Patience (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Jump on this.
Brought me the wrong file.
Patience. They've got matching
patterns on the data.
Probably just a coincidence.
No. I've found links to other cases.
There are several crimes relating
to scopolamine.
It can persuade them to act
against their own will,
and even harm themselves.
Is it a good idea getting
what's-her-face involved?
Do you have a problem with her?
Er Are you all right?
Welcome, everyone, to our
autistic adults support group.
I really need to tell you something.
You never stopped
to think why she's got such
an unhealthy interest in this case?
DOOR CREAKS OPEN
So, Miss Evans,
what were you doing at the car park?
HE SIGHS
Why won't you answer?
I'm sorry, Sir.
I realise it would've been helpful
to mention it before,
but I visited a support group
last night,
and Miss Evans was in attendance.
Support group? What kind?
It's
Oh, what's he doing here?
I used to work here myself.
Someone I should know?
Douglas Gilmour. Retired DCI.
Excuse me.
He won't see you I'm afraid.
Have you lost your mind, Calvin?
Sorry, Sir,
I told him he can't just barge in.
It's all right, Will, thanks.
Arresting an innocent young woman
in the workplace? It's a disgrace.
And which innocent young woman
is this?
Evans, Patience Evans.
Well, she's not under arrest.
She came in voluntarily.
She'll find this whole experience
no less traumatic
for not having been read her rights.
Can I ask why you're so interested
in Patience's welfare, Mr Gilmour?
And you are?
Uh, DI Bea Metcalf.
Ah, the fool who got Patience
tied up in this nonsense
in the first place.
You didn't answer my question.
I'm her godfather.
Perhaps the closest thing
she's got to family.
Sorry, Douglas. We didn't know.
I want her released this minute.
Well, she's free
to stop cooperating.
But to be honest, this is starting
to look like a murder enquiry.
And she knows more
than she's letting on.
Then at least let me talk to her,
check she's OK, given her neurotype.
Her neurotype? Patience is autistic.
That's what I was trying
to tell you, Sir.
DOOR CREAKS OPEN
I'm sorry, Patience.
Mr Gilmour's here.
He'll be allowed to come and speak
to you if DCI Baxter decides
to carry on with our questions.
We really need to know what
you were doing at that car park.
I need you to trust me again.
Please, Patience.
Can you say something?
MAN: Patience. Patience.
Was your wife like this?
Like what?
Did she exhibit
the same emotional deficit?
Was she cold with Patience
before she decided to leave?
Can you say something?
I understand.
I'm not sure I'd be talking
to me either.
I was just looking for a cigar.
Like the one we found at the scene
of Neal Jamieson's death.
Andand the one that I saw
in the photographs
from Dr Clark's clinic.
I knew it would prove
a definitive link,
but when I went to the car park,
I couldn't find any traces of it.
So, then, I thought that I must
be wrong.
And I don't like being wrong.
SHE CRIES
You're sure there was a cigar found
in Brendan Clark's treatment room?
Yes. Yes, I am.
You can see for yourself.
I will do, Patience.
II suppose I'm just wondering
what would make you notice
a thing like that.
I used to count Dr Clark's books
so I wouldn't have to speak to him.
You know every inch of his shelves.
Cockscomb.
You all right? Why wouldn't I be?
Well, Baxter told me what happened.
She should never have been
brought in for questioning
in the first place. Or maybe she
should never have been listened to
when she started
sticking her nose in.
Why didn't she tell us
she was autistic?
She's not obliged to.
Well, why didn't you,
more to the point?
I only found out last night.
You still could've said something.
I'm not asking her
to put on riot gear,
crack heads on the front line.
I don't care if she's autistic.
I just care if she's right.
Why's she left it here?
Don't suppose she's been able
to face picking it up.
I mean, there's barely been
a packet of crisps opened in here,
let alone someone smoking
a bloody great cigar.
Let me just check the boot.
Jake.
Why didn't this turn up before?
It's a blind spot, Sir.
We had to get this from an office
block overlooking the site.
I asked DC Akbari to go back
over all the car park CCTV,
looking for this same person
from the same day.
Is that the money? Looks that way.
The evidence we've gathered suggests
that this individual may have
attended the scene
of each man's death to leave
a half-smoked cigar,
which means we have to assume
the cases may be linked in some way.
All right. I'm gonna set up a major
incident team with you as SIO.
What do you need?
I'd like Miss Evans on my team,
as a civilian
investigative assistant.
Do you think that's wise,
given what we know?
We wouldn't have a case without her.
Well, I suppose it would improve
our diversity stats.
And maybe our clear-up rates.
All right, but you'll have
to clear it with Gilmour first.
CHURCH BELLS RING
Mr Gilmour.
Come to apologise?
I'm happy to say sorry if it helps.
Not to me. To her.
Is she at home? Afraid not.
I'd invite you in for coffee, but
But the roasting process
produces a known carcinogen,
so I'm told.
Tea would be fine.
You've known Patience
her whole life.
Yeah, through all her ups and downs.
Yeah, my goddaughter's
been under one form
of psychiatric supervision
or another from a very young age.
Then she was diagnosed early?
No, not until she was almost 12.
There was still a lot to learn
about girls and autism in the '90s.
She barely spoke as a child.
That must've been hard for him.
You've no idea.
Especially as a single parent
in such an unforgiving job.
Is that why he was advised
to put her into care?
Maybe. But there's no way
George would agree.
No, he was, uh, he was convinced
she wasn't ill, just different.
Yeah, he was determined
to keep her at home,
help her to live independently.
He did a good job.
Yeah, with a dollop of luck
along the way.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Patience, you all right?
Oh, no, no, no.
Patience, no, no, sorry, sweetheart.
You shouldn't be looking at these.
How did you get them?
Sorry, honey. She all right?
What's a toxicology report?
Yeah, she started
to open up after that.
So bizarre.
Yeah, sounds macabre, doesn't it?
But George didn't care.
Started bringing files home for her.
You know, he was just glad to see
her switched on, asking questions.
How did her dad die?
Uh, road traffic accident. On duty.
And what about her mother?
Ah, she left when Patience was six.
Can you help me persuade her?
To join my investigation?
Stress may trigger a burn-out.
She's an absolute natural,
Mr Gilmour.
I need her on my team.
Two umbrellas?
Yes, in case one breaks.
Genius. I'm gonna start carrying
two of everything from now on.
I got permission from Baxter
for you to join
the major inquiry team.
I work on HOLMES.
It'sit's a temporary assignment.
I'veI've emailed your boss
to let him know.
Whywhywhy would you do that?
I thought you'd be pleased.
No, II
It's too unpredictable.
I can't. I can't.
All right, all right,
don't freak out. It's
Sorry, sorry.
I've learnt that,
without my routine,
III can get stressed,
and if I get stressed,
thenthen I can't cope.
You don't have to decide now.
No. Well, I'm gonna be late
for my boss. I can give you a lift.
No, I'm taking the bus.
It's my routine.
Oh. You couldn't keep away.
I'mI'm actually a detective,
and Patience has been helping me
with one of my cases,
and now she's cooling off.
Right. Well, perhaps you need
to revisit what piqued her curiosity
in the first place.
What would that be?
Well, many autistic people have what
you would call a special interest.
So, mine's mountain bikes,
but I also collect loyalty cards
from, you know, cafes
and coffee shops.
Well, I don't drink coffee,
Inspector. Oh.
But special interests can be
They're like a comfort blanket.
Theythey can also be
an Achilles heel if they are
prioritised at the expense
of other needs.
Does Patience have one?
Yeah.
Yeah, she's very into puzzles.
She can
..she can forget to eat or sleep
if she has an unsolved one.
I've told you I am getting
the bus because it is my routine.
I'm not here to give you a lift.
Listen, I mustn't get stressed.
I'mI'm not gonna try and persuade
you to change your mind.
I just, I forgot to say thank you.
The enquiry wouldn't be happening
without you.
Of course, we're still some way off
from proving exactly what happened.
I mean, the sums of money are small,
hardly seem worth killing over,
and what's the significance
of those cigars?
It's like pieces
of the puzzle are missing.
Still, that's for me to worry about.
See ya.
SHE SIGHS
MOUSE SQUEAKS
Yeah?
Blimey.
Don't you burst into flames
if you're exposed to daylight
this early? Funny.
It's just not often
you're in before me.
Baxter's badgering me for an update.
Whoever drugged these guys had
to really know what they were doing.
A drop too much of scopolamine
and you risk fatal overdose -
too little has almost no effect.
Some kind of chemical expert then?
Or just a cold-hearted sadist.
You think our perp's a witch doctor?
Hardly. But scopolamine and cigars
are both used in voodoo rituals.
Not round here, they're not.
I'm thinking a factfinding mission
to Cuba, all expenses paid.
How about Belize instead?
That brand of cigar you found in
Chopra's exhaust. Cock-something.
Cockscomb? Yeah, well, I did
some digging, like you asked.
The cigars are made in Belize?
No, better than that.
You can only buy them at one place
in the city.
Here you go.
According to social media,
it's owned by second-generation
immigrants from you know where.
Did you call them?
No, I haven't got round to it yet.
PHONE CHIMES
Christ on a bike.
What is it?
From Patience.
Spooky.
How did you know?
Oh. It's like any puzzle,
Detective Bea.
The solution lies in looking at it
from a different angle.
Let me show you.
It's like a work of art.
I think visually.
I'm more of a words person, myself.
You may need to explain.
OK. Uh, Brugmansia Candida.
It's a natural source
of scopolamine.
It's commonly known
as Angel's Trumpet
in Latin and South America.
Including Belize, I take it.
So, when I saw the list of countries
where it grows naturally,
I was reminded of a book,
a travel guide to Belize
that I saw on the shelves
of Dr Clark's treatment room.
Was it there when you were a child?
Definitely not.
Then he's travelled there since.
Neal Jamieson's social media.
It was taken at Houston Airport
departure lounge
on the 8th October 2016.
What about Chopra?
Well, I couldn't prove a direct
association, but I did find this.
Medical records?
Yeah. He acted as an expert witness
for the CPS a couple of years ago.
It shows that he was inoculated
against hepatitis A,
B, cholera, diphtheria,
which are all in line with the
Foreign Office travel advice to
Belize. Yeah.
I could kiss you. Don't.
Please don't.
Come on.
Comecome where?
Headquarters. I have calls to make.
No, I've not planned for that.
I need you, Patience.
DI Metcalf? Yes.
Thank you for seeing us, Mr Cooper.
I'm happy to help.
Everyone here, very shocked
and saddened when Neal
took his own life.
Although it was some time ago now.
But please, follow me.
What is it you do for Curabellum?
I am the Director
of Marketing and Events.
My card.
Oh. Then you were involved
in organising a conference
on your company's behalf
in the early part of October 2016?
I was. Presumably you also attended?
That's correct.
And Mr Jamieson, too?
I'm not sure. Um, quite possibly.
I don't suppose you recall
the purpose of the event?
Of course. To discuss a new
treatment for psychiatric illness.
We organise them
as a platform to market
the drugdrugs we develop
for the medical profession.
Can I ask what this is about?
Two men who we believe attended
the conference have died
subsequently,
in a similar fashion to Mr Jamieson.
You think they killed themselves?
That was the coroner's conclusion.
Although the involvement of a third
party is also a possibility.
HE CLEARS HIS THROA
Can I ask their names?
I can't disclose those, but I'd like
to see a list of the delegates.
I'll pass on your request
to our legal team.
We have data protection
requirements, you understand.
How long will that take?
You know what lawyers are like.
Thank you, Mr Cooper.
Let me know when they're ready
to cooperate. Of course.
Um, is that your real name,
Mr Cooper?
Patience. No, just the way
he speaks is
You can't say things like that.
It's OK, I'm all right.
I'm used to it.
I got tired of hearing people
pronounce it incorrectly,
so I changed it
to the English version.
Thank you.
What is it?
I just,
I feel like I should recognise him.
From a case you've filed?
Yes, but his name isn't familiar.
What do we do now?
Tread water for a bit, I guess.
Uh, we have to wait
for confirmation.
You're the police.
Can't you just force him
to give you the names?
We could apply for a court order,
but without clear evidence of
a crime, we may not be successful.
It's not like this in crime fiction.
Come on. I'll drive you back.
Oh.
Thank you.
You OK?
You seem distracted.
Quieter than usual.
Are you feeling overwhelmed?
By the police investigation?
How'd you know?
Detective Inspector Metcalf told me.
Oh.
I'm
It's
..solving crimes isn'tisn't like
solving puzzles.
It's
There are all these rules
andand restrictions.
It's frustrating and exhausting.
Yeah, I can imagine.
I need to find out what happened
and solve the case
to feelto feel certain.
Do you wanna talk about it?
I'm not supposed to.
But would it help?
Now, this is a table showing
the clear-up rate
..showing the clear-up rate
across the North East
for street robberies and burglaries.
Surprise-surprise,
we're in the relegation places.
And Superintendent Gibbs
has told me, in no uncertain terms,
the Chief Constable
is not very happy about it.
We need to find a way
to boost our numbers.
Do you want me to put you
out your misery? No way.
The criminal classes in York are no
more inherently cunning
I'm gonna crack it.
..or better at covering their tracks
than their counterparts in
Patience says it's just a matter
of looking at things
from a different angle.
..CID colleagues in the west
of the county considerably outstrips
that of our own.
You don't need to be a genius
to deduce there might be something
in their methods
that we can learn from.
Uh, which is why I've invited
DCI Sharma from
the dedicated burglary team
in Bradford for a Zoom call.
I hope you've got a good excuse.
James Cooper, aka Jaime Cobre
in his native Spanish.
It was a question of looking at it
from a different angle.
And Patience was right.
He's on file.
Soliciting sexual services
in a public place.
Cautioned first time,
fined the next.
No wonder he anglicised his name.
Also found this.
What, prostitution's legal
in Belize?
Yeah. San Pedro's a hot spot
for sex tourism.
That sounds like the sort of place
that Neal Jamieson would feel
right at home.
Exactly what I was thinking.
I'm betting the four of them
got involved in something kinky
while they were out there,
and the deaths are in some way
connected to that.
So, you think Cooper's our perp?
We need to talk to him again
at the very least. Mm.
KNOCK AT DOOR
Boss?
It's just a cold, I think,
but it's a bad one.
Could you, uh, put
my out-of-office on?
No, no, idea.
Uh, next week, maybe.
Sure.
KNOCK AT DOOR
I've got to go.
Sorry, I forgot you were coming.
I'mI'm just very disappointed,
Patience.
Look, she was very explicit
I shouldn't tell anyone else.
Oh, well, that's all right then.
I have an autism diagnosis.
So? So, Patience and me, Inspector,
we're sticklers for the rules.
That's not really the point,
Mr Thompson.
It's a matter of trust.
There's probably no harm done.
Look, we've helped
your investigation,
Inspector, not hindered it.
That's what we've come here
to explain.
It's a list of delegates
from the conference you asked for.
Well, how'd you get that?
I saw Patience and how distressed
she was feeling, so
..I decided to do what
a neurotypical would do,
and I bent the rules a little.
Bent the rules?
Yeah. My girlfriend
..she's a hacker.
I'm gonna pretend
I didn't hear that.
She hacked into Curabellum's server?
She also hacked into James Cooper's
private email.
She found this.
It's confirmation of a charter
from a boat company in San Pedro,
paid for by James Cooper.
There's an insurance declaration,
with the names of his passengers.
Four men in a boat.
It's inadmissible.
Shows we're on the right track.
Look, there's something else
you should know, Inspector.
James Cooper had hacking
alert software installed,
so you should assume
that he knows you're on to him.
Are we waiting for backup?
How long did they say?
Six or seven minutes.
Sod that.
Boss.
Bollocks.
Mr Cooper. Look at me.
My colleague's on his way
to help you.
Justjust stay where you are,
Mr Cooper.
James?
HE PANTS
James, look at me, mate.
Look, youyou don't wanna do this,
OK?
Don't do this, James.
All right?
Look at me. Yeah.
James. No!
SIREN BLARES
Patience Evans, she's with me.
There was no sign of forced entry.
Oh.
You're with me. It doesn't apply.
Pop these on.
Maybe try not to touch anything,
just in case.
There you go.
Cooper must've known his assailant
well enough to let them in.
THEY WHISPER INDISTINCTLY
This is where they the blew powder
in his face.
While he was rushing to get away.
Yeah.
Anything I can help with, Inspector?
Elliot, this is Patience Evans from
the HOLMES team at criminal records.
Patience, this is Elliot Scott,
our crime scene manager.
SHE CHUCKLES
Sorry, Elliot Scott?
That's right. One T, then two.
Well, it's just your surname's
a first name
and your first name's a surname.
Just
Oh, I never thought of it like that.
HE CHUCKLES
Um, you should probably tell
your team to swab
for micro traces of scopolamine
on the front of the safe,
and on the carpet, as well.
Who did you say she was again?
Patience Evans
from criminal records.
And before you ask,
she has a forensic knowledge
of the three deaths
associated with this case.
Um, the furniture on the right
has been dusted,
but it hasn't on the left.
She's right.
Either someone wiped away
their fingerprints,
or James Cooper has
a very lazy cleaner.
So, Cooper survived then?
He's critical, but he's got a pulse.
Get a chance to charge the bastard.
Hmm.
What? You don't fancy him for it?
Not for any of Chopra or Clark
or Jamieson, no.
OK, he knew we were on to him.
He jumped out of a window.
But the call to his PA
and the passport on the floor.
Hehe was getting ready to run,
Sir.
What about the cigar? Who left it?
Maybe Cooper himself.
I bet we find someone else's DNA.
This death doesn't even
fit your pattern.
It wasn't on the fourth day of
the month, and it wasn't a Friday.
Maybe whoever did this knew
we were closing in.
It's the preliminary forensics, Sir.
We've taken prints from the scene
that's match someone on PNC.
Yemaya Vasquez? Yemaya Vasquez.
She's the cleaner
at the Railway Hotel.
She was fingerprinted
after Neal Jamieson was found dead.
A cleaner? Yeah.
What better way to get close
to your unsuspecting victims?
You can go as well, Miss Evans. OK.
Great. Thank you. OK.
Yemaya's quit.
Her colleague just told me.
Yeah, the manager doesn't
have a contact for her.
She says the cleaning's outsourced.
I got the number for her landlady.
Yemaya told her to call this woman,
Maria, in the event of an emergency.
Right, let's give her a call then.
WOMAN ON ANSWERPHONE: Hola. Lo
siento, no puedo atender su llamada.
Por favor, deje un mensaje.
O si es urgente, llameme al trabajo
en 0163 296 0857.
Anyone at the station speak Spanish?
Will, maybe.
It says to call her on her work
phone if it's urgent.
Uh, 0163296
..0857.
It'sit's the number
for that cafe.
Are you Maria?
Who's asking?
Are you Yemaya Vasquez's landlady?
Amongst other things, yes.
Do you know where I can find her?
She flew back to Belize. Last night.
Mind if I take a look?
Um
Hey!
Excuse me.
KNOCK AT DOOR
Yemaya, are you in there?
It's the police, Yemaya.
Yemaya?
DOOR CREAKS
Hey. Hey!
SHE PANTS
HANDCUFFS CLICK
Yemaya reported her sister missing?
Yes. When she failed to return
from a boat trip,
in October 2016, I believe, yes.
The same month as the conference.
It would seem so, yes.
Any more details?
Only a girl's first name,
Violetta, and she's aged 17.
And there's this, a photo.
I'll just send it to you now.
We've a record of Violetta Vasquez
applying for a visa
to study in the UK,
in March 2016.
Did she take it up?
No. There's no record of exit.
No record of exit at all.
But nothing else on your system?
Perhaps it's not the same girl.
Or perhaps her sister travelled here
in her place.
Boss.
I want to apologise. I'm listening.
I'm sorry I wasn't truthful with you
about Yemaya.
I thought you were from
the immigration authorities.
Should it make a difference?
She was getting ready to fly home.
I wanted to spare her the trouble.
She's wanted for murder.
How could I know?
She was very quiet,
kept herself to herself.
Cancan you explain this?
It's an altar.
To Chango.
The fella with the axe?
He's the divinity of fire
in the Santeria religion.
He can be invoked
to bring revenge on your enemies.
Especially on men who hurt women.
The cigars, are
are they an offering?
To maintain favour, yes.
Do Friday and the number four
mean anything in this context?
Friday is Chango's special day,
and four is his special number.
For the tape, I'm showing
the suspect a book of matches
from the Railway Hotel.
Can you ask her whose blood it is?
Te pregunta de quien es la sangre.
She's talking, then?
The woman from the cafe, Maria,
she persuaded her to cooperate.
Has she confessed?
To all three, Sir. And Cooper.
La sangre es de mi hermana.
Yo encontre los fosforos en el barco
donde fue asesinada
por esos medicos ingleses.
She says the blood is Violetta's,
and also she found the matches
on the boat,
where her sister was killed
by the English doctors.
Was the sister a sex worker?
Yemaya says not, Sir.
She insists Violetta was working
as a hostess at the conference,
got propositioned by Cooper
to come along on the boat trip,
to serve drinks, that's all.
Sounds a bit naive.
She was only 17.
Yemaya tried to persuade her
not to go,
but Cooper offered her $500,
and Violetta was saving
to study in the UK.
Have we got any proof
they killed her?
Just Yemaya's testimony.
She was worried about her sister,
went down to the harbour to wait,
but when the boat came in,
just the four men got off.
What, no sign of the girl?
Yemaya searched the boat.
All she found was a book of matches.
So, let me get this straight.
She travels halfway around the world
on her sister's student visa,
to find her killers and avenge her,
with this book of matches as her
only clue to their whereabouts?
Te pregunta
I pray to Chango.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
How long's she been in there?
About three or four minutes.
I was betting they'd run out
of things to say after 30 seconds.
What did the CPS say about Cooper?
Well, they didn't rule out
a prosecution.
What, even though Violetta
died overseas?
They can claim jurisdiction
if the victim's under 18.
Oh, they're wrapping up.
I'm gonna take her to lunch.
Yep, then we can all
go back to normal.
Miss Evans, I'll leave you
in the capable hands of DI Metcalf.
You hungry?
Canteen should still be open.
What's so great about normal?
OK.
Can I sit?
Yeah.
It's just this is the best table.
It'sit's not too noisy
and it's not too hot.
Excellent choice.
Thanks.
So, I don't understand why
neurotypicals like to eat together.
You have to make small talk.
There is that.
Not very good at small talk.
You're doingfine.
It's just the only things
that really interest me
are forensics and criminology,
but you can't talk about the hypoxic
effects of certain poisons,
or the rates of bodily decomposition
whilst you're eating,
cos neurotypicals don't,
likedon't like it.
Sorry. That's actually why
I like puzzles so much.
It gives me something to talk about.
I could talk about your
puzzle-solving skills
for hours, Patience.
We wouldn't have caught
Yemaya Vasquez
or James Cooper without them.
You really made me think
outside the box.
Nine-dot puzzle. Mm.
Think outside the box!
Yes.
Well done.