Grace (2021) s03e03 Episode Script

Not Dead Yet

1
Wait for me there, OK?
Hi there.
Can we get one candy floss
and one of these, please?
Yeah, of course.
How much is that, please?
Where did you get that?
OK, can we go over some kit,
please?
That's great.
And some snare, please?
That's great, thank you.
Hi, Anna.
Chris, can you check
the overheads, please?
Anna, can I ask you a favour?
We're running over,
I'm not sure I'm going to have time
to drop Roan off at Mum and Dad's.
You want me to do it?
If you don't mind.
OK. Fine.
Thanks so much.
Hi. Anna's gonna drop you off
at Nana's.
Be good, OK? See you tomorrow.
I'll text you when
Hi, Larry. Where are you?
We're on in an hour.
Really?
Come on.
Happy birthday, darling.
Thank you.
Roy?
I had no idea you had so many.
Well, this isn't even
the half of it.
This is just A to D.
I am not sure we have the space.
What are you talking about?
You've got loads of space
in your spare room.
You mean my study.
Well, we don't We don't have
to move everything tonight.
I-I haven't even had an offer
on the place yet.
I am messing with you.
I want you and all your clutter.
How dare you call this clutter.
Philistine.
Hey!
Don't know how you got in my head
But you were savvy
You were poison
Poison, poison Poison lover
Found you, and I'm here in my bed
And see around you like my poison
Poison love
And I'm losing track of time
It's like
I've finally lost my mind, I
Don't know how you got in my head
But you were savvy
You were poison
Poison, poison
Poison lover
I see your face in the streetlight
You pull me close
Then you turn away
Go on and break the illusion
Leave me wanting more
I've been here before
I've been through that door
And it finds me every time
And I know it's ♪
It's sold out, babe.
I need to get in.
They're giving their money
to a thief!
I need to let them know the truth.
Step away now!
Did you give it to him?
Yeah.
But I'm losing track of time
It's like
I've finally lost my mind, I
Don't know how you got in my head
But you were savvy
You were poison
Poison, poison
Poison lover. ♪
You guys are amazing.
So, we have some exciting news.
A promoter heard
our Poison Lover EP,
and they've asked us
to support Jocasta Rose on tour.
We're going to America, guys.
LA!
And we couldn't have done
any of this
without our incredible manager,
Larry.
- Larry? Where are you?
- Come on, Larry!
Larry?
I've never been to LA.
I've only ever been to, like,
Corfu, you know?
I'm so pumped.
I wanna hire a big American car,
drive along the coast.
I wanna be in a movie!
Do you think I can convince Larry
to book us into the Chateau Marmont?
I don't think you can convince Larry
to spend a single penny more
than he has to.
Pizza! I'll get it.
Right, vegan margarita's mine.
OK, guys?
Don't forget to tip! Ooh!
Can you please stand back?
I hear you got here early again.
Care to comment, detective?
Care to name your source?
House is rented by Gaia Lafayette.
She's a singer.
She's a pretty big deal locally.
Her gig tonight was sold out.
And the victim?
Amber Tanaka. She's a drummer.
She also goes by the name of Tank.
She's got severe chest injuries.
She's still in surgery.
So, they said they ordered pizza.
When the doorbell rang, the victim
volunteered to answer the door.
Then they heard the gunshot.
By the time they reacted,
the shooter was gone.
What's with the antlers?
That belongs to Gaia Lafayette.
She wears it on stage.
So, she was here in the hallway
when Tanaka was shot?
No. Tanaka was wearing it.
So the shooter thought
they were aiming at Gaia.
When you ring a doorbell,
you'd expect the homeowner
to answer the door, wouldn't you?
Miss Lafayette?
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.
This is my colleague,
DS Glenn Branson.
Is Tank OK?
We don't have any news yet, sorry.
OK.
I know this is a difficult time,
and you're anxious
about your friend,
but I need to ask you
some questions.
I already talked
to one of your officers.
I told them I have no idea
who would want to hurt Tank.
Gaia, from what I've seen,
I think you may have been
the intended target this evening.
She was wearing my head dress.
Has anyone made any recent threats
against you?
Either in person or online?
Not that I know of.
Larry, my manager, has his company
handle all my social media. OK.
Have you noticed anyone
hanging around after gigs?
Lots of people.
Fans. Friends.
How about anyone
who might've made you feel
uneasy?
Uncomfortable?
No.
This doesn't make any sense.
Why would anyone want to kill me?
We don't know yet.
But you might wanna consider
laying low for a while.
At least while the investigation
is in progress.
Hey, Anna, I said no visitors today.
- We need to talk to him.
- OK, let me see if
Mr Brooker?
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.
DS Glenn Branson.
Course. Yeah. Yeah, of course.
Please, take a seat.
I'm in a bit of a state today,
and I'm not taking meetings.
It's been a huge shock to everyone.
Any leads?
Well, we believe that Gaia
may have been the intended target.
Gaia? Why?
We were hoping
you might have some insight.
Yeah, of course. Anything to help.
How long have you managed Gaia?
Coming up to seven years.
And are you aware of any threats,
from fans, maybe?
Well, online, yeah,
but that's just the way it goes
these days, you know.
We, er We moderate
the social media of our acts
just to protect them
from the worst of it.
Describe the worst to me.
Well, I don't know,
anything from, er
hating the way she looks,
to her music,
to telling her to kill herself
to threats of rape and
and murder,
but it's just, you know, noise.
Did Gaia know about these threats?
No, she wouldn't step on stage
if she knew.
The person who shot Amber Tanaka
will be aware they made a mistake,
and there may be another attempt
on Gaia's life.
OK. Well, how long
till you catch him, then?
Well, you can help us with that.
We need access
to Gaia's social media accounts.
We can see who made the threats.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Anna will sort that out for you.
And I would suggest
that she stop performing,
for the time being at least.
No.
No, no, no. Absolutely not.
Look
I have invested
a considerable amount
into developing Gaia as an artist.
This is her break-out moment.
I can't afford for her to hide away.
The show must go on, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, when it's costing a fortune.
Most of the properties
on Gaia's street are rentals.
They all have old-fashioned
entry systems,
there's no CCTV coverage at all.
Door-to-door yielded nothing.
The gunshot woke people up,
but no-one saw the shooter escape.
Early ballistics suggest
a 12 bore shotgun.
Have the cartridges been recovered?
Yeah.
See if they can provide print
or DNA evidence.
No witnesses, generic gun.
Could be professional?
I don't know.
I mean, would a professional
leave cartridges behind?
And fire at the wrong target?
They didn't even wait
for the door to open properly.
Now that sounds like
That sounds like nerves to me.
Looks like a sheep bone.
Nothing to be bothered about.
Right. Finish spreading
this lot out, and go home.
OK.
Back at six sharp tomorrow. Right?
Not half past like this morning.
Course.
Er, police, please.
Yeah, I-I'd like to report
the discovery of human remains.
Tony. Fifth one along.
Hello.
I wasn't expecting to see you here.
Nadiuska got held up on another job,
so she sent me
to collect the remains.
But now I think
she knew what she'd be in for.
Dead bodies I can cope with, but
this smell
Yeah.
Yeah, I wish I'd just sent him now.
Ha-ha Look, the longer you talk,
the longer we're here,
breathing it in, so can we, er?
This is it?
Er, yeah.
Pigs have very powerful jaws,
so they can grind through a femur,
no problem.
The only thing
they're not too keen on is teeth.
And, erm
And hair. They can't digest hair.
This could be all that's left
of the victim.
Sorry, I'm just gonna
get some fresh air.
Mr Stettner.
I expect you want tea.
We don't want to put you
to any trouble.
You say that,
but I've got a yard full of coppers.
Yes, well, we have just found
body parts in your pig shed.
I don't know anything about that.
Does anybody else work here?
Not really.
Ginny, the lass that called you.
Who else has access to the farm?
Well, anyone can walk
across the fields.
There's a right of way,
I can't stop 'em, you know.
Did you notice anything unusual
yesterday?
I can't be everywhere at once,
can I?
Do you have CCTV?
CCTV?
It costs money.
I used to have a guard dog, Loki,
but now it's just me
and the animals, you know.
Well, thanks for your help.
Norman, take a look
at the mispers list,
see if any of them wore dentures.
Also contact all the local dentists,
see if any of them
recognise the plate as their work.
Mate
Would a new pair of shoes count
as an expense?
Boss?
The mispers with dentures.
It's not a long list.
Charles Spring.
Who's that?
Pub landlord, 50,
missing since 2016.
And he stands out because?
Because according to this,
he ran a pub ten minutes
from Stettner's pig farm.
OK, so, as well as
the Gaia shooting, we now have this.
Charles Spring and his wife, Nicola,
ran The Prince Edward pub
in Tillingley.
He went missing in 2016.
The local area was searched
at the time,
but they found no trace of him.
This article by Spinella speculates
that he might've taken his own life.
Well, if that's the case,
how did he end up in a pig sty
six years later?
I want a fingertip search
of the entire farm,
and I want to know everything
about James Stettner,
including his financials.
Financials?
Yeah, h-he can't afford CCTV,
yet he's got
a brand-new Range Rover.
Gaia. There you are.
I've got good news.
Spoke to Jamil from Pretty Machine,
and
he's willing
to replace Tank on drums.
I'm not replacing Tank.
You've still got to rehearse, Gaia.
The tour begins next week.
Yeah, well I'm just
I'm not going.
Well, you
Everything's set.
It's all It's all booked.
Tank has been with me
since the beginning.
I'm staying by her side
until she wakes up.
Gaia
Tank got you this far, yeah?
And you really wanna tell her
you threw everything away?
This is
your once-in-a-lifetime chance.
Look. Look
You go to LA.
You join the tour, yeah?
When Tank wakes up, she rejoins you
and enjoys the success.
I really need
to think about this, Larry.
I can guarantee your safety
over there.
But here?
You were the target.
You wanted to see me, sir?
You're making
all of the front pages.
With both your investigations.
I'm beginning to think that Spinella
will catch the killers before you.
The leak is not coming from my team.
Since you can't be objective,
I've ordered a sweep
of all comms coming out of CID
to see who's been in contact
with Spinella.
Will that be all?
For now.
Glenn.
I'm gonna create
two separate enquiry teams,
split the workload
so we don't get overwhelmed.
I'll take the pig farm case,
I want you to be SIO
on the shooting.
Wait
Seriously?
You'll be sanctioned
as a temporary Detective Inspector.
Handle this well, and it could count
a lot towards your promotion.
Thank you.
OK, so, pick your team.
Who do you want with you?
Bella.
OK, I'll let her know.
Keep me in the loop.
I will.
Absolutely.
Norman?
Boss.
You're with me,
for the pig farm enquiry.
Bella, you'll be with Glenn
for the shooting.
OK. Shall we?
Yeah.
Looks like
someone's made the A team.
I never have non-client visitors.
No-one's interested in accounting.
Well, this is your lucky day, then,
Mr Whiteley.
We're here to talk numbers.
Your client, James Stettner.
Runs a pig farm, near Tillingley.
Yeah. Er, yeah,
I've filed for Mr Stettner
for just over six years now.
Have you noticed
any unusual activity?
Er, money that
might've appeared suddenly?
You mean the 60,000?
Yes. Yes, where did that come from?
Er, Mr Stettner
sold off his woodland.
And bought a new car.
That's right.
Erm, he needed it
to haul his trailers.
I can assure you that Mr Stettner
has done everything by the book
since 2016.
Cos he wouldn't want HMRC
looking into him again
Right, and what was he up to
in 2016?
It's a simple enough question,
isn't it?
Well, we don't wanna lose
Mr Stettner as a client,
so that's for him to tell you,
if he wants to.
OK. Well
Thanks for your time, Mr Whiteley.
That your son?
Er Yeah.
Yeah. Don't get to see him
as much as I'd like to.
How come?
Er, his mother won't let me.
Well, you know
there's things you can do,
that's why
we have the family courts.
Get help. You should try it.
I don't think Mr Whiteley needs
our advice on personal matters,
Norman.
Yeah. Sorry about that. It's just
I never saw my dad much growing up,
so things like that strike a chord.
Anna has sent through
all the negative content
that was deleted
from Gaia's social media.
And there's a lot of it.
Hey, guys.
I've got a song for you.
She's not what you think
She's not what you believe
She's a girl with many faces
She's nothing but a thief
Gaia is a fraud
Is a fraud, is a liar
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Gaia isn't real. ♪
Bella.
Ninety-nine percent of Gaia's trolls
are hating on other celebrities
and bands, right?
Except for Real Singer Drayton.
She's only seems to be interested
in calling Gaia a thief.
What did Gaia steal from her?
I don't know. But let's go find out.
You were investigated by HMRC
in 2016.
Why?
Why?
Cos some fella turned up, said
he wanted to rent two of my barns.
Y'know, I I thought, "Why not?"
Money's tight, they're sitting idle.
And then
Next thing I know,
there's there's vans
driving up and down the track
at all hours, making my dog bark.
So one night,
I goes down to have a look,
see what they were up to.
What did you find?
The barns were
They were filled with cigarettes.
No tax on them, so
So I told the fella
he had to get off my land.
Right. Then what happened?
I found Loki.
My dog, he was
He was out in the yard.
He'd been shot in the head.
The bastard put a cigarette
in his mouth.
Did you know the landlord
of The Prince Edward?
Charles Spring?
Yeah, it used to be my local.
What can you tell us about him?
Charles?
He was an arse.
You know, he He fancied himself
a bit of a gangster.
He was shifting the cigarettes
through his pub
even though I warned him not to.
Then Charles, he went missing.
Did you report any of this
to the police?
Police. You're on your own out here.
You know, that's the way of it.
It was a relief when HMRC turned up.
Well, cos at least
it sent him packing.
The man who rented the barns,
Mr Stettner.
Can you give me a name?
Yeah.
Alvin. Alvin Smallbone.
Thanks for your help.
I put Alvin Smallbone away
about six years ago.
What for?
GBH on two bouncers.
One of them had to drink his food
through a straw for a few months.
When he went down,
he shouted across the courtroom
that if he ever saw me again,
he'd put me in the ground.
Let me guess.
You want to go see him.
Drayton Wheeler is a Brighton-based
singer/songwriter.
She plays the pubs and busks,
but she's not making it.
All of her social media
for the past year
has just been her accusing Gaia
of being a thief.
What did she think Gaia stole?
A song called Peaches.
Did she?
I don't know. This beef has been
going on for two years?
Before my time.
Think you should see this.
It was posted a couple of hours ago.
Sold out, babe.
I need to get in.
They're giving their money
to a thief!
I need to let them know the truth.
Step away now!
This was the night of the shooting.
Stay still!
Drayton's been angry for so long,
we all just stopped
paying attention.
Spoke to East Sussex Prison.
Smallbone was released
under licence on Friday.
Well, let's find out who
his supervising officer is. Boss.
The comms are clean.
Well, that's reassuring.
Hardly.
It means whoever is leaking
to Spinella is doing it in person.
No-one is ruled out.
You're late.
Sorry. I had a thing I needed to do.
Why are we here, not at the office?
Office ain't the safest place
for me right now.
Tell me about numbers.
Well, um, Gaia's picked up a
significant number of new followers,
and we're seeing a big uptick
on plays of Poison Lover.
She was trending online yesterday,
and her engagement's gone up
like 300%.
People are really into this story
of the shooting.
Good news! Good news, finally.
Yeah, but it won't last.
Without new content,
this story's going to get old. Fast.
It only happened four days ago.
Yeah, that's a lifetime
on social media, Larry.
If you really want this
to blow up,
you're going to need to drop a bomb.
What bomb? I haven't got any bombs.
Gaia's super secretive
about who Roan's dad is.
Could be something juicy there.
No, it's a dead end. Dead end.
No way she'll let us
involve that kid.
I hope you're going to the bank
to get my money, Larry.
Alvin. Um
Been tryna call ya.
No, you haven't.
Just give me a couple of weeks,
yeah?
Nice try, Larry.
But I know you're going to LA
on Friday.
That's not definite.
You've got to ask yourself
something.
Did Gaia's shooter make a mistake,
or was it a warning?
I tried my hardest to please you
And all I got was an empty space
You hold me like a possession
But I'm not yours, not yours
I've been here before
I've been through that door ♪
Sorry to interrupt.
Can we speak privately?
Take a break, guys.
What can you tell us
about Drayton Wheeler?
Drayton?
Well, she's a singer, like me.
She's She's good.
She says you stole her song.
When I first started
working with Larry,
he brought me this song
called Peaches.
I really liked the melody,
so I reworked the lyrics.
Made it my own.
And it became Poison Lover?
Then Drayton started accusing me
of stealing her song, so
I asked Larry about it,
and he admitted that he'd heard
Drayton busking and recorded her.
That's how he got Peaches.
What, he stole it?
I-I didn't know at the time.
And when I found out,
I wanted to give it back,
but Larry said it was too late
and that telling the truth would
ruin my image.
He wouldn't even let me
say sorry to Drayton.
Drayton?
Drayton!
Drayton, open up. Police.
We won't have any luck.
Drayton's neighbour says
she's been gone a few days.
She's been looking after her cat.
Right, well,
does she know where she's gone? No.
But she says
Drayton didn't seem well in herself.
We've been in touch with
Alvin Smallbone's
supervising officer,
and Alvin has not checked in
since his release.
He's broken
the conditions of his licence, then.
Which gives us grounds for arrest.
So, here's a list of his
known haunts,
previous addresses
associates, etcetera.
And you will notice
that we're looking at locations
in Brighton, Eastbourne,
Hailsham and Hastings.
There's plenty of rocks he could
have crawled under then?
Exactly. And his party trick
is breaking fingers,
so let's keep an eye on A&E
for potential victims.
You, You beat me to it.
The estate agent has lined up
a few viewings for this week, so
Right.
Look, I I will keep things tidy,
OK? I promise.
Thanks.
How's the case going?
Great.
Apart from the fact that
Drayton Wheeler has disappeared.
So has Alvin Smallbone.
I'm just worried I'm
I'm missing something.
Have you updated PNC?
Yep.
ANPR?
Applied for permission
to track her accounts?
Yeah. And I've notified airports
and Border Force.
Then you have covered all the bases.
So, what's up? Talk to me.
Ari called.
She says she wants to meet up
and talk things through.
Well, that's progress, isn't it?
Look, how can I promise her that
I'm gonna be there for the family
and put them first
when I'm chasing a promotion
and more responsibility?
Look I have less time now
than I did before.
Yeah, I hear you.
I could never get the balance right
when I was with Sandy.
And now?
I try and do better.
When I'm with Cleo,
my focus is on her.
All you can do
is learn from your mistakes.
Myles! No music tonight. Please?
Don't know how you got in my head
They always said
That you were poison
Poison Poison lover
How'd you end up here in my bed?
I'm seeing red
You're like my poison
Poison Poison lover
And I'm losing track of time
It's like I finally lost my mind
Don't know how you got in my head
They always said
That you were poison
Poison, poison ♪
At the pig farm, now 'ere.
Body parts being found
all over the South Downs.
I can't believe people
want to live in the countryside.
The pig farm's about a mile away
from here.
Charles Spring's old pub
is walking distance,
down that track.
Well, if that is Charles,
he's being scattered all around
his back yard.
These dumps sites
aren't just convenient.
They mean something to the killer.
It's a message.
Right, and the message is
Something petty. Spiteful.
It could be a last laugh
from Alvin Smallbone.
We need to find him.
Gaia's doing well, isn't she?
It's a catchy tune.
Money must be pouring in.
No, it doesn't
doesn't work like that.
Bullshit.
Look, internet fame
isn't the same as income.
I mean, yeah,
she looks successful online,
but it hasn't translated
into cash yet.
That's why we need this deal in LA.
You know, she, er
She needs the tour.
Where's all my money gone, Larry?
Erm, promotions
venue hire, rehearsal time.
I mean, everything costs a fortune,
mate.
But you will get your money back,
I promise.
This is the long game Alvin,
you know, just gotta be patient.
I'm done being patient
with you, Larry.
No, no, no!
The marks on the bone suggest
the dismemberment was a struggle.
Loads of different attempts
to saw through the bone.
So he was in a hurry?
Yes, because the limb
was also poorly packaged.
You can see evidence of freezer burn
on the flesh
where the skin was exposed.
Freezer burn?
The arm was frozen before
it was disposed of in the lake.
In a freezer, the water inside
of the body migrates to the surface
and becomes ice crystals,
then they evaporate
through sublimation,
leaving these grey spots.
It happens if the freezer
is not cold enough,
if it's too full, for example.
Which it would be
if there was a corpse inside it.
How long was it in the freezer,
do you think?
Hard to say.
So Alvin kills Charles Spring,
all right,
but he doesn't have enough time
to dispose of the body parts
before he gets sent down.
So he bungs the rest
in cold storage,
pops it on his to-do list.
After he gets out,
he picks up where he left off,
chucking the body parts
within shouting distance of the pub
as a final insult.
If this is Spring.
We still don't know yet.
DNA will take a while.
We also found this.
It was inside the plastic wrapping
with the arm.
Part of a sleeve maybe?
Wool and silk -
most likely a suit material.
Very loud suit.
Pink and red checks.
Let's talk to Charles Spring's wife,
Nicola.
See if she remembers him wearing
a pink and red suit.
Well, it's not something
you'd forget.
When we got married, I knew that
I was in it for the long haul.
I made a commitment
to you and the kids
that this would be a stable home.
I promised that I'd put in the work.
Somewhere along the line, I
I stopped putting you
and the kids first.
I forgot that you had dreams
and ambitions, too.
It did feel like I was the only one
making sacrifices.
Yeah. I
I see that now. I get it.
I get why you felt alone.
I never stopped loving you.
You need to know that.
Ari, I never stopped loving you.
You can forgive me?
Yeah.
Yes.
I think that's her.
Nicola Spring?
I'm Detective Superintendent
Roy Grace.
I need to ask you some questions
about your husband, Charles.
About a suit he might have worn.
Get this woman an ambulance
and let me know
when she's fit to talk. Yes, sir.
She won't be much help for a while.
I'm gonna call Glenn,
ask him if he knows any tailors.
What? No! No, no.
He's a measures man at best.
You wanna ask me,
I'm bespoke these days.
You?
Yeah.
Look, everything you see
on this suit -
the button stance, the vents,
the lining -
it's all exclusive to this suit.
Can't believe you didn't notice.
We're obviously paying you too much.
Hey, every man has his priorities.
No.
Come on, Gaia, help me out here.
I'm not naming Roan's father
to get more likes on the Internet!
I don't understand
what the big deal is.
Look, you're a teenage single mum.
Yeah? It's relatable.
You'll get more plays. More money.
No. It was traumatic.
Sorry. Bad time?
It's always a good time for food.
Yeah. I'll help you.
Take it.
I'm too angry to eat.
I'll have it later.
Would you consider her a fit parent?
It's not a safe environment
for a child, is it?
It's not for me to judge.
Yep, hello.
I'd like to speak to a solicitor
about getting access to my son.
Yeah, I'll hold.
We've found Drayton.
Where is she?
She used her bank card
at a hardware store.
Now we've located her on CCTV
heading down West Street.
That's near Brooker's office.
Mr Potting,
how nice to see you again.
Tyler, how are ya?
This is my boss,
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.
I'm so glad Mr Potting
finally persuaded you to go bespoke.
He hasn't.
I'm fine with off-the-peg.
Do you recognise this fabric?
That is a Coppersilk pink
and red check jacketing fabric
by Marlowe & Fuller.
It's very nice, indeed.
I remember it well.
We made a suit for Gideon Reece
for his wedding to Samuel Clark.
You know, Gideon and Sam?
Of Bryson Fine Art Gallery?
It was quite an event.
The suit looked amazing.
Don't you agree?
And this would be a one-off piece?
Very much so. Iconic.
Interesting. Thank you.
This might seem like
a strange question,
but have you any idea whether
Gideon Reece wears dentures?
Well
I don't know about that,
but, er, I do know he went to Turkey
to got veneers done on the cheap.
They say he lights up a room
when he talks now.
I can't see her anywhere.
Well, the CCTV saw her come in.
There!
Drayton! Police, stop!
Get your hands off him!
Hey, get off him.
Hands off!
He stole my song.
He stole money from charity!
Calm down. Calm down!
Yeah? What money?
He got all his acts
to sell off their gear
in an auction for charity,
and then he kept it all for himself.
He's the guilty one.
You OK? You wanna get
checked over in hospital?
Nah. Bit shocked, but I'm fine.
What happened to your hand?
Nothing, just, er,
trapped it in the car door.
Now,
I've tracked down Gideon Reece,
who is very much alive
and surprised that
we're asking about his suit.
Did he explain why part of it
ended up with a dismembered body?
No. He just said after the wedding,
he put on a few pounds,
it didn't fit,
so he decided to sell it.
That was two years ago.
Who did he sell it to?
Just a vintage reseller
in North Laine.
Let me guess, the shop has no idea
who bought the suit.
No.
They encourage cash buyers.
You OK?
Yeah. Yeah.
I'll be an hour.
Boss.
Where's Norman off to?
Didn't say.
Fancy seeing you here.
I got you a present.
Don't get excited.
OK, I won't.
You shouldn't have.
I know, but I did.
Cos I'm thoughtful and I'm kind.
I hear you found Drayton Wheeler.
Yeah, well,
the search of Drayton's flat
didn't turn up a shotgun.
We did find her clothes
from the night of the shooting
and sent that off for analysis,
but initial swabs have come back
negative for gunpowder residue,
so I'm not holding out
too much hope there.
OK. Anything else?
Well, we've been looking
into Larry Brooker.
So, he has a string
of collapsed companies,
his credit rating is terrible,
and he has A LOT of unpaid debt.
He's got fancy offices
and a glitzy lifestyle,
but it's all a lie.
I mean, Brooker is on the verge
of another bankruptcy.
He's also got a lot
of broken fingers.
Debt and broken fingers?
What're you thinking?
I'm thinking there's a line
that goes from
Stettner's pig farm
to Alvin Smallbone
via the broken fingers,
to Larry Brooker, to the shooting
all the way down to
this suit. Have we got
a bigger picture of this suit?
Er, yeah.
That's Gideon Reece's suit.
That was sold at a vintage shop.
To Gaia.
Bring the whiteboards together.
So, Brooker made his artists
take part in a charity auction
to raise funds
for a musicians' charity.
Yeah, but that was a scam.
The charity confirmed to me
they never received any donations
from Larry.
So who was the highest bidder
on the suit?
Er Myles Royce.
Well, that tracks.
Bella and I have seen thousands
of his posts about her.
He is Gaia's number one fan.
Yeah, course I remember it.
It was gorgeous.
I bought it in a vintage shop
about a year ago, but I
I only wore it on stage once.
The dry cleaning cost a fortune.
Myles Royce won it in an auction.
Yeah, I couldn't think
of a better home for it.
He's a big fan of your, isn't he?
Yeah, massive fan.
He used to write me these
beautiful handwritten letters.
Then we became friends.
This might seem like
an odd question,
but, erm, did Myles wear dentures?
Yeah, because he has anodontia.
What's that?
It's where you don't form teeth.
He had to wear dentures to school.
Can you imagine?
The kids just
just put him through hell.
OK, the human remains
recovered from the pig farm
and the fishing lake
belonged to Myles Royce.
The fabric we found with
the severed arm is from Gaia's suit,
which he bought at auction,
and the dentures
have been positively identified
as being from a plate made for him.
Now, hang on.
Myles Royce was posting comments
and memes about Gaia
up until yesterday.
That doesn't make sense.
So is he alive or dead?
Finally.
Are you the council?
About the noise, right?
Noise?
Myles's noise.
Horrible man.
Always playing his music, so loud.
I tell him I have to use
he's so loud, but he doesn't care.
Must have been quiet recently,
though?
What are you talking about?
It was so loud last night
I had to bang on the ceiling!
I called you, the council.
We're We're not the council.
Wait, Myles was here last night?
He's not here now,
but he's here every night.
Have you seen him?
His long coat and silly hat.
Of course I've seen him!
You're the police?
You've come to arrest him.
Cassian's been on my case
about finding the mole in CID.
Right.
Who do you think it is?
Well, at first,
I thought it was Norman.
Norman?
What, you seriously think
he'd take a bung from Spinella?
Have you seen the suits
he's been wearing lately?
Anyway, I followed him.
He met Spinella?
No.
Well, go on, then.
Don't keep me hanging, Roy.
Norman and Bella
they're an item.
No. No!
Yeah!
She's been getting texts messages
and giggling like a school girl!
I don't normally like being wrong,
but in this case
I couldn't be happier.
Wow.
Who's the leak, then?
If it's not one of us
Well, it's not one of us
but still,
the information gets out.
And it's It's specific.
It's confidential.
Look.
Long coat, hat.
Myles Royce! Police!
Myles, stop.
What the?
You go after him. I'll cut him off.
Police!
Myles Royce is definitely dead.
It looks like the killer's been
keeping him alive on social media
for months.
Must have gone into Myles's photos
and videos to create new content.
Is there anything here
that might connect him
to Alvin Smallbone
or Charles Spring?
Nah, there's nothing I can find.
The closer we get,
the less it makes sense.
Who's has been impersonating
Miles Royce, and why?
You were right.
You had a tracking device
hidden in your car.
When triggered by speech,
it calls a number
specified by the user,
who can then eavesdrop
on their phone.
Who was listening to me?
How do I get this working again?
You just put the SIM card
back in it.
But if you do that,
he will hear everything.
Good.
I want him to.
Hey.
I hear you found another body.
One of Gaia's band. Was it Tunde?
Was this another shooting
or was he chopped up
like Myles Royce?
Do you know what?
It doesn't matter.
I always find out, anyway.
Not today.
Thanks, you can go.
Is this a prank?
I wouldn't call
bugging my car a prank.
Come on, Roy!
Two years in prison.
Guys
When you think about it,
we're colleagues, really.
Scratching each other's backs.
Helping each other out.
I don't need your help.
You can't do this to me. You can't!
Can't I?
I know that you're very interested
in what happened to Charles Spring,
and I can
I can help you with that.
What do you know?
Charles, he, erm,
he gave me a sum of money
to write a couple of stories about
him being missing, most likely dead.
It was enough to convince the people
who wanted to do him harm.
Who wanted to harm him?
Alvin Smallbone.
They were involved in some racket
with cigarettes that went bad.
Spring's definitely alive, then?
Yeah. Yes.
Living in Amsterdam.
Never looked back.
I'm arresting you on suspicion
of breaching the Data Protection Act
and the illegal interception
of communications.
I thought we were doing a deal!
I don't do deals.
Christ, this has got to be
a wind-up. Come on, mate!
What the?
What What do you mean that
there's nothing that you can do?
I'm sorry this is not
what you wanted to hear.
He is my son!
I'm going to ask you to leave,
Mr Whiteley.
Why won't you help me?
Why won't any of you just help me?
You're scaring me, Mr Whiteley.
What, this? This is nothing!
That's great, thanks.
No problem.
Roy? Just been talking to Liz,
the PCSO,
she attended a disturbance at
a solicitors' office this morning.
A man was behaving in
a threatening manner towards staff
because he claimed he was being
denied access to his son.
Sorry, what's this got to do
with the inquiry?
His son with Gaia.
Roan's father?
Yeah Eric Whiteley.
The accountant for the pig farm.
Well, maybe Eric Whiteley
is the thread that links everything.
Maybe he's been impersonating Myles.
Find Whiteley,
bring him in for a chat. Yeah.
Don't know how you got in my head
They always said that you were
Poison
Poison lover
How'd you end up here in my bed ♪
You guys look so serious. Is it bad?
We need to talk to you
about your son, Roan.
Guys, can you give me a minute?
Is Roan OK? Is he hurt?
He's at school, he's fine.
Is Eric Whiteley Roan's father?
Who?
Eric Whiteley.
He says he's Roan's dad
and that you're denying him access.
I I don't know who that is.
Then, who is Roan's father?
Is that important?
Actually,
I think it could be crucial, yeah.
OK.
OK.
Sorry, I don't usually
talk about this.
When I was really young,
I tried to play in the pubs,
there was this one landlord who went
out of his way to be supportive.
He let me play on a Friday night.
I was thrilled, even though
it was out in Tillingley,
and the audiences were tiny.
And then I would play
every Friday night.
I thought he was my friend
but then one night, after my set,
he said that I owed him
for all of his help.
Roan's dad was a rapist.
Did you report the rape
to the police?
I was going to, but
I heard that he'd killed himself,
so what would have been the point?
Gaia, this pub landlord
was it Charles Spring?
Yes.
But But Roan doesn't know,
please don't tell him.
We won't, I promise.
Excuse me.
Grace.
OK, thanks.
Bella says Eric didn't show up
for work this morning.
Gaia, we need to get you and Roan
away from this area
while we track down Eric Whiteley.
Larry, can we go to LA tonight?
Yes! Love the idea! I'll set it up.
Hey. Hey, are you OK?
I'll be fine.
Would you mind taking me
to pick up Roan from school?
Yeah, sure. No problem.
I'll sort things at your house
and pack the bags, yeah?
Nick, what have we got
on Eric Whiteley?
Er, let me see. Eric
Yeah, that's him.
Eric Whiteley -
he was arrested in 2017
for snatching a child
outside Marine Way car park.
He said the boy was his son,
but he wasn't.
OK, what was he charged with?
Er, charges were dropped.
He was sectioned.
What else have we got?
Right. In 2016,
he was interviewed after a drowning.
William James Michael
that's his son.
He drowned?
Yeah.
Coroner ruled
it was an accidental death.
It looks like he hasn't been able
to accept that his son's dead.
He's still looking for him.
And you're sure there's no discount
for anyone under the age of seven?
- I mean, look, he's tiny.
- 'No, I'm afraid not, sir.'
All right, all right, well, how
about Gaia posts about the flight,
gives you a bit of publicity,
can we get a free flight for her?
'I'm sorry.
It doesn't work like that, sir.'
You know, you will regret
this conversation.
Yo, that's Gaia's.
I'm entitled to 30% of it.
He's been spiralling.
We all noticed.
He made a boat like this
for William.
I think he only turned away
for a moment,
and William had fallen in the water,
trying to reach the boat.
He could never accept he was dead.
Does he ever take these boats
to the pond where William drowned?
Yes. He spends hours there.
Thank you.
Eric, we need to talk.
Sorry about Gaia.
I shouldn't get so upset.
The grief's so overwhelming
that so Sometimes,
I don't know what I'm doing.
Why did you do it?
It was a mistake.
We know that Roan isn't your son.
I know that, too.
But if I just pretend he is,
it just makes the pain go away.
I get to live in a world
where William is alive,
even if it's just
for a little while.
Even if there are consequences.
When you shot Amber Tanaka,
thinking she was Gaia
was the plan
to get custody of Roan?
I haven't shot anyone.
Sometimes, I follow Gaia
and her little boy,
and, yeah, I pretend that he's mine.
But, no, they didn't know,
I'd never hurt them.
I shouldn't have shouted
at that solicitor, that was wrong.
I should have just kept it
in my head.
It's It's just a daydream.
It's not real life.
No-one can give William back to me.
Sorry for your loss.
Ooh!
Hi, yeah, I need an ambulance.
You'll have to wait there.
Roy, I'm at Sussex Central Hospital.
Larry Brooker's been admitted
with a suspected poisoning.
Tunde told the paramedics
that Brooker ate some food
at Gaia's house
and fell ill shortly afterwards.
'Do we know
where the poison came from?'
OK. Thanks, Bella.
Larry Brooker's been poisoned.
Really? What's his condition?
Not good. Tachycardia,
hallucinations, blurred vision.
The hospital hasn't been able
to identify the poison.
Well, where did the poison
come from?
Anna.
OK, we're not looking
for the obvious.
Not rat poison or bleach, then.
No, exactly.
When me and Sandy
were trying for a baby,
she dug up all the dangerous plants
in the garden,
and these were the worst.
They cause hallucinations
and heart failure.
Poison Lover.
It's foxgloves!
He's eaten foxgloves.
Right, OK.
OK. Yeah, thank you.
Roan's still at school,
he's not been picked up.
Anna and Gaia
should have collected him by now.
Where's she taken her?
Glenn!
This is the coat
the suspect was wearing
the night we thought
we were chasing Myles Royce.
Anna was impersonating Myles Royce.
Impersonating him,
keeping him alive on social media,
basically covering up for the fact
that she'd murdered him.
All units
looking for Anna Galicia's car,
see if she has a GPS tracker,
and see if we can locate her phone.
Anna and her family. Recognise them?
Charles Spring and his wife Nicola.
This is the fishing lake
where we recovered the severed arm.
It's just down the road
from the pig farm,
about a mile away from the pub.
She must have grown up there
before Charles disappeared.
So she knew about
the fishing lake
and the pig farm.
That's where the connection is.
Mrs Spring?
DS Norman Potting.
DS Bella Moy.
Are you OK to talk?
We need help to find your daughter.
She's taken Gaia Lafayette.
Gaia came into my pub,
she seduced my husband,
and she ruined our family.
After Charlie died,
I started drinking.
Do you know what his death
did to my little girl?
And Myles has the nerve
to tell Anna
that her lovely daddy is a rapist?
She gets angry.
She just wants justice for her dad.
Why are we stopping here?
It's where I used to live.
Come and see.
No.
I was afraid you'd be difficult.
Anna. Anna! What are you doing?
You're gonna take your own life.
My God.
Why? Why are you doing this?
Anna! Anna, stop!
I've prepared a very sad goodbye
from you,
explaining that your lies
have destroyed your mental health,
and you can't go on.
It'll post when you're dead.
'All units attending
the public house,
'approach with caution
and liaise with CID on arrival.'
Anna.
I'll burn her
if you come any closer.
Don't!
Please, listen to me.
I know your father
is Charles Spring.
Then you'll know that she is
the reason why he killed himself.
She used him
to get everything she wanted!
Their affair destroyed my family.
She got me put into care.
I remember you now.
You'd sneak down at night,
peek through the door to the bar
when I was playing.
Your dad would shoo you
back upstairs.
Yeah, so you could be alone
with him.
He raped me, Anna.
Everything
Everything you say is a lie!
Your dad's alive.
No.
He faked his own death,
but not because of Gaia,
because he He got into trouble
with some very bad people.
He lied to you and your mother.
He abandoned you.
That can't be true!
He's alive.
He's alive and well
and living in Amsterdam.
And he could
He could have got in touch with you,
at any point, to tell you
that he was OK, but he didn't.
He's the one
you should be angry with. Not Gaia.
She was his victim.
Come on.
But I
But I did all of this for him.
You don't need to do this.
No!
Roy!
Roy, where are you?!
Let's not do that again.
Sweeter than you and I
Together, we'll be
Holding hands
Beyond the sands of time
You're sweeter
Than a thousand peaches
To me
You need to know
You're always on my mind ♪
I trust you're happy
with today's headlines, sir?
How you let a reporter
get close access
to confidential information
is beyond me.
I didn't ask Spinella to bug my car.
What about Alvin Smallbone?
Not much progress there.
Well, we've got the whole force
out looking for him.
His luck will run out eventually.
Well, I guess you have it
all in hand.
Erm, I couldn't have done it
without DS Branson's help, sir.
He He performed his duties
admirably.
You took to being SIO quite easily.
Yes, well, I, er
I enjoyed the challenge, sir.
Good result, too.
Yeah. Yes, sir.
It gives me great pleasure
to tell you that you have passed
the promotion boards.
Congratulations,
Detective Inspector.
Thank you. Thank you, sir.
Congratulations.
Thank you. Thank you.
Honestly, this, er, means a lot.
Listen, Cleo has booked dinner
this evening, and you should come.
We'll pull up a chair,
we'll order some champagne
I can't.
I can't because I have promised Ari
that we are gonna go out
on a date night.
That is very good news!
Yeah, I've just remembered,
you've got a viewing
later on this afternoon.
OK, good.
Yeah, well, it would be good if I
hadn't left a little bit of a mess.
Glenn!
I know, I know, I thought I'd have
time to clear it up. Sorry.
It's all right. I'll sort it.
Marlon?
Hiya, erm, I'm looking
Sorry, she's there, thanks.
Hey.
You OK?
Yeah.
Is this
A bad time for some news?
Erm
Well, I could certainly do
with some good news.
Are you sure?
What do you think about that?
I think
we're gonna be a family.
You're gonna have to move
your record collection
out of the study.
This is
I am so
I love you so much.
I love you, too.
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