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This is the last one, I promise.

Sorry, pardon, sorry.

Grace.

He likes you. What's your name?

Reyka.

My daughter, please help me.

I can't find her.

When last did you see her?

We were together just here now and now she's gone.

What is she wearing?

Um, she's 12 and she's wearing curly hair in a pony

and she's wearing a yellow tee with dungarees.

Reyka, R E Y K A. Reyka.

Reyka.

Hello.

Do you like music?

I like music.

Mama, Nina's here.

Who's Nina?

The new au pair. Come on.

Yeah, okay.

This is Nina.

Hi.

Hey. That's tomorrow?

Yeah, that's why Nina is here.

You're an au pair.

Yes.

You love kids?

I do.

Have your own?

No.

That's why.

Ma.

Don't listen to her, Nina.

How old are you?

Almost 30.

Anything important that we need to know about you?

I'm vegan, don't smoke.

No allergies. 10 fingers, 10 toes.

Last time you checked.

Where are you from?

Stanger.

Are you single?

Footloose and fancy free.

When can you start?

Now?

Great.

Okay.

Let's do it. I've got to go.

Morning.

Hey.

Hi. Tanner.

Hey.

He was coloured.

The Blue Lagoon killer. Not white as you speculated.

I don't speculate. Hard stats spoils the killers identity.

You still got it wrong though.

You're Hector's boy.

Samuel.

Samuel Zwane.

Mmm-hmm.

I thought you were counting dockets in Ananda.

I transferred.

Lucky us.

So how long did it take you to close

the Blue Lagoon killer?

Tanner, how long did it take us?

Three months. It's a record for a serial case

Three months.

So if you'd gotten the profile correct the first time.

We might've caught him a few days earlier.

A lot can happen in a few days.

You're in my space.

Not while we're having a dispute

with the Tyrones over land.

Do you recognise this ring?

No deals, no excuses.

He found an arm, the chief did.

He claims your domestic worker has been consulting

with evil spirits,

trying to scare his people off their land.

The land deal's done. Msomi got what he wanted.

At a bargain price.

Bambata is part of our family now.

She wants to leave with us when we go.

We've checked at the hospitals.

No patients have gone in, we must assume the victim's dead.

Our deal, sir, was one case.

I want you to stay.

Tell me what you see.

Right hand female, young adult, around 50kg.

Petite, groomed, trendy nail polish.

Ring on pinky finger, no scars.

Sewsunker is processing everything for DNA.

No fingerprint hits.

Elsa wants to return to the UK.

What do you want?

I guess, custody.

For now.

Interviews tomorrow.

Did you tell her the real reason you came back?

Of course not.

If Speelman gets paroled, she's going to hate me anyway.

You can't let that happen.

It shouldn't be up to me, I can't be strong with him.

You escaped him.

Things were complicated with you and my mother.

There was nothing between us. There never has been.

Is the image corrupt?

Flesh is ripped, tissue pulled, not severed.

Witch doctors usually slice off body parts with the machete,

but with only one arm to go on.

Witchcraft is possible.

Anything's possible.

I'm sorry.

Angus Speelman has been incarcerated

in this facility for 22 years.

Parole board.

He understands his wrongdoing.

And he requests parole

so that he can continue his rehabilitation outside.

The authorities have never taken Dr. Gama's testimony

into account because of her deep psychological issues.

She's a typical victim suffering from trauma.

Completely unreliable.

The board wishes to hear from her,

Mr. Bloom.

Dr. Gama is a highly regarded criminal profiler

with a doctoral thesis in psychological violence.

I see you were only at Gwadengetho police for four months.

It feels like forever.

Beg your pardon?

Yes, sir. Scotland yard, before that.

What compelled you to return to South Africa?

My mentor. Brigadier Swarnay.

And he seconded you to the Blue Lagoon case.

That's correct.

What skills do you have that local profilers don't?

I am a local.

But well-traveled.

About the case, I believe congratulations are in order.

Thank you. That was a team effort.

Indeed. State's expert witness, please.

A person with Speelman's pathology will never change.

He's a charismatic narcissist with a perversion.

You mean a paedophile.

Paedophilia is a form of perversion,

but Speelman is manipulative rather than aggressive.

He appreciates the psyches of others, a caregiver.

He took care of a young child.

Two. Two children.

Dr. Gama,

the record shows that you were Speelman's only victim.

There were two of us on the property.

Two girls?

Lucy arrived after me.

Lucy? Lucy who?

I never met her face-to-face but I heard her voice.

She was younger than me.

There is no evidence to support this.

I was there Mr. Bloom, were you?

I read the court reports.

Dr. Gama.

With respect, if you never saw Lucy, you can't be sure.

I wasn't imagining her.

Let's not forget

that a court appointed psychiatrist determined

that Dr. Gama's fractured mental state

triggered this delusion.

Speelman kept Lucy in a hut.

A forensic sweep of the farmhouse revealed

that there were only ever three occupants.

Speelman, Speelman's partner, Portia Maseco, and Reyka.

No. There were four.

Speelman, Portia, Lucy and me. Four.

Okay.

I am not an angel I asserted

and I will not be one until I die.

I will be myself, Mr. Rochester.

You should neither expect, nor exact, anything.

Ma.

Huh?

What's the word?

Oh where were we?

Neither expect, nor exact, anything.

Celestial. It means heavenly.

Oh, okay. Yeah.

So do you want to see my costume?

Sure.

Uh-huh.

You look like a harlot.

What? What's a harlot?

A hooker?

Thuli.

There's this new place that opened up on the promenade.

And I was thinking about checking it out.

Morning.

Sometime or maybe Saturday night?

Okay.

You'll think about it.

Tanner?

Reyka.

A secret rendezvous goes wrong.

They arranged to meet near the field.

We assume they're on foot,

so the location needs to be convenient for both.

They argue, it escalates.

He assaults her, it's fatal. He dumps the body in the cane.

Forensics confirm the arm was stripped,

not cut off the body.

It rules out witchcraft.

Some witchdoctors rip out body parts

while the victim's still alive.

It increases the potency of the mutay.

Also, we need to get back into the field,

the rest of the body's in there somewhere.

Reyka, I think you have some admirers.

They are asking what you are.

I'm not a waa.

No.

You are not black.

50, 50.

Yeah.

Drink after work?

Thuli's got a sketch.

Ah, look at you being a good mom. Proud of you.

I need your help.

What's your name?

Soda.

Is it just you in here?

Yeah.

Have you heard things?

About a dead body?

With one arm?

No.

What do you see in the fields?

Women?

Yeah.

With men?

Yeah.

Doing what?

Are they having sex?

I don't know.

Do you watch them?

I just cut cane.

Thank you Soda.

Yeah.

It's Bloom, Speelman's attorney.

My client wants to speak to you.

I've arranged access for tonight.

Okay.

So Elsa, you are one of the lucky ones.

You got your daughter back.

Yeah.

And alive.

I know.

Are you close?

Yes, yes. Very close.

I never stopped looking for her.

Should we?

Of course.

Do you work, Elsa?

Nowadays I write non-fiction,

nearly finished my first book.

What about?

My daughter, her case.

Reyka's father.

Benson Gama. He died when Reyka was seven.

Thulisile?

Born in Johannesburg,

spent the first seven years of her life in South Africa,

and some time in the UK.

I don't have Thulisile's paternity.

He's not in her life.

Okay, so what kind of custody arrangement are you seeking?

I want to hand over sole custody to my daughter.

Is Reyka capable of taking care

of Thuli's vital financial needs?

Like shelter and food?

Yes. Yes.

And we have an au pair to help out. Nina Barnes.

Can you describe your daughter's life?

Stable.

Substance abuse?

No, she is sober.

How long?

Six months. At least she's committed to the programme.

Is she still on her anti-anxiety medication?

Yeah.

How's that helping her cope with her dissociative amnesia?

Unquestionably well.

Does she still have flashbacks?

I don't know.

Is her work dangerous?

Sometimes.

Does this impact on Thuli's sense

of wellbeing and belonging?

No. No.

Reyka is a wonderful mum.

She just needs to be given a chance.

Alfonzo Abrahams AKA the Blue Lagoon Killer

was a coloured man, not white.

They got a blind spot for biracial suspects.

Abrahams shot nine and raped six women

at the Blue Lagoon Tea House.

How many lives could you have saved

if you got the profile right the first time?

You are an impressive young woman, Reyka.

Solving cases with the police. It's a big deal.

I only wish you'd been able to look at me during the trial.

I knew they'd get you to testify against me,

but it would have been nice to know I wasn't alone.

After everything we shared together.

What do you want?

Ponta do Ouro. I want a log cabin on the beach.

Snorkelling about shallow reefs, lobsters, crayfish,

sundowners at Fernando's bar.

Retract your statement to the parole board.

No.

Bloom tells me they were quite taken

by your testimony.

I told the truth.

The truth? You remember what happened?

Yeah.

Everything?

Except for the time I was sedated.

We were close.

I know.

Have you thought about me?

No.

What, not once in 20 years?

I have a lot more important things to think about.

Yes, you have a daughter now.

Angus, don't.

And I hear she's 12.

That's the same age as you were

when you came to live with me.

I was abducted.

Thulisile. She who made things quiet.

And that name is often given to a birth

that brings peace to a troubled home.

Did she?

Have you got a photograph to show me?

No.

Is her skin darker or lighter than yours?

Please don't speak about her.

Well, as you can see, I'm an old man now.

I've served my time. Let me go to Mozambique.

Ponta do Ouro.

It's not up to me.

Oh, it is, my love.

Angus.

I miss you.

I miss you so much.

When will you get out?

Soon, if you retract your statement.

I could tell you things, Reyka.

Things you've forgotten. Things I know you want to hear.

2 beers please. And a straw.

I'll bring it to you.

Okay.

Thank you.

It's a beautiful night, no?

Enjoy your drink.

Hey, two more beers please.

I am not an angel I asserted,

and I will not be one until I die.

I will be myself, Mr. Rochester.

You must neither expect, nor exact, anything celestial

of me for you will not get it.

Any more than I shall get it of you, which I do not.

No kiss.

I said no kissing.

Hey.

How was it?

She was extraordinary.

She was?

Had my interview.

Oh, fuck, ma. Sorry.

That's okay. She liked us.

She did?

I told her how close we were, how close you and Thuli are.

Where we you?

Jail.

Why?

I went to see a prisoner. It was Angus.

I saw Angus.

You saw your abductor?

That's not all it was to me.

Please ma, understand.

It's not easy doing this on my own.

Doing what?

Getting wasted and missing your daughter's sketch?

I'm not wasted.

Leave that. Thuli needs you.

She has you, mom.

Hey. Okay.

Where are you going?

Work.

Not like that.

I feel great.

I know being a mom isn't easy for you,

but tonight Thuli needed her mother and you did not show up.

Can you see how confusing it must be for her?

Yes.

Is that why we came back?

So you could see Speelman?

Evening.

Oh.

The arm matches the body. No ID yet.

Reyka.

Reyka.

Get out of here before Hector sees you.

I'm fine.

No, go.

Okay.

I have blood and smears.

The lab will tell us about sexual assault,

but there's no tearing or any evidence of penetration.

Thanks.

Thank you.

The cause of death?

Deep trauma to the skull with a blunt object,

like a rock.

There's something else.

Zulu tribal mask.

What for?

Some families make incisions to symbolise

which clan they belong to.

The victim is Msomi royalty. This could explode.

Always about the land deal with you.

You're a white south African, how could you understand?

She needs to focus on her daughter.

One week, maybe two weeks.

Get someone else.

Reyka is the best.

Hector, I know she's back for Speelman.

I also know you offered her the case

so she could hide that fact from me.

She needs closure.

It's going to backfire.

Reyka can block Speelman's parole

but she won't.

She'll convince herself he's served his punishment.

Elsa.

As soon as Reyka gets custody of her daughter,

we are going back to the UK.

I'm not losing her again.

There.

Run it on.

Email this to me?

Mr. Pele. I'm Detective Cefe, this is Dr. Gama.

You are a shop owner from Sugarland, yes?

Yes.

You have a criminal record for assault.

I beat up some thieves who tried to rob me.

And on the 8th November, what -were you doing in field 8 - A?

Collecting soil samples for scientific tests.

Why?

The Tyrones.

They've been using banned toxins

from the apartheid days to poison the fields.

They spray the crops at night.

What has that got to do with you?

My son, Kashif.

High levels of nitrate in the water caused heart defects

and other medical conditions.

Without treatment, you would die.

I just want compensation

so I can pay for Kashif's treatments.

Can we get a sample to test?

You picked up a stranger.

I recognised her from my shop. She used to come in.

Do you sell rings like this in your shop?

Yes, but I didn't kill her.

No one say she was dead, sir.

Why are you asking me all this?

I dropped her near the field and went home.

So Pele dumps Mbali Msomi's body near the cane field.

Makes it look like witchcraft.

The chief accuses Tyrone,

a feud erupts land deals destroyed,

perfect plans to avenge your sons illness.

Pele has got motive and opportunity. Lock him up.

Boss, sorry. One second.

Wrap up the report

before Msomi blows the whole land deal up.

Can I just say, guys like Pele,

driven by passion and rage,

they blitz their victims.

The attack is sudden and brutal.

Body is left where the attack took place,

they make no attempt to hide it.

Now this is premeditated and carefully planned.

Victim has a tightly bound knot on one wrist.

Attacker tied her hand with a ligature.

Rope?

Thinner.

String?

Like a nylon twine.

Or it could be plastic.

I mean, it's hard to say

because the body is quite decomposed.

Linked it to the victim.

Unconfirmed,

but this does mean that our killer has some kind of MO.

This is not Pele.

But if you're right, we've got a geographical profile.

He either lives or works near the field.

Pele is a good suspect.

Sir, uncut sugar cane smells grassy.

I was at the field today.

When the wind and picked up and blew across me,

the cane smelled like rotten fruit.

There's something else out there.

We need dogs.

The dog unit was disbanded years ago.

My daughter's got a dog.

Oh, an ex-police dog.

Let's go.

Where are you boy?

Good boy, good boy.