took
advantage of her

and he persuaded her she was sinful,
that she needed saving,

that life without religion, without him,
had no purpose, had no meaning.

And that life with you ...

well, that was something
to be ashamed of.

That sodding Mann.

What man? We need a name.

That was his name
-- Mann. Martin Mann.

He called me "an agent of sin."

And it was him.
He was the perv!

She couldn't see that.

What did he do?

He touched himself whilst
they were talking about the Bible.

He'd have his hands
down his trousers,

and he talked about how people
suffered and died for Jesus.

And the worse it was,
the more he got off on it.

I tried to tell her
what he were doing.

She never spoke to me again.

Is she really dead?

I'm sorry.

They were always
on their knees, praying.

And reading the Bible.

He liked them
on their knees.

- Them?
- Her and June Prince.

Another of his groupies.

Where is this June Prince now?

She got out.

I hope she's dead.

Mann.

Mark -- we've got it.

Shit!

The fingerprints
on the forms match John Tallis.

Yes, but not the description.

- Short, stout, middle-aged.
- What about the details?

All fake -- ID,
references, the lot.

- What happened to the photo?
- Chemically treated

-- turned black over three weeks,
but no one noticed

because it was filed away.

June Prince, the other girl
Mann converted in prison.

Formerly an industrial chemist.

Started making crystal meth
at home

and then began sampling her own wares.
Released on parole after four years.

No word of her since she got out.

Circulate this. We've got
to find her -- quick.

Gov, you asked me to check out Hynes'
phone records for that night.

The time of death was
around 11:30.

Hynes made a call to this number 11:47.

What's this?

The night the rent boy died in Hynes'
flat, he made a call for help,

and I think it was someone
on this force.

We need to find out who that is.

Or we could just call him.

Paul Eden.

- Sir --
- Who is this, please?

It's Alex Fielding.

Alex, how did you get
this number?

If he helped Hynes,
he'll be a target.

This is my private mobile.

- Hold on.
- No, don't answer that.

Sir, they know about
you and Hynes.

Don't answer the door!
Sir!

Sir, why did Judge Hynes call you
the night the kid died in his apartment?

Sir.

He was panicking, wasn't he?

He was worried about scandal.

You told investigators that
the kid was a burglar,

that he'd been somewhere else
when the boy died.

He told me the same thing.

And of course ... later on
I found out about his ...

habits.

But it was too late. I knew he'd lied,
but I was compromised.

Why did you get involved?
Because he was a Mason?

Because he was a friend.

And then Bishop Sacker
heard rumors.

- He told the IPCC?
- You stop these people, Alex.

Christ knows who they're going
to go after next.

None of us are innocent, are we?

Why the change of MO?
Why a bomb?

Not many Christian martyrs
went that way.

Prostitute seduced.
She was a chemist,

so the leader, he gets his followers
to use whatever talents God gave them

-- a bomb.
Doesn't discriminate.

So who's the next target?

They're great men, they were
rich men, chief captains.

Doesn't that passage go on?

- "Every bondsman, every ..."
- "Every freed man."

- So that's anyone.
- And everyone.

Like Eden said, Alex,
none of us are innocent.

What if these are all just
signs and wonders? Omens?

I've read the profile, Tony.

An educated professional
-- a manager, a teacher.

- Someone articulate, persuasive.
- That fits you, fits me.

He called himself Mann. Maybe
he used that alias somewhere else.

It's a joke, Alex.

He's a man -- he's every man,
he's no man.

- With no name, no face.
- Come on, Tony.

Let me think.

It's a self-portrait
with no self.

You love these images,
these symbols.

Needles in the eyes, the girl,
the knives.

The voyeurism and sadomasochism
inspires you.

It arouses you.

And religion is a perfect
vehicle for your

ego, -- for your fantasies.

The mannerist style
of devotional painting

was crammed with iconography
for the knowing to decipher.

Here the dove, the symbol
of the Holy Spirit, but

also symbolizing hope and faith.

Compare this with Caravaggio,
who abandoned this clutter of symbolism,

using instead graphic imagery,
so intense that

much of his work was rejected
for being simply too brutal, too literal.

This was an artist who had
actually witnessed suffering

and death,

and something like rapture etched
in his faces, in each exquisite detail.

"Rapture"?

Rapture.

Alex.

You need to get down here now.

You work with this guy?

I mean, he doesn't look much
like a rabble-rouser.

No, he doesn't.

We've been checking out
your CV, Mr. Sutton.

- Doctor Sutton.
- Mister Sutton.

Is that what this is all about,
my qualifications?

You have no qualifications.

So far, every entry's turned
out to be false.

Not one of my students
has ever failed.

Have you ever been known
as "Mann."

I am a man, certainly.
I'm not joking, Mr. Sutton.

Inspector ...

I'm a university lecturer
dragged from his place of work

without explanation or charge,
on the word of ...

a colleague who has been under
severe emotional stress.

I haven't asked for a solicitor
yet, because ...

I'm trying to be reasonable.

But there is a limit to my patience.

Get onto religion, but don't
let him preach to you.

- Are you religious, Mr. Sutton?
- I am a man of faith.

Do you like to share
that faith with others?

Vulnerable?
In need of help?

You worked for the Samaritans
last year. You were asked to leave.

Actually, I resigned. I found their
approach inhuman and oppressive.

It says that you were contacting
clients personally

to talk about your faith.
- In times of personal crisis,

faith is the one thing that
will see us through.

Yeah, set up his own help line.

That's when you set up in business
for yourself as a counselor.

For the would-be suicides
and the vulnerable.

Our Lord has instructed us
to help the needy.

Did he instruct you to send
them out to murder people,

then to take their own lives?
- Please, what am I accused of?

Where are your witnesses?
If you're taking this on faith,

your faith is sadly misplaced.

You sure he's the one?

What about the profile, fake CV?

He's convincing because he believes.
He believes he's innocent.

He believes he's right.

There's at least one disciple
still out there.

We've got no idea who he or she is,
where or what they're planning to do.

We just don't have time
to waste on the wrong man.

Ah, Tony.

Are you responsible for all this?

I am.

And I was wrong.
So you can go.

Tony!

You're really lost, aren't you?

Yeah.

I tried to understand, but I can't.

I cannot understand how someone can be driven
to murder and torture and suicide

by one man and the words
from an old book.

And I've always been able
to see inside people's heads.

Maybe that's your mistake.

It's not what's in
the head that matters.

- So, what do I do?
- Do?

To find peace.

To be saved.

Even if you meant it,
it's too late.

Too late for me personally
or mankind?

Mankind doesn't
want to be saved.

He doesn't deserve it.

It has heard the gospel
and ignored it.

Rejected God's love, pursued wealth
and power and fame and sex!

I wouldn't be surprised if God decided
to wipe us all out, start again.

- Doesn't that worry you?
- I'm not afraid to face my maker.

Why can't I feel that?

- Why can't I share your faith?
- You're not capable of it.

You have a hole in your heart
that only God can fill,

and you have rejected him.

A �hole in my heart�?

Kurt said the same thing.

Kurt?

Kurtis Merrick.

No wonder he stopped coming.

- You recruited him.
- I saw into his heart.

You couldn't.

The last disciple
-- it's Kurtis Merrick.

The kid on the roof?

We're gonna find him and he will
bear witness against you.

You really believe that?

Send out the mug shot that
we took after the suicide attempt.

Find his last-known address.

He walked out of his last address,
remember?

Somewhere on Fraser Lane,
working with the homeless.

Well, get a unit down there.

- It's an apocalyptic cult.
- They think the world's ending?

Sutton's lot didn't wait
for the prophecy to be fulfilled,

they wanted to make it happen.

Like the Asahara cult in Tokyo.

They released sarin
on the underground.

- Where would they get ahold of sarin?
- It won't be sarin.

He's a biochemist.
He specializes in viruses.

Christ almighty.

We're looking for a needle
in a haystack.

Ebola, Nile fever, anthrax?

Kurt's got access to all of them.

We need to send out a code one.
Bioterrorist alert.

Have you seen this guy before?

What about you?

Kev, a man answering Kurt's description
straight ahead of you.

Got him.

Shit!

Lord, into your hands
I commend my spirit.

He'll choose somewhere crowded,
for maximum exposure.

Somewhere central.

Karen, go to Ben's school, pick him up,
and take him home right now.

Just tell them it's an emergency.

Just do it, please.

Don't look at me like that.

The building near Ben's school,
where Kurt tried to jump.

Kurt?

I have a duty, Tony.
Please don't try and stop me.

- What are you doing?
- The seed's been treated.

- Treated with what?
- A modified strain of bubonic plague.

Transmissible between humans.

Look at them.

Shopping, screwing, stuffing their faces.

Dead to God as God is dead to them.

Kurt, use your intelligence.

This -- -- intelligence?

What's intelligence ever
done for mankind?

Vanity makes us think that
we know better than God.

His will is revealed to us
in the Bible.

- "Love your brother as yourself"?
- Don't blaspheme, Tony.

Martin warned me about you.

The devil can cite scripture
to suit his purpose.

And Martin, he can cite scripture
to suit his own purpose.

What I want to know is,
Kurt,

how do you know that this
is God's purpose?

- Because Martin explained it.
- All right, well, explain it to me.

I can't.

You need faith.

Kurt.

Can't you see the dead bodies?
Can't you see the mass graves?

- How can that be part of God's plan?
- It's in the Bible.

Pestilence, death. Humanity is
diseased and this is the cure.

We have to end the world to save it.

Forget what Martin told you.
Martin, he lied to you.

He used you Kurt,
and he's left you.

Think for yourself.

Just don't try and stop me.

I won't.

Because I believe
you're a good person, Kurt.

You choose.

All this time ...

I've been looking for purpose,
for meaning.

And Martin showed it to me.
I can't fail him.

No one down here has
the answers, Kurt.

Not me, not Mann.

So, what do I do?

You carry on living.
It's all you can do.

Thanks, Tony.

Thanks for trying.

Kurt!
Kurt, no!

Thank you.

You don't have any witnesses.

How are you going
to charge Sutton?

Sutton won't be facing
any charges.

He killed himself in his cell.

He choked himself
on the pages of a Bible.

He was meant to be on suicide watch.
Not supposed to be allowed a Bible.

He should never have been allowed a Bible.

I'm sorry about Kurt.

You got through to him.
That's something.

I took away his hope and his faith.

Deep down, he didn't want to do it.
You showed him that.

You saved the rest of us, Tony.

So if you're ever wondering what
the purpose of your existence is ...

I should go home.

Listen ...
if you ever need to talk ...

... hey, you.
You've had your story.

Need a drink.

- You're not going to say hello?
- You look sad.

One of Tony's friends
died today.

Was he sick?

Yes.
He was very sick.

And he was very lonely.

God will look after him.
God looks after all of us.

And if we're good, he takes us up
to heaven when we die. Doesn't he?

Yeah. That's right.
Come here, you.

Go on.

Good night.