The Killing Kind (2023) s01e03 Episode Script

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- [CAR SCREECHES]
- [PEDESTRIAN SCREAMS]
I am trying to work
out who killed Belinda
and who's trying to hurt me.
You were her favourite judge.
What an awful tragedy.
How d'you find out where I live?
[PEOPLE LAUGHING]
- Happy birthday, Mark.
- [ANGUS] You need to get a grip.
And, to be frank, you haven't
been the same since the fire.
- [FLAMES WHOOSHING]
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[MARK] The fire wasn't my fault,
but if I hadn't messed everything up,
then it wouldn't have happened.
Flora would still be alive.
[AGENT] Are you looking to buy?
The only thing that would put me off,
- that poor girl dying here in the fire.
- [OMINOUS MUSIC]
[INGRID] I am being targeted by someone.
[NASH] If someone has
broken into your flat,
- it is most likely John Webster
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
and Belinda's death's
a different matter.
It is most likely an accident.
I want to interview your witness.
[BUS REVS]
That woman was pushed.
I hate that you're still so wary of me.
[CAR SCREECHES AND REVS]
- [INGRID SCREAMS]
- Ah.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[INGRID PANTING]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
Ah ♪
[NASH] Why was Webster there, Ingrid?
Do you understand that he was the one
that pulled me out
of the way of the car?
[NASH] He is still a
suspect for the break-in.
Who was driving the car?
That needs to be your main concern,
because it obviously
wasn't Webster, was it?
Now, whoever it was,
I mean, they must know where I live
because they must have
followed me home, right?
I just don't understand why
you're still engaging with him.
He took me to see the witness
who saw Belinda's death.
This witness saw Belinda was pushed.
His name is Mr Wilson.
You need to find him.
Yes, okay, okay. We,
we will look into it,
but there's to be no more
contact between you and Webster.
Do you understand?
- Ingrid?
- [PHONE BEEPS]
[OMINOUS THEME MUSIC]
- And I ♪
- And I ♪
- Lie ♪
- Lie ♪
- Don't wanna see ♪
- Don't wanna see ♪
- What will be ♪
- What will be ♪
- Let ♪
- Let ♪
- Green envy ♪
- Green envy ♪
- You're giving her ♪
- You're giving her ♪
- Comfort ♪
- Comfort ♪
[CAR PHONE CHIMES]
[GENTLE AMBIENT MUSIC]
[CRIES]
[SIGHS]
[GENTLE AMBIENT MUSIC CONTINUES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[EXHALES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[CAR REVS]
[OMINOUS DISCORDANT MUSIC]
[CAR REVS]
[TIRES CRUNCHING]
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]
[CAR REVS]
[HAND BRAKE RATCHETS]
- [KEY BOX CLUNKS]
- [KEY JANGLES]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[GENTLE AMBIENT MUSIC]
[KEY CLUNKS]
- You are wasted.
- I'm fantastic.
[INGRID] You are absolutely wasted.
Okay, what, here?
- Yeah, yeah, just here.
- Okay.
Okay, mm, beautiful.
But this weekend is about you
and about you relaxing
after everything that's happened.
It's just so nice to
see you smiling, yeah?
[MARK LAUGHS]
- You know what?
- Mm?
I'm really
really happy, okay?
- Yeah.
- What?
[MARK SIGHS]
When we get back to London,
I want you to go to the police
with everything that's been
happening with John Webster.
I've been crystal clear with him.
If he contacts either of
us again, I will report him,
but it is pointless going
to the police with this.
I've told you this.
It's a waste of time.
Okay, I just don't understand.
Oh, I don't wanna spend
our time talking about him.
- [SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]
- [FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING]
[GENTLE AMBIENT MUSIC]
[JOHN] Ingrid, you don't really think
I could be involved in Belinda's death?
[NASH] Whatever makes
you question your sanity
is the MO of John Webster.
[WINSTANLEY] Is Mr Mark
Orpen your ex-fiancee?
Have you any idea why he
might have called Belinda
a few hours before she died?
[JOHN] Didn't take Nash
long to turn up, did it?
[INGRID] Well, he's just doing his job.
[JOHN] Is he?
I'm the only other person
that believes Belinda's
death wasn't an accident.
[GENTLE AMBIENT MUSIC CONTINUES]
[WINSTANLEY] Webster is twisted.
Don't let him get to you again.
[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
[KEYS TAPPING]
[PAPERS RUSTLING]
[KEYS TAPPING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[KEYS TAPPING]
[ENVELOPE RUSTLES]
[KEYS TAPPING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES]
[KEYS TAPPING]
[LAPTOP LID SLAMS]
[PAPERS RUSTLING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[CAR REVS]
- [DOOR CLUNKS]
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[RHYTHMIC PERCUSSIVE MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[SIGHS] What are you doing here?
- [MARK] This is my house.
- It is your mum's house.
You have absolutely no right to be here.
I needed somewhere to prep for court.
What?
So, you just thought you'd
come all the way out here?
My head's just been all over
the place since Belinda died.
What are you doing here?
You didn't like coming
here when we were together?
Well, it's hard living with my mum.
I needed a break, we both did.
Okay, well, I'll leave.
I'll go get a hotel.
Where are you gonna go, the Premier Inn?
Yeah, well, their pillows are actually
really comfortable, so maybe I will.
[MARK] Ingrid, stop.
You're here now, just, just
pick one of the spare rooms.
See you in the morning.
[MARK SIGHS]
[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]
[PHONE BUZZES]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL PIANO MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[PHONE CHIMES]
[PHONE BUZZES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
We shouldn't be speaking.
[JOHN] I had a visit from
my friend Nash, this morning.
Good.
[JOHN] How are we gonna find out
who tried to run you over, last night?
You could have been killed.
Detective Sergeant Nash is
handling the investigation.
[JOHN LAUGHS]
[JOHN] If you're so confident about that
you wouldn't have vanished to Wales.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Are you here?
[JOHN] If you needed somewhere to stay,
you should have just asked me.
I have empty properties, you know this.
I think you've helped me enough.
[OMINOUS DISCORDANT MUSIC]
[JOHN] You need to question
everyone around you,
including Mark.
Mark has nothing to do with any of this.
[JOHN] Maybe, but don't you
think the timing of his return
is a bit strange?
[OMINOUS DISCORDANT MUSIC]
You know, he's a good liar.
Just ask Flora Pole's parents.
Look, just don't assume
you're safe there with him.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[OMINOUS DISCORDANT MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[OMINOUS DISCORDANT MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[OFFICER] Do you have any idea
why Flora Pole was in your house
on the night of the fire?
- No.
- Why did she have a key?
Er, she would have to let herself
in from time to time. She was my PA.
Mr Orpen, we're happy to
continue this conversation
with you down at the station.
Well, he's fine because this
is just a witness statement.
Correct?
[MARK] I want Ingrid here.
Mr Orpen, can you
confirm whether or not
you had a sexual
relationship with Flora Pole?
We had slept together, yes.
I am sorry, I'm so sorry
Stop it, stop saying you're sorry.
I hear people saying
they're sorry all day long
and it doesn't mean
anything. It's meaningless.
I genuinely mean it, I
genuinely mean that I'm sorry.
You had just been so preoccupied
with everything that had happened,
been happening with John Webster.
Yeah, yeah, I was having a great time
being harassed, wasn't I?
[MARK] Don't do that.
You know I didn't mean it like that.
I don't know what Flora
was doing in our bed.
She was 23.
She was 23, right?
And you were her boss
and she was in awe of you.
And you had had sex previously.
So, I think we probably can conjecture
what might have brought
her to our bedroom.
I didn't invite her.
[INGRID SNIFFS]
[SCENE CHANGE WHOOSHES]
[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]
I have a question about Flora.
Do you blame me for her death?
- What? No, why would I?
- Because if I hadn't opened the door
then the fire wouldn't have
had enough oxygen to kill her.
It would've been different.
Ingrid, you can't think like that.
I do.
You're telling me you don't?
It was an accident.
She brought the candles, she
got drunk, she fell asleep.
[MARK SCOFFS]
It's neither of our faults.
It still doesn't make
total sense though, does it?
I always felt like we
were missing something.
It's in the past.
I'm trying really hard to keep it there.
I think you should too.
[FIRE CRACKLES]
[WAVES CRASHING]
[INGRID SNIFFS]
[MARK] You know what?
I've got marshmallows.
They're in the car, I'm
gonna go and get them.
[INGRID] Okay. [LAUGHS]
[FIRE CRACKLES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[MARK] Ingrid!
[OMINOUS DISCORDANT MUSIC]
What's going on?
I just got a phone call from
a Detective Sergeant Nash.
Why was he calling you?
He said you were in a car accident
and that someone tried to run you over.
Did he ask you where
you were last night?
He seemed pretty concerned
about you being threatened.
- [OMINOUS MUSIC]
- Is it him?
[OMINOUS PIANO MUSIC]
Is it Webster?
Have you told the police about him?
Yeah, I've told them everything.
You should have reported him, last year,
- like I told you to.
- Yes, I know.
You made your feelings very
clear about it last time.
Well, I was right, wasn't I?
And now he's back just
like I said he would be
Okay, I don't need
you lecturing me, Mark.
I'm just worried about you, Ingrid.
It's not your job to
worry about me anymore.
You resigned from that position
when you fucked your PA.
He's dangerous, Ingrid.
What's wrong with you?
[FOOTSTEPS SCUFFING]
He's a psychopath!
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[OMINOUS MUSIC INTENSIFIES]
[INGRID] The fire, was it you?
Are you being serious, Ingrid?
[OMINOUS PIANO MUSIC]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[SIREN WAILING]
What are you doing here?
[NASH] Checking in on you.
How you doing?
- Is there an update?
- Yeah.
We have identified a
witness who saw the car
try to run into you.
And we know the car was rented.
- Okay, by who?
- Under a false name.
We've got some leads.
We need to get you in
for an E-FIT session.
I told you, I didn't get
a good enough look at them.
But we need all the
information we can get.
I have given you as much
information as I can.
I have collated everything.
I have logged every incident.
Did you talk to DI Winstanley?
We are sharing information.
Listen, I'm doing everything that I can.
Why did you call Mark last night?
Just being thorough.
And what have you
found out about Webster?
That everything he says stands up.
That there's no forensics
linking him to the break-in.
And he technically saved
you from the car attack.
So do you think he's involved or not?
I think you need to follow my advice
and stay away from Webster.
You didn't answer my question.
Where is Webster living?
Where is he working?
What has he been up
to these past few days?
Did he follow me to Wales?
I would feel a lot safer
knowing those facts.
There's no legal justification
to be surveilling Webster at
this stage, as you must know.
There we go.
And that's why I have
no faith in this process.
Believe me, I want
to be able to do more,
but my job's got rules.
Okay, well, I have to go do my job now.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[PAPER RUSTLING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[PAPER RUSTLING]
[KEYS JINGLING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[KEYS CLINKING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[KEYS TAPPING]
- [KNOCKING]
- Do you have two minutes?
Yeah, I was just about to
come and see you actually.
Hi.
We've had several calls
about your last-minute
absences this week.
Thomas had to do a lot of reassuring.
Well, there have been
extenuating circumstances.
I'm aware of that, but
I'm concerned about you.
Me?
Angus, I think you've
got enough to worry about.
This is difficult, Ingrid,
but as Head of Chambers,
I need to remind you of your
professional obligations.
You can't just disappear to Wales.
How do you know where I went?
We know about what's been going on,
the attempted hit-and-run,
and now the police have been
in touch asking questions.
And are there any updates on Belinda?
Perhaps you should just take
the pressure off yourself.
Take some time.
I understand what you're saying,
and I will
make sure it doesn't affect
my work going forward.
I really will.
I'd rather be here than at home.
Okay.
Thank you.
I should get on with this.
Yep.
[PHONE RINGING]
[DOOR THUDS]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Look, I'm sorry I told him, all right?
They were worried about you.
Can you cancel all my
meetings again today?
I need your help with something.
I need to find the legal
owner of a property.
It's probably under a business
name. It's for a case.
Can could you do a title
search for me, please?
Thank you.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TOM] Ingrid, I've found it.
Took me a while.
Holding company's
called Circle Portfolios.
[INGRID] Thanks, Tom.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TRAIN RUMBLING]
[ANNOUNCER] Please take
care whilst on the station.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TRAIN WHOOSHING]
Please mind the gap between
the train and the platform.
This train is
[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TRAIN RATTLING]
[SIREN WAILS]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[CARS WHOOSHING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[DOOR TAPS]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[REAL ESTATE AGENT]
Are you looking to buy?
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[FOOTSTEPS RUSTLING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[JOHN] I am flattered, of course,
but you don't need to spy on me.
What were you doing in my old house?
[WEBSTER] You've
obviously got questions.
Yeah, what were you doing in my house?
Are you buying it?
I've been trying to help you.
I'm still waiting for an answer.
Daniel Pole. Flora's dad.
What about him?
I followed you to the
house on the open day.
You didn't see that
Daniel Pole was there.
I watched him grilling the estate agent.
I couldn't hear everything he
was saying, but he was angry.
So I contacted the agent,
said I was interested
in buying the property,
buttered her up, and I had a viewing.
And she told me what Pole wanted.
- You.
- [TENSE MUSIC]
He wanted them to tell him your address,
how much money you were
making from the sale,
how outrageous it was
that you got to make money
from his daughter's death.
He told the estate agent that
it wasn't just an accident.
Daniel Pole blames
you for Flora's death.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
When did Belinda die?
It was the 3rd of October.
Same as Flora's birthday.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
I mean, it could be just
a coincidence, right?
[CORONER] When you
approached the bedroom,
who did you believe was inside?
I thought Mark was.
Can you clarify what happened
when you opened the bedroom door?
The flames got bigger.
I had no idea that me opening the door
would make the flames worse.
- [ALARM BEEPING]
- [FIRE CRACKLING]
[CORONER] Did the candles
that Flora lit belong to you?
No.
She must have brought them.
I think she came uninvited
in the hope of having
sex with my fiance.
Ms Lewis, may I remind you,
we are here at this inquest
to establish facts, not conjecture.
The fact is that she shouldn't
have been there in the first place.
Why can't you let our
daughter rest in peace?
Haven't you done enough?
- You killed her.
- Quiet, please!
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[BELL RINGS]
- I don't want you here.
- I just want to talk.
- [DANIEL] No, thank you.
- Please.
I need to check on my wife. Wait here.
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC CONTINUES]
I wondered if you'd ever have
the decency to come and see us.
Can't believe it's been a year.
[DANIEL] The longest of our lives.
Did you do anything on Flora's birthday?
We went to her favourite restaurant
with some of her friends.
First time we'd been
out since it happened.
My wife's not exactly mobile anymore.
Was Flora your only child?
Yes. We struggled to have her.
Our miracle baby.
I'm truly sorry for
what happened to Flora.
I wish I hadn't rushed in there, but
it was an accident,
just like the coroner concluded.
I really didn't come here
to bring you any more pain.
Why did you come then?
You've had a whole year.
Because if I was in your position,
I'd want someone to blame for it.
The only thing we know is that
if our daughter hadn't worked for Mark,
she'd still be here.
Will you tell him to stop sending cards?
What cards?
[SOMBRE MUSIC]
[DANIEL] We don't
want anything from him.
- Can I take these, please?
- [DANIEL] Oh, please.
- Thank you.
- [DANIEL] I'll see you out.
Thank you for talking to me.
If there's anyone I blame, it's Mark.
He's the only reason my
daughter was there that night
and then he lied about it.
Mark made mistakes, but
he did own up to them.
He told the coroner he had no idea
why Flora went there that night.
- He didn't.
- She was living with us.
We were there when she left.
She got a message from Mark.
She told us she was gonna see her boss.
The police checked both
of our phones and Flora's
and there was nothing from that night.
I believe my daughter.
She wasn't delusional.
[TENSE MUSIC]
I didn't invite her, Ingrid.
I didn't invite her.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INGRID PANTING]
[DOOR THUDS]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[SUZANNE] You shouldn't
have gone to their house.
It's in the past.
Am I an awful person?
You need to stop running
your own investigation.
You always say police aren't lawyers.
Lawyers aren't police
[PHONE RINGING]
Sorry.
DS Nash, your prayers
have been answered.
Hello?
Yeah, absolutely.
I can come in first
thing tomorrow morning.
Okay, thanks.
There's been an update.
[SIREN WAILING]
So what's happened?
Detective Sergeant Nash has shared
everything that you put together
and we have spoken
to Mr Gregory Wilson,
an eyewitness to the incident
involving Belinda Gray.
It wasn't an accident.
I was right, wasn't I?
New evidence has come to light
that suggests Belinda
might have been followed
the day she died.
What evidence?
CCTV of her arrival at the
karaoke bar where she met you.
Someone appears to have
been tracking her movements.
So whoever's doing this,
they wanted Belinda.
They didn't mistake her for me.
There's no image of the face.
They're clever enough to steer clear.
And it doesn't look like Webster.
Different height, gait.
[TENSE MUSIC]
If someone is targeting
both you and Belinda,
potentially your work
is the common factor.
Did you work on cases together?
Yeah, I was her pupil.
She led me on several cases.
Right, we're gonna need
details of those to review.
DS Nash has discussed your safety
and measures to take, I believe.
And I strongly recommend
you don't disappear
on us again anytime soon.
[TENSE MUSIC]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [FRAMES RATTLING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
Tom.
When did Belinda get this?
- That's some sort of thank you from a client.
- When?
About a week before she died, why?
Did anyone else in Chambers get one?
[TOM] Not as far as I know.
I need you to email everyone
to see if they received it.
And I need you to send
me the documentation
from all the cases Belinda
and I worked on together.
I'm working on that for the police.
No, I need it right now. Okay?
- [TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [PHONE RINGING]
- [WINSTANLEY] DI Winstanley.
- Hi, it's Ingrid Lewis.
I just found something
in Belinda's office.
It's a postcard.
It is exactly the same as the one
that was given to me at her memorial.
- Okay.
- With the umbrella.
[WINSTANLEY] Hand it
over. We'll get to it.
No, no, this is urgent.
We need to find out if anyone
else has got one of these.
It's a message. I know it is.
[WINSTANLEY] This is an investigation
and the postcard could be evidence.
We need to follow process.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INGRID] Hi,
I'm just wondering if you've had
any gifts sent to your home address?
Okay, thanks for your time. Bye.
Hi, I'm just wondering if
you've had a thank you note
or postcard sent your home address.
I'm just trying to
figure out who sent it.
Thank you for your time.
It's a distinctive red and blue card.
No? Doesn't ring any bells?
Okay, thank you.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[BLOWS THUDDING]
Rock back. Come back in with the right.
Take the vision.
- Again.
- [PHONE RINGING]
Sorry, one second.
- [INGRID PANTING]
- [PHONE RINGING]
Who is this?
[PETER] Hi, Ingrid, it's Peter Stuart.
Peter, thank you for calling me back.
I realise it was an unusual message.
[PETER] Indeed, but as it would happen,
my wife tells me I did receive
a postcard like that last week.
Did it have anything written on it?
[PETER] I'm not sure.
Helen opens my post.
Why are you interested in the card?
Have the police been in touch?
[PETER] No. Why?
Do you mind if I come over? I
can explain better in person.
[PETER] Well, I'm at home this afternoon
if you'd like to pop by.
Okay, great. I will see you soon.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
Uxbridge Close, Richmond, please.
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[TRAFFIC WHOOSHING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[DOOR THUDS]
[TAXI RUMBLING]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[DOORBELL BUZZES]
[DOORBELL BUZZES]
[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
Hello?
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
Judge Stuart? It's Ingrid.
Peter?
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INGRID GASPS]
[TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]
[INGRID PANTING]
- [INGRID GASPS]
- [DRAMATIC MUSIC]
And I ♪
I don't wanna see ♪
What they'll do to you ♪
And I leave behind ♪
When they're calling
for me or for you ♪
It's time ♪