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00:00Hi, welcome.
00:32Ladies and gentlemen of the Tempest Company, this is your 15-minute call. 15 minutes.
00:36Nate, sweetie, I just wanted to give you a little thank you, Prezzy, for everything you've done for us.
00:43I can't believe it's our last show.
00:47I'm going to miss you so much, my lovely.
00:50Yeah, me too.
00:56Nate, hon, is everything all right?
01:01Spirits hear me.
01:03It's our needs must curse, but they'll not pinch.
01:06No, it sounds brilliant.
01:08And it's the lead, is it?
01:09Ah, great. Okay, yeah.
01:12No, I can get a tape over to you.
01:14When's the deadline?
01:15Ah, I'll find someone.
01:17Okay, my darling.
01:18Let's do lunch when I'm back, okay?
01:20And I'm paying this time, you cheeky monkey.
01:22All right, you can pay.
01:23Okay, lots of love. Bye.
01:27Another self-tape. So annoying.
01:30I'll tell you what it was, but I've just got to sign an NDA, you know, so...
01:33That's cool, Mum.
01:34Pleased for you.
01:35Guys.
01:36Guys, we've got a situation.
01:37Like, a bad one.
01:39Rich is a no-show.
01:40His phone's going straight to voicemail.
01:41I think we all know where Prospero's total lofty all.
01:49And it's no, no, never.
01:53No, no, never.
01:54There it is.
01:56Well, I guess our last night was always going to be a mad one.
01:59After the way this tour's gone.
02:02But we both made it to the end.
02:07No, no, never.
02:09No, no, never.
02:14No more.
02:14No, no, never.
02:17No more.
02:18No more.
02:20Rich.
02:20Rich, come on.
02:23Rich, we've got to go.
02:25Skedaddle, youth.
02:26Rich, come on.
02:26There's an audience.
02:27They've paid to see us.
02:28To see you.
02:31Come on.
02:31You're not going to let them down, are you?
02:37It's all right.
02:37Come on.
02:39Hey, hey.
02:40Oh.
02:44All right.
02:45All right.
02:46All right.
02:46Oh, sweet Lord.
02:54Mr Dempster?
02:55You doing okay?
02:56Of course I am.
02:57Why wouldn't I be?
02:58Just a little dry around the mouth, that's all.
03:00Final call for Miranda.
03:01Act one, scene two.
03:02Final call, Miranda.
03:05Oh, no, no, no, no.
03:07That's a prop.
03:10Oh, no surprise.
03:21Then to sea boys and girl hag.
03:29This is a scurvy tune.
03:33Oh, but here's my comfort.
03:36Do not torment me.
03:38Oh.
03:38Whoa.
03:39What's the matter?
03:40Have we devils here?
03:42If all the wine in my bottle will recover him, I will help his ague.
03:52That's a brave god.
03:54And bear celestial liquor.
03:56Come, amen.
03:57I will pour some in thy other mouth.
03:59Oh.
03:59Oh.
04:02Oh.
04:04Oh.
04:06Oh.
04:06Oh.
04:06What's the other mouth call me?
04:08Why?
04:09This is a devil and no monster.
04:11Oh.
04:14Oh.
04:15Oh.
04:16Oh.
04:23Oh.
04:23I'll show thee every fertile inch o' the island.
04:29Ike? Ike?
04:33I prithee!
04:36Let me show thee where crabs grow.
04:40And with my long nails, I'll dig thee pig...
04:45Pig nuts.
04:49Oh, my God, Michael!
04:54Nathan, we need our first aid here!
04:56Michael, talk to me.
04:59Oh, my God, he's not breathing!
05:02Someone call an ambulance!
05:04No!
05:05Wait! Stop calling an ambulance!
05:24No!
05:24No!
05:24No!
05:26No!
05:34No!
05:36No!
05:39No!
05:41No!
05:41No!
05:42No!
06:12No!
06:12I think Tom suggests it's cyanide poisoning.
06:15Interesting.
06:16No!
06:17Are everything all right?
06:20I think I might have just nearly killed Harry.
06:24What are you doing, man?
06:25You can't play on here.
06:27It's not safe.
06:28Oh, God.
06:31Michael Farrar, 32 years old.
06:34Suddenly collapsed halfway through the second act of the performance.
06:38The Tempest, the poster said.
06:40Yeah.
06:41Last ten months they've been touring beaches all over the world with it.
06:44This was their final performance.
06:46Sergeant Fletcher's taken all the necessary statements.
06:48Caliban, I'll take it.
06:50One sec, let me check.
06:53Yes.
06:54Yes, it was.
06:56Two points for you, Inspector.
06:57How did you work that out?
06:59Well, he looks...
07:00...monstery, you know.
07:01Not human.
07:04I assume the smell of almonds got the paramedics thinking it was cyanide.
07:07Which is fast acting, so...
07:09...do we know what he consumed before he died?
07:11Well, apparently...
07:14...he drank from this moments before it happened.
07:16It's a fiasco.
07:17I mean, I'm trying my best here, sir.
07:19I haven't been here for long, I just got here.
07:20No.
07:21This is a fiasco.
07:22Oh.
07:23It's a traditional Italian wine bottle.
07:25He'll have drank from this in Act 2, Scene 2.
07:27The famous drinking scene.
07:28Let me check for you again.
07:30Boom shakalaka.
07:31Two more points for you again, Inspector.
07:34It was indeed Act 2, Scene 2.
07:37Oh, the man knows it's Shakespeare.
07:39He does?
07:40Who knew?
07:41Cherry juice.
07:42That'll be for the red wine.
07:44So chances are, we're looking at our murder weapon.
07:47That's what you think, right?
07:48But it can't be.
07:50Because two others drank from the same bottle during the performance.
07:54Stefano and Trinculo.
07:55That one I don't know, sir.
07:57But based on your previous form, two pints again.
07:59So what happened to the other two actors who drank from this?
08:01Not a thing.
08:03The paramedics checked them out and they seemed fine.
08:06And they recorded the show, seeing as it was the last performance,
08:10so I will watch it back and check to see what happened.
08:14But if they did drink from the same bottle, then...
08:17He must have ingested the poison some other way.
08:21Hmm.
08:25Let's see what the rest of the company have to say.
08:30These are the two that drank from the same bottle as the victim.
08:32Mm-hmm.
08:33Just Gorman and Anya Chambers.
08:34She and the victim were in a relationship together and she's taking it pretty badly.
08:40Who are the others?
08:42So this is Richard Dempster.
08:43He directed this production and he also plays...
08:46Uh, Prospero.
08:47There comes a moment in every actor's life, a certain character's call to you.
08:55I had no choice.
08:57I had to submit.
08:58Okay.
09:00And this is Nathan Burns.
09:01He's the company's stage manager.
09:03I swear, if there was poison in that bottle, it wasn't me that put it in there.
09:08Actually, Mr Burns, we're working on the basis that the poison was administered another way.
09:11Really?
09:12Oh, thank God.
09:13Yeah, the cyanide's fast-acting, so if it was in your system, we'd pretty much know by now.
09:18We'd like to know what else Mr Farr consumed in the 20 minutes or so before he died.
09:24Mikey never ate for a show.
09:26Not for two or three hours.
09:28Did he drink anything?
09:30I just sip water.
09:32What did he drink from?
09:33Uh, one of those water flask thingies.
09:37Oh, there it is.
09:42Okay, so take me through exactly what happened this afternoon.
09:46Anything out of the ordinary?
09:48We went up a bit late by about 15 minutes.
09:51How come?
09:54Um, just, um, technical hitch.
09:59And once the show had started?
10:01Oh, um, Michael was, um, on stage in scene one.
10:05He doubles as the bosun.
10:06Taking the top sail.
10:08Ten to the master's whistle!
10:11Then a very, very swift makeup costume change reappears Caliban in act one scene two.
10:19Anya helps, um, well, helped with that.
10:23And how did he seem then?
10:25Fine.
10:26And what about before he went on stage and collapsed?
10:30A bit nervous.
10:32Pacing, biting his nails.
10:34He always was.
10:35Before that scene, there were a couple of tricky speeches in it.
10:38But he wasn't looking ill.
10:42Can any of you think why someone might want to do this to Mr. Farrah?
10:47No.
10:48Mikey was loved by the whole company.
10:51Very talented boy.
10:53He had the whole world at his feet.
11:06If we're working on the basis that the killer got the poison into Michael's system 15, 20 minutes prior to
11:12him dying on stage,
11:13and it must be one of the cast or a stage crew that...
11:18Sir?
11:20Why kill someone like that?
11:23In front of an audience?
11:25And on the very last show of the tour?
11:28I mean, after today, they could all go home, right?
11:31They'd never have to see each other again.
11:33So why did he have to die on that stage today?
11:38This is a public beach, right?
11:41Well, we're gonna need some security to keep an eye on the crime scene.
11:44And get Sergeant Fletcher and Officer Rose to do a sweep of the place.
11:47On it.
11:57You all right, Mr. Dempster?
11:59Oh, only a minute.
12:00Ten months on tour will do this to you.
12:06Come on, Richard.
12:07It's time to go.
12:20Well, I recognise you from somewhere.
12:23Oh, yeah.
12:25It's a whole community police scheme thing we're doing.
12:29Sounds thrilling.
12:31I didn't catch your name in the frenzy of it all.
12:34Sergeant Matty Fletcher.
12:35Sergeant Matty Fletcher.
12:37Would you like to go for a drink with me while I'm on the island?
12:41No.
12:42That's inappropriate, Mr. Gorman.
12:44You know, with me being a police officer and you a possible suspect in a murder case.
12:49Right, yeah. Well, that makes sense.
12:52I hope that wasn't too embarrassing.
12:54Not for me, it wasn't.
12:55Good, good.
12:57I guess, as an actor, I lost all sense of shame a while ago.
13:02Did he just ask you an idea?
13:04During a murder investigation.
13:06That's a red flag right there.
13:07Maybe he's the killer.
13:08Maybe he's trying to get close to the police to keep an eye on the investigation.
13:12Or maybe he's just a bozo.
13:14That's also a possibility.
13:16Crazy, man.
13:18Oh, yeah.
13:19Oh, yeah.
13:30Take a bow, Mikey.
13:32Because it's all over now.
13:34I told you.
13:36It was always going to end this way.
13:49Oh, that's great, man. I'll get the beers, yeah?
13:51Yeah.
13:52And some snacks.
13:53Nice.
13:53What time should we say?
13:54Around seven-ish?
13:56Yeah, cool, man.
13:57All right, nice one.
13:57See you then.
13:59I just arranged a darts night with Daryl.
14:02Tonight, he's going to get his mates round.
14:04It's going to be a bit like being back home, you know?
14:07Lads standing round the dart board, beers, banter.
14:10The only thing that's missing is a sticky pub carpet and some pork scratchings.
14:14Pork scratchings?
14:15Yeah.
14:16They are the quintessential English pub snack.
14:20It's fried pigskin.
14:22I'll get some sent over for you.
14:24Oh.
14:25No rush.
14:28Lab results?
14:29Yes.
14:30And they confirmed the victim died from potassium cyanide poisoning.
14:34No surprise there.
14:35They checked Michael's own water bottle
14:38and found no traces of the poison in it whatsoever.
14:41Nothing in his water bottle.
14:43As for the fiasco,
14:46cherry juice.
14:48Fairly high glucose levels, they noticed.
14:52But, most importantly,
14:54a lethal dose of potassium cyanide.
14:58That is surprising.
15:00Poison was in the bottle that our victim
15:02and the other two actors drank from on stage.
15:04Mm-hmm.
15:05So how can three people drink from the same poison bottle
15:09and only one of them die?
15:11It doesn't make any sense.
15:25What, we can rule out the pretending to drink theory?
15:32I mean, these guys are drinking from the bottle for real.
15:34No question.
15:35So what if one of the other two actors slipped the poison in on stage
15:39just before Michael drank from it?
15:41Yeah, rewind it a bit.
15:44Okay, play.
15:46Could it be Jez?
15:48Now, the bottle is in view the whole time.
15:50And he's not adding anything to it.
15:52Also, Michael's not the last person to drink from that bottle.
15:55Seb's right.
15:56Anya drinks after Michael's.
15:58So even if something had been added by Jez,
16:00Anya would have consumed it as well.
16:04How?
16:06How do they all drink the same liquid with poison in it,
16:11but only Michael Farah dies?
16:16Who's Sergeant Fletcher on the phone to?
16:18An actor's agent back in the UK.
16:21When we spoke with the rest of the cast this morning,
16:25Casey Briscoe, who plays Miranda,
16:27she said she saw Nathan Burns accosting the victim
16:30just moments before the show even started.
16:33I'm telling you, this is all going to come back on you
16:35and sooner than you think...
16:35And there's rumours going around that there's history between them.
16:38So Casey slash Miranda said we should speak to this agent.
16:41Did you get anything from the search?
16:45Nothing interesting.
16:46I was suspicious.
16:49You know, he's been humming this little chun.
16:52I've never seen him do this before.
16:55Me neither.
16:57Inspector!
16:58What's this funky chun you've been humming?
17:01I don't know.
17:02It's been in my head since yesterday.
17:04I can't shake it.
17:05I can't place it.
17:09Wait a minute.
17:22Bingo!
17:24It was an advert.
17:25It was on the telly about five years ago.
17:27They kept playing it.
17:32See, that's what I was humming.
17:34I know.
17:35And why is this relevant?
17:38Er...
17:39Wait.
17:40As a plumber, I've seen my fair share of what brains and six...
17:43That's why.
17:43And I know they can leave a pretty nasty poem.
17:46But now I've found Whistfulster, I can leave my...
17:49That's Nathan Burns, the stage manager.
17:51Man, he's like a better actor than Arna the others put together.
17:55Nathan Burns was an actor.
17:57And he has history with our victim.
17:59I just spoke to an agent in London who used to represent Nathan.
18:04She remembers him as being super ambitious.
18:07The Whiffbuster ad wasn't the end of his rainbow then?
18:09The agent said about eight years ago, Nathan had a really important audition for the production of Macbeth at the
18:16National Theatre in London.
18:18And he didn't get it.
18:19But guess who did?
18:22Michael Farah.
18:23And more than that, Nathan went to the police at the time.
18:27He was adamant that he was spiked before the audition.
18:35By Michael?
18:36By Michael.
18:45So I get this big audition.
18:47And I go down to London and stay in a cheap hotel near the theatre.
18:52Michael's staying in the same place.
18:54Me and him get chatting in the bar the night before.
18:57What were you drinking?
18:57Just softs.
18:58But Michael insists on getting the last round.
19:01I go to bed at 10.
19:03Next thing, it's midday and I've missed the audition.
19:07You think he drugged you?
19:08He was taking out the competition.
19:09And you went to the police?
19:11They said there wasn't enough evidence.
19:13Whatever he'd given me was already out of my system.
19:15What happened after that?
19:17I never got another break like it.
19:20Did a bit of theatre and education, a couple of TV ads.
19:23Whiffbuster?
19:26Yeah, Whiffbuster.
19:29And then I quit.
19:31So you tour with this guy for 10 months and it never comes up?
19:39Mr Burns, just before the last show, you were seen arguing with Michael saying,
19:45it's all gonna come back on you and sooner than you think, mate.
19:51You're referring to him sabotaging your audition?
19:55That's some revenge.
19:56Spiking his drink like he spiked yours.
19:59I didn't kill Michael because of what he did to me eight years ago.
20:01Still must have bothered you though, right? Otherwise, why bring it up?
20:03I just, I couldn't stop myself.
20:07I was never gonna see him again.
20:15We'll be in touch.
20:23There is definitely something he's not telling us.
20:26You think?
20:39Rich.
20:41The police have been asking questions.
20:44I didn't tell them what he did to you.
20:48But, if there's heat on me again, I don't think I can stay quiet any longer.
20:55To my own self be true, eh?
21:01Oh, Delroy.
21:05Say it again, if you would.
21:06No problem.
21:14Sir, how come you know so much about Shakespeare?
21:18Seems unlikely.
21:19You know, with you being a day of the match, a match of the day kind of guy.
21:25No disrespect.
21:27When I was a kid, I used to hang around outside the stage doors of West End theatres, yeah?
21:32In case I saw someone famous.
21:34Yeah, Vin Diesel.
21:36No, I don't think Vin Diesel ever trod the boards of London.
21:41Anyway, I got to know some of the staff and they would let me sneak in and watch whatever was
21:45on at the time.
21:46So, yeah, I have seen my fair share of the bar's works.
21:52Also, I got talking to the actor sometimes.
21:55And they would say how hard a gig it was.
21:58You know, the failed auditions, the unemployment, doing rubbish jobs just to make ends meet.
22:03It was tough, competitive.
22:05As our first suspect found out.
22:08Well, could it be that that pushed Michael to do what he did to Nathan?
22:11But it also shows there's a dark side to our victim.
22:14Spiking someone's drink just so he can get the role he wanted.
22:18That's ruthless.
22:19Well, whatever it was that led someone to poison Michael Farah, well, we still haven't got a Scooby how we
22:24pulled it off.
22:25I mean, the man died on stage, right? In the middle of a performance.
22:28Drinking from the same bottle as these two.
22:31But they didn't die. He did.
22:37Did I Wilson speaking?
22:40Yeah, I can talk now.
22:43Okay.
22:47Yeah, yeah, I understand.
22:49Have you spoken to my brother about this?
22:52He has.
22:54Right.
22:57Okay.
22:57Well, um, thanks for letting me know.
23:05Sir, is everything all right?
23:13I knew Mum would leave everything to Saul now.
23:17I just didn't think he'd put the house up for sale as soon as it was his.
23:23I thought we'd at least chat about it first.
23:27And what about your mother's things?
23:29According to the solicitor, he's arranged for a house clearance company to take everything and auction it all off.
23:37It all seems so rushed to me.
23:39Of course it's going to feel rushed.
23:40I would have liked at least a last look around the place.
23:45Maybe keep something of hers to remember her by.
23:55Then call your brother and tell him that's what you'd like to help him.
24:00He's got to understand, right?
24:15Hey!
24:17You?
24:18Yes!
24:20How can I help?
24:21Oh, well, actually, I thought I could help you, you know, wind down after a hard day's policing the streets.
24:28I've got some beers, picnic blanket, and, um, yeah, I thought we could find a quiet beach and get to
24:36know each other.
24:37Hmm. Mr Gorman?
24:39Yes?
24:40Did we not already have this conversation?
24:42We did, yes, but I felt that what was happening was, you know, you were on duty, you had your
24:47colleagues around you, and I think you were saying what you felt you had to say.
24:52Mmm. No.
24:53Come on. I'm not on this island for very long. How often do you get to do this with someone
24:58like me? Let's just have some fun.
25:01Here we go. Here we go.
25:03Hmm.
25:05Hmm.
25:06Yes. Yes.
25:08There you go.
25:12Cheers.
25:13Actually, now that I think about it, I did say that I was going to meet my friend. What's the
25:18time now?
25:18Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
25:19No, you're spilling it, you're spilling it.
25:20Oh, what a shame. I do have somewhere to be right now, though.
25:28Do not bother me again unless it's related to the case, Mr Gorman. You understand now?
25:37Good. You enjoyed the rest of your evening.
25:56Good morning.
25:58Good morning.
25:58What have you got?
25:59I've been doing background checks on the other cast members, and I noticed Anya Chambers and Jez Gorman were in
26:06the same play back in 2021.
26:07And they ended up getting together. And, wait for it, they only got married a year later.
26:15Hang on, I thought Anya was with Michael.
26:17She was. She left Jez for him during the tour they'd been on.
26:22Why did this not show up sooner?
26:24Because it wasn't officially registered yet. They had a vow ceremony in the forest somewhere. There was a whole Midsummer
26:30Night's Dream thing going on.
26:32Yeah.
26:32Yeah, you should have seen some of the photos they posted on social media. That was some dress she wore.
26:38Respectfully, of course.
26:39So, how did Jez feel about being replaced by Michael?
26:42Hmm. Well, according to the other cast members, really not so good seems to be the answer.
26:53Look, I don't know who said that, but it's nonsense.
26:56So, when Anya told you she was leaving you for Michael, you weren't upset?
26:59Sorry, why is she here? Is that normal procedure? To bring a uniformed sergeant along?
27:04It is.
27:05Yep.
27:05Yes, it is.
27:07Okay. Fine.
27:09So, it's nonsense, is it, that you were upset about Anya?
27:12Yes.
27:13I mean, Anya's the one who's losing out, not me.
27:15All our mutual friends are siding with me.
27:17She's the one who's going to have to move in with her parents when she gets back home, not me.
27:21I mean, it hurts. Yeah.
27:24Of course it hurt. It really hurt.
27:26But I didn't kill Michael because of it. I wasn't looking for revenge.
27:32Ah, this is my agent, so I should probably take...
27:34No.
27:36You shouldn't.
27:37Okay, she'll leave a voicemail.
27:39This is a murder investigation, Mr Gorman.
27:41And your wife fell in love with the victim. That's a very strong motive.
27:45Well, that's where you're wrong, actually. They didn't fall in love.
27:49I mean, maybe she did, I don't know, but...
27:51It wasn't reciprocated.
27:53What makes you say that?
27:56Because he told me so.
28:01A few nights before our final performance, we all had a bit of a sesh at the hotel bar.
28:06Some of us went for a dip in the sea.
28:09Michael comes up to me and says he's going to end it with Anya because he's got some off-Broadway
28:15play
28:15and she's not what he needs right now.
28:19And did he end it with her?
28:21Yeah.
28:23Five minutes before the beginning of our final show.
28:27Talk about timing, eh?
28:39Anya's in room 352.
28:41That was Seb.
28:43The security team at the crime scene says somebody tried to break into the dressing room area last night.
28:48Guess her description?
28:50Is there something that we could have missed?
28:52Right, you and Officer Rose get down to the crime scene.
28:55Let's go and talk to Anya.
28:57Yeah, well, when's the deadline?
28:59Yes, Seb?
29:00Yeah, I'm sure I can get something to put me on tape.
29:05Mikey and I had gone to collect Rich from this bar he drinks in.
29:10That was why we went up late.
29:12So that was the technical hitch.
29:15We literally had five minutes before the performance was about to start.
29:18Mr. Dempster, come on, let's get you dressed.
29:20Fight! Fight!
29:23Michael just blurts it out.
29:25I can't do this anymore.
29:28I'm going to New York.
29:31I'm going alone.
29:32You gave up your marriage for Michael.
29:35You risked everything.
29:38It must have hurt, then, when he told you it was over between you two?
29:43I don't know.
29:48What was it that drew you to Michael?
29:51It felt like a kindred spirit.
29:55It was something I'd never had with Jess.
29:58In what way?
30:01Mikey cared so much about his work, but it terrified him.
30:06He was just striving to be as good as he could.
30:09Knowing it could all be torn down by a critic or the audience.
30:13And that bum-ability drew me to him.
30:15Because I feel it, too, in everything.
30:21Okay, so in that moment when he told you'd finished with you, you must have felt...
30:26Betrayed.
30:27Angry.
30:28Angry.
30:28And within the hour, he was dead.
30:30What?
30:31What?
30:32You think I did it?
30:35Because of...
30:36I remember...
30:38How, even?
30:41You think I'd carry around a bottle of cyanide with me just in case I get dumped?
30:47I mean, and if you've forgotten, I drank from the same bottle as him.
30:51Why would I do that if I knew there was poison in it?
31:00You know, my mum's church has this dirty thing going on.
31:05And sometimes, I think about doing a bit hard to myself, you know?
31:09It's just the words sometimes.
31:11I really struggle with words.
31:15Like, um...
31:16Cool.
31:20The winds did sing it to me.
31:23And the thunder, that deep and dreadful organ pipe, pronounced the name of Prosper.
31:29It did bass me trespass.
31:31Bass me trespass?
31:33I mean, what does that even mean, like, bass me trespass?
31:36Like a boombox type of bass?
31:38Less of the bass and more of the searching.
31:40Sergeant Fletcher.
31:41Commissioner, afternoon.
31:42Afternoon, sir.
31:44Might I have a word?
31:52How is the investigation going?
31:54We're making progress, sir.
31:56We've already got a few suspects in mind.
31:59Is everything all right, sir?
32:02A complaint has been made accusing you of unprofessional conduct.
32:08By who?
32:10Jess Gorman claims you tried to initiate a romantic relationship with him.
32:15He said what?
32:16And when he turned you down, twice, you pursued him as a suspect in the case.
32:23That is just not true.
32:26We interviewed him because there was evidence to suggest he had a motive.
32:32And it was Mr Gorman who asked me out twice.
32:34I swear to you, sir, he is making this all up.
32:39I mean, I would never do something like that, sir.
32:42You believe me, right?
32:45Look, sir.
32:46Ask Officer Rose.
32:47He was there the first time Mr Gorman asked me out.
32:51He will tell you.
32:53Very well.
32:56Leave it with me.
33:04What exactly am I looking for?
33:07Yes.
33:09Though, cannot find a thing?
33:12Hey.
33:27Sarge!
33:28I think I found something.
33:31What is it?
33:35It's a beach like a key.
33:39There's a few of them two minutes up the road.
33:44Oh.
33:53Oh.
33:58Syringe.
34:02Well, I'm assuming that's the cyanide.
34:11It's in the throat, Bozenges.
34:13You all right there, Mr Dempster?
34:14No.
34:22Right, Mr Dempster.
34:25This lot has got your fingerprints all over it.
34:28No one else's.
34:30You care to explain?
34:32It's thanks to Michael Farrah that I fell off the wagon.
34:36Sorry?
34:37Before this tour, I've been sober 20 years.
34:40What happened?
34:42Michael's offered this off-Broadway show.
34:45It's going to get him some good publicity in the States.
34:48Well, at the same time, we had the chance of extending our tour by three months to South America.
34:53And you didn't want to lose your caliber?
34:55No.
34:56And, I mean, Michael was contractually obliged to stay if further dates were added.
35:00I refused to release him.
35:02Well, we know Michael was very ambitious, so I assume he wasn't happy about that.
35:07It's our first day off in the Caribbean.
35:10Trinidad.
35:11We all spent the day by the pool.
35:14Cheers.
35:18I didn't realize until it was too late.
35:20Ah, dear boy.
35:21Putting shots of vodka in my soft drink all day.
35:26Once I got the taste for it, well.
35:28Double, um, double whiskey, please.
35:3120 years without so much as a sip.
35:34It all came crashing down.
35:36Nathan and dear Anya, they were first to realize I was back on the source.
35:41Took it in turns, bless him.
35:43Bring me to bed.
35:45Did you tell them what Michael did?
35:46Yes.
35:47I don't think Anya believed me, but Nathan did.
35:51Nathan?
35:52There is definitely something he's not telling us.
35:55He said that Michael had done something not dissimilar to him once, spiked his drink.
36:02So that's what Nathan was holding back.
36:05When he confronted Michael before the final show, it wasn't just about his experience eight years ago.
36:11I'm telling you, this is all going to come back on you and sooner than you think, mate.
36:15It was also about what he'd been doing to you.
36:17The irony of it is that funding fell through and the end tour was never extended.
36:23Michael got exactly what he wanted.
36:24No, I had the sense he usually did.
36:27Which brings us back to this little collection.
36:31I think he poisoned one of these lozenges.
36:34Gave it to Michael backstage, then added poison to that wine bottle on stage after he died.
36:39To misdirect us.
36:41Make us think that's what killed him.
36:43I'm afraid my little plan wasn't quite so smart.
36:47Well, and not so deadly.
36:49The bottle doesn't contain cyanide.
36:51Contains lysergic acid diethylamine.
36:58LSD.
37:01The hallucinogen.
37:03I injected one of the lozenges.
37:05Not with cyanide.
37:06I didn't want to kill him.
37:08I just wanted him to feel how he made me feel.
37:13All powerless.
37:16I wanted everyone to see it.
37:20With the code that I am, I didn't go through with it.
37:26And when Michael collapsed on stage and we were called...
37:30I panicked.
37:32I ran to the beach lockers, hit the evidence and...
37:37So it was you, our security sword, trying to get into the dressing room.
37:40To get that key.
37:41Did you tell anyone else about your plan?
37:44I was so smashed half the time.
37:46I might have left it lying around.
37:49I don't know.
37:50Inspector.
37:55Just a moment.
38:02I think he might be telling the truth.
38:05We've re-watched the video and after Michael collapses,
38:09no one goes near the bottle he drank from.
38:11And look, Jez Garman puts down the bottle here
38:14and no one touches it again until...
38:18I do.
38:19There.
38:19So the poison was in the bottle all along?
38:23Nothing was added afterwards?
38:24No, sir.
38:26So how come the other two that drank from the bottle didn't die,
38:30and he did?
38:41You've reached Solomon.
38:42Leave a message, I'll get back to you.
38:46Sol, it's me again.
38:48Can you call me back?
38:50Please.
38:55So I just heard back from a few of Jez and Anya's friends in the UK
38:59trying to get a handle on their marriage breaking up.
39:03Right.
39:04No one was shocked.
39:06It seems Jez wasn't the most faithful of husbands.
39:09He saw it as a kind of open marriage.
39:13Right, and what happens on tour stays on tour then?
39:16And after three years of marriage, Anya felt betrayed and humiliated.
39:20Just basically took her for granted.
39:21But obviously never expected her to actually leave.
39:25So when Anya hooked up with Michael, that must have really thrown him.
39:32Still haven't heard from your brother.
39:36You know what?
39:37I think he's actually ignoring my calls.
39:39I keep thinking about how things were between us, you know,
39:42when we last saw each other.
39:43They weren't great.
39:44In fact, if I'm honest, I kind of think it's because of me that
39:47we're going our separate ways.
39:49Then maybe you should go visit him in Antigua.
39:51You think?
39:52Yeah.
39:53Just go talk to him.
39:56I'm heading to the lab.
39:57You want me to drop you off at the shack?
39:59Er, no.
40:01Take me to the high street, please.
40:02I need to get a bucket and spade.
40:05As in a...
40:07As in a kiddie's bucket and spade for like the beach.
40:11What other kind of bucket and spade is there?
40:14Sir, um...
40:15Is this for the case?
40:18Or...
40:19Are you having a break now?
40:21Probably both.
40:27Right.
40:30Well, that's me done.
40:36Sarge, you don't need to stress yourself over this
40:39Jez Garman complaint.
40:41Like you said, the man's a total bozo.
40:43And the commissioner will definitely see that.
40:46Car, he can see through the lies.
40:50You're not too sure about it.
40:54There's something that you don't know about me from before I, uh...
41:02I came back to St. Marie.
41:04In Jamaica, I...
41:07I messed up on a case.
41:10Big time.
41:12And...
41:13And saw my file and the commissioner knows about it.
41:17So...
41:18No.
41:20No, I'm not sure he's gonna have my back on this.
41:23That's why you're transferred.
41:30Well, I mean, look...
41:34I wouldn't be so sure about that, Sarge.
41:37Because one thing I know for a fact...
41:39Is that...
41:40The commissioner wants to give everyone a chance.
41:44Because I mean...
41:46He did with me.
41:49Best decision he ever made.
42:11Morning, Sarge.
42:13Officer Rose.
42:14Oh, say.
42:15Yes, Thomas.
42:17Somebody's giving the inspector some hair.
42:20I never thought I'd see the day the man could have an afro.
42:24Whoever did this, making a bold statement.
42:37Morning, Inspector.
42:40Have you seen the poster?
42:42Someone's giving you a glow up.
42:43Yeah, I've seen it.
42:44Yeah, that really brings out your cheekbones, Inspector.
42:47Kinda suits you.
42:48Aw, and he's got his little kiddies' bucket.
42:51And spades.
42:53Four of them, in fact.
42:55One bottle.
42:57One dose of poison.
43:02Three people drink the same liquid from the same bottle.
43:09Now, how come only one of them ingest the poison and the other two don't?
43:13Well, that's not possible.
43:15Why not?
43:16They're sand in all of them. Or poison, so how?
43:20How indeed, Sergeant Fletcher.
43:25Is that from the lab?
43:26Yes.
43:27Oh.
43:31Confirms the liquid in the bottle we found in Mr Dempster's cigar box was LSD.
43:38Not legal, but definitely not murder.
43:42Oh, sir, your buckets.
43:43Oh.
43:56The seeds washed all the sand away.
44:00It's like I was never there.
44:06Hang on.
44:11The water made the sand disappear.
44:16Or did it actually disappear?
44:19I mean, what if it was there all along?
44:21I think you poisoned one of these lozenges and added poison to that wine bottle on stage after he died.
44:27No one goes near the bottle you drank from.
44:29As for the fiasco, fairly high glucose levels.
44:34And if that explains the bottle, then where did the poison come from?
44:40In a very, very swift makeup costume change reappear as Caliban in Act 1, Scene 2.
44:46And with my long nails, I'll dig deep.
44:50Deep nose.
44:55You know who did it.
44:58And I think I know why.
45:00But what about the how, Inspector?
45:02I mean, that's what the whole biggie is about, right?
45:03I'm pretty sure I know the how as well.
45:06But, Officer Robes, I need you to run another tox report on Mr Farah, but I need a glass of
45:10water first.
45:10You're dehydrated.
45:11No, it's not a drink. It's just a little experiment that will finally prove what really happened on stage three
45:17days ago.
45:19One glass of water coming right up.
45:29Now, I don't want to talk ill of the dead.
45:32However, I think it's fair to say that Michael Farah was a selfish and self-interested individual who only cared
45:41about what he wanted in life and how he was going to get it.
45:45But, did the malicious and hurtful things he did to each of you really mean he had to die?
45:54Anya, you obviously thought he did.
45:58Because it was you that poisoned him.
46:00What? No, I absolutely did not.
46:06The mystery we've been trying to solve throughout this case is how three people could drink from the same poisoned
46:16bottle, yet only one of them dies.
46:20We didn't know it.
46:21But the answer has been right in front of us from the start.
46:25And in a way, Mr Farah gave it to us in his dying breath.
46:30And with my long nails, I'll dig the pig...
46:33And I, with my long nails, will dig the pig nuts.
46:39Because that's the thing about Caliban.
46:41He was a monster, right?
46:43And as part of Michael's makeup to help make him look more...
46:46...monstery, his nails are painted.
46:50And that's how he was poisoned.
46:53We need to get this to the lab.
46:55But we've already had Michael's fingernails tested and it was confirmed there were traces of cyanide in the dried varnish.
47:04It was administered, Anya, by you.
47:07During his wardrobe change from the bosun into his Caliban costume, makeup and painted fingernails.
47:16Nathan, you said Michael would get particularly nervous while waiting to go on stage for Act 2, Scene 2, yeah?
47:23A bit nervous.
47:24He would pace and bite his nails.
47:27Which after touring for 12 months together, and having become intimate with him, you also knew Anya.
47:35But I told you, Michael only ended things with me half an hour before he died.
47:40How could I plan his murder in that time?
47:43You're right.
47:44Michael's murder was planned in advance.
47:47But now we know the killer had to be you, then it follows that you'd already found out Michael was
47:53planning to end his relationship with you.
47:56You getting in?
47:57Yeah, maybe.
47:59And with Michael telling Jez as much...
48:01Look, I'm gonna end things with Anya.
48:04I think you overheard that conversation.
48:06After everything, I thought you should know.
48:07And we believe that's when you decided to kill him.
48:11Then, if Michael's fingernails were poisoned, why was there poison in the bottle?
48:18That was to misdirect us, right?
48:20To confuse us with the seeming impossibility that three people could drink from it, but only one die.
48:27Why weren't they all killed?
48:29I'm glad you asked me that, Mr Dempster.
48:31Because to answer that, we need to look to your own plan to get back at Michael Farrah.
48:36We know, Miss Chambers helped to put you to bed a number of times when you've overindulged.
48:43Nathan, dear Anya, they took it in turn to bless him, bring me to bed.
48:47And you admitted yourself, you left the cigar box containing the syringe, the lozenges...
48:53I might have left it lying around.
48:55And this little bottle lying around the place.
48:58We believe you came across this box, Miss Chambers.
49:02OK, Rich. A sip of water.
49:06Mmm.
49:08And that's when your plan started to take shape.
49:13But instead of using LSD, you used a fatal poison.
49:20Now I have to admit, it didn't register with me at first, the significance.
49:26But when our lab tested the liquid in that poison bottle, the cherry juice...
49:32As for the fiasco...
49:33They found the level of glucose in it...
49:35Glucose levels.
49:37...higher than normal.
49:38That's where this comes in.
49:42Just over an hour ago, I dropped one of Mr Dempster's throat lozenges in this glass of water.
49:48And now look.
49:51It's gone.
49:53Dissolved.
49:56And that's exactly what you did, Anya, with that wine bottle.
50:00Just before yourself, Jez and Michael went on that stage for Act Two, Scene Two.
50:04You see...
50:06As long as the lozenge was whole and hadn't dissolved...
50:09Jez!
50:11...it was safe to drink from.
50:13Which you all did.
50:17But by the time we arrived at the crime scene and sent the bottle to the lab to be tested...
50:23...the lozenge had already melted away.
50:26Releasing the poison.
50:27Making it seem like it had been there all along.
50:33But why?
50:34Why did you kill him?
50:38Anya, when you and Michael got together, you were still feeling...
50:44...hurt...
50:44...and embarrassed...
50:46...by your husband's ongoing infidelities.
50:51Him taking you for granted.
50:53So for Michael, the kindred spirit...
50:56...that you'd risked everything for...
50:58...to humiliate you even further by finishing with you...
51:02...only a few months after getting together...
51:04...well...
51:06...a bit more than hurt.
51:08And that's when you realised...
51:10...that perhaps the rumours you've heard about Michael...
51:14...which you previously dismissed...
51:17...were actually true.
51:19That Mr Dempster's claim that Michael spiked him...
51:23...actually happened.
51:25Did you tell them what Michael did?
51:27Yes. I don't think Anya believed me, but...
51:29And that Nathan Burns' own past run-in with Mr Farrell...
51:33...was more than mere gossip.
51:35There's been gossip amongst the cast ideas...
51:37...history between them.
51:38So you decided to do something that was long overdue.
51:42And on behalf of yourself...
51:44...and everyone else here whose life he'd ruined...
51:47...you would give Michael something he deserved...
51:51...to make him the one to finally suffer.
51:55His own downfall.
51:56His own humiliation.
51:58Right there on that stage...
52:00...for all the world to see.
52:04And that, Miss Chambers...
52:06...is why you killed him.
52:16Anya Chambers...
52:17...I'm arresting you for the murder of Michael Farrah.
52:21You do not have to say anything...
52:23...but it may harm your defence...
52:25...if you do not mention when questioned...
52:28...something which you later rely on in court.
52:43You're not seeing enough of yourself already?
52:46It's never enough.
52:48Ah.
52:49Return of the Bozo.
52:51Could we have a quick chat, please?
52:57I just want to let you know that I officially dropped...
53:00...my complaint this morning and...
53:03...and I wanted to say I'm sorry.
53:06You know you could have lost me my job...
53:09...just because I wouldn't have a drink with you?
53:12What kind of sick little messed up brain you have?
53:14Yeah, that's pretty much what your commissioner said.
53:17Wait, the commissioner?
53:18Yeah, he was the one who insisted I apologise...
53:21...and said he was going to charge me with wasting police time...
53:23...and he caught my agent.
53:24He's a pretty terrifying guy, actually.
53:27Oh, and there he is.
53:30OK.
53:30Well, look, I'd rather not have to deal with him again...
53:33...so I'm really sorry.
53:45Sir?
53:47He apologised.
53:49He did?
53:51Thank you, sir.
53:53I'm sorry I couldn't get him to drop his complaint sooner.
53:56The man was clearly making it all up.
54:01So you knew he was lying all along?
54:05Of course.
54:06But one has to follow procedure...
54:08...in situations like this.
54:12It's...
54:14I just...
54:16I just thought you didn't believe me, sir.
54:19You know, after everything that happened before.
54:23You made a promise to me...
54:26...that there were going to be no more mistakes.
54:30And...
54:31...I tend to take people at their word.
54:33You're a good sergeant.
54:35I can see that.
54:36So, keep it up!
55:00OK.
55:01If I get a bullseye on this next throw...
55:05...I'll book a ticket to Antigua...
55:07...and I'll go and see Saul.
55:22Um...
55:24...maybe make it best of three?
55:27Yeah.
55:29Another bullseye...
55:31...and I'm definitely going to Antigua.
55:46I don't believe it.
55:52Well, that's that then.
55:54I guess it's really happening.
56:00Yes, Thomas.
56:03I'm just letting you know...
56:04...I won't be coming in tomorrow.
56:07I'm actually taking your advice as it goes.
56:09I'm going to see Saul.
56:12Yeah?
56:13Well, I mean...
56:14...I don't even know if he wants to see me, but...
56:17Hey!
56:18What's the worst that can happen?
56:33More water, please.
56:34I think it rather suits him.
56:36Yeah?
56:37That's the same thing I said, sir.
56:39Looks like I wanted a Jackson 5.
56:41And it is rather amusing.
56:42Isn't it?
56:50Sir?
56:51Yes, Thomas?
56:52What is it?
56:53I think something has happened to the inspector.
57:15What the hell's going on?
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