I, Jack Wright (2025) s01e05 Episode Script
Salt in the Wound
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This is the best treatment
in the world.
And I want to pay for it
with my bequest.
It's just a bit weird how
my uncle and dad
are planning to sue me.
Did you kill your grandfather?
I wish you luck, baby.
I think you're gonna need it.
You lied to me, Arnaud.
I'm not doing this on the phone.
You told us you were at home
with your husband the night
that Jack was murdered.
What did you say to them?
Your father's estate manager
said he saw you in the water tower
trying to unlock the gun cupboard.
Gray: Bel, please.
If they do kill me, Mum,
it'll have been your fault.
[ Gates clanging ]
You know, it's easy
to think that everything that came out,
all the greed and the rage
and the jealousy
was caused by Jack's death.
But actually
I think most of it was there already.
And him dying just just gave us
a chisel
to work
existing fault lines.
And the money was just
yeah
salt in the wound.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
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John: It'll be fine. I'll be fine.
You're worrying unnecessarily.
What are you talking about?
You'll be questioned in a court of law.
Of course you need to prepare.
It's just questions about my statement.
- Exactly.
- [ Cellphone vibrates ]
You haven't even read
what I've written.
- Leave that.
- It's my brother.
Gray?
Bella: Is that John?
- Who's this please?
- John, it's Bella.
Gray's girlfriend.
Gray's been attacked.
- He's what?
- What's happened?
Is he OK?
He's actually not, John.
Erm, he's unconscious.
Where is he, Bella?
Are you with him?
Erm, I'm outside his flat
and they're taking him into
an ambulance now.
Where are they taking him?
- Where's he going, please?
- Royal London.
Erm, they're taking him to
the Royal London.
- OK. I'm on my way.
- What's happening?
Gray's been attacked.
I'm gonna drive up to town.
Can you text me your number, Bella?
- I'm leaving now.
- Yes, er,
I'll do that.
How bad is he?
He doesn't look too brilliant.
I'll be as fast as I can.
[ Crying ] I'm so sorry.
Don't tell anyone else until I'm there.
- And thank you.
- OK.
- How bad is he?
- Bad, I think.
Could he die?
Would you like him to?
Of course not.
What an awful thing to say.
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I'm sorry, my brother.
I'm here for you now.
I'm so sorry.
OK, John. Yep.
Yeah, thanks for the update.
Speak soon.
Rose: How is he?
So [ Clears throat ]
the scans of his vital organs are good,
but they do need to do a scan
on his head now.
Just got a pile of intel back on
Arnaud Tissier's finances.
Yes?
So, the French equivalent
of Company's House
showed three years of losses
totalling nearly four million
at his holding company.
But here's the stinger.
These are the translated minutes
of a board meeting from two months ago.
Donc?
Which basically detail a proposed
share dilution next year
following a promised
three million sterling
investment in 2025
by Sally Wright.
I lied because I thought
you might make assumptions.
What assumptions?
That I killed him.
And did you?
No.
- So, when did you last see him?
- Three days before he died.
- In London?
- In a bar near his office, yes.
And why specifically?
Because of what you told me.
Because of what you found in his desk.
But to do what exactly?
Well, first of all, to find out
if your fear was justified.
Was it?
He wouldn't tell me what
prompted him to do it.
But yes,
in August, Jack had a DNA test
done of Josh.
And?
Jack was not Josh's father.
[ Stifles a sob ]
Kyle: So, this is the third
message I've left
and still no reply.
Maybe you've forgotten,
we still own a business together.
But also, I can't stop
thinking about those texts, Emily.
So yeah, just call me AS
So, you said first up to see if
my fears are justified.
- Why else did you meet him?
- I wanted to see
what he was thinking generally.
You mean you were scared
I might not be able to
honour my investment to you,
if he was planning on divorcing me?
Maybe.
So, did he tell you he'd already
changed the will
when you met him?
Yes.
And did you try to persuade him
to change it back,
Arnaud, futureproof
my inheritance for you?
Well, whatever I did, it
obviously didn't work, did it?
Not in that visit, no.
So maybe you went back?
- No.
- Drove up to Marston
- on the 12th.
- No.
Maybe you got into a fight with him.
I was in Paris the night he died.
And you can prove that, can you?
I don't have to.
But from now on,
you say nothing about me to anyone.
And just in case your appeal
turns to shit,
you might also want to start
thinking about
how else you can raise
what you promised me.
Three million.
[ Cellphone ringing ]
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- Hello?
- Woman: Oh, hello Mrs Wright.
This is Josh's house mistress.
Do you have five minutes
for a quick chat?
Morgan: Are you in a
relationship with a man
named Reuben Maguire, Emily?
Why is that relevant?
A-Are you?
Sporadically, yes.
OK.
Where'd you meet Mr Maguire?
He worked in the post room at JK Wright
when I was doing work experience there.
We just clicked,
and have had an on off thing
over the years.
Mm.
Did your grandfather know him?
Maybe by sight.
But Mr Maguire never talked to you
about a special relationship
he had with him?
- With my grandfather?
- Yeah.
No.
OK.
So
why do you think Jack
might have travelled
right across London from Kensington
to Deptford on the 1st of
August this year
to meet Reuben?
A man who, as you say, he
probably only knew by sight.
I have no idea.
And then three days later
shredded his existing will,
hired a different solicitor,
and then started writing
a completely new will.
Again, no idea.
Sorry.
Maybe ask Reuben.
Katie: Yeah, when we find him we will.
And we will find him.
Were you aware of this meeting?
You know I live in California, right?
Morgan: Were you?
No.
Was the meeting to discuss the will?
- Like I just said
- And if it was,
what on earth do you think was said
to prompt Jack to start making
such big changes?
You tell me.
I think Reuben must have had
leverage of some sort.
I think Reuben might have been
blackmailing him
about something.
And if he was,
I'm wondering if you have any idea
what that blackmail threat
might have been.
I was 5,000 miles away.
Do you know where Reuben was
the night Jack was shot?
- No.
- What, you've not asked him?
Why would I?
Well, because Jack changed his will,
so that when he died
you'd be a very wealthy woman.
Now, I'm sure you would have
shared some of that wealth with a man
you just clicked with, wouldn't you?
So, maybe Reuben Maguire just
got bored waiting.
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No comment.
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[ Sighs ] Oh, my God.
[ Cellphone vibrating ]
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What the fuck?
[ Line ringing ]
[ Inaudible chatter ]
Mr Maguire, this is the police.
Mr Maguire!
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Sally: OK.
He smoked some weed in his dorm.
We agree this is not good.
But he is deep in grief,
and this is not the end of the world.
And once again,
as I've already said,
and as I'm sure you're already aware,
the school has a zero-tolerance
policy on drugs.
So, we do have to exclude him
Mrs Wright
permanently.
So, let me just outline
my policy on this.
I'm gonna take Josh home today.
I'm gonna look for
and confiscate any weed
I find in his room.
And then I'm going to impress upon him
the seriousness of his transgression.
But then he will return
back here tomorrow morning.
- Mrs Wright
- Shut the fuck up,
I am speaking!
Or
I swear I will fucking
drown this school,
and you, personally,
in so much negative publicity
and litigation
that in six months' time
you will be begging me
just to be bankrupted.
So, that's my policy.
Have a think about things
and then maybe call me, yeah?
Josh.
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[ Doors close ]
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Uncle John.
Hey.
- How is he?
- Still unconscious, I'm afraid.
Right.
Or maybe that's good news for you.
- Good news?
- Well, just the way you spoke
to me the other day, Emily,
I'm starting to think I've been
a complete idiot,
and my wife was right.
About what?
That you've been playing us.
That maybe you'd prefer it
if your dad and I just
- faded away.
- You think I'd be pleased
if my father died?
Sorry. No, that came out wrong.
This family.
[ Vitals machine beeping ]
[ Door opens ]
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[ Cries ]
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- Everything feels so wrong, Mum.
- I know.
Dad and, and the will and, er,
walking in with you and that bloke
- He's a friend, it's just a f
- everything feels fucked.
And there's a part of me,
a a big part of me
that wishes we could just
let it all go.
Let all what go?
The money, the lifestyle,
the houses, all of it.
Like, I wish I could just go to
an ordinary school,
live in an ordinary house,
just be ordinary.
Easy to say from this side of
the tracks, Joshie,
trust me, because I've been
on the other side.
If you think this is hard, let me
No, and, and I know that, OK?
Look, I-I, of course I do.
I just think this fight is gonna
smash everything to pieces anyway.
So, why don't we just cut
straight to the chase?
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We're gonna be OK.
Promise.
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I know I got things wrong.
Course I did.
Badly sometimes.
I'm sorry if I never
acknowledged that
or the effect it had on you.
I should have. I really should have.
I'm so, so sorry.
[ Knock on door ]
Mrs Wright?
Have you got five minutes, please?
Yeah, come in.
- [ Door closes ]
- Just through here.
On your left.
And when was the last time you saw
Mr Tissier?
A few weeks ago.
Katie: In the UK?
In Paris.
And remind us please, exactly how much
you'd agreed to invest in his company.
It was never a guaranteed
investment, it
I-I'd simply indicated
my intention to do so.
How much, though?
Sally: Three million.
And given the contents of the new will,
I assume you won't be able to
honour that commitment?
I really haven't done the sums.
I've had slightly more
pressing matters on my mind.
Morgan: Is it possible Mr Tissier knew
the will had changed before Jack died?
I have no idea.
Katie: But he was an old friend
of his, yes?
- Yes.
- In fact, it was your husband
that introduced you to Tissier
as a client.
- Yes.
- Morgan: Who went on to become
good friends with you?
- Yes.
- So, did the pair of you
discuss the will at all,
Mr Tissier and you, before Jack died?
No. I mean
obviously I had no idea
the will had changed, so
And have there been any discussions
- about the will since he died?
- No.
And if we checked your phone records,
we'd find no communications
between you and Mr Tissier
in the last few weeks?
Not that I can recall, no.
So, you're obviously aware of his past,
that he is a convicted murderer?
Yes.
So, has there been anything
in his behaviour,
before or since your husband's murder,
that has worried you?
Is there anything about
Mr Tissier, Mrs Wright, that
you feel you should tell us?
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No.
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Bella, it's me.
He's starting to come round.
Kyle: Emily, you really need to call me
because I'm not just gonna go away.
I'm not gonna be ignored.
So, call me or you'll regret it.
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Mum's been here a few times.
She's got chemo tomorrow,
but she'll come up the day after.
And I've left a message for Emily.
Are they cross with me?
Why would they be cross?
[ Sighs ] I've made them cross
my entire life.
No, they're not.
They were just very worried.
I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry mate.
I should have helped you before.
I wouldn't have helped me.
Yeah well, that was then, this is now.
How do I find this Eddie bloke?
Oh, no, no, no, man.
This This is, it's not your problem.
- Just give me his number, Gray.
- John.
You can pay me back
when you're back on your feet.
Oh I don't deserve this.
John: Yes you do.
And by the way,
when you're ready to leave,
you're coming to stay with me
till you're better.
You're very welcome
to stay yourself, Bella.
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So, how bad is it?
Is that a joke?
Right.
Which is why I asked you
right from the start if there
was anything
- you hadn't told me.
- I'm sorry.
Because if this gets out,
any sane judge
would almost certainly
now conclude that
Jack's decision making
was perfectly sound.
- Alright.
- Ally that to your
- disaster of a prenup.
- Yes.
And the fact that it's now way too late
to change tact because it'll
raise too many flags
with the defence.
So yeah it's not great.
OK, I'm sorry, again,
but what do we do?
Just Just press on
and pray the defence
never gets wind of it.
I mean, how do you think he found out?
I have no idea.
I don't remember telling anyone.
Someone knew
which means others might,
which means
I have to tell Josh.
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What about Dais?
Is he her dad?
Yes.
I'm so sorry, Josh, again,
to have to give you such
difficult news.
How long have you known?
I've always had a suspicion
just because of
how it was between your dad and me
- when we first
- He's not my dad.
Not your biological dad.
But still very much a
So, is that why he did it?
- Did what?
- Cut me off.
- No, your dad had dementia.
- Who is it then?
And we will prove that in court.
- Shit, is it Arnaud?
- No.
Who then?
Who is it?
Who's my dad?
[ Exhales] Right.
You're slightly looking like
you don't know.
I think I know.
Sorry, am I meant to guess?
I don't I don't know.
But I didn't want to say that.
I thought you'd be horrified.
What? That you'd fucked around
while you were married?
That's not really my main
takeaway right now, Mum.
That is not true. I just
- Not even top 10 possibles?
- Josh, please.
I don't think you really thought
this conversation
through, Mother.
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I meant to say,
maybe don't mention to George
that I paid off your man.
She's a bit odd about money.
No worries.
Did, er
did Bella reply to you?
She sends you all the love
in the world.
But what with starting a new job,
she said she didn't have time
to come down right now.
Oh.
Right.
Right, well, good for her
getting a new job.
Good for her.
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[ Message send tone ]
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All I'm saying is it's been
nearly two weeks now,
and he seems to have made
a good recovery.
He's my brother, he'll stay as long
as he wants or needs to.
Fine.
But we really do need to go over
your written statement now.
What we've submitted.
It'll only take us a couple of hours.
No, not right now.
Do not push me, John.
And do not push me.
[ Door opens ]
There you go.
Ah, thanks, man. You're a gent.
So, you all set?
[ Exhales ]
Getting there, but
never been that good at
learning me lines.
Just speak from the heart.
You'll be fine.
That's what I reckoned, yeah.
And you?
I dunno, Gray.
The last few weeks,
the fighting,
nearly losing you,
makes you think about
what's really important.
And? What is?
Well, I know what's not important.
Money we don't need.
And fighting my dead father
to prove to who that he respected me
seems like a complete waste of time.
Ditto.
Apart from obviously
I do need the dough.
But yeah
there's a part of me
that can't bear the thought
that he's still humiliating me
even when he's dead.
Well, I can certainly understand that.
See, I never thought that was
ever an issue for you.
Gray
he humiliated me my entire life.
At least you ploughed your own furrow.
How much do you think I wanted to
bake fucking bricks for a living?
[ Chuckles ]
I've never heard you talk like this.
I wanted to paint,
do a fine art degree.
Oh man, you should have. You were good.
But he said it was stupid.
Not a man's job.
Why didn't you tell him to stick it?
I did
at first.
I had some balls back then.
But he just
he wore me down.
Made me believe I'd be no good.
Never even applied in the end.
You should go back to it, now.
[ Scoffs ]
Not sure what Georgia
would say about that.
It doesn't matter
what anyone else thinks.
If you want to do it,
you should fucking paint, bro.
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[ Siren wailing in distance ]
- Kyle: Emily.
- The fuck?
You really should have
returned my calls.
What are you doing here, Kyle?
Those messages
I need to know what they meant.
You need to tell me what they meant
before we can start to rebuild
our relationship.
I don't need to tell you anything.
They were private, they were mine
and you stole them.
And a man is dead.
I need to know what they meant, Em,
even if it's just to try to
protect you.
[ Chuckles ] You really flew
5,000 miles
just to tell me that?
OK, first up,
I don't need your protection.
This isn't 1952.
Second
there is no rebuilding
our relationship.
You and me are done.
And third, you're really fucking weird.
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[ Clattering]
[ Light buzzing ]
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[ Ladder creaking ]
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[ The Hives' "Hate To Say
I Told You So" plays ]
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John?
John?
Have you seen your brother?
In the garage, last time I looked.
You all ready for Friday, then?
As I'll ever be, love.
I'm not your love, Graham.
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Do what I want 'cause I can
and if I don't ♪
Because I wanna ♪
Be ignored by the stiff
and the bored ♪
Because I'm gonna ♪
Spit and retrieve
'cause I give and receive ♪
Because I wanna ♪
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Oh, my Christ.
What do you reckon?
Have you lost your fucking mind?
I slightly think I have.
It's rather wonderful, actually.
OK, John
listen to me, please.
The trial starts in three days.
We really do need to sit down now
and go over stuff.
Oh, yeah. Sorry.
I've decided I'm not doing it,
the trial.
They have my statement, your statement.
- That's enough.
- What?
Tell them I'm ill, but that
I don't want to hold things up,
so, I'm fine with them just
relying on my written evidence.
John, you need to be there
to make our case properly.
Please.
We need this money.
We really don't, though, do we?
[ Music volume increases ]
Come on ♪
Do believe I told you so ♪
OK, let's take it from the top,
and this time try it with a little bit
more oomph, off you go.
Representative historical samples
relatively obtained to the effect
that's good, right?
Er, why have you
never mentioned this before?
We're getting to the business
end now, aren't we?
Laura: And who else knows this?
Just me, I think.
And her of course.
She told me when she was
pissed one night.
I'm not even sure she remembers.
And if I can find
a corroboration of this,
you're happy for me to stand up
in court and use it?
I think you have to.
And I think I can help
with corroboration.
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Hello, Reuben.
Where have you been hiding, then?
Been looking all over for you.
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Kyle: Excuse me.
Hi, how can I help?
Erm
I have some information about
the Jack Wright case.
How did you get these?
I forwarded them from her phone
a few weeks ago.
With her permission?
Not exactly.
But she knows you have them?
Yeah.
OK, so obviously we need to go
through these properly,
but these seem to suggest that
she and Mr Maguire colluded
in some sort of plot against
her grandfather.
That's how I read them, yeah.
And also
perhaps even more troubling,
"If he gave me the whole company,
it still wouldn't make up for
what he did to me that night."
What does that mean?
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I want to talk to
the grandmother again.
Emily Wright used to
live with her sporadically
- when she was growing up.
- OK.
And let's just run every check
we can on Jack Wright,
because seriously, what the hell
did that message mean?
Katie: I know, and FYI,
apparently Reuben Maguire
has a watertight alibi.
So, you have no recollection of
sending these messages.
No comment.
Do you remember the meeting
detailed here?
No comment.
This is with Jack Wright,
your boss when you worked at JK Wright,
on the 1st of August at your local pub,
the Phoenix Rising in Deptford.
No comment.
OK, you told my colleague
after you were arrested
that on the night Mr Wright
was murdered,
you were at a friend's house gaming
between about eight
in the evening and two
in the morning.
So, we spoke to your mate, erm,
Curtis Somerville?
- No comment.
- Well, I'm not sure
you paid him enough, Reuben,
'cause once we told him
that this was a murder investigation,
he stopped being so sure
you were there all that time.
Or at all, in fact.
So, where were you really that night?
No comment.
[ Police radio chatter ]
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[ Door closes ]
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Is that blood?
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
- Morgan: Kat?
- So, alongside the bag,
we've also found burnt
fragments of clothes
in a barbecue.
Wait, whose? Reuben's?
I'd guess. They appear to be
jeans and a t-shirt,
which is pretty unisex.
Look, we are we are definitely sure
that Emily was in California, right?
Well, I think we are.
- But
- This case
You wanna call her in again, boss?
Have you spoken to the grandmother yet?
We have. Just trying to set up
an appointment.
Alright, well, let's speak to
her first.
See if we can stand up Kyle's claims.
In the meantime, just double
just triple check
Palo Alto, alright?
And Maguire?
Well, we have to RUI him
until we know more.
Sure.
I hate where this is heading.
Yeah, I know.
Night, boss.
[ Children whispering ]
[ Giggles ]
Alright, monsters. Pickle a story.
- All of them.
- All of them.
What do you do mean all of them?
No, you pick one
- and then you get tickled.
- All of them.
- Pick.
- All of them.
Pick and tickle. Pick one.
[ Daughter screeching ]
Oh, double tickle,
double tickle, double tick
John?
[ Thunder rumbling ]
[ Line ringing ]
Oh, hi, erm it's me.
Erm, I-I-I just wanted to say
that, erm
I I really erm
I really miss you,
and, er
I'd love to see you.
And
I wonder if you can ever forgive me.
Oh.
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You want to know if I thought
my ex-husband
was a child abuser?
And I understand that
it's a difficult question.
Well, of course I didn't!
My God.
And unless I heard it directly
from Emily's lips,
I wouldn't ever
I'm sorry to lose my temper,
but this Kyle has for whatever
reason got it very wrong.
So, she's never made any reference
to something like this to you?
Absolutely not.
Not the slightest hint. I mean
Jack was he was a very
flawed man, no doubt.
He cheated on me from day one
of our marriage.
But he wasn't like that.
That was just not who he was.
[ Thunder rumbles ]
Oh, erm, you're here. I-I called you.
Did you? Sorry. Didn't hear.
Er, wh Er, why are you
packing a suitcase?
I'm gonna stay with Gray
for a few days.
Why?
Keep an eye on him. But also
That's what we were doing here. So
If you just let me finish
But also I think we need a break.
I think I need a break.
Oh, don't be ridiculous.
You don't need a break.
You just need to man up a bit.
[ Scoffs ]
I'll call you tomorrow.
John, please
don't.
Please
I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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John: Good luck with the trial.
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[ Dramatic high-tempo music plays ]
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Rose: Hello, lovey.
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Bailiff: All rise in the case of
Wright versus Wright.
[ Door closes heavily ]
Emily: No one really knows
what's going on in here.
No one really knows.
None of us have any idea
of other people's internal monologues.
Thank God.
I mean, can you imagine?
So, yeah.
People were shocked.
People were stunned.
I mean, what even is sanity?
Am I sane? Are you?
Is anyone?
Sometimes I think you'd have to
be slightly mad to be sane.
[ Laughing manically ]
I defy anyone to withstand
that sort of pressure.
It was intolerable.
I defy anyone not to have snapped.
[ St. Vincent's "Broken Man" plays ]
On the street,
I'm a king-size killer ♪
I can make your kingdom come ♪
On my feet,
I'm an earthquake shaking ♪
So open up my little one ♪
Hey, what are you looking at? ♪
Who the hell do you think I am? ♪
And what are you looking at? ♪
Like you never seen a broken man ♪
This is the best treatment
in the world.
And I want to pay for it
with my bequest.
It's just a bit weird how
my uncle and dad
are planning to sue me.
Did you kill your grandfather?
I wish you luck, baby.
I think you're gonna need it.
You lied to me, Arnaud.
I'm not doing this on the phone.
You told us you were at home
with your husband the night
that Jack was murdered.
What did you say to them?
Your father's estate manager
said he saw you in the water tower
trying to unlock the gun cupboard.
Gray: Bel, please.
If they do kill me, Mum,
it'll have been your fault.
[ Gates clanging ]
You know, it's easy
to think that everything that came out,
all the greed and the rage
and the jealousy
was caused by Jack's death.
But actually
I think most of it was there already.
And him dying just just gave us
a chisel
to work
existing fault lines.
And the money was just
yeah
salt in the wound.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
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John: It'll be fine. I'll be fine.
You're worrying unnecessarily.
What are you talking about?
You'll be questioned in a court of law.
Of course you need to prepare.
It's just questions about my statement.
- Exactly.
- [ Cellphone vibrates ]
You haven't even read
what I've written.
- Leave that.
- It's my brother.
Gray?
Bella: Is that John?
- Who's this please?
- John, it's Bella.
Gray's girlfriend.
Gray's been attacked.
- He's what?
- What's happened?
Is he OK?
He's actually not, John.
Erm, he's unconscious.
Where is he, Bella?
Are you with him?
Erm, I'm outside his flat
and they're taking him into
an ambulance now.
Where are they taking him?
- Where's he going, please?
- Royal London.
Erm, they're taking him to
the Royal London.
- OK. I'm on my way.
- What's happening?
Gray's been attacked.
I'm gonna drive up to town.
Can you text me your number, Bella?
- I'm leaving now.
- Yes, er,
I'll do that.
How bad is he?
He doesn't look too brilliant.
I'll be as fast as I can.
[ Crying ] I'm so sorry.
Don't tell anyone else until I'm there.
- And thank you.
- OK.
- How bad is he?
- Bad, I think.
Could he die?
Would you like him to?
Of course not.
What an awful thing to say.
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I'm sorry, my brother.
I'm here for you now.
I'm so sorry.
OK, John. Yep.
Yeah, thanks for the update.
Speak soon.
Rose: How is he?
So [ Clears throat ]
the scans of his vital organs are good,
but they do need to do a scan
on his head now.
Just got a pile of intel back on
Arnaud Tissier's finances.
Yes?
So, the French equivalent
of Company's House
showed three years of losses
totalling nearly four million
at his holding company.
But here's the stinger.
These are the translated minutes
of a board meeting from two months ago.
Donc?
Which basically detail a proposed
share dilution next year
following a promised
three million sterling
investment in 2025
by Sally Wright.
I lied because I thought
you might make assumptions.
What assumptions?
That I killed him.
And did you?
No.
- So, when did you last see him?
- Three days before he died.
- In London?
- In a bar near his office, yes.
And why specifically?
Because of what you told me.
Because of what you found in his desk.
But to do what exactly?
Well, first of all, to find out
if your fear was justified.
Was it?
He wouldn't tell me what
prompted him to do it.
But yes,
in August, Jack had a DNA test
done of Josh.
And?
Jack was not Josh's father.
[ Stifles a sob ]
Kyle: So, this is the third
message I've left
and still no reply.
Maybe you've forgotten,
we still own a business together.
But also, I can't stop
thinking about those texts, Emily.
So yeah, just call me AS
So, you said first up to see if
my fears are justified.
- Why else did you meet him?
- I wanted to see
what he was thinking generally.
You mean you were scared
I might not be able to
honour my investment to you,
if he was planning on divorcing me?
Maybe.
So, did he tell you he'd already
changed the will
when you met him?
Yes.
And did you try to persuade him
to change it back,
Arnaud, futureproof
my inheritance for you?
Well, whatever I did, it
obviously didn't work, did it?
Not in that visit, no.
So maybe you went back?
- No.
- Drove up to Marston
- on the 12th.
- No.
Maybe you got into a fight with him.
I was in Paris the night he died.
And you can prove that, can you?
I don't have to.
But from now on,
you say nothing about me to anyone.
And just in case your appeal
turns to shit,
you might also want to start
thinking about
how else you can raise
what you promised me.
Three million.
[ Cellphone ringing ]
♪♪
- Hello?
- Woman: Oh, hello Mrs Wright.
This is Josh's house mistress.
Do you have five minutes
for a quick chat?
Morgan: Are you in a
relationship with a man
named Reuben Maguire, Emily?
Why is that relevant?
A-Are you?
Sporadically, yes.
OK.
Where'd you meet Mr Maguire?
He worked in the post room at JK Wright
when I was doing work experience there.
We just clicked,
and have had an on off thing
over the years.
Mm.
Did your grandfather know him?
Maybe by sight.
But Mr Maguire never talked to you
about a special relationship
he had with him?
- With my grandfather?
- Yeah.
No.
OK.
So
why do you think Jack
might have travelled
right across London from Kensington
to Deptford on the 1st of
August this year
to meet Reuben?
A man who, as you say, he
probably only knew by sight.
I have no idea.
And then three days later
shredded his existing will,
hired a different solicitor,
and then started writing
a completely new will.
Again, no idea.
Sorry.
Maybe ask Reuben.
Katie: Yeah, when we find him we will.
And we will find him.
Were you aware of this meeting?
You know I live in California, right?
Morgan: Were you?
No.
Was the meeting to discuss the will?
- Like I just said
- And if it was,
what on earth do you think was said
to prompt Jack to start making
such big changes?
You tell me.
I think Reuben must have had
leverage of some sort.
I think Reuben might have been
blackmailing him
about something.
And if he was,
I'm wondering if you have any idea
what that blackmail threat
might have been.
I was 5,000 miles away.
Do you know where Reuben was
the night Jack was shot?
- No.
- What, you've not asked him?
Why would I?
Well, because Jack changed his will,
so that when he died
you'd be a very wealthy woman.
Now, I'm sure you would have
shared some of that wealth with a man
you just clicked with, wouldn't you?
So, maybe Reuben Maguire just
got bored waiting.
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No comment.
♪♪
[ Sighs ] Oh, my God.
[ Cellphone vibrating ]
♪♪
What the fuck?
[ Line ringing ]
[ Inaudible chatter ]
Mr Maguire, this is the police.
Mr Maguire!
♪♪
Sally: OK.
He smoked some weed in his dorm.
We agree this is not good.
But he is deep in grief,
and this is not the end of the world.
And once again,
as I've already said,
and as I'm sure you're already aware,
the school has a zero-tolerance
policy on drugs.
So, we do have to exclude him
Mrs Wright
permanently.
So, let me just outline
my policy on this.
I'm gonna take Josh home today.
I'm gonna look for
and confiscate any weed
I find in his room.
And then I'm going to impress upon him
the seriousness of his transgression.
But then he will return
back here tomorrow morning.
- Mrs Wright
- Shut the fuck up,
I am speaking!
Or
I swear I will fucking
drown this school,
and you, personally,
in so much negative publicity
and litigation
that in six months' time
you will be begging me
just to be bankrupted.
So, that's my policy.
Have a think about things
and then maybe call me, yeah?
Josh.
♪♪
[ Doors close ]
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Uncle John.
Hey.
- How is he?
- Still unconscious, I'm afraid.
Right.
Or maybe that's good news for you.
- Good news?
- Well, just the way you spoke
to me the other day, Emily,
I'm starting to think I've been
a complete idiot,
and my wife was right.
About what?
That you've been playing us.
That maybe you'd prefer it
if your dad and I just
- faded away.
- You think I'd be pleased
if my father died?
Sorry. No, that came out wrong.
This family.
[ Vitals machine beeping ]
[ Door opens ]
♪♪
[ Cries ]
♪♪
- Everything feels so wrong, Mum.
- I know.
Dad and, and the will and, er,
walking in with you and that bloke
- He's a friend, it's just a f
- everything feels fucked.
And there's a part of me,
a a big part of me
that wishes we could just
let it all go.
Let all what go?
The money, the lifestyle,
the houses, all of it.
Like, I wish I could just go to
an ordinary school,
live in an ordinary house,
just be ordinary.
Easy to say from this side of
the tracks, Joshie,
trust me, because I've been
on the other side.
If you think this is hard, let me
No, and, and I know that, OK?
Look, I-I, of course I do.
I just think this fight is gonna
smash everything to pieces anyway.
So, why don't we just cut
straight to the chase?
♪♪
We're gonna be OK.
Promise.
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I know I got things wrong.
Course I did.
Badly sometimes.
I'm sorry if I never
acknowledged that
or the effect it had on you.
I should have. I really should have.
I'm so, so sorry.
[ Knock on door ]
Mrs Wright?
Have you got five minutes, please?
Yeah, come in.
- [ Door closes ]
- Just through here.
On your left.
And when was the last time you saw
Mr Tissier?
A few weeks ago.
Katie: In the UK?
In Paris.
And remind us please, exactly how much
you'd agreed to invest in his company.
It was never a guaranteed
investment, it
I-I'd simply indicated
my intention to do so.
How much, though?
Sally: Three million.
And given the contents of the new will,
I assume you won't be able to
honour that commitment?
I really haven't done the sums.
I've had slightly more
pressing matters on my mind.
Morgan: Is it possible Mr Tissier knew
the will had changed before Jack died?
I have no idea.
Katie: But he was an old friend
of his, yes?
- Yes.
- In fact, it was your husband
that introduced you to Tissier
as a client.
- Yes.
- Morgan: Who went on to become
good friends with you?
- Yes.
- So, did the pair of you
discuss the will at all,
Mr Tissier and you, before Jack died?
No. I mean
obviously I had no idea
the will had changed, so
And have there been any discussions
- about the will since he died?
- No.
And if we checked your phone records,
we'd find no communications
between you and Mr Tissier
in the last few weeks?
Not that I can recall, no.
So, you're obviously aware of his past,
that he is a convicted murderer?
Yes.
So, has there been anything
in his behaviour,
before or since your husband's murder,
that has worried you?
Is there anything about
Mr Tissier, Mrs Wright, that
you feel you should tell us?
♪♪
No.
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Bella, it's me.
He's starting to come round.
Kyle: Emily, you really need to call me
because I'm not just gonna go away.
I'm not gonna be ignored.
So, call me or you'll regret it.
♪♪
♪♪
Mum's been here a few times.
She's got chemo tomorrow,
but she'll come up the day after.
And I've left a message for Emily.
Are they cross with me?
Why would they be cross?
[ Sighs ] I've made them cross
my entire life.
No, they're not.
They were just very worried.
I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry mate.
I should have helped you before.
I wouldn't have helped me.
Yeah well, that was then, this is now.
How do I find this Eddie bloke?
Oh, no, no, no, man.
This This is, it's not your problem.
- Just give me his number, Gray.
- John.
You can pay me back
when you're back on your feet.
Oh I don't deserve this.
John: Yes you do.
And by the way,
when you're ready to leave,
you're coming to stay with me
till you're better.
You're very welcome
to stay yourself, Bella.
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So, how bad is it?
Is that a joke?
Right.
Which is why I asked you
right from the start if there
was anything
- you hadn't told me.
- I'm sorry.
Because if this gets out,
any sane judge
would almost certainly
now conclude that
Jack's decision making
was perfectly sound.
- Alright.
- Ally that to your
- disaster of a prenup.
- Yes.
And the fact that it's now way too late
to change tact because it'll
raise too many flags
with the defence.
So yeah it's not great.
OK, I'm sorry, again,
but what do we do?
Just Just press on
and pray the defence
never gets wind of it.
I mean, how do you think he found out?
I have no idea.
I don't remember telling anyone.
Someone knew
which means others might,
which means
I have to tell Josh.
♪♪
What about Dais?
Is he her dad?
Yes.
I'm so sorry, Josh, again,
to have to give you such
difficult news.
How long have you known?
I've always had a suspicion
just because of
how it was between your dad and me
- when we first
- He's not my dad.
Not your biological dad.
But still very much a
So, is that why he did it?
- Did what?
- Cut me off.
- No, your dad had dementia.
- Who is it then?
And we will prove that in court.
- Shit, is it Arnaud?
- No.
Who then?
Who is it?
Who's my dad?
[ Exhales] Right.
You're slightly looking like
you don't know.
I think I know.
Sorry, am I meant to guess?
I don't I don't know.
But I didn't want to say that.
I thought you'd be horrified.
What? That you'd fucked around
while you were married?
That's not really my main
takeaway right now, Mum.
That is not true. I just
- Not even top 10 possibles?
- Josh, please.
I don't think you really thought
this conversation
through, Mother.
♪♪
I meant to say,
maybe don't mention to George
that I paid off your man.
She's a bit odd about money.
No worries.
Did, er
did Bella reply to you?
She sends you all the love
in the world.
But what with starting a new job,
she said she didn't have time
to come down right now.
Oh.
Right.
Right, well, good for her
getting a new job.
Good for her.
♪♪
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♪♪
♪♪
[ Message send tone ]
♪♪
♪♪
All I'm saying is it's been
nearly two weeks now,
and he seems to have made
a good recovery.
He's my brother, he'll stay as long
as he wants or needs to.
Fine.
But we really do need to go over
your written statement now.
What we've submitted.
It'll only take us a couple of hours.
No, not right now.
Do not push me, John.
And do not push me.
[ Door opens ]
There you go.
Ah, thanks, man. You're a gent.
So, you all set?
[ Exhales ]
Getting there, but
never been that good at
learning me lines.
Just speak from the heart.
You'll be fine.
That's what I reckoned, yeah.
And you?
I dunno, Gray.
The last few weeks,
the fighting,
nearly losing you,
makes you think about
what's really important.
And? What is?
Well, I know what's not important.
Money we don't need.
And fighting my dead father
to prove to who that he respected me
seems like a complete waste of time.
Ditto.
Apart from obviously
I do need the dough.
But yeah
there's a part of me
that can't bear the thought
that he's still humiliating me
even when he's dead.
Well, I can certainly understand that.
See, I never thought that was
ever an issue for you.
Gray
he humiliated me my entire life.
At least you ploughed your own furrow.
How much do you think I wanted to
bake fucking bricks for a living?
[ Chuckles ]
I've never heard you talk like this.
I wanted to paint,
do a fine art degree.
Oh man, you should have. You were good.
But he said it was stupid.
Not a man's job.
Why didn't you tell him to stick it?
I did
at first.
I had some balls back then.
But he just
he wore me down.
Made me believe I'd be no good.
Never even applied in the end.
You should go back to it, now.
[ Scoffs ]
Not sure what Georgia
would say about that.
It doesn't matter
what anyone else thinks.
If you want to do it,
you should fucking paint, bro.
♪♪
♪♪
[ Siren wailing in distance ]
- Kyle: Emily.
- The fuck?
You really should have
returned my calls.
What are you doing here, Kyle?
Those messages
I need to know what they meant.
You need to tell me what they meant
before we can start to rebuild
our relationship.
I don't need to tell you anything.
They were private, they were mine
and you stole them.
And a man is dead.
I need to know what they meant, Em,
even if it's just to try to
protect you.
[ Chuckles ] You really flew
5,000 miles
just to tell me that?
OK, first up,
I don't need your protection.
This isn't 1952.
Second
there is no rebuilding
our relationship.
You and me are done.
And third, you're really fucking weird.
♪♪
[ Clattering]
[ Light buzzing ]
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♪♪
[ Ladder creaking ]
♪♪
♪♪
[ The Hives' "Hate To Say
I Told You So" plays ]
♪♪
John?
John?
Have you seen your brother?
In the garage, last time I looked.
You all ready for Friday, then?
As I'll ever be, love.
I'm not your love, Graham.
♪♪
Do what I want 'cause I can
and if I don't ♪
Because I wanna ♪
Be ignored by the stiff
and the bored ♪
Because I'm gonna ♪
Spit and retrieve
'cause I give and receive ♪
Because I wanna ♪
♪♪
Oh, my Christ.
What do you reckon?
Have you lost your fucking mind?
I slightly think I have.
It's rather wonderful, actually.
OK, John
listen to me, please.
The trial starts in three days.
We really do need to sit down now
and go over stuff.
Oh, yeah. Sorry.
I've decided I'm not doing it,
the trial.
They have my statement, your statement.
- That's enough.
- What?
Tell them I'm ill, but that
I don't want to hold things up,
so, I'm fine with them just
relying on my written evidence.
John, you need to be there
to make our case properly.
Please.
We need this money.
We really don't, though, do we?
[ Music volume increases ]
Come on ♪
Do believe I told you so ♪
OK, let's take it from the top,
and this time try it with a little bit
more oomph, off you go.
Representative historical samples
relatively obtained to the effect
that's good, right?
Er, why have you
never mentioned this before?
We're getting to the business
end now, aren't we?
Laura: And who else knows this?
Just me, I think.
And her of course.
She told me when she was
pissed one night.
I'm not even sure she remembers.
And if I can find
a corroboration of this,
you're happy for me to stand up
in court and use it?
I think you have to.
And I think I can help
with corroboration.
♪♪
♪♪
Hello, Reuben.
Where have you been hiding, then?
Been looking all over for you.
♪♪
Kyle: Excuse me.
Hi, how can I help?
Erm
I have some information about
the Jack Wright case.
How did you get these?
I forwarded them from her phone
a few weeks ago.
With her permission?
Not exactly.
But she knows you have them?
Yeah.
OK, so obviously we need to go
through these properly,
but these seem to suggest that
she and Mr Maguire colluded
in some sort of plot against
her grandfather.
That's how I read them, yeah.
And also
perhaps even more troubling,
"If he gave me the whole company,
it still wouldn't make up for
what he did to me that night."
What does that mean?
♪♪
♪♪
I want to talk to
the grandmother again.
Emily Wright used to
live with her sporadically
- when she was growing up.
- OK.
And let's just run every check
we can on Jack Wright,
because seriously, what the hell
did that message mean?
Katie: I know, and FYI,
apparently Reuben Maguire
has a watertight alibi.
So, you have no recollection of
sending these messages.
No comment.
Do you remember the meeting
detailed here?
No comment.
This is with Jack Wright,
your boss when you worked at JK Wright,
on the 1st of August at your local pub,
the Phoenix Rising in Deptford.
No comment.
OK, you told my colleague
after you were arrested
that on the night Mr Wright
was murdered,
you were at a friend's house gaming
between about eight
in the evening and two
in the morning.
So, we spoke to your mate, erm,
Curtis Somerville?
- No comment.
- Well, I'm not sure
you paid him enough, Reuben,
'cause once we told him
that this was a murder investigation,
he stopped being so sure
you were there all that time.
Or at all, in fact.
So, where were you really that night?
No comment.
[ Police radio chatter ]
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♪♪
[ Door closes ]
♪♪
♪♪
Is that blood?
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
- Morgan: Kat?
- So, alongside the bag,
we've also found burnt
fragments of clothes
in a barbecue.
Wait, whose? Reuben's?
I'd guess. They appear to be
jeans and a t-shirt,
which is pretty unisex.
Look, we are we are definitely sure
that Emily was in California, right?
Well, I think we are.
- But
- This case
You wanna call her in again, boss?
Have you spoken to the grandmother yet?
We have. Just trying to set up
an appointment.
Alright, well, let's speak to
her first.
See if we can stand up Kyle's claims.
In the meantime, just double
just triple check
Palo Alto, alright?
And Maguire?
Well, we have to RUI him
until we know more.
Sure.
I hate where this is heading.
Yeah, I know.
Night, boss.
[ Children whispering ]
[ Giggles ]
Alright, monsters. Pickle a story.
- All of them.
- All of them.
What do you do mean all of them?
No, you pick one
- and then you get tickled.
- All of them.
- Pick.
- All of them.
Pick and tickle. Pick one.
[ Daughter screeching ]
Oh, double tickle,
double tickle, double tick
John?
[ Thunder rumbling ]
[ Line ringing ]
Oh, hi, erm it's me.
Erm, I-I-I just wanted to say
that, erm
I I really erm
I really miss you,
and, er
I'd love to see you.
And
I wonder if you can ever forgive me.
Oh.
♪♪
You want to know if I thought
my ex-husband
was a child abuser?
And I understand that
it's a difficult question.
Well, of course I didn't!
My God.
And unless I heard it directly
from Emily's lips,
I wouldn't ever
I'm sorry to lose my temper,
but this Kyle has for whatever
reason got it very wrong.
So, she's never made any reference
to something like this to you?
Absolutely not.
Not the slightest hint. I mean
Jack was he was a very
flawed man, no doubt.
He cheated on me from day one
of our marriage.
But he wasn't like that.
That was just not who he was.
[ Thunder rumbles ]
Oh, erm, you're here. I-I called you.
Did you? Sorry. Didn't hear.
Er, wh Er, why are you
packing a suitcase?
I'm gonna stay with Gray
for a few days.
Why?
Keep an eye on him. But also
That's what we were doing here. So
If you just let me finish
But also I think we need a break.
I think I need a break.
Oh, don't be ridiculous.
You don't need a break.
You just need to man up a bit.
[ Scoffs ]
I'll call you tomorrow.
John, please
don't.
Please
I'm sorry.
♪♪
I'm sorry.
♪♪
John: Good luck with the trial.
♪♪
[ Dramatic high-tempo music plays ]
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♪♪
Rose: Hello, lovey.
♪♪
♪♪
Bailiff: All rise in the case of
Wright versus Wright.
[ Door closes heavily ]
Emily: No one really knows
what's going on in here.
No one really knows.
None of us have any idea
of other people's internal monologues.
Thank God.
I mean, can you imagine?
So, yeah.
People were shocked.
People were stunned.
I mean, what even is sanity?
Am I sane? Are you?
Is anyone?
Sometimes I think you'd have to
be slightly mad to be sane.
[ Laughing manically ]
I defy anyone to withstand
that sort of pressure.
It was intolerable.
I defy anyone not to have snapped.
[ St. Vincent's "Broken Man" plays ]
On the street,
I'm a king-size killer ♪
I can make your kingdom come ♪
On my feet,
I'm an earthquake shaking ♪
So open up my little one ♪
Hey, what are you looking at? ♪
Who the hell do you think I am? ♪
And what are you looking at? ♪
Like you never seen a broken man ♪