Beyond Paradise (2023) s04e05 Episode Script

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HUMPHREY: Nothing like a brisk
country walk to start the day.
All I need is coffee and two
choccy biscuits to dip in it.
I'm sorry, you can't dunk biscuits
in coffee!
You don't know what you're missing.
Winnie started sniffing in the
field,
only she never leaves the path.
Oh, yes. Hello, Winnie.
WINNIE WHINES
This way.
GATE CREAKS OPEN
Down here.
I thought it was a scarecrow at first.
Then I realised it wasn't.
He wasn't moving.
Do you think he's dead?
HUSHED: Looks like the Green Man.
WINNIE WHINES
ALL GASP
One morning in the month of June ♪
Down by a rolling river ♪
There a weary traveller
chanced to stray ♪
And he beheld his lover ♪
Her cheeks were red
Her eyes were brown ♪
Her hair in ringlets hanging down ♪
She'd a lovely face without a frown ♪
just as the tide was flowing. ♪
CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
Must have been there all night.
So, this happened when, exactly?
It was about dusk. Around seven.
Just getting hard to see,
so I was thinking of packing up.
Someone grabbed me from behind,
put something over my face,
like an old rag.
Do you recall what the rag smelled like?
Chemicals, but sort of sweet.
- Chloroform?
- Mm.
I've, er I've got images from the
scene and the road in both directions
- from the kissing gate.
- All right. Thanks, Kelby.
We also passed a speed camera
about half a mile back.
See if you can get anything from that.
OK. Er, my bike's on the truck.
I'll head back now.
Thought I was a goner.
Everything went weird. I blacked out.
And I woke up seeing you lot
looking down at me.
Didn't know if I was in heaven or hell.
Yes. Did you see anyone there?
Haven't got eyes in the back of my
head, have I?
Right. And-and when
it happened, were you
were you facing the hedgerow
or the field?
Er, hedgerow.
I was putting a new stake in.
May I?
What you gonna do with that?
Just a second.
Yeah.
Yeah, lovely.
Can we ask what you were doing
in the field?
Er, working for the Outram Estate.
- Doing what?
- Groundsman.
Putting up "no trespassing" signs.
Stop people straying off the
footpath. And is that a problem?
It is since the layabouts in the top
field found out there was a short cut.
- The off-gridders?
- Yeah. Like I said, layabouts.
It's not oil paint. It's acrylic.
Oh, does that mean it'll wash off?
Oh, yes. Yes, it does.
Yeah. It's water-based.
Yeah. Which means it's also
excellent for writing on fabric.
Morning.
MAN: I hope you've got court papers.
Why would I need those?
Because we're legally able to stay here.
Unless you can show a court
has ruled otherwise.
I'm sure you are.
That's not why we're here.
I'm DI Goodman.
This is DS Williams.
A man was assaulted putting up
signs a couple of fields from here.
And do you think we’re responsible?
We don't think anything yet.
The manner of the assault
was a little odd.
He was drugged and painted
green and covered in ivy.
Looks like your Green Man here.
The Green Man is a symbol of nature.
Has been for thousands of years.
He protects the countryside.
Could we ask your names?
I'm Woody. This is Alex.
- Surnames?
- We don't have one.
Everyone has a surname.
Are you not familiar
with the term "off-grid"?
We exist outside of the system.
But not outside the law.
Nope. We simply make everything we
use and grow everything we eat.
None of which is illegal,
to my knowledge.
We saw your banner on the roadside.
It was very colourful.
- Did you make it yourselves?
- The children made it.
In the workshop.
May we?
Would you like us to round up the
children for you to interrogate?
Oh, I don't think that'll be necessary.
You seem quite defensive.
So would you be if someone
was trying to force you
out of your home. Esther?
Mind if I take a sample?
I've got nothing to hide.
You said you're being
forced out of your home.
Who's doing that? You don't know?
No, I don't.
Paul Outram. And he owns the land?
Some of it.
He wants to build 30 houses here.
But to do that, he's got to get rid
of these people.
Now, I don't know what you're here for,
but I do know that whatever it is,
he'll be behind it somehow.
Are you suggesting Mr Outram
assaulted his own worker?
I'm suggesting he's capable of that
and more.
And he'll do whatever it takes to
get what he wants.
You seem to know a lot about him.
I do. Yeah.
My brother.
Course you're not boring.
I heard you and Humphrey went
skinny-dipping.
Yes. But was that just
to prove I'm not boring?
So, how would you describe me?
Nice.
"Nice"?
Lovely. Why are you asking?
Just wondering.
It's hard to know how
other people see you, isn't it?
Never really thought about it.
Ah. Morning, Margo.
You on the coffee run?
Yeah. Someone phoned in,
saying they'd found a dead body
near those off-gridders
on the Outram Estate.
So everyone rushed off.
Oh, no. It's OK.
Turned out he was alive and
someone had painted him green.
So they're on their way back.
Right.
Margo, you don't beat around the
bush, do you?
I mean, you usually say what you think.
Say what needs to be said.
No point sugar-coating everything.
Exactly. So, um
how would you describe me?
Be as brutal as you like.
Well, as you're asking, you're nice.
Some might say too nice.
And you can be a bit picky.
You fuss too much.
Too tidy. Too conscientious.
Too understanding.
And overall, just a bit
too accommodating.
Gosh.
That must be really annoying,
me being too much of everything.
Little trick I learnt,
start every day by saying no
to the first three things
people ask of you.
Stops everyone treating you
like a dogsbody.
- Works wonders.
- Yeah?
I, um, checked the speed camera,
like you said.
Hasn't been working since New Year's Eve.
Right. OK, so
the Outram Estate was left
to brothers Paul and Lee Outram
when their mother died four months ago.
It comprises the main house and 29 acres.
The field adjacent to the B511,
where the off-gridders are,
has been granted outline
planning permission.
That permission is subject to
the current dispute being resolved.
DOOR CLOSES
And what is that dispute, exactly?
- Morning!
- Morning. Thank you.
The off-gridders are claiming
adverse possession,
formerly known as squatters' rights,
based on the fact that they've
had a recognisable presence
on that land for over a decade.
Outram Holdings Limited
refutes that claim
on the basis that they were
originally given permission
to use the land by the late Mrs Outram,
and therefore adverse
possession law doesn't apply.
She was in my archery class.
She joined when her husband,
Keith, left her in 2016.
And what about her sons?
Well, I don't really know Paul,
the older one.
He moved away just after he left college.
Some big shot in London, last I heard.
Young Lee stayed at home,
though. Helped with the farm.
He was a bit of a mummy's boy.
The old man was a nasty piece of work.
We were all glad to see the back of him.
I heard Paul moved back home,
though, when Katie died.
And were you aware of the brothers
having a difference of opinion
over the family estate?
I heard something.
I think Lee lodged an official
objection to the house build.
Sounds like they've fallen out.
Yes. Let's go and see
what they have to say.
Kelby, go back up to
the off-gridders, if you will.
Let's take statements
from everyone living there,
ensuring they all account
for their whereabouts
- at the time of the assault.
- Sir.
Margo, we've got the lab
doing a paint match for us.
Chase that up, would you?
And let's get background checks
on the Outram family.
- Righty-o.
- Let's go.
DOOR OPENS
Mum was too soft.
She should never have let them
on that field in the first place.
Then why did she?
Turns out she was a child of the '60s.
All free love and peace.
SCOFFS: Who knew?
We weren't really the kind of family
that sat around the fire
telling each other stories.
What kind of family were you?
Dad worked hard. Mostly ruled the roost.
Mum took care of the house.
And your brother?
He was generally to be found
hanging onto Mum's apron strings.
Do you not get on?
We're different people,
but he's still my brother.
Yet he seems to have taken the
side of the off-gridders against you.
Well, he's soft, like Mum,
which means people take advantage of him.
So he wants them to stay?
I don't think Lee knows what he wants.
He just doesn't like confrontation.
I don't have that problem.
Can you tell us where
you were last night?
Around 7pm onwards?
And that's relevant because?
Because that's when
your groundsman was assaulted.
Oh, and I'm the main suspect, am I?
SCOFFS: Brilliant.
I'd forgotten I was back in the
countryside.
Do things differently
in London, then, do they?
You know, they say that fish grow to
fit whatever size pond they're in.
In my experience, it's pretty
much the same for people.
That doesn't answer the question.
Remind me?
Where were you last night 7pm?
I was at Kitty Jay's. Got there at 6.30.
Did anyone see you?
How would I know who saw me
and who didn't?
OK.
- Did you see anyone you knew?
- No.
Though I did see two of the thieves
who are trying to steal my land,
two that seem to do most of the talking.
Just about to rummage
through some bins, I assume.
Woody and Alex? If you say so.
And where were they, exactly?
Walking along the estuary
by the harbour office.
Now, if there's nothing else,
I have a meeting with my solicitor
in 30 minutes.
Er, no, that's all for now.
Do you know where we
might find your brother?
Oh, he's here somewhere.
Listen out for the grinding of teeth
or the wringing of hands.
KELBY: OK. So, er, what time did the
pan-pipe class finish?
9 sharp, so the pipers
could join the stone ceremony,
which was 9 to 10:30.
The stone ceremony?
Stones represent our ancestors.
We like to draw on their power.
Right
It's OK. We don't expect you to believe.
Oh, no, I do.
Oh, er maybe not the stone bit,
but whether I do or don't,
I think that everyone should
believe in whatever they want,
as long as it's not hurting anyone.
I mean, speaking to stones is all right.
Obviously, if you wanted to throw 'em,
that-that'd be different.
Why would we throw the stones?
They're very heavy.
Yeah. Yeah. No. Um
So, er
So, who did the pipes
or the stone ceremony?
Oh, wow. OK, so everyone
did both. Yeah.
Except for Janice.
She was worm charming.
Got 39.
- Yeah.
- Um
Right. So, um
So everyone was with
everyone else all night?
Not all night.
Me and Alex went into town.
We traded vegetables for a few fish
at the harbour.
OK. And what time was that?
Not sure, but I think we were back
before seven.
So you can tell your Inspector
that whoever attacked that man,
it wasn't anyone from here.
LEE: I printed some petition forms
off for 'em.
Oh, right. So you're happy
for them to be on your land?
Better than turning it into a
housing estate.
Your mum invited them here.
Is that right?
Just after Dad left about ten years ago.
Think Mum liked the idea
of having people around.
Can I ask, the land was
left to you and your brother
- when your mum passed away?
- That's right.
- In equal shares?
- Yeah.
Then doesn't he need your
agreement to do the building?
- Not any more.
- Oh?
Before she died, me and Mum were planning
on turning the field into
one of them glamping sites.
Paul came back, all sweetness and light.
Convinced me we needed a limited
company to make it a proper business.
HE SIGHS
I was a bit out of my depth,
but he told me not to worry
and that he'd set it all up.
Outram Holdings?
So when he set it up, he gave
himself more voting shares?
I always knew he was a shark.
Just didn't think it applied to family.
So once the company was set up,
he changed the plans
for a campsite to houses?
On which he can't build until he
gets those people off the land.
He tried to buy 'em off at first.
Offered 'em ten grand each.
- And they refused?
- They don't care about money.
He's too ignorant to see that.
So now he has to convince
the council they're a nuisance
so that he can evict 'em
and send the bulldozers in.
But won't you still get
rich in the process?
This was a working farm
once and it could be that again.
That's all I need.
Oh Er
One last question, if I may.
Your father
So, he's completely out of the picture?
He wasn't included in the will?
No-one knows where he is.
He was seeing someone else, then
one day, he just upped and left.
Mum never heard from him again.
Sorry. That must have been
a difficult time.
Not for me.
Lee, can you tell us where
you were last night,
- between 7 and 8?
- At home.
On your own?
Well, Paul went out to get something
to eat, so yeah.
Did you see or speak to
anyone else during that time?
No.
Yeah, I'll tell him as soon as he's back.
Thank you.
The hub again.
Charlie Woods didn't call us every day.
I think there's something going on.
Maybe it will calm down
once Mr Smith sees
what a good job the Inspector does.
Mm.
I don't like the feeling
I'm being watched all the time.
It's better to be a bit of a mystery.
Talking about mysteries
how's your imaginary girlfriend?
I - I told you, I don't like you
talking about her like that.
Well, pardon me for caring about you.
And she's not imaginary.
She's very real, thank you very much.
Her flight lands at half past four.
So are you picking
her up at the airport?
Well, no, er
She doesn't want me there to see her
all scruffy getting off her flight,
so, er, we're meeting after work at
Kitty Jay's.
I'd have thought, with you buying
her plane ticket,
she'd at least want you to meet her.
I know what you're thinking.
That she's catfishing you
out of your savings.
You don't know her like I do.
Well as neither of us have
actually met her,
I'd say we're about even. Wouldn't you?
I'm not having this conversation again.
I'm not being mean.
I'm just trying to look out for you.
You know what, Margo?
You say potato and I say tomato.
Let's just leave it at that, shall we?
SHE SIGHS
I want the planning agent to have the
full application ready to go in tomorrow.
Let me worry about that.
- Hi.
- Ah!
Ham and English mustard,
crisps and a muffin.
You're amazing.
Have you spoken to the builders?
Er well, left them a message.
And I'll call this afternoon
if I don't hear back.
Oh, can you pick up my jacket
on your way home?
It's at the dry-cleaner's.
No.
Excuse me?
Well, I'm just as busy as you are,
and you can pick it up on the way home.
Oh, um
Yes, I suppose you're right.
- It is a bit closer for me.
- Excellent!
Two birds with but a single stone!
Um, I want you both home
promptly this evening.
- We have a guest for dinner.
- Who?
- Oh, it's a surprise.
- That's worrying.
Oh, not at all. I'm doing
a charcuterie board appetiser,
followed by beef Wellington,
with mixed berry pavlova
and a caramel twist.
If anyone's left standing.
Well, you had me at "charcuterie".
Mottie, I thought
you could tackle the pavlova
this afternoon and bring it home
ready-made.
No. Sorry.
Who are you and what have
you done with my daughter?
Too busy. I must get on.
Oh, the hub's been on again.
Mr Smith left a message.
Ah. No, thanks.
"I need a decision now."
"HR need to be notified
by end of play tomorrow."
Right, good. Sounds serious.
- HR?
- Oh, no, it's just a
just a just a thing.
Just like an admin thing.
It's not even a thing, really.
It's like a like a query.
There's nothing for you
to worry about, or anyone else.
It's just a thing.
OK? Perfectly fine.
- D'you want me to get Mr Smith now?
- No.
Later, though, perhaps.
- Lunch.
- Of course.
Er, sir, we've had the lab report back.
The paint from the banner and that
found on Evan Cole is a match.
Yes. As expected.
And everyone was at the camp
at the time Mr Cole was assaulted.
All except Woody and Alex,
who apparently were in town getting fish.
Yes, that was corroborated
by Paul Outram, of all people.
He said he saw them
at the harbour office.
And the rest of them all confirmed
that they stayed together doing a
stone ceremony,
pan-pipes and worm charming.
MARGO LAUGHS
Can't beat a bit of worm charming!
Yes, indeed.
Margo
what do you know about Mr Outram?
Katie's husband and the boys' father?
- Keith?
- Mm.
Could start an argument in an
empty room, Katie used to say.
Bit of a drunk, too.
Handy with his fists.
I always thought he hit Katie,
but she never admitted it.
- How charming.
- Mm.
And after they split up?
No-one knows. He just upped and left.
Only Lee was at home then,
so him and Katie ran the farm
as best they could together.
Right. Let's see if you can
find out where he is now.
I think we need to
at least eliminate him.
Right. So
groundsman Evan Cole was drugged
and assaulted by person or persons unseen.
Now, we know that the paint
came from the camp,
so it seems perfectly reasonable
to assume
that the perpetrators came from
there, too.
Or someone went to a lot of trouble
to make it appear that way.
But whoever it was still had
to be able to
get the paint from the camp workshop.
Excellent point, Kelby.
Yes. And I can't imagine Paul
Outram could get into that camp
without being noticed.
But Lee Outram could.
Yes!
KNOCK AT DOOR
Sergeant Williams.
Hello.
- Do you have a moment?
- I'm working.
- I've been calling you.
- Sorry. Weird day.
You came to the house the other night.
- Did you need to talk to me?
- No.
I mean, I'm sorry, I didn't realise
you had someone there.
It was a mistake. I was sort of passing,
and I thought I'd left something at
yours, but I didn't want to intrude.
You wouldn't have been.
So, what was it that you
thought you'd left?
Oh, er, nothing.
Just a pair of hair straighteners.
Zoe's probably packed them to take away.
You sure that's all it was?
What else?
You know I'm always here,
you know, if you want to talk.
Yeah.
Good.
- Ooh! I need to get back to work.
- Yeah, yeah.
We're in the middle of a case.
Sorry. No, of course. Bye. Bye.
KELBY: Mum used to tell me
never to talk about the Green Man,
because when you do,
something bad always happens.
Mm-hm?
Yes, he seems to have
quite the reputation.
Oh. Fascinating fact
- There are
- Oh, right!
72 pubs in the UK
called the Green Man.
I've read that on a beermat.
I like that fact.
Thanks, Viv.
OK!
So, I can't find any records
for Keith Outram.
I've checked with the solicitors
dealing with Katie Outram's will.
They've had no contact
from him either, so
DOOR CLOSES
he must be happy in his new life.
- Oh
- Paul Outram's alibi checked out.
He got to Kitty Jay's
just after 6.30 last night,
complained about mostly everything,
- then left just after eight.
- Right.
So the only person who cannot
account for his whereabouts
is Lee Outram. You know,
someone who we know
could have had access to the
green paint used in the assault
and someone who stands
to financially benefit
from the off-grid community
being forced out.
But he's been fighting the housing plans.
Well, apparently so.
And, of course, he'd be well placed
to keep up to speed with his
brother's plans
and to share that information with
the off-gridders.
Or it could be a double bluff.
Maybe he befriended the community
so he could watch what they're doing,
and him and Paul are actually in cahoots.
PHONE RINGS
Shipton Abbott police.
Just just a moment.
WHISPERS: It's him.
HUSHED: Who?
Mr Smith.
Inspector Goodman.
Yes, absolutely.
No, I haven't.
Yes, I will.
Yes. Without fail.
Right.
- Why didn't you tell us?
- Well
Because I was hoping it would
go away, if I'm honest.
Well that wasn't likely to happen,
was it?
The hub doesn't usually change its mind.
No.
- Are you angry with me?
- Yes!
For trying to deal with this on your own.
We're supposed to be a team.
Exactly.
Look, if I thought there was a solution,
I would have shared it with you.
But there isn't.
I have to lose one member of the team.
Fine.
I've already retired once.
- I'll retire again.
- ALL: No!
The whole place will fall apart.
I'll go, then. I mean,
I'll be missed the least.
- ALL: No!
- You're our only uniformed officer.
It'll have to be me, then.
Detectives are the only thing
we have two of, after all.
- ALL: No!
- Loath as I am to say this,
in case you use it against me
at some point in the future, but
I can only really do
what I do because
all of you are doing
most of the real work.
On my own, I just run around
bumping into things.
We could draw lots.
Rock, paper, scissors.
Spin the bottle.
No. Um
No. I'm the senior officer.
It's my place to make the decision.
No-one else's.
Well, I'll back your decision,
whatever you decide.
We all will.
All for one, one for all.
PHONE RINGS
DS Williams.
On our way.
Ugh. Outram Estate.
Right.
PAUL: Is it safe to go in now
and see everything or what?
Yeah, all OK. Go ahead.
- All right. Thanks very much.
- All right.
- Just give me one minute.
- No problem.
I want them all arrested!
This is wilful damage!
- When did this happen?
- How the hell do I know?
Some time between me
leaving to see my solicitor
and when I got back!
And were you at home?
No, I was cutting the bottom field.
Saw the smoke.
You know this means I've got
cause to evict them now?
They've overstepped the mark,
and now they'll pay for it!
Found this on the drive.
They can't get away with it this time!
I want them arrested, taken off my land!
We'll go and talk to them.
I don't want you to bloody talk to them.
I want you to do your job
and arrest them!
Mr Outram, please calm down.
We'll deal with this.
- Just let us do our job.
- Well, just make sure you do.
They've assaulted my groundsman.
And now this!
How long before they kill someone?
DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
WOODY: You have no right to come here
accusing us of something we haven't done.
We aren't accusing anyone.
Sounds like it to me.
We're simply asking the question,
does this bracelet belong to anyone here?
This is outrageous.
It's mine.
Edmund.
Can you tell us how it came to
be at the Outram house?
No. Not really.
I didn't know it had gone.
Right.
OK, we're gonna have to take you in
for questioning.
You're under arrest
on suspicion of arson.
You do not have to say
anything, but it may harm
your defence if you do not
mention when questioned
something you later rely on in court.
OK. Come on.
But he hasn't done anything!
This way, please.
I've never been in trouble with the
police before.
Not even the odd demo or protest meeting?
No, no. Nothing.
I used to work in stationery.
I only joined the off-grid community
when my wife and I got divorced.
She ran off with her reflexologist.
She liked her feet being rubbed, you see.
I mean, I say she ran off
She only moved three doors down.
He had the corner terrace.
Had to walk past there
to go to work every day.
Seemed strange saying good morning.
We'd been married 18 years.
Then I had a breakdown.
And then I met Janice, and
she told me about the group.
Yeah. I've only been there
a couple of months.
Yeah. Edmund
You do understand
that what you've been accused
of is really quite serious?
Yeah, yeah.
But I didn't do it.
Yet your bracelet was found
on the driveway.
Yeah, and I have no idea
how that got there.
You don't want those houses built there.
Um, we don't blame you for that.
No-one does.
And sometimes when you fight
against something,
well, things can get out of hand.
Yeah. Is that what happened, Edmund?
Things just get out of hand?
No.
And what about the assault
on the groundsman, hmm?
Do you know anything about that?
Well, I told you. I don't know
about any of those things.
Yeah.
I just came to find a bit of peace.
To be happy.
So, what do you think?
I think I'm more guilty than he is.
If he'd have done any of this,
he'd have folded after the first
question.
Agreed.
So where does that leave us?
Nowhere.
- Sir!
- Yes, Kelby?
Um, would it be all right if I
left a little bit earlier today?
Only I've got to squeeze in a bath,
a hair wash
and a face mask in before half six.
LAUGHS: Got a hot date?
Sort of.
In that case, off you go.
Oh, thank you, sir!
Never let it be said that
I got in the way of a hot date!
Night, all.
Er what was all that about?
Agnieszka's supposed
to be flying in today.
SHE GASPS Really?
Well, he thinks she is,
but she didn't want him
to meet her at the airport.
Oh. That's odd.
She's supposed to be meeting
him in the pub after work.
It's not going to end well.
I just know it.
Oh, no. Poor Kelby.
OK, so let's release Edmund.
I'm not convinced he's our man.
And then let's run through where we are.
There must be something we're missing.
JANICE: Edmund?
DOOR CLOSES
- Take a deep breath.
- Why?
Just do it.
Mum's surprise dinner guest is here.
the drop through. But it's
all in that backswing. Yeah.
Mm.
- Ah.
- Hi.
- You see, your ankles
- Ah, yes.
Nice and easy and relaxed.
DOOR OPENS
HUSHED: What were you thinking?!
I'm on the police committee.
He's a colleague!
Yeah, but we told you what
he's making Humphrey do!
I know, darling.
That's exactly the point.
I mean, perhaps it will make things
easier between them if we all get on.
Think of it as a brand new dawn.
Very nice of Anne to invite me.
Yes, it was.
I hope it doesn't make you
feel uncomfortable.
Uncom Er, no.
Absolutely not.
Why would it?
Oh, no reason at all.
After all, technically, we're both
on the same side.
I understand that Anne lost her
husband some years ago.
Er, yes.
Yes, during the first wave of the
pandemic. It was
Oh. It was very sad.
Oh, heavens. Yes.
Terrible affair.
I'm surprised she hasn't been snapped up.
Here we are!
That looks amazing, Anne. Thank you.
Right. Telephones, please.
It's a new thing. Confiscated
phones at dinner parties.
Oh.
I read it in a Sunday magazine.
Thank you.
Shan't be a sec.
SMITH CLEARS THROA
Just so you know,
I've just got off the phone
to my solicitor's.
They said that now
there's been an arrest,
any claim your friends
may have had on the land
has just quite literally
gone up in smoke.
Looks like the diggers can move in.
I was passing.
In the loo, is she?
No.
I'll get you another drink.
What are you doing here?
- I was passing.
- Me, too.
Well?
MARGO SIGHS
ESTHER TUTS
Your son-in-law is very highly
regarded at the hub, Anne.
- Very highly indeed.
- I'm pleased to hear it.
His conversion rate,
the highest in the division.
Well, it's very much a team effort.
Yeah, I don't doubt it.
So, your latest case caused rather a
stir at the morning review.
The green-painted man?
Yes. It was an odd sight.
And have you made any progress?
It's early days, of course.
Um But we think it must be connected
to the land dispute going on there.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
The Outram brothers, isn't it?
Yes. Do you know them?
Well well, one of them.
I'm a keen detectorist. Yep.
And we have permission to detect
on all the fields
alongside the public footpath there,
apart from his.
He refused point-blank.
A couple of us went to see him,
you know, plead our case,
but wouldn't even listen.
Yeah. Most objectionable human being.
I think I know which
one you're referring to.
Lee.
Yeah. That's it.
Lee Outram.
Maybe her flight was delayed.
No, I checked.
- It's her loss.
- Yeah, exactly.
But you've got me and Margo instead.
Yeah.
What'd you buy her?
Fruit and nut.
Her favourite chocolate.
I love fruit and nut.
Agnieszka!
Kelby!
I'm so sorry. They dropped me
at completely the wrong place.
I was walking around, trying to find you.
Well, perhaps I can return
the compliment at some point.
I mean, not that I pretend
to be up to your standard,
but, er, some say my toad in
the hole has merit.
Then I very much look forward to
sampling it.
Oh, wait. Let me get your phone.
Oh!
Um goodnight, Mr Smith.
Martha.
We didn't really talk about our
outstanding HR issue, did we, Humphrey?
No.
You understand that tomorrow
is the absolute deadline?
There can be no extension.
I must have your decision.
I understand.
Splendid.
Ah. Here you are.
Well, thank you for a marvellous evening.
DOOR OPENS
Bye!
See? That wasn't so bad, was it?
And it’s so lovely to meet
your work friends.
Kelby has told me so much about you.
Aw. That's nice.
You're always looking after him.
I think because you're old,
you're like mothers.
SHE GIGGLES
Ah, I nearly forgot.
This is for you.
- A present?
- Not really.
It's the money you
lent me for the flight.
I think it is the right amount?
SHE GIGGLES
Thank you for helping me.
Some people would not
have been so trusting.
You're very welcome.
- So, are you hungry?
- Er we could eat here.
Or we could get a takeaway
and go back to mine?
Can we go to yours?
I'm so excited to see it.
Well, everything's ready.
I've set up my room for you.
I'll be OK on the sofa.
It's really comfy.
Ah, but aren't you sleeping with me?
- Well, I I
- But I love cuddles so much.
SHE GIGGLES
HE CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY
What will you do?
I have no idea.
Anyway, that is tomorrow's problem.
How was your day?
OK.
- Yeah?
- Sure?
Mm.
You seemed a little, um
truculent.
- Truculent?
- Mm-hm.
I was trying out saying no for a
change.
I'm not sure if it's for me,
to be honest.
You two, go on up.
It's almost done here.
OK, here's an idea.
Let's take what's left of the wine up
and go and pick out some
wallpapers?
Yes!
- Night, Mum.
- Night, dear.
Night, Anne.
Oh, I forgot to tell you.
The builders called.
Part of the roof has collapsed.
- Bad?
- You can see daylight.
Great.
Looks like someone had a late night.
I've never been more happy to be wrong.
Me neither.
- And what about you?
- Mm?
How's your love life?
Ah. Train wreck. Same as always.
- Want to talk about it?
- Thanks, but no thanks.
He looks like he's got the weight
of the world on his shoulders.
Yeah.
- You OK, sir?
- Oh, yes. Sorry.
Miles away.
You know that we'll support you,
whatever you decide.
I know.
Unfortunately, that makes
things worse, not better.
Right.
We've still got a case to solve.
So let's go through all the
statements again.
Check for any discrepancy.
Double-check every word.
We must have missed something.
Margo, let's look at this
off-grid community a bit closer.
Drill down into backgrounds.
Kelby, let's do a CCTV trawl.
The only people away from the
Outram Estate
when the assault took place were
supposedly in town.
Let's confirm that if we can.
If you can stay awake long enough.
There is something out there that
will unlock this case.
So let's find it.
Morning. Got a present for you.
It's an eviction notice.
You've got seven days to get off my land,
or bailiffs will come and drag you off.
Have a nice day.
Sorry, everyone
but this looks like
a fight we can't win.
No. We made our home here.
If they want us to leave,
they have to drag us off.
We don't have the money we'd
need to fight a court notice.
We have support. Others will help.
No.
It's over.
There will be other places.
Let's just pack up.
Right. So, I've double-checked
all witness statements.
And whichever way you read them,
they all eliminate each other.
If Paul Outram is responsible in any way,
he must have had outside help.
Sorry.
I went through all
the old planning applications
and confirmed there was one
submitted by Lee Outram
for a glamping site,
which was later withdrawn.
Then a new application
by Paul Outram put in.
So they were both happy
to develop the site,
but one wanted to build and the
other wanting something less intrusive,
which is why they must have fallen out.
- Right. And the off-gridders?
- A couple of priors,
- but nothing serious.
- Right.
Um, sir, I'm struggling a bit
marrying up the statements
between Paul Outram
and the two people from camp.
How so?
OK. So, they're all in town,
like they said,
but at different times
and at different places.
Look, I've got Paul Outram
coming out of Kitty Jay's
just after eight o'clock, like he said.
But then he goes straight
into his car and drives off.
So how could he have seen
anyone by the harbour office?
Then I was searching
for Alex and Woody,
the ones he said he saw, and it
took me ages, but I found them.
They were nowhere near the pub.
They were on the other side of town,
coming out of Jenny Robinson's garage.
- What time was that?
- Er just before 6.
They stopped off at the chippy
and then queued up for the 21 bus.
I thought they only eat what they grow!
Maybe they're missing
life's little luxuries!
The number 21 would take them
back up to the Outram farm.
But why would Paul lie about seeing them?
Kelby, can you call the garage,
see what they can tell us?
- Yes, sir.
- So if they left town at 6pm
I mean, that means they don't have an
alibi for the time of the assault.
Hello there, Jenny
But why would Paul Outram give them one?
Maybe he was mistaken.
No, no, no, no.
He didn't say he thought he saw them.
He was quite sure.
But how can that be true?
It cannot.
And if it cannot, it is not.
So the real question is
why would you give
your adversary an alibi
which would allow them to refute an
accusation that you yourself had made?
And however you look at it,
there is only one possible answer,
that they are not adversaries at all.
Sir? Jenny remembers them going in.
They were looking at
a second-hand camper van.
Yes!
Missing life's little luxuries.
I've got a one-time offer for you guys
We know Paul Outram
offered the off-gridders
£10,000 each to move off the land.
Of course, offering money to people
who've opted out of society
was never going to work.
But what if you still had your doubts
about the lifestyle you'd chosen
and decided you'd quite like
to take the money after all?
But just paying off the two of them
wouldn't be enough on its own.
Precisely that.
So the only way they could get paid
was to help Paul get rid of the
others as well.
So I think they came up with a plan
to discredit the whole community,
making it easier for Paul
to get his eviction notice.
So when they got back from town,
Paul would have already told
them where Evan was working?
Once Evan was unconscious, they needed
to make it look like it was
done by the off-grid community.
By using paint from their workshop
and using their motif of the Green Man.
Knowing full well that
Paul would give them an alibi.
Then, a day later,
having arranged for Paul
to be at his solicitor's
they set the fire at the site office.
BRACELET CLINKS
And easy enough for either of them
to steal the bracelet to frame Edmund.
Sorry, everyone, but this
looks like a fight we can't win.
Then when the moment came,
they would convince the others that they
should just give up the fight and leave
No. It's over.
There will be other places.
Let's just pack up.
leaving them free to eat fish
and chips and buy a camper van.
So they were all in it together?
Except for Lee.
He couldn't have known about any of this.
Mind you, Paul's lucky
his dad didn't come back
after the money when Katie died.
- Lucky?
- Mm.
Or is it something else?
Like what?
Something's been niggling at me.
Get out of here! Go on!
OFF-GRIDDERS CHEER
Lee?
I've just arrested your brother.
So he was behind it all?
Yeah, with a little help
from his friends.
I'll explain it all later.
But I need to talk to you.
About this hunch I've got that just
won't go away.
It's about your father, Keith.
You know, we couldn't find any record
of him anywhere.
And then someone said something to me
last night,
which made me think that maybe there
was more to my hunch than I first thought.
It was about you refusing to
let detectorists use this land,
which, when you add it to the fact
that you've done everything in your power
to stop this land being built on,
even going against your own brother,
leaves me questioning
why?
I mean, you were happy enough
for it to be used as a glamping site,
even for the off-grid community
to live here.
Anything but building.
So then I thought,
"What if it's not the building
you're worried about?"
"It's the digging."
LEE SIGHS
He was hitting her
when I came in from the field.
I tried to stop him,
but he punched me so hard in the
face, I couldn't see anything.
But I could hear
Mum
begging him to stop.
WHISPERS: And then it went quiet.
And when my eyes started to focus
again
I could just see her sitting
on the floor next to him.
She'd killed him.
And we knew if we told anyone or
called the police,
our lives would be over. So
So we buried him.
In the field?
Yeah.
I know it was wrong,
and I should be sorry.
But I'm not.
I knew I had to look after her.
And it was the best thing that ever
happened to us.
Me and Mum were happy.
Really happy.
We didn't mourn him.
Never even talked about it.
Your brother didn't know?
No. What's the point?
We just made up a story about
him leaving and stuck to it.
You know we have to report this, Lee?
There will be consequences.
Yeah.
No regrets, though.
Like I said, it's what we do, isn't it?
We look after the people we love.
Yeah.
MARTHA: It's a project.
Want a strawberry, my darling?
You like?
Humphrey!
Taking it to the wire, as usual, I see.
Still, it doesn't matter
how you get there,
as long as you get there.
I assume you have made your decision?
I have.
Splendid.
So, who's it to be?
There's a fire! There's a fire!
- Where's Kelby?
- Still inside.
- Kelby!
- Dolores's map, it's gone!
The search for riches makes people
do terrible things.
Who’d want to steal from the festival?
Now you don't need me no more.
And I'm not sure where that leaves me.
Change can be difficult.
Well, I'm here to help.
He seems quiet chipper
under the circumstances.
New starts all round.
I'm trying to be more engaged.
Amelia's idea?
But I can't work with that Mr Smith!
Should we tell him?
This can't really be it?
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