Death In Paradise (2011) s12e04 Episode Script
Series 12, Episode 4
1
We are going to get married
we are going to get married
we are going to get married
lt's good for you and me
l can hear the preacher saying ♪
Sorry. Am I late?
Right on time, as always.
No nerves, Monique.
That boy is crazy with a capital C
about you!
And, oof, is he handsome?
My, my, if you don't want him. . .?
I think Dad might have something
to say about that.
OK, everybody is seated.
Naomi sorted everyone.
I'll see you both inside.
You ready, babe?
Wow.
Just
Wow!
Not yet, Ty!
No way.
Odette?
I thought she wasn't coming.
I wouldn't miss my daughter's wedding.
Not for the world.
No, but seriously, raising
my beautiful daughter
has been the honour of my life.
And I 'm so proud to see her marrying
the love of HER life.
So if you'll join me in toasting Monique.
Monique.
Monique.
All right, lovelies
And, gents, it's time for the first dance.
I can't believe you had the nerve
to turn up, Odette.
No trouble, do you hear me?
Who's that girl?
She's taking on the whole wide world♪
Thank you.
Working up a thirst on that dance floor.
Hey, you OK?
Mascara in 40 degree heat
Bad combo.
I just need a refresh.
Saint Marie's number-one
hot-shot detective.
Are you running the station yet?
No, l 'm just focusing
on supporting my DI .
Good to see you haven't
changed, Mimi.
Right, time for cake.
Thank you. Hey!
All right, people.
I hope you brought your appetites.
There's no knife.
Odette
Odette
Mr Mr Hays.
Odette did this to me.
She said meet her at Orchid Point
And then she stabbed me,
she stabbed me.
Mr Hays?
No!
Mr Hays?
No!
I didn't do it.
We need to get her out of here.
You're coming with me.
I swear, Monique!
This is murder, Sammy.
We need a DI over here.
I'll make the call.
You know, the sarge speaks
about Saint Barnabas so much.
I've been meaning to come
and visit for ages.
It's a bit of a shame it took
somebody being murdered
to make it happen, though. Marlon
Sorry, sorry.
you reckon there's more to eat
than just lobster, right?
Sergeant Sammy Debraun,
this is DI Neville Parker,
Trainee Officer Curtis and Officer Pryce.
Thank you all again for coming.
Well, l 'm sorry it's not
under better circumstances,
but it's good to meet you,
Sergeant Debraun.
Naomi always talked very fondly
about the island.
That's good to hear.
Pleased to meet you, too, Inspector.
Hope you've been looking
after this one for us.
More like she looks after me.
Used to be a real dream team,
the two of us.
Now it's only me keeping
everyone in line.
We've gathered the wedding guests
by the church,
you can take witness statements.
Sir, Sammy and I thought we'd talk
you through the crime scene.
Great.
Rex Hays, 56.
Father of the bride.
He runs a successful lobster business.
Brought a lot of money
to the island.
He was
beloved around here.
Where did this happen?
Orchid Point, he told me.
It's just over there, through the trees.
Got a guest who said they saw Rex
heading there around 5:55.
The bride and groom were about to
cut the cake when he reappeared.
There's no knife. Odette did this.
What time was that?
6:00 exactly.
So there was a five-minute window
between the victim leaving
the wedding reception and his return?
What do we know about the alleged
killer, Odette Hays?
The victim's estranged wife
Estranged?
that left Saint Barnabas 15 years ago.
She had addiction problems,
alcohol, drugs.
It spiralled badly.
Was better for all concerned
when she upped and left.
No-one had heard from her since.
I believe she's been living
on Saint Marie the last few years.
So it's Odette's Hays's first time
back on the island in 15 years
and within hours of her return,
she commits murder?
Sergeant Debraun, you can release
the body now.
Naomi, do you want to show me
the secondary crime scene?
Blood spots on the grass there
there
and over there.
Also, sir, we found this lying
right there.
It has $5,000 in cash inside.
We assume it belongs to the victim,
but we'll dust for prints to check.
What was he doing here
with that kind of money on him?
And when you spoke to the victim,
when he said it was
Odette Hays who stabbed him
any inkling as to why she did it?
I mean, I was a child
when Odette left Saint Barnabas.
Based on what I was told, based
on what I heard, she was
damaged, trouble.
That's what Sammy always said.
And, er
How are you?
Me?
Well, these are your friends,
people you grew up with.
It must be tough.
It is, but, erm
it's our duty to be strong, right?
As police officers?
So That's what I 'm doing.
Being strong for this island.
$10 says we're case closed and back
on Saint Marie by this evening.
Why, what you got?
Three separate witnesses saw Odette
arguing with Rex
just 30 minutes before he was killed.
We need to talk.
you want to talk, you?!
Also another guest witnessed her
putting the knife
that killed Rex into her handbag.
Add to that, the victim identified
Odette Hays as his killer.
So that ten bucks - anyone fancy it?
I can see what youtre all thinking,
right now, but
. .you got this wrong.
S0 you're saying you didn't stab
Rex Hays?
I had no reason to.
I didn't come here bearing
any grudge with him.
Except you were heard arguing
with him only 30 minutes
before his body was found.
You were pretty worked up,
from what we heard.
You want to talk, you?!
We exchanged a few words, I admit.
What about?
Rex assumed I was drinking.
Said I was going to spoil
Moniquets big day.
I told him that I was sober now,
been dealing with it in therapy.
He refused to believe me.
What about the fact you were
witnessed taking the knife
used to kill Rex and putting it in your bag?
How do you explain that?
I
I can't.
S0 you don't deny it, then?
Add to that the fact that the victim
himseff identified you
as his killer.
Odette did this to me.
I don't know why he said that.
I'm sorry to interrupt, but I've got
Barbara Carter on the phone.
She wants to speak with you,
Sergeant Debraun.
She says it's urgent.
Yes, Barbara, everything all right?
Inspector, meet Barbara Carter,
the victim's partner.
And I'm the sister of the accused.
Wait, so you were his?
And you're her?
Oh.
So what is it you wanted
to show us, Barbara?
It was a few minutes before six.
They carried the cake out,
just started serving the champagne,
and I wanted to get it all on camera-
Now, this, I am not going to miss.
But there's something else I caught
when I was recording.
Time code says 5:57.
Yeah, that's about the same time
Rex left the wedding
to go to Orchid Point.
It's Odette!
And she's there the whole time.
Moniquets right, she never once
leaves that spot.
But you see what this means, right?
Odette is on the footage the whole time.
She can't have stabbed my father.
Just to be clear, Mrs Hays,
we've taken your passport
and you're supposed to remain
on the island
for the duration of the investigation.
Understand?
I used to put plasters
on your scraped knees.
You and Monique used to tear around
our back yard
like a couple of wild cats.
I know I lost my way for a long time.
But I was never the monster
they said I was.
You'll see, I reckon this island has
a few secrets it's ready to share.
It really is very kind of you
to put us up, Sammy.
Glad of the company.
And any excuse to light his barbecue, right?
I'm normally a modest man,
Inspector, but when it comes
to flame-grilled lobster,
mine's the best on the island.
Lobster?
My favourite
Er
That's, erm
potent, sir.
I take it with me everywhere l go.
I can find it hard to get to sleep
in a new place.
Oof, what is that smell?
Oh, sorry, sir.
This is a bit awkward.
I know you've already unpacked
and everything,
but this is my room.
No, Sammy said the last one
down the hall.
Me too, but
The one on the left.
No, no, I really can't.
Sir, I need my own space to revise
My Sergeant's exam is next month,
and it's really important
I revise, sir.
Plus, no offence, but you seem
like a kicker.
We'll just have to top-and-tail.
you don't mind if l play
some whale sounds on my phone
before bed, do you?
Oh, this is a good one.
What are the three core benefits
of community policing?
It's, er Oh, getting to know the
community so they don't hate us.
It's not entirely wrong.
It's fostering good interaction,
developing community relationships,
and acting as a deterrent.
I hate that you know all of this
off by heart.
It's cool, I've got ages.
A whole month. How hard can it be?
You know, when Naomi first
pitched up at my station
. .she was ten.
Said she wanted to be a police officer.
I gave her an old police textbook.
Thought that would be the end of it.
And she came back every day
for a year with these.
You did not keep them?!
The Case of The Missing Trike.
By Superintendent Thomas,
age ten and three quarters.
Ten years old, and following
the police textbook like the Bible.
And that never changed.
She's an examinerts dream.
Oh, I'll do the dishes and then
run you home, all right, Mimi?
I'll give you a hand with that, actually.
Marlon, I thought you said
your exam was next month.
Yeah, the 28th.
That's not what it says
on the Police Board website.
According to that,
it's Monday of next week.
What?!
I don't believe it.
Why don't I give Sergeant Debraun
a hand with the washing up,
and you do some revision?
Yeah.
Naomi, l 've been thinking
about this case.
I think l should follow your lead.
But you're the senior officer, sir.
Yeah, but this is a small community,
you know these people.
It's your instincts we should be
following, not mine.
Thank you, sir.
VlDEOCALL RlNGS
HE SNlFFS
Ugh!
HE GROANS
Morning, Commissioner.
Morning, Inspector.
I appear to have woken you.
Well, it lS 6.30 in the morning, sir.
I'm a busy man, Inspector.
Especially now I'm looking after
the police station
in your absence.
Fair point.
How are
how are you and your team
getting on over at Saint Barnabas?
Yeah, we're doing OK.
Mmm.
Morning, Commissioner, you good?
Right, I 'm going to jump in the shower.
I can explain that, sir.
I got your message.
You said you required some
assistance in solving the case.
Oh, yeah.
We were wondering if you could maybe
track down a lead for us?
A therapist on Saint Marie.
Send over the details of the therapist.
I'll get back to you.
OK, thanks, Commissioner.
OK, let's start with those closest
to the victim.
Mr Hays's partner, Barbara Carter
his daughter Monique Hays
and his son-in-law, Ty Edgars.
Ah, Mimi, you seriously think
one of them did it?
After Odette left the island,
her sister, Barbara, stepped in
to help Rex raise Monique.
She basically became a mother
and wife overnight.
The pair of them fell in love
with each other.
So then there's Rex's only daughter,
Monique.
She's 26 years old,
does part-time work at the salon.
But Monique was never really
interested in having a career.
She always wanted to start a family.
Which brings us to Ty Edgars,
Rex's son-in-law.
Ty has pretty much taken up
the reins at the Lobster King.
According to Monique,
Mr Hays was over the moon to know
that there is someone
to carry on the family business.
It's been a real journey for Ty.
In what way?
He floated around the surrounding
islands growing up, got
in with a bad crowd for a while
over on Guadeloupe,
came back to Saint Barnabas
on a rehabilitation scheme,
totally turned his life around.
So, a close and loving family with
no real skeletons in the closet?
Apart from this one.
Hey, Marlon, got something?
You found that in Rex's safe?
Yep.
Any bullets with it?
No.
I find it hard to believe that Mr Hays
was in possession of a gun.
That's just not who he was.
Also, there are some thin scratches
to the paint
on the frame of the safe.
Recent, as if someone tried
to force it open, maybe.
OK, thank you.
Is it registered?
Yes, but it was stolen a month ago.
Ballistics show that it was used
by a gang in a shooting
in Guadeloupe last week.
Suspects were arrested,
but the firearm was never found.
Well, Rex has definitely had
no connections
to any Guadeloupe gangs.
No, but we know someone who does.
I
I owed someone.
One last favour.
They called a few days ago.
Said they needed me to hide a gun
until things cooled down.
We had closed the office
the weekend of the wedding and Rex
hardly ever checks in anyway
these days, so
So if you put the gun in the safe,
why not just unlock it
when you took it back last night?
Why use a crowbar?
Because Rex took my keys from me.
When?
The evening of the wedding,
at the reception.
Rex said hetd been to the offices
and he needed
to get something from the safe.
Maybe that's when he got
that $5,000 we found?
And he found the gun there?
He was furious.
Said that I put his daughterts life
in danger
and it was all a fantasy
that I could ever really change.
Ty, if Rex told the police
you were harbouring a gun,
you'd go to jail.
So what are you suggesting?
That I killed Rex to keep him quiet?
Is that really what you think
of me, Naomi?
That I'm capable of that?
You know, Monique always worried
you'd change
. . leaving Saint Barnabas
. .that you'd come back a different person.
I 'm just trying to solve
your father-in-law's murder, Ty.
And you not only lied to the police,
you lied to your wife
My best friend as well.
Hey
He didn't get to you back in there,
did he?
Of course not.
When you police a small island
where everyone knows everyone,
you get used to getting up
people's noses.
Wait.
Listen
Therets something you should know.
I was not the only one
who had an issue with Rex.
What do you mean?
The night before the wedding,
I stayed over
at Rex and Barbarats.
Next morning, I come downstairs
and find Barbara in tears.
She was looking for Moniquets
birth certificate for the registrar,
when she come across some papers
in Rex's study.
Turned out Rex bought a house
out on the bay
. . but only in his name.
He was leaving her.
The morning of the wedding, he said
that he never really loved me.
It was just convenient, he said,
having me around,
looking after him and Monique.
That's harsh, after being together
for so long.
It's brutal, is what it is.
You know, for those first few years
me and Rex got together,
I always felt this guilt
that I was betraying Odette.
She was still my sister.
I still loved her
despite what she did.
What did she do?
She drank too much one night,
fell asleep on the sofa
and left a cigarette unattended.
The whole house caught fire.
Poor Monique was trapped upstairs.
She was only ten.
Rang Sammy for help,
but by the time he got there,
she was badly burned.
Got them both out just in time.
So that's why Odette went away,
and why everyone
was relieved to see her go?
And that's when you stepped in
to pick up the pieces.
It was her auntie, I felt a duty.
Then all these years later,
Rex turns around
and throws it back in your face.
That's maybe how it looks, but
None of it mattered to me
The house, the money.
Rex could keep it all
as far as I was concerned.
That sweet girl is all I care about.
Monique was a blessing,
and he can never take that away.
I appreciate that, Marietta,
but this is a process.
You have to trust us.
We'll talk, then.
Everything all right, Sammy?
Phone's not stopped.
People are asking why, Mimi,
you are running around accusing
innocent bystanders
of committing murder.
Because there's significant evidence
Odette didn't kill Rex Hays.
A community meeting
has been organised.
I tll have to show my face.
We will show everybody
this is just due process.
Well, do you want me
to come with you?
Maybe hearing from me might help
as well.
You're the last person
they want to see right now.
Let's just get back at it, sir.
Oh, you're just in time, we've got
Commissioner Patterson on the line.
Sir. Good afternoon, Inspector.
Good to see you dressed
a touch more respectably.
I'm sorry, sir?
You're not half-naked.
Oh, well, as l said, sir, it was very
I managed to meet OK.
..with Odette Hays's therapist,
and she confirmed
that she had been treating Miss Hays
for just over three years
for addiction issues.
I've forwarded the therapist's notes.
She said recently they'd made
some real progress in understanding
Odette's reasons for leaving
Saint Barnabas 15 years ago.
OK, sir, we'll work on these overnight.
Thank you, Commissioner.
Thank
Right, well, it's about time
to call it a day, anyway.
I'll take these back to Sammy's
and work on them there.
Sir, I'm going to stay back here a bit.
Go through what we've already got.
OK.
Anything else, sir?
Huh? Oh, no.
Er, yes, alibis, good.
Check them.
Ah, ha - ha, I tve got to run. . . ♪
Evening, Selwyn.
I 'd heard you were playing caretaker.
It's not ideal, but at the same
time, I do find the sun shines
a little brighter on Saint Marie
when Inspector Fusspot is away.
Ah, Selwyn!
So, is it mayoral or police business
you're here on?
Neither, actually.
I, erm
I had a booking come in
in the name of Andrina Harper.
So you already know she's coming
in four weeks' time.
She wrote me another letter.
It arrived a few days ago.
She feels, whether I decide
to meet with her or not,
she wants to come to the island.
She has roots here
and she wants to learn more
about them.
Will you see her?
She's travelling over 5,000 miles
to come here -
I can hardly say no, can I?
Erm, excuse me.
Inspector.
Oh, thank you.
You not going to toast the skyline with me?
I can see why the tourists love it, it's
so romantic.
A bit too much glare for my taste
Couldn't read my notes.
It's good to see Marlon
finally knuckling down, huh?
He's going to have to work hard
if he wants to be
match-fit for Monday.
Actually
Can I let you in on a little secret?
His exam's not for another month.
You said
I lied.
That was the exam date
for my evening
salsa class.
You see, and I don't know whether
you agree with me here, Inspector,
but sometimes I feel with Marlon,
what he needs most
is a very loving but hard kick
up the backside.
I know exactly what you mean.
So, when are you going to tell him?
When we get back to Saint Marie.
I wouldn't want to interrupt his flow.
Not now that he's got one.
Marlon.
Can l ask you a question?
Sure thing, but why are you whispering?
I don't know.
I don't know.
So, what's the problem?
Well
l got a text off Sophie
this afternoon, and I, erm
l 'm just not really sure
what to make of it.
" I miss you."
Whoa. Yeah.
She misses you, sir. Yeah.
I mean, l wasn't really expecting that.
I just don't know if l should say
anything back?
Well, do you miss her?
Kind of.
Well, there you go.
Say you miss her, too.
No.
Yeah, you don't think that's a bit forward?
OK, fair enough.
I missyou.
And, sent.
There you go, good one.
Right, I 'll see you in the morning.
All right, night, Marlon.
Night, sir.
Oh, and Marlon?
Mm- hm.
Thanks.
Oh, you look how I feel.
How many hours of sleep did you get?
And did you make any progress?
Thank you.
And all you've done is
tire yourself out, Mimi.
I dug up the case file
on the Hays' house fire.
Yes. It's pretty sparse, Sammy.
Only two pages?
Well, it's open and shut.
Nothing more to put in the report.
So, did the alibis check out?
I've got two witnesses that
confirm Ty Edgars was out
the back of the wedding venue,
having a crafty cigarette
at the time Rex was murdered.
And we know Barbara Carter
couldn't have done it
because she was at the reception,
recording it on her phone.
An old guy called Mr Sims
confirmed she was there.
Now, THIS I am not going to miss!
She even gave the old man a hand
filming it on his phone too.
So both Ty and Barbara have alibis.
None of them can be our killer.
I 've just finished going through
the therapist's notes on Odette.
Seems she recently recovered
a memory from the night
of the house fire.
It was a beautiful home.
We spoke to your therapist.
There's something you remembered
about the night of the fire?
We're listening, Odette.
It was just a flash.
But I saw it,
clear as day.
I remembered.
The night it happened,
I was drunk, and Monique,
she was so angry with me, poor thing.
She poured my booze down the sink,
tore my cigarettes up,
threw them in the trash.
After that, I passed out.
Next thing I know,
I come round and the fire started.
So you think you didn't
accidentally start the fire?
How could I have started the fire
with a burning cigarette,
when I didn't have any to smoke?
Someone else planted it
while I was asleep.
Who?
Rex! I know it was.
He wanted rid of me for so long.
I was an embarrassment for him.
He'd threatened me before,
said he'd do whatever it takes
to keep me away from Monique.
So that's why you came back,
for revenge?
Yes.
But I needed to know if I was right
first. So I confronted him.
I know what you did. The fire -
you planted the cigarette.
He denied it, of course, but I could
always tell when he was lying.
He has this tell.
Hmm! Pulls his ear, all nervous.
No, no, no, I did no such thing.
And what happened next?
Offered me $5,000
to leave the family alone.
That's why he took the cash
from the safe.
As if money could ever make
a difference!
He'd stolen 15 years of my life.
Sold my daughter lies.
Destroyed our family.
So what did you do?
I told him to meet me
at Orchid Point with the money.
Then I went and took the knife.
When the time came,
I saw Rex head off.
And I was all ready to go.
But I looked in the bag
and it had gone.
The knife had gone!
Somebody had taken it.
I don't know who, but somebody.
They knew what I was up to.
How could they have known?
Because there was something else
missing from my bag.
A letter
to Monique.
Explaining the truth about the fire,
who started it.
So you think whoever knifed Rex
took the letter as well?
Next thing, Rex appears,
and he's already been stabbed.
If Odette's telling the truth,
then someone must have found out
what she was up to
and piggybacked onto her plan.
But if that lS what happened,
why was Rex convinced
it was Odette that did it?
Naomi?
Er, sorry, sir. Um
I'll meet you back at the station.
I need to check something.
I think you should read this, sir.
I wrote it the night of the fire at Rex
and Odette Hays's house 15 years ago.
And, Sergeant Debraun,
YOU might want to listen.
"Case 42. Date - 23rd 0f February.
Crime - speeding.
"Details - Mr Hays came to pick up
Monique after school.
"I told him Monique had a sore tummy
and had already gone home.
"His face went funny.
"He said a bad word, ran to his car
and drove away too fast."
So, when Rex went to pick up Monique
from your house,
he was distraught to discover
that Monique was already back home?
Because? Because Rex had
already started the fire.
He must have thought Odette
was home alone.
Didn't realise Monique was there too.
A woman blamed herself for 15 years
for something she didn't do.
Did you know?
No, I
I didn't know. Of course not.
Then, tell me you
investigated it properly.
That's why there are only
a couple of pages in this case file,
isn't it? Look, Mimi
Don't call me that.
My instincts said
that Odette was responsible.
Your instincts?!
Rex was my friend!
We grew up together!
His whole life had just fallen apart.
Monique waswas
was in intensive care.
The whole community was in shock!
There was pressure on me toto
to get the report done - quickly.
Andthat's what I did.
It's hard when your heroes mess up,
isn't it?
Do you know why I came
to Saint Marie?
to experience a wider range
of crimes, wasn't it?
Challenge yourseff.
That's a part of it - a big part.
But also I came to get away from Sammy.
He's helped me so much
in my life, Inspector.
I wouldn't be here doing this without him.
But at the same time,
he always undermines me,
makes me feel like I 'm not up to
the job, not in the way he is.
Yeah, l have seen a bit 0f that.
He used to say to me,
" I 've got a brain for procedure,
"but policing is about trusting
your heart, what's in here."
And I don't have that.
you know that's complete
nonsense, right?
I wouldn't have asked you
to take the lead on this case
if l didn't 100% know
you were up to it.
I came to Saint Marie
to get Sammy out of my head,
but he stayed there, needling away.
I won't live like that. Not any more.
All she ever wanted was to have
her mother around.
You took away that chance.
You think I don't know that?
I don't need a lecture from you.
26 years.
I was the only officer on this
island. I never wanted to stay.
I wanted to go out into the world
and make a real difference
but the people here,
they hold on to you so tightly,
they never want to let you go.
So I stayed.
I thought I'd made my peace with it.
And then you showed up.
Bright-eyed, full of potential
and, what's more, you were
determined to leave the island.
You were going to make it.
I I 'm so, so sorry, Naomi.
You You deserve better than me.
There was something else missing
from my bag.
A letter. To Monique.
Thought I 'd find you here.
Do you remember that time
we decided to race
the entire length of the island?
It was insane.
When we got back here, our feet were
blistered and bleeding.
But you didn't cry.
You never cry.
Not when Richard Samuels
pulled your hair in the sixth grade,
not with all with your surgeries,
not even on Mother's Day.
Never.
So
imagine my surprise when I
saw you upset at the wedding.
Hey, you OK?
I told you. lt was the heat.
My make-up.
No.
I don't think it was.
That evening, you found out that Rex
had framed Odette for the fire.
I l don't know
what you're talking about.
It was you that took that letter
from Odette's bag, wasn't it?
At the wedding,
l kept trying to get close to her,
to talk to her, just us.
When l finally got a chance
to go over, she wasn't there,
but l saw her bag.
I should have just left it, but l
wanted to know what she had to say.
It was like a bomb had gone off
finding out that Mum thought Dad
had nearly killed me in that fire.
I was so confused by it.
Did you believe what
Odette had written?
In the letter, she sounded so hurt.
Like she'd suddenly made sense
of everything.
When you had been upset at the
wedding, where had you just been?
I needed some space.
I walked to the woods to calm down.
All l could think about was Dad -
what he'd done to me, to all of us.
I hated him.
I hate to have to ask you this, Mon,
but
did you stab your father?
Monique says she was in the woods
at the back of the venue
at the time of the murder,
catching her breath.
She didn't kill her father.
Anyone able to confirm that?
There was a couple at the wedding
who had snuck off for a, um
for a
A canoodle? A canoodle.
They say there's no way
she could have got to the beach
and back in time.
She's not our killer.
So all of our suspects have alibis.
This would have been easier if Rex
had never seen who killed him.
Wait, what did you just say?
Er, I said it would have been easier
if Rex had never seen
Who killed him.
Exactly.
Because if the victim hadn't seen
it, and if he didn't know it,
then, how could he say that he knew
what it was that he didn't know?
The victim himseff identified you
as his killer.
Odette did this to me!
She was still my sister.
I still loved her.
She even gave the old man a hand
filming it on his phone too.
So that's why you came back, for revenge?
Of course!
It's all there! lf only we'd have
known what we were looking for.
Naomi, there's someone
we need to talk to.
Marlon, Darlene, can you
gather the suspects?
We're on it, sir.
Ten bucks says we're off the island
by nightfall.
Not on your Nelly, Officer Pryce.
What happened? Did he
Did he solve it?
That's just how we roll on Saint Marie.
When people ask me where I'm from,
I say the name Saint Barnabas with pride.
We're a tight community.
We're good people.
We look out for each other.
And yet, four days ago,
a man who seemingly everyone loved
was murdered.
Died in my arms on that very spot.
"Come for the lobster.
Stay for the sunset."
That's what the sign says.
And l have to admit, the sunsets
you get here are
particularly dazzling.
Now, we know that Rex Hays was
murdered somewhere
between five minutes to six
and six o'clock.
Or to put it another way - sunset.
And that explains why he was
convinced that it was Odette Hays
who did it.
After all, it was Odette he'd
arranged to meet with
at Orchid Point at six, to pay her
$5,000 to leave the island.
And so, when he saw the silhouette
of a woman approaching,
that's who he assumed it was. With
the setting sun shining behind,
wearing a similar dress
and a hairstyle,
it would be very easy to confuse
one sister for the other.
Because in fact, Barbara,
it was you.
And it was you that killed him.
We already know that
you were reeling
from discovering earlier that day
that Rex was planning to abandon
you after 15 years together.
We also know that Odette
had confronted Rex.
You overheard them arguing,
and Odette accusing Rex of starting
the fire 15 years ago.
I know what you did.
The fire.
You planted the cigarette.
No, I did no such thing.
When you heard Rex deny it,
you, like Odette, knew him well
enough to know that he was lying.
you'd already been hurt
by his words earlier that day.
But now, when you discovered
that he'd also betrayed your sister,
causing a 15-year-long rift between you,
a sister that you still loved,
well, l think that was just too much
to bear. Can't have been her.
She was recording on her phone
when it happened.
Indeed. We know that the footage
Barbara recorded proves
that she was nowhere near Orchid
Point at the time of the murder.
Except it doesn't.
Because it wasn't actually Barbara
who filmed it on her phone.
It was somebody else,
albeit unwittingly.
This identical phone belongs
to an elderly guest. Mr Sims.
Barbara Carter couldn't have done it
because she was at the reception,
recording it on her phone.
An old guy called Mr Sims
confirmed she was there.
Not the most technologically minded
man.
Which is why Barbara helped him
when he wanted to film
the cake-cutting ceremony himseff.
But this phone, Mr Sims's phone,
actually contains no footage at all,
despite him believing he'd made
a recording.
We think the reason for that is
because when you helped him set up
his phone to record, you used
that opportunity to switch phones.
And so he was actually videoing
on YOUR phone.
With this done, all you had to do
was head to Orchid Point.
And once you stabbed Rex, you
returned to the wedding reception
and switched your phone back
once Mr Sims was finished filming.
I did it for you.
I am so sorry for choosing him
over you-
Barbara Carter, l 'm arresting you
for the murder of Rex Hays.
Wait.
Well, l did enjoy the sunset.
The lobster l could take or leave,
though.
Thank you, Sammy.
Thank YOU, Inspector.
So, um
I formally apologised to Odette
and Monique. It's on record.
I've been thinking lately.
Maybe it's time for me to retire.
So
maybe I will finally make
that trip to explore
the big, bad world.
I probably don't have the right
to say this any more,
but I'm proud of you.
The way you handled this case.
I really wish the best for you, Mimi.
DS Thomas.
They're lucky to have you on Saint Marie.
This is where I started, though.
With you.
Bye, Sammy.
Oh
Commissioner! We weren't expecting
to see you.
I heard you all did us proud
over on Saint Barnabas,
solving what sounds like a tough case.
So I thought I'd come and buy
you all a welcome-home drink.
Oh, Commissioner, you are a true
gentleman.
Who's the inspector on the phone to?
Been talking ages.
Oh, Sophie.
Really?!
Is it back on?
Well
She misses him and he misses her.
So the answer should be quite simple.
But if there's one guy we know
that will unnecessarily
complicate things,
it's to do with the lavender
sleep spray in his rucksack.
So
How long has Andrina booked
to stay here?
A week. C'est tout.
Don't make it difficult for her.
She will be nervous.
I hope you know me better than that.
All we can do, she and I, is take it
one day at a time.
So That's what we'll do.
Hmm.
Yeah, OK. OK. Bye.
Well, by the look on your face, sir,
I'm guessing you managed
to not mess up that phone call.
Quite the opposite, Marlon.
So what's the deal, then?
She's flying out in a few days
to see me.
Her boss says she can work remotely
for a month, just as a trial,
and then l guess we'll see
how we get on together.
Oh, I am so pleased for you, Inspector.
Thanks, Darlene.
That's really good news, sir.
Hey, you're welcome.
Yes.
Merci.
You know, I think it's really
important for a man to have a bit
of passion in his life.
I will toast to that!
Which man are we talking about?
The inspector.
Although, in my case, it's not
a very French sort of passion.
It's more a fish and chips
in the pouring rain kind of thing.
I would expect nothing less, Neville!
Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers.
Just maybe avoid the jet skis this time!
Yes, I second that!
Please, everybody, gather round.
Then the killer has to be someone
who was at Miracles' fundraiser
yesterday.
Help! lt's like a giant game of
"Guess Who?"
It's OK to be nervous, Selwyn.
She'll be nervous, too.
So what would you like to know?
I have my sergeant's exam.
You may start now.
you have a daughter.
Either you want to get to know her
or you don't.
It's not as simple as that.
Let me get this straight.
So there is no way that that knife
can be the murder weapon.
So in many ways, we are right back
where we started.
We are going to get married
we are going to get married
we are going to get married
lt's good for you and me
l can hear the preacher saying ♪
Sorry. Am I late?
Right on time, as always.
No nerves, Monique.
That boy is crazy with a capital C
about you!
And, oof, is he handsome?
My, my, if you don't want him. . .?
I think Dad might have something
to say about that.
OK, everybody is seated.
Naomi sorted everyone.
I'll see you both inside.
You ready, babe?
Wow.
Just
Wow!
Not yet, Ty!
No way.
Odette?
I thought she wasn't coming.
I wouldn't miss my daughter's wedding.
Not for the world.
No, but seriously, raising
my beautiful daughter
has been the honour of my life.
And I 'm so proud to see her marrying
the love of HER life.
So if you'll join me in toasting Monique.
Monique.
Monique.
All right, lovelies
And, gents, it's time for the first dance.
I can't believe you had the nerve
to turn up, Odette.
No trouble, do you hear me?
Who's that girl?
She's taking on the whole wide world♪
Thank you.
Working up a thirst on that dance floor.
Hey, you OK?
Mascara in 40 degree heat
Bad combo.
I just need a refresh.
Saint Marie's number-one
hot-shot detective.
Are you running the station yet?
No, l 'm just focusing
on supporting my DI .
Good to see you haven't
changed, Mimi.
Right, time for cake.
Thank you. Hey!
All right, people.
I hope you brought your appetites.
There's no knife.
Odette
Odette
Mr Mr Hays.
Odette did this to me.
She said meet her at Orchid Point
And then she stabbed me,
she stabbed me.
Mr Hays?
No!
Mr Hays?
No!
I didn't do it.
We need to get her out of here.
You're coming with me.
I swear, Monique!
This is murder, Sammy.
We need a DI over here.
I'll make the call.
You know, the sarge speaks
about Saint Barnabas so much.
I've been meaning to come
and visit for ages.
It's a bit of a shame it took
somebody being murdered
to make it happen, though. Marlon
Sorry, sorry.
you reckon there's more to eat
than just lobster, right?
Sergeant Sammy Debraun,
this is DI Neville Parker,
Trainee Officer Curtis and Officer Pryce.
Thank you all again for coming.
Well, l 'm sorry it's not
under better circumstances,
but it's good to meet you,
Sergeant Debraun.
Naomi always talked very fondly
about the island.
That's good to hear.
Pleased to meet you, too, Inspector.
Hope you've been looking
after this one for us.
More like she looks after me.
Used to be a real dream team,
the two of us.
Now it's only me keeping
everyone in line.
We've gathered the wedding guests
by the church,
you can take witness statements.
Sir, Sammy and I thought we'd talk
you through the crime scene.
Great.
Rex Hays, 56.
Father of the bride.
He runs a successful lobster business.
Brought a lot of money
to the island.
He was
beloved around here.
Where did this happen?
Orchid Point, he told me.
It's just over there, through the trees.
Got a guest who said they saw Rex
heading there around 5:55.
The bride and groom were about to
cut the cake when he reappeared.
There's no knife. Odette did this.
What time was that?
6:00 exactly.
So there was a five-minute window
between the victim leaving
the wedding reception and his return?
What do we know about the alleged
killer, Odette Hays?
The victim's estranged wife
Estranged?
that left Saint Barnabas 15 years ago.
She had addiction problems,
alcohol, drugs.
It spiralled badly.
Was better for all concerned
when she upped and left.
No-one had heard from her since.
I believe she's been living
on Saint Marie the last few years.
So it's Odette's Hays's first time
back on the island in 15 years
and within hours of her return,
she commits murder?
Sergeant Debraun, you can release
the body now.
Naomi, do you want to show me
the secondary crime scene?
Blood spots on the grass there
there
and over there.
Also, sir, we found this lying
right there.
It has $5,000 in cash inside.
We assume it belongs to the victim,
but we'll dust for prints to check.
What was he doing here
with that kind of money on him?
And when you spoke to the victim,
when he said it was
Odette Hays who stabbed him
any inkling as to why she did it?
I mean, I was a child
when Odette left Saint Barnabas.
Based on what I was told, based
on what I heard, she was
damaged, trouble.
That's what Sammy always said.
And, er
How are you?
Me?
Well, these are your friends,
people you grew up with.
It must be tough.
It is, but, erm
it's our duty to be strong, right?
As police officers?
So That's what I 'm doing.
Being strong for this island.
$10 says we're case closed and back
on Saint Marie by this evening.
Why, what you got?
Three separate witnesses saw Odette
arguing with Rex
just 30 minutes before he was killed.
We need to talk.
you want to talk, you?!
Also another guest witnessed her
putting the knife
that killed Rex into her handbag.
Add to that, the victim identified
Odette Hays as his killer.
So that ten bucks - anyone fancy it?
I can see what youtre all thinking,
right now, but
. .you got this wrong.
S0 you're saying you didn't stab
Rex Hays?
I had no reason to.
I didn't come here bearing
any grudge with him.
Except you were heard arguing
with him only 30 minutes
before his body was found.
You were pretty worked up,
from what we heard.
You want to talk, you?!
We exchanged a few words, I admit.
What about?
Rex assumed I was drinking.
Said I was going to spoil
Moniquets big day.
I told him that I was sober now,
been dealing with it in therapy.
He refused to believe me.
What about the fact you were
witnessed taking the knife
used to kill Rex and putting it in your bag?
How do you explain that?
I
I can't.
S0 you don't deny it, then?
Add to that the fact that the victim
himseff identified you
as his killer.
Odette did this to me.
I don't know why he said that.
I'm sorry to interrupt, but I've got
Barbara Carter on the phone.
She wants to speak with you,
Sergeant Debraun.
She says it's urgent.
Yes, Barbara, everything all right?
Inspector, meet Barbara Carter,
the victim's partner.
And I'm the sister of the accused.
Wait, so you were his?
And you're her?
Oh.
So what is it you wanted
to show us, Barbara?
It was a few minutes before six.
They carried the cake out,
just started serving the champagne,
and I wanted to get it all on camera-
Now, this, I am not going to miss.
But there's something else I caught
when I was recording.
Time code says 5:57.
Yeah, that's about the same time
Rex left the wedding
to go to Orchid Point.
It's Odette!
And she's there the whole time.
Moniquets right, she never once
leaves that spot.
But you see what this means, right?
Odette is on the footage the whole time.
She can't have stabbed my father.
Just to be clear, Mrs Hays,
we've taken your passport
and you're supposed to remain
on the island
for the duration of the investigation.
Understand?
I used to put plasters
on your scraped knees.
You and Monique used to tear around
our back yard
like a couple of wild cats.
I know I lost my way for a long time.
But I was never the monster
they said I was.
You'll see, I reckon this island has
a few secrets it's ready to share.
It really is very kind of you
to put us up, Sammy.
Glad of the company.
And any excuse to light his barbecue, right?
I'm normally a modest man,
Inspector, but when it comes
to flame-grilled lobster,
mine's the best on the island.
Lobster?
My favourite
Er
That's, erm
potent, sir.
I take it with me everywhere l go.
I can find it hard to get to sleep
in a new place.
Oof, what is that smell?
Oh, sorry, sir.
This is a bit awkward.
I know you've already unpacked
and everything,
but this is my room.
No, Sammy said the last one
down the hall.
Me too, but
The one on the left.
No, no, I really can't.
Sir, I need my own space to revise
My Sergeant's exam is next month,
and it's really important
I revise, sir.
Plus, no offence, but you seem
like a kicker.
We'll just have to top-and-tail.
you don't mind if l play
some whale sounds on my phone
before bed, do you?
Oh, this is a good one.
What are the three core benefits
of community policing?
It's, er Oh, getting to know the
community so they don't hate us.
It's not entirely wrong.
It's fostering good interaction,
developing community relationships,
and acting as a deterrent.
I hate that you know all of this
off by heart.
It's cool, I've got ages.
A whole month. How hard can it be?
You know, when Naomi first
pitched up at my station
. .she was ten.
Said she wanted to be a police officer.
I gave her an old police textbook.
Thought that would be the end of it.
And she came back every day
for a year with these.
You did not keep them?!
The Case of The Missing Trike.
By Superintendent Thomas,
age ten and three quarters.
Ten years old, and following
the police textbook like the Bible.
And that never changed.
She's an examinerts dream.
Oh, I'll do the dishes and then
run you home, all right, Mimi?
I'll give you a hand with that, actually.
Marlon, I thought you said
your exam was next month.
Yeah, the 28th.
That's not what it says
on the Police Board website.
According to that,
it's Monday of next week.
What?!
I don't believe it.
Why don't I give Sergeant Debraun
a hand with the washing up,
and you do some revision?
Yeah.
Naomi, l 've been thinking
about this case.
I think l should follow your lead.
But you're the senior officer, sir.
Yeah, but this is a small community,
you know these people.
It's your instincts we should be
following, not mine.
Thank you, sir.
VlDEOCALL RlNGS
HE SNlFFS
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HE GROANS
Morning, Commissioner.
Morning, Inspector.
I appear to have woken you.
Well, it lS 6.30 in the morning, sir.
I'm a busy man, Inspector.
Especially now I'm looking after
the police station
in your absence.
Fair point.
How are
how are you and your team
getting on over at Saint Barnabas?
Yeah, we're doing OK.
Mmm.
Morning, Commissioner, you good?
Right, I 'm going to jump in the shower.
I can explain that, sir.
I got your message.
You said you required some
assistance in solving the case.
Oh, yeah.
We were wondering if you could maybe
track down a lead for us?
A therapist on Saint Marie.
Send over the details of the therapist.
I'll get back to you.
OK, thanks, Commissioner.
OK, let's start with those closest
to the victim.
Mr Hays's partner, Barbara Carter
his daughter Monique Hays
and his son-in-law, Ty Edgars.
Ah, Mimi, you seriously think
one of them did it?
After Odette left the island,
her sister, Barbara, stepped in
to help Rex raise Monique.
She basically became a mother
and wife overnight.
The pair of them fell in love
with each other.
So then there's Rex's only daughter,
Monique.
She's 26 years old,
does part-time work at the salon.
But Monique was never really
interested in having a career.
She always wanted to start a family.
Which brings us to Ty Edgars,
Rex's son-in-law.
Ty has pretty much taken up
the reins at the Lobster King.
According to Monique,
Mr Hays was over the moon to know
that there is someone
to carry on the family business.
It's been a real journey for Ty.
In what way?
He floated around the surrounding
islands growing up, got
in with a bad crowd for a while
over on Guadeloupe,
came back to Saint Barnabas
on a rehabilitation scheme,
totally turned his life around.
So, a close and loving family with
no real skeletons in the closet?
Apart from this one.
Hey, Marlon, got something?
You found that in Rex's safe?
Yep.
Any bullets with it?
No.
I find it hard to believe that Mr Hays
was in possession of a gun.
That's just not who he was.
Also, there are some thin scratches
to the paint
on the frame of the safe.
Recent, as if someone tried
to force it open, maybe.
OK, thank you.
Is it registered?
Yes, but it was stolen a month ago.
Ballistics show that it was used
by a gang in a shooting
in Guadeloupe last week.
Suspects were arrested,
but the firearm was never found.
Well, Rex has definitely had
no connections
to any Guadeloupe gangs.
No, but we know someone who does.
I
I owed someone.
One last favour.
They called a few days ago.
Said they needed me to hide a gun
until things cooled down.
We had closed the office
the weekend of the wedding and Rex
hardly ever checks in anyway
these days, so
So if you put the gun in the safe,
why not just unlock it
when you took it back last night?
Why use a crowbar?
Because Rex took my keys from me.
When?
The evening of the wedding,
at the reception.
Rex said hetd been to the offices
and he needed
to get something from the safe.
Maybe that's when he got
that $5,000 we found?
And he found the gun there?
He was furious.
Said that I put his daughterts life
in danger
and it was all a fantasy
that I could ever really change.
Ty, if Rex told the police
you were harbouring a gun,
you'd go to jail.
So what are you suggesting?
That I killed Rex to keep him quiet?
Is that really what you think
of me, Naomi?
That I'm capable of that?
You know, Monique always worried
you'd change
. . leaving Saint Barnabas
. .that you'd come back a different person.
I 'm just trying to solve
your father-in-law's murder, Ty.
And you not only lied to the police,
you lied to your wife
My best friend as well.
Hey
He didn't get to you back in there,
did he?
Of course not.
When you police a small island
where everyone knows everyone,
you get used to getting up
people's noses.
Wait.
Listen
Therets something you should know.
I was not the only one
who had an issue with Rex.
What do you mean?
The night before the wedding,
I stayed over
at Rex and Barbarats.
Next morning, I come downstairs
and find Barbara in tears.
She was looking for Moniquets
birth certificate for the registrar,
when she come across some papers
in Rex's study.
Turned out Rex bought a house
out on the bay
. . but only in his name.
He was leaving her.
The morning of the wedding, he said
that he never really loved me.
It was just convenient, he said,
having me around,
looking after him and Monique.
That's harsh, after being together
for so long.
It's brutal, is what it is.
You know, for those first few years
me and Rex got together,
I always felt this guilt
that I was betraying Odette.
She was still my sister.
I still loved her
despite what she did.
What did she do?
She drank too much one night,
fell asleep on the sofa
and left a cigarette unattended.
The whole house caught fire.
Poor Monique was trapped upstairs.
She was only ten.
Rang Sammy for help,
but by the time he got there,
she was badly burned.
Got them both out just in time.
So that's why Odette went away,
and why everyone
was relieved to see her go?
And that's when you stepped in
to pick up the pieces.
It was her auntie, I felt a duty.
Then all these years later,
Rex turns around
and throws it back in your face.
That's maybe how it looks, but
None of it mattered to me
The house, the money.
Rex could keep it all
as far as I was concerned.
That sweet girl is all I care about.
Monique was a blessing,
and he can never take that away.
I appreciate that, Marietta,
but this is a process.
You have to trust us.
We'll talk, then.
Everything all right, Sammy?
Phone's not stopped.
People are asking why, Mimi,
you are running around accusing
innocent bystanders
of committing murder.
Because there's significant evidence
Odette didn't kill Rex Hays.
A community meeting
has been organised.
I tll have to show my face.
We will show everybody
this is just due process.
Well, do you want me
to come with you?
Maybe hearing from me might help
as well.
You're the last person
they want to see right now.
Let's just get back at it, sir.
Oh, you're just in time, we've got
Commissioner Patterson on the line.
Sir. Good afternoon, Inspector.
Good to see you dressed
a touch more respectably.
I'm sorry, sir?
You're not half-naked.
Oh, well, as l said, sir, it was very
I managed to meet OK.
..with Odette Hays's therapist,
and she confirmed
that she had been treating Miss Hays
for just over three years
for addiction issues.
I've forwarded the therapist's notes.
She said recently they'd made
some real progress in understanding
Odette's reasons for leaving
Saint Barnabas 15 years ago.
OK, sir, we'll work on these overnight.
Thank you, Commissioner.
Thank
Right, well, it's about time
to call it a day, anyway.
I'll take these back to Sammy's
and work on them there.
Sir, I'm going to stay back here a bit.
Go through what we've already got.
OK.
Anything else, sir?
Huh? Oh, no.
Er, yes, alibis, good.
Check them.
Ah, ha - ha, I tve got to run. . . ♪
Evening, Selwyn.
I 'd heard you were playing caretaker.
It's not ideal, but at the same
time, I do find the sun shines
a little brighter on Saint Marie
when Inspector Fusspot is away.
Ah, Selwyn!
So, is it mayoral or police business
you're here on?
Neither, actually.
I, erm
I had a booking come in
in the name of Andrina Harper.
So you already know she's coming
in four weeks' time.
She wrote me another letter.
It arrived a few days ago.
She feels, whether I decide
to meet with her or not,
she wants to come to the island.
She has roots here
and she wants to learn more
about them.
Will you see her?
She's travelling over 5,000 miles
to come here -
I can hardly say no, can I?
Erm, excuse me.
Inspector.
Oh, thank you.
You not going to toast the skyline with me?
I can see why the tourists love it, it's
so romantic.
A bit too much glare for my taste
Couldn't read my notes.
It's good to see Marlon
finally knuckling down, huh?
He's going to have to work hard
if he wants to be
match-fit for Monday.
Actually
Can I let you in on a little secret?
His exam's not for another month.
You said
I lied.
That was the exam date
for my evening
salsa class.
You see, and I don't know whether
you agree with me here, Inspector,
but sometimes I feel with Marlon,
what he needs most
is a very loving but hard kick
up the backside.
I know exactly what you mean.
So, when are you going to tell him?
When we get back to Saint Marie.
I wouldn't want to interrupt his flow.
Not now that he's got one.
Marlon.
Can l ask you a question?
Sure thing, but why are you whispering?
I don't know.
I don't know.
So, what's the problem?
Well
l got a text off Sophie
this afternoon, and I, erm
l 'm just not really sure
what to make of it.
" I miss you."
Whoa. Yeah.
She misses you, sir. Yeah.
I mean, l wasn't really expecting that.
I just don't know if l should say
anything back?
Well, do you miss her?
Kind of.
Well, there you go.
Say you miss her, too.
No.
Yeah, you don't think that's a bit forward?
OK, fair enough.
I missyou.
And, sent.
There you go, good one.
Right, I 'll see you in the morning.
All right, night, Marlon.
Night, sir.
Oh, and Marlon?
Mm- hm.
Thanks.
Oh, you look how I feel.
How many hours of sleep did you get?
And did you make any progress?
Thank you.
And all you've done is
tire yourself out, Mimi.
I dug up the case file
on the Hays' house fire.
Yes. It's pretty sparse, Sammy.
Only two pages?
Well, it's open and shut.
Nothing more to put in the report.
So, did the alibis check out?
I've got two witnesses that
confirm Ty Edgars was out
the back of the wedding venue,
having a crafty cigarette
at the time Rex was murdered.
And we know Barbara Carter
couldn't have done it
because she was at the reception,
recording it on her phone.
An old guy called Mr Sims
confirmed she was there.
Now, THIS I am not going to miss!
She even gave the old man a hand
filming it on his phone too.
So both Ty and Barbara have alibis.
None of them can be our killer.
I 've just finished going through
the therapist's notes on Odette.
Seems she recently recovered
a memory from the night
of the house fire.
It was a beautiful home.
We spoke to your therapist.
There's something you remembered
about the night of the fire?
We're listening, Odette.
It was just a flash.
But I saw it,
clear as day.
I remembered.
The night it happened,
I was drunk, and Monique,
she was so angry with me, poor thing.
She poured my booze down the sink,
tore my cigarettes up,
threw them in the trash.
After that, I passed out.
Next thing I know,
I come round and the fire started.
So you think you didn't
accidentally start the fire?
How could I have started the fire
with a burning cigarette,
when I didn't have any to smoke?
Someone else planted it
while I was asleep.
Who?
Rex! I know it was.
He wanted rid of me for so long.
I was an embarrassment for him.
He'd threatened me before,
said he'd do whatever it takes
to keep me away from Monique.
So that's why you came back,
for revenge?
Yes.
But I needed to know if I was right
first. So I confronted him.
I know what you did. The fire -
you planted the cigarette.
He denied it, of course, but I could
always tell when he was lying.
He has this tell.
Hmm! Pulls his ear, all nervous.
No, no, no, I did no such thing.
And what happened next?
Offered me $5,000
to leave the family alone.
That's why he took the cash
from the safe.
As if money could ever make
a difference!
He'd stolen 15 years of my life.
Sold my daughter lies.
Destroyed our family.
So what did you do?
I told him to meet me
at Orchid Point with the money.
Then I went and took the knife.
When the time came,
I saw Rex head off.
And I was all ready to go.
But I looked in the bag
and it had gone.
The knife had gone!
Somebody had taken it.
I don't know who, but somebody.
They knew what I was up to.
How could they have known?
Because there was something else
missing from my bag.
A letter
to Monique.
Explaining the truth about the fire,
who started it.
So you think whoever knifed Rex
took the letter as well?
Next thing, Rex appears,
and he's already been stabbed.
If Odette's telling the truth,
then someone must have found out
what she was up to
and piggybacked onto her plan.
But if that lS what happened,
why was Rex convinced
it was Odette that did it?
Naomi?
Er, sorry, sir. Um
I'll meet you back at the station.
I need to check something.
I think you should read this, sir.
I wrote it the night of the fire at Rex
and Odette Hays's house 15 years ago.
And, Sergeant Debraun,
YOU might want to listen.
"Case 42. Date - 23rd 0f February.
Crime - speeding.
"Details - Mr Hays came to pick up
Monique after school.
"I told him Monique had a sore tummy
and had already gone home.
"His face went funny.
"He said a bad word, ran to his car
and drove away too fast."
So, when Rex went to pick up Monique
from your house,
he was distraught to discover
that Monique was already back home?
Because? Because Rex had
already started the fire.
He must have thought Odette
was home alone.
Didn't realise Monique was there too.
A woman blamed herself for 15 years
for something she didn't do.
Did you know?
No, I
I didn't know. Of course not.
Then, tell me you
investigated it properly.
That's why there are only
a couple of pages in this case file,
isn't it? Look, Mimi
Don't call me that.
My instincts said
that Odette was responsible.
Your instincts?!
Rex was my friend!
We grew up together!
His whole life had just fallen apart.
Monique waswas
was in intensive care.
The whole community was in shock!
There was pressure on me toto
to get the report done - quickly.
Andthat's what I did.
It's hard when your heroes mess up,
isn't it?
Do you know why I came
to Saint Marie?
to experience a wider range
of crimes, wasn't it?
Challenge yourseff.
That's a part of it - a big part.
But also I came to get away from Sammy.
He's helped me so much
in my life, Inspector.
I wouldn't be here doing this without him.
But at the same time,
he always undermines me,
makes me feel like I 'm not up to
the job, not in the way he is.
Yeah, l have seen a bit 0f that.
He used to say to me,
" I 've got a brain for procedure,
"but policing is about trusting
your heart, what's in here."
And I don't have that.
you know that's complete
nonsense, right?
I wouldn't have asked you
to take the lead on this case
if l didn't 100% know
you were up to it.
I came to Saint Marie
to get Sammy out of my head,
but he stayed there, needling away.
I won't live like that. Not any more.
All she ever wanted was to have
her mother around.
You took away that chance.
You think I don't know that?
I don't need a lecture from you.
26 years.
I was the only officer on this
island. I never wanted to stay.
I wanted to go out into the world
and make a real difference
but the people here,
they hold on to you so tightly,
they never want to let you go.
So I stayed.
I thought I'd made my peace with it.
And then you showed up.
Bright-eyed, full of potential
and, what's more, you were
determined to leave the island.
You were going to make it.
I I 'm so, so sorry, Naomi.
You You deserve better than me.
There was something else missing
from my bag.
A letter. To Monique.
Thought I 'd find you here.
Do you remember that time
we decided to race
the entire length of the island?
It was insane.
When we got back here, our feet were
blistered and bleeding.
But you didn't cry.
You never cry.
Not when Richard Samuels
pulled your hair in the sixth grade,
not with all with your surgeries,
not even on Mother's Day.
Never.
So
imagine my surprise when I
saw you upset at the wedding.
Hey, you OK?
I told you. lt was the heat.
My make-up.
No.
I don't think it was.
That evening, you found out that Rex
had framed Odette for the fire.
I l don't know
what you're talking about.
It was you that took that letter
from Odette's bag, wasn't it?
At the wedding,
l kept trying to get close to her,
to talk to her, just us.
When l finally got a chance
to go over, she wasn't there,
but l saw her bag.
I should have just left it, but l
wanted to know what she had to say.
It was like a bomb had gone off
finding out that Mum thought Dad
had nearly killed me in that fire.
I was so confused by it.
Did you believe what
Odette had written?
In the letter, she sounded so hurt.
Like she'd suddenly made sense
of everything.
When you had been upset at the
wedding, where had you just been?
I needed some space.
I walked to the woods to calm down.
All l could think about was Dad -
what he'd done to me, to all of us.
I hated him.
I hate to have to ask you this, Mon,
but
did you stab your father?
Monique says she was in the woods
at the back of the venue
at the time of the murder,
catching her breath.
She didn't kill her father.
Anyone able to confirm that?
There was a couple at the wedding
who had snuck off for a, um
for a
A canoodle? A canoodle.
They say there's no way
she could have got to the beach
and back in time.
She's not our killer.
So all of our suspects have alibis.
This would have been easier if Rex
had never seen who killed him.
Wait, what did you just say?
Er, I said it would have been easier
if Rex had never seen
Who killed him.
Exactly.
Because if the victim hadn't seen
it, and if he didn't know it,
then, how could he say that he knew
what it was that he didn't know?
The victim himseff identified you
as his killer.
Odette did this to me!
She was still my sister.
I still loved her.
She even gave the old man a hand
filming it on his phone too.
So that's why you came back, for revenge?
Of course!
It's all there! lf only we'd have
known what we were looking for.
Naomi, there's someone
we need to talk to.
Marlon, Darlene, can you
gather the suspects?
We're on it, sir.
Ten bucks says we're off the island
by nightfall.
Not on your Nelly, Officer Pryce.
What happened? Did he
Did he solve it?
That's just how we roll on Saint Marie.
When people ask me where I'm from,
I say the name Saint Barnabas with pride.
We're a tight community.
We're good people.
We look out for each other.
And yet, four days ago,
a man who seemingly everyone loved
was murdered.
Died in my arms on that very spot.
"Come for the lobster.
Stay for the sunset."
That's what the sign says.
And l have to admit, the sunsets
you get here are
particularly dazzling.
Now, we know that Rex Hays was
murdered somewhere
between five minutes to six
and six o'clock.
Or to put it another way - sunset.
And that explains why he was
convinced that it was Odette Hays
who did it.
After all, it was Odette he'd
arranged to meet with
at Orchid Point at six, to pay her
$5,000 to leave the island.
And so, when he saw the silhouette
of a woman approaching,
that's who he assumed it was. With
the setting sun shining behind,
wearing a similar dress
and a hairstyle,
it would be very easy to confuse
one sister for the other.
Because in fact, Barbara,
it was you.
And it was you that killed him.
We already know that
you were reeling
from discovering earlier that day
that Rex was planning to abandon
you after 15 years together.
We also know that Odette
had confronted Rex.
You overheard them arguing,
and Odette accusing Rex of starting
the fire 15 years ago.
I know what you did.
The fire.
You planted the cigarette.
No, I did no such thing.
When you heard Rex deny it,
you, like Odette, knew him well
enough to know that he was lying.
you'd already been hurt
by his words earlier that day.
But now, when you discovered
that he'd also betrayed your sister,
causing a 15-year-long rift between you,
a sister that you still loved,
well, l think that was just too much
to bear. Can't have been her.
She was recording on her phone
when it happened.
Indeed. We know that the footage
Barbara recorded proves
that she was nowhere near Orchid
Point at the time of the murder.
Except it doesn't.
Because it wasn't actually Barbara
who filmed it on her phone.
It was somebody else,
albeit unwittingly.
This identical phone belongs
to an elderly guest. Mr Sims.
Barbara Carter couldn't have done it
because she was at the reception,
recording it on her phone.
An old guy called Mr Sims
confirmed she was there.
Not the most technologically minded
man.
Which is why Barbara helped him
when he wanted to film
the cake-cutting ceremony himseff.
But this phone, Mr Sims's phone,
actually contains no footage at all,
despite him believing he'd made
a recording.
We think the reason for that is
because when you helped him set up
his phone to record, you used
that opportunity to switch phones.
And so he was actually videoing
on YOUR phone.
With this done, all you had to do
was head to Orchid Point.
And once you stabbed Rex, you
returned to the wedding reception
and switched your phone back
once Mr Sims was finished filming.
I did it for you.
I am so sorry for choosing him
over you-
Barbara Carter, l 'm arresting you
for the murder of Rex Hays.
Wait.
Well, l did enjoy the sunset.
The lobster l could take or leave,
though.
Thank you, Sammy.
Thank YOU, Inspector.
So, um
I formally apologised to Odette
and Monique. It's on record.
I've been thinking lately.
Maybe it's time for me to retire.
So
maybe I will finally make
that trip to explore
the big, bad world.
I probably don't have the right
to say this any more,
but I'm proud of you.
The way you handled this case.
I really wish the best for you, Mimi.
DS Thomas.
They're lucky to have you on Saint Marie.
This is where I started, though.
With you.
Bye, Sammy.
Oh
Commissioner! We weren't expecting
to see you.
I heard you all did us proud
over on Saint Barnabas,
solving what sounds like a tough case.
So I thought I'd come and buy
you all a welcome-home drink.
Oh, Commissioner, you are a true
gentleman.
Who's the inspector on the phone to?
Been talking ages.
Oh, Sophie.
Really?!
Is it back on?
Well
She misses him and he misses her.
So the answer should be quite simple.
But if there's one guy we know
that will unnecessarily
complicate things,
it's to do with the lavender
sleep spray in his rucksack.
So
How long has Andrina booked
to stay here?
A week. C'est tout.
Don't make it difficult for her.
She will be nervous.
I hope you know me better than that.
All we can do, she and I, is take it
one day at a time.
So That's what we'll do.
Hmm.
Yeah, OK. OK. Bye.
Well, by the look on your face, sir,
I'm guessing you managed
to not mess up that phone call.
Quite the opposite, Marlon.
So what's the deal, then?
She's flying out in a few days
to see me.
Her boss says she can work remotely
for a month, just as a trial,
and then l guess we'll see
how we get on together.
Oh, I am so pleased for you, Inspector.
Thanks, Darlene.
That's really good news, sir.
Hey, you're welcome.
Yes.
Merci.
You know, I think it's really
important for a man to have a bit
of passion in his life.
I will toast to that!
Which man are we talking about?
The inspector.
Although, in my case, it's not
a very French sort of passion.
It's more a fish and chips
in the pouring rain kind of thing.
I would expect nothing less, Neville!
Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers.
Just maybe avoid the jet skis this time!
Yes, I second that!
Please, everybody, gather round.
Then the killer has to be someone
who was at Miracles' fundraiser
yesterday.
Help! lt's like a giant game of
"Guess Who?"
It's OK to be nervous, Selwyn.
She'll be nervous, too.
So what would you like to know?
I have my sergeant's exam.
You may start now.
you have a daughter.
Either you want to get to know her
or you don't.
It's not as simple as that.
Let me get this straight.
So there is no way that that knife
can be the murder weapon.
So in many ways, we are right back
where we started.