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00:04Dear Hortense, my boyfriend snores and I haven't got a good night's name.
00:08Dear Hortense, I've got a problem with my mother-in-law, or should I say...
00:13Dear Hortense, dear Hortense, dear Hortense, dear Hortense, dear Hortense, I don't know where it comes from.
00:24Time to not under attack, you damn thing.
00:34Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
00:39Merci, dear.
00:46Dear desperate daughter-in-law, may I suggest an alternative course of action?
00:53Divorce your wet husband and kill two birds with one stone.
00:57Dear Pippin' Peter, I sense this neighbor is keen for you to notice her.
01:05So bake some chicken colombo and take it over there without delay.
01:10Bonne chance.
01:13Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
01:15Merci, Kim.
01:16I'm sorry.
01:17I'm sorry.
01:33I'm sorry.
01:36I'm sorry.
01:39I'm sorry.
01:41I'm sorry.
01:43I'm sorry.
01:44I'm sorry.
01:45I'm sorry.
01:46I'm sorry.
01:46I'm sorry.
01:50Commissioner, thanks for coming.
01:53Catherine, what a picture.
01:56Like a young Grace Kelly.
01:58You do exaggerate, Mr. Buzet.
02:00Merely appreciative of beauty when I see it.
02:03I've been meaning to thank you.
02:05Without your admirable journalism,
02:07a community initiative wouldn't have happened.
02:11Let's meet us.
02:14For a chance, our guest of honor.
02:18Simply stunning, like a young Grace Kelly.
02:23It all looks wonderful, Anton.
02:25Only what you deserve for your dedicated service to this island.
02:29One last favor, simply.
02:31I want to change my final column to this one.
02:35It's already gone to press, I'm afraid.
02:37Oh, don't be afraid. Just make it happen.
02:39Oh, come on, Bernie.
02:43Do 24 years of marriage.
02:46Come for nothing.
02:58After 30 years solving this island's problems,
03:02our beloved Agony Aunt is retiring.
03:06And so, please, put your hands together
03:08to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
03:14Good morning.
03:16Good morning.
03:17I thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers,
03:21for entrusting me with this precious task
03:25for so many years.
03:26But now I'm looking forward
03:28to spending more time with my daughter, Esme.
03:40Let's see if for the first time in his life
03:44that imbecile was true to his word.
04:02Good morning, Esme.
04:03How was the party?
04:05Good item.
04:06Me at her.
04:08That's weird.
04:11Maman?
04:15Maman?
04:15Maman?
04:19Maman?
04:24Maman?
04:25We done?
04:28Fifteen more minutes.
04:31Right.
04:32Are we going to talk about anything today?
04:42Um...
04:43No.
04:45Thank you, but...
04:49No.
04:57Yes, Thomas?
05:00It's work.
05:06Oh.
05:09So I take it therapy's going well, then?
05:12Um...
05:13I mean,
05:15sitting in front of a total stranger
05:16talking about feelings,
05:18it's just not for me, you know?
05:20Well, you were kidnapped
05:21by your own brothers or almost killed.
05:24Look, I'm here now, aren't I?
05:26The best thing for me to do is just
05:28forget it ever happened.
05:30Sounds healthy.
05:30Look, I'm English.
05:32Yeah?
05:33That's what we do.
05:38The deceased is Hortense Leroux.
05:41She writes an agony aunt column
05:42for the local paper.
05:44Agony aunt?
05:45That's a blast from the past.
05:47Good morning, boss.
05:49Sorry.
05:50Her medic say, Madam Leroux, was poisoned.
05:52Who found her?
05:53Her daughter, Esme,
05:55who had plans to go on a walk with her mother,
05:57and the housekeeper, Kim Woods,
05:59who was just starting her shift.
06:01Yes, we are.
06:03So, the victim.
06:05She has...
06:06a few tiny red spots on her finger.
06:09Which leads me to believe
06:11that the poison came from something she touched.
06:15So, she sat down for breakfast,
06:19boiled egg and toast,
06:20read her column
06:22where someone writes in about
06:25a friend's betrayal
06:27and dear Hortense replies with
06:30avoiding revenge.
06:32Let sleeping dogs lie.
06:34So, if she was retiring,
06:36this would be her last column?
06:38Tragic coincidence?
06:39Tragic, certainly.
06:41Coincidence, not so much.
06:44Does this look discolored to you?
06:51Do you think the poison is on the paper?
06:53Possibly.
06:54Where did this come from?
06:55We'll check with the housekeeper.
07:06Egg and soldiers.
07:07In the Breakfast Hall of Fame.
07:09That's right up there.
07:11Dipping a piece of buttered toast
07:12into a gooey yellow egg.
07:14Heaven.
07:15You're fine, sir.
07:20Sir?
07:29This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
07:31Dipping a soldier into that
07:32would be impossible.
07:39Sir, normally when you spot a detail,
07:41I think,
07:41my lord man,
07:42you will definitely come back to this.
07:44But right now,
07:45I'm kind of struggling
07:46how this could possibly be relevant.
07:50Everything's relevant,
07:51Officer Ruffs.
08:03And the paper was delivered every day?
08:06By a boy called Clayton Powell.
08:08Can you get a hold of him, please?
08:10Yes, May.
08:13It's terrible, terrible news.
08:16Anton Bozet,
08:17editor of the San Marie News
08:19and Hortense's ex-husband.
08:21D.I. Wilson.
08:22I heard a lot about you.
08:24So, what's the latest?
08:26Well, we're working on the theory
08:27that Miss Leroux was poisoned.
08:29What?
08:30Deliberately.
08:31How could anyone do that to her?
08:34She was truly adored.
08:36So, how did she seem recently?
08:38Anything out of the ordinary?
08:40Well, she had mixed feelings
08:41about retiring, naturally.
08:44There was something at the party.
08:46I want to change my final column
08:49to this one.
08:50Do you know why?
08:52No.
08:53Can we see the original letter?
08:54They'll be in her study.
08:56Okay, so, um,
08:57talk me through her morning routine, please.
08:59Well, she was up with a lark,
09:01made breakfast.
09:02Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
09:04Clayton would deliver the paper,
09:06then she would like to read
09:07her column over breakfast.
09:09And the egg,
09:10how long did she cook it for?
09:12Oh, I'm not sure.
09:14Well, do you know, love?
09:16Dreaming it so soon?
09:18She liked it to be perfect.
09:20Yeah.
09:20That's who she was.
09:21Deep breaths, darling.
09:22Deep breaths.
09:24Here you are, Esme.
09:26Look here, Inspector.
09:27Why the focus on eggs?
09:29Can I suggest that you concentrate
09:31on what is actually important?
09:33Finding the person who did this.
09:35I'm merely trying to establish
09:36the facts, Mr. Bousset.
09:37I mean, as a journalist,
09:39it surprises me you don't appreciate that.
09:46I'm sorry,
09:47the little man doesn't like strangers.
09:49Sensible chap.
09:56She really liked purple.
10:04So what's with the egg thing?
10:08Look,
10:09Hortense was the sort of woman
10:10who liked everything just so, right?
10:12Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
10:15People are funny, aren't they?
10:17Yes.
10:18People are.
10:19It's still bothering me
10:20why that egg was hard-boiled.
10:23Maybe she got distracted,
10:25overcooked it.
10:26She had an egg timer,
10:27which she clearly used.
10:28And even if she had overcooked it,
10:30she could have made another one.
10:33Now you say it,
10:34it is a little odd.
10:36You know,
10:37I used to think these letters were fake,
10:39but people
10:40actually write in with their problems.
10:42And according to the housekeeper,
10:44she replied to every single one.
10:46Felt like it was her duty.
10:51Whoa!
10:54Seems she kept
10:55every single letter as well.
10:57This is the letter
10:58she wanted to publish last minute.
11:00Dear Hortense,
11:01I've suffered a great betrayal
11:03by a friend.
11:04Well, that's different.
11:05What is?
11:07Well, all these other letters
11:08are signed anonymously,
11:09but this one
11:10is signed
11:11by Sophie Martin.
11:13So Sophie Martin
11:14wanted her friend
11:15to know she'd written this letter.
11:18Why?
11:19To send a message?
11:21Or a warning.
11:25How was that now?
11:26Yes, Hector.
11:31Okay, so
11:32that's Clayton
11:33and here's the tea.
11:34He picked up the papers
11:35from Mr. Purdy's newsagent
11:37at 7 a.m.
11:38There are various papers
11:39in the stack,
11:40the St. Marie News
11:41only being one of them.
11:43He then cycled straight here,
11:45delivered the newspaper
11:45to Madame LaRue
11:46at 7.15 a.m.
11:50And did he actually
11:51see her pick it up?
11:52He did,
11:52just like always.
11:54I mean,
11:54now she came inside
11:55and sat at the dinner table
11:56to read the paper.
11:58Do we know
11:59how many St. Marie News
12:00were in his stack?
12:01He said six
12:02and none of the other people
12:03who get the paper
12:04are ill.
12:06But if so,
12:07assuming it was
12:08a targeted attack,
12:09how did he get
12:10the one poison newspaper
12:11to all the ends?
12:12Maybe they intercepted Clayton
12:14on the way
12:14knowing he'd be coming
12:16to Madame LaRue's house first.
12:18Clayton swears
12:19he did not meet
12:20anyone on route.
12:21The only thing of note,
12:23his bike had a bust up
12:24with a pothole
12:24and all his papers
12:25fell out his back.
12:27But even if the killer
12:28had poisoned
12:29the first paper
12:30in the stack,
12:31they're all jumbled up
12:32now, right?
12:33Which means
12:34they couldn't guarantee
12:35that the poisoned paper
12:37would get to Madame LaRue.
12:40A one in six chance.
12:42Don't like the sound
12:43of those odds.
12:44Do you?
12:53Hortense LaRue,
12:55St. Marie's
12:55favourite agony aunt,
12:57poisoned, apparently,
12:58by her own column.
12:59So, who would want
13:00to murder her?
13:02Other meddling
13:02in people's lives
13:03would make you
13:04some enemies.
13:05I read that she moved
13:06from Paris to St. Marie
13:0830 years ago
13:09with her baby daughter,
13:11Esme.
13:12Anton Busset,
13:13Esme's stepfather.
13:15They met in 1996
13:17when she started
13:18her column
13:18at the St. Marie News.
13:20Then there's this.
13:22Now, why would
13:23all tens be so keen
13:24to publish it?
13:25It was posted
13:26on St. Marie,
13:27so likely
13:27the author lives here.
13:29So, our priority,
13:31find
13:33Sophie
13:34Marta.
13:36Copy that, sir.
13:38There were letters
13:38at the host.
13:39Looks like she kept
13:40them all.
13:41Might be worth
13:41checking those two?
13:43Yes, um,
13:44where would you put
13:44that on the priority list?
13:46I'm thinking maybe
13:47three or four.
13:50We've got it, Sarge.
13:51Soon as we check
13:51through the victim's form.
13:53Can't help feeling
13:54Sophie is key
13:55to all of this.
13:56Making progress
13:57already?
13:58Oh, Commissioner,
13:59well, you know,
14:00it's early days.
14:01Madame LaRue
14:02was highly regarded.
14:05Only last night,
14:06Catherine and I
14:06attended a retirement party.
14:08As such,
14:09the island will be watching
14:10our investigation
14:11keenly.
14:13Ah, excellent.
14:15I'm assuming
14:16you've met
14:16Anton Bousset.
14:18We've had the pleasure.
14:20He won't miss
14:21an opportunity
14:22to put pressure
14:23on us.
14:24Or rather,
14:25me.
14:26Let me know
14:27when you're
14:28ready to talk.
14:30So,
14:31let's
14:32keep things
14:32as professional
14:33as we can.
14:34Of course.
14:36Did I Wilson
14:37award?
14:45How are the
14:46counseling sessions
14:46going?
14:47Oh, um,
14:49extremely useful.
14:51Yeah, we're really
14:51getting to the
14:52heart of the matter.
14:54Is that so?
14:55Hmm.
14:56What I've heard
14:57is directly
14:58to the contrary.
15:00you haven't
15:01said that word.
15:02I thought
15:03that was confidential.
15:04Inspector,
15:06take it seriously.
15:07Look,
15:08I'm just not
15:09into the whole
15:10going over
15:11the past stuff.
15:12the effects of trauma
15:13don't just magically
15:15go away.
15:16You've got to
15:16work through it.
15:18I know
15:19because I did.
15:24You had therapy?
15:26And like you,
15:27I had dogs.
15:30Men of my age,
15:31we tend to
15:32back on with things
15:33too.
15:35Give in to it,
15:36Inspector.
15:37you may be surprised.
15:41Okay.
15:42Well, I assure you,
15:44I am
15:45completely,
15:46totally,
15:48100%
15:49fine.
16:00We've got a situation.
16:02Oh!
16:05Sorry.
16:26working overtime, mate.
16:28Any leads?
16:33No.
16:34No.
16:36No.
16:47No.
17:08Morning campers, gather round, I have a breakthrough.
17:17Right, so this stamp was conveniently hidden beneath this St. Marie stamp.
17:22The original stamp is from France.
17:27Hmm, so what does that mean?
17:29That it was posted from somewhere else first?
17:31Maybe Sophie meant to post it from somewhere else, but didn't for some reason, then brought
17:35it to St. Marie to post.
17:36Why?
17:36Who knows?
17:37My stampman in Kentish Town is on the case.
17:39And three.
17:43You alright, sir?
17:44Yeah.
17:45Why?
17:45You seem a little energetic.
17:48Oh.
17:49That's the coffee.
17:50I've had three already.
17:51That's my fourth.
17:52Mmm.
17:53Bad night?
17:55Er, no.
17:56I was just up, looking into this.
17:59Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
18:01None on the island and no mention in the victim's contacts either.
18:04Post-mortem's in.
18:07Hortense was poisoned, as we thought.
18:10Contact poison.
18:11Cone snail venom, in fact.
18:14Cone snail?
18:15That's new.
18:16Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here.
18:18I mean, you're warned about them as a kid.
18:19If it's in a cone, leave it alone.
18:22Cone.
18:22The toxin paralyzes the victim first, then they die a painful death.
18:28Nice.
18:29So whoever did this wanted or tends to suffer.
18:33It says here that the poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper.
18:37Which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler.
18:40Somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack of six.
18:44Then pray to the gods of vengeance that that paper is delivered to its victim.
18:48Risky as anything.
18:51Did Hortense touch anything else?
18:53Lab's still testing.
18:55They'll get back to us tomorrow.
18:56In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on something.
18:59Yes.
19:00The daughter.
19:01Esme, eh?
19:02Totally bankrolled by her mummy.
19:04She's never had a job.
19:05She just gets her big juicy allowance every month and, I mean, she's living her life.
19:09Well, it seems Esme might have disagreed.
19:12She'd applied for a job at a publisher's inn Barbados.
19:16Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortense to the managing director saying Esme was not
19:24fit to work and that she would sue them if her daughter had a breakdown.
19:28They took back the job offer pretty quickly after that.
19:32So, mummy blew her chances of a promising career.
19:43Must have been a blow.
19:44She was right.
19:46I wouldn't have hoped.
19:48Real life and me somehow never work, so.
19:50What made you apply for the job then?
19:52Anton encouraged me.
19:54He helps me with all sorts of things.
19:57Can't help noticing you're wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
20:00Late night, was it?
20:02My mum just died.
20:04I'm allowed to grieve.
20:05Of course you are.
20:08Look, what do you want from me?
20:10You're 31, never been anywhere, everything you own, all paid for by your mother.
20:14It's unusual.
20:15Some might say a little controlling.
20:18She wasn't, she loved me.
20:21People get away with a lot under that label.
20:24Papillon.
20:25Papillon.
20:26Papillon.
20:26Papillon.
20:27Come away from there.
20:31Needs to be careful of those cone snails.
20:33I hear they're deadly.
20:34My mother's always paranoid he gets stoned.
20:37Lied to keep them drawers.
20:39A bit like you then.
20:40Please stop this.
20:41A bright new future.
20:42Suddenly snatched.
20:43No, stolen away by your meddling mother.
20:45That would have made me angry.
20:46But that made you angry, DS Thomas.
20:48Definitely.
20:49Maybe the anger got too much.
20:50Maybe one day you just snapped.
20:51No.
20:53That's not true.
20:58We'll be in touch.
21:03Never underestimate the quiet ones.
21:10All right, mate.
21:11What have you got?
21:13For real?
21:22Curious and curious as they say.
21:24The Cloche de Saint-Azure, pardon my accent, was printed in Paris 30 years ago.
21:29Does that mean that this letter is also 30 years old?
21:33We can only assume so.
21:34But if that's the case, why would Sophie Martin wait to send us now?
21:38Maybe she knew Hortense was retiring and this was her last chance?
21:42We'll look for any Sophie Martin who lived in Paris 30 years ago.
21:46Yeah, keep me posted.
21:47Any news from the lab?
21:48No poison found on anything else she could have touched.
21:51So this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon?
21:53It looks like it.
21:55Something interesting though.
21:57No fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
22:00Wiped clean.
22:01Hmm.
22:02What would that be?
22:04Right.
22:05Until we know who Sophie Martin is, let's look for anyone with a motive, yeah?
22:09I found something on the victim's phone.
22:11In the trash.
22:12Like my uncle, Uncle Terence always says.
22:14One man's trash is a-
22:16It is another man's treasure.
22:17Yes, we know.
22:17Get on with it, Officer Rose.
22:19Sir.
22:19Sorry.
22:21Hmm.
22:22Go on.
22:23Some anonymous text going back three weeks ago.
22:26You'll get what's coming to you.
22:27You don't deserve to live.
22:29And then just before a retirement party, wear the amethyst earrings.
22:33They bring out your eyes.
22:35Someone was out for blood.
22:36But who?
22:38A reader with a grudge maybe?
22:40Maybe.
22:40Clearly whoever it is was watching the house the other night
22:43while Hortense was getting ready for a big bash.
22:46First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbors.
22:48Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:50Mm-hmm.
22:51Cool, cool, cool.
22:56Cool.
22:58Cool.
23:08Cool.
23:09Cool.
23:11Cool.
23:12Cool.
23:12Cool.
23:13Cool.
23:13Cool.
23:14Cool.
23:15Cool.
23:15Cool.
23:26you want to give up don't you i'm here when you're ready look why don't you just ask me something
23:34just ask me a question please what are your feelings about your brother
23:42okay um something akin to anger i'd say you know every time i'm near that guy something happens
23:55it shouldn't and and sadness in fact i'd say mainly sadness i wanted it to work yeah believe
24:04me i i wanted us to work but you know what
24:12we just don't i do not trust that guy and if you can't trust family then who can you trust
24:19would it be more helpful to talk to him about what happened i don't know where i'd even start
24:25sometimes if talking's difficult writing it down can help write him a letter
24:35yeah writing him a letter yeah could work
24:42a letter it'd be a waste of time why don't you tell him what kind of brother you wanted
24:49because it's a fantasy he can't be that brother
24:56so i need to just accept it and move on and sir how will you do that unless you're honest
25:03with him
25:04and even more so with yourself katherine you're at uh hortense's party yeah did you know well
25:13not really and the family it's me and tumble sits oh anton men like him hungry lions looking at you
25:24like
25:24your tasty steak at a buffet oh have you two got history he'd like that do you want another drink
25:33oh no thank you i think i'll have an early night perhaps you should too sir why's that
25:40seeing that you're having trouble sleeping another cold one for me please katherine
26:00i'll speak to him and you take the house over there then we'll get to those letters sound good
26:05cool cool see you later alligator
26:24oh come on come on come on
26:32what are you doing nothing what's behind your back hi cupboard don't lie to me there's a mirror
26:38right behind you i just promise you won't laugh all right i promise dear hortense does this girl i
26:48like if she were a chicken wing she'd be extra hot all summer we've chilled but now she's gone quiet
26:54i'm
26:54confused she keeps watching my stories once she commented with a tomato emoji what does that mean
27:02i just want to know where i stand you're sebastian rose you know this is supposed to be i know
27:10that no
27:11well did hortense write back she did she said something about allowing space for roots to grow or
27:17something and happy no because she might be waiting for you you know that's a metal emoji
27:24couldn't mean this girl's interested you can't sit back you got to lean in yeah you know maybe you're
27:42what are you doing a game of probability a killer somehow gets a poisoned copy of the saint marie news
27:49into clayton's stack of newspapers in which there happens to be five other copies of the saint marie news
27:54and from which she pulls one copy of the saint marie news at random and delivers it to hortense
27:59one in six charts our only clue is the egg why was it hard-boiled when hortense likes it to
28:08be
28:09perfectly dippable sophie martin is a very popular name there were about a hundred sophie martin's in
28:16paris around that time look for any connections with saint marie yeah we have to find this woman will do
28:27it's not you it's me so the beers didn't help then surprisingly no and a little no it's not a
28:40good
28:40idea and that's an end of it okay sergeant fletcher we know who's been sending those messages
28:50the neighbor was taking out the bins on the day of the party when he overheard an argument
28:55between kim and hortense did he hear what was said certainly did it's you isn't it you have been
29:03sending these foul messages who else would know those things and guess what hortense said she'd report her
29:10to the police the next day
29:17would never do anything so stupid so why would hortense think it was you no clue those texts contain
29:24personal details that only someone close to her would know so how long have you worked with miss
29:28larue oh about six months or so was she a good boss madame was a diamond it's a tragedy that
29:34she's got
29:34from what we've heard she was more dragon than diamond she certainly gave her daughter a hard
29:39time didn't she well she was a mite over protective but she cared which is more than most if she
29:44was
29:44like that with her own flesh and blood it's not a stretch to imagine she'd do the same to you
29:49perhaps you decided to get your own back frighten her but then she found you out didn't she you'd have
29:56faced criminal charges you'd have lost everything so i killed her you've got this all in our offices i've
30:04been around the block more times than i care for life's good here better than i hoped why would
30:09i risk losing that you know what i said to her go ahead report me any decent investigation team
30:18would discover that i didn't send those texts convenient what is well she never got the chance
30:24did she and now here you are free as a bird she does have a point i don't see what
30:36she gains from
30:37scaring hortense well who else well i'm not overly thrilled about talking to anton busset but if it
30:45was an angry reader sent those texts then you're gonna have to sir you're sure you can keep cool
30:55as a cucumber
31:06so all tens of larue didn't mention anything to you about these text messages
31:10ever since the divorce we didn't have the same intimacy you understand please sit down no i'm
31:16all right standing thank you any hate mail sent to the office complaints people calling in to talk to
31:22her you don't give up do you oh she's deceptively heavy is this real gold can you put that down
31:29i've already said i don't know who was sending these messages and whoever she is won't be easily found
31:35she what you just said whoever she is i misspoke they unusual for a man in your line of work
31:42to
31:43misspeak unusual for a man in your line of work to behave like an amateur excuse me let me be
31:49crystal
31:49clear stop wasting time asking obtuse questions and go about doing your actual job let me be crystal
31:58clear these obtuse questions to find out who murdered your ex-wife sir but the fact that you can't see
32:03that
32:03because your head is so far up your own well that escalated look i get it sir what you went
32:13through
32:14was something no one should ever have to well you can't keep pretending pretending yes pretending like
32:21you're okay and your judgment is clearly off because you're not sleeping and you're not sleeping because
32:26you have this thing with solomon hanging over your head what do you suggest i don't know write the letter
32:32whatever get it off your chest we have a murder to solve all right fine i'll do it thank you
32:45so what are we going to do about mr busset he obviously suspects who's sending those texts well
32:53we need a tactical rethink
32:58i have an idea
33:08who knew saint marie was so high tech found it in the back of the evidence store don't think it's
33:15been used
33:15for a while you surprised me
33:18it's from 1986 can't beat quality thanks for doing this miss baudet a pleasure i feel like
33:25one of charlie's angels now remember you're there to find out who anton thinks is behind the text
33:31messages but don't go straight in for the kill act natural rain check is your code word if anything
33:37goes wrong it won't trust me
33:48we're good
33:54the golden goose has landed
34:00anton how lovely to see you likewise i was surprised when you called me
34:08pleasantly surprised of course thought a drink would help take your mind off things much appreciated
34:17that clown inspector was at the office today poking his nose in where it's not wanted oh like a dog
34:25without a bone what is she after she wait she knows what she's doing did the police have a theory
34:32today
34:32all they were bothered about for these nasty messages hortense was receiving thank you
34:40you seem like a woman of good sense and judgment i like to think so this stays between us a
34:48few years
34:48ago hortense told me something esme isn't her child she took her from paris when she was this is big
35:01i'm assuming she agreed to this the way hortense told it sounded like she was too out of it
35:06to notice hortense couldn't have children but the authorities did they not realize she came here
35:14forged her papers she was esme's mother in all but flesh and blood and esme has no idea no and
35:23i
35:23wanted to stay that way this would break her so you suspect it's esme's birth mother sending those
35:31messages who else enough doom and gloom would you do me the honor of a dance oh well um it
35:42might be
35:42better if i rain check no reason i doubt that very much come on sorry anton i must rain check
36:15this won't be the last you hear of me i'll be calling your commissioner
36:21i was saying the code well it was a technical edge i am so sorry
36:28we can now assume that the friend's betrayal written about in sophie martin's letter is referring to
36:33hortense stealing sophie's baby 30 years ago which means sophie is esme's real mother and finally
36:40explains why hortense was so desperate to publish the letter she knew it was sophie coming for her
36:46her response back off esme's mine well why wait 30 years to send this don't know yet but we will
36:54and if miss martin is also behind the text messages as anton suspects you'll get what's coming to you
37:00you don't deserve to leave she's here on this island with one hell of a motive but where
37:17we don't mind angel no not at all such a great loss if you ever need someone to talk to
37:25i'm here
37:48i've been thinking about what to say for a while
37:51but i haven't managed to find the right words
38:12morning morning sir that was the paris police my thinking was addicts are more likely to have
38:19criminal charges and there are three sophie martins on file two for possession one for aggravated
38:26robbery i've asked them to send over the records good work what's that sir oh um this is it my
38:36letter
38:36to solomon i've got it off my chest did it help uh yeah it did actually you know what i
38:46realized
38:47i want no i need my space for it
38:54i'm so sorry sir no no no it's all good it's for the best
38:56i just needed a little time to accept it that's all
39:02where is everyone following a lead if sophie martin was outside madame roux's house that night
39:09it's possible she followed her to the party so we went through the photos online and look at this one
39:22yes she does look about the right age that sophie will be an uninvited guest the waiter said she got
39:28into a green vw camper van and luckily marty knows the one garage that fixes them
39:41so someone matching her description came into the garage last week goes by the name of calypso
39:46said she normally parks up by coral beach we need to get there pronto you're already here sir
39:52we've got an eyeball
39:57i hearing you good you think that i'm that shy girl's mother
40:01you're mad i don't even know this one you're talking about
40:06then why did you sneak into the party that night just passing felt thirsty it's not a crime no the
40:15stalking is see our theory is you are sophie martin you assumed a new identity to come to saint marie
40:22and enact revenge on hortense larue starting with those threatening text messages ah i just like to stay
40:29off grid that's all we should be free to roam as the birds do you know we can trace the
40:35sim to
40:35the shop you bought it in check their cctv
40:40okay here's the truth that woman you're talking about sophie martin that ain't me but those texts
40:52i sent him not for the reason you think though why then two months ago i sent dear hortense a
41:00letter
41:02hortense told me to cut the mother out of my life toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that way
41:09she
41:09said hypocritical coming from her i did what she said know what my mother died alone in her bed
41:19if i hadn't listened to that loud mouth woman i would have been there that must have made you angry
41:24not enough to kill her i wanted to scare her make her suffer the same way i've been suffering
41:31walking about this perfect life little care for the people whose life she ruins
41:43miss jones no disrespect but it kind of seems like you're more angry at yourself
41:52look i'm no expert but it doesn't help to hold on to things
42:12so we still haven't a scooby how the killer pulled off this murder a stack of six papers and
42:17they managed to poison one and have it delivered practically straight into hortense larue's hands
42:21and let's not forget about the egg what happened that morning to make her ruin a perfectly good
42:26breakfast sir hold that thought i'm late i'll be back
42:40how do you feel uh yeah definitely better i mean everything here is just um
42:51you know gone all i need to do now is post it well done thank you now can we talk
42:59a little more
42:59about your life here how long have you got about half an hour no i meant
43:12she timed it why did she take it out and the egg how long did she cook it for dreaming
43:19it social he
43:21then cycled straight here deliver the newspaper to madame larue at 7 15 am sorry the little man
43:27doesn't like strangers there were no fingerprints found on her tenses glasses i wanted to scare her i
43:33wanted to suffer the same way i've been suffering of course that's the reason why why what the egg was
43:40hard-boiled i can see everything clearly now oh thanks for your patience i know who the killer is
43:50i know how they did it those photos from the paris police have they come through justin right we need
43:56search warrant and then we can have a little family reunion
44:05agony arts are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems however i doubt they've
44:12ever been asked to advise on a problem as difficult as this one hortense larue was poisoned effectively
44:19by her own column but we had no idea how the killer managed to poison the newspaper and get it
44:25delivered
44:25straight to her when the paper boy took one at random from his stack but with the help of a
44:33hard
44:34boiled egg not this again we finally cracked it
44:40you kim it was you who murdered hortense hey no i told you i was telling the truth as miss
44:49larue's
44:49housekeeper you knew her morning routine that she liked to read her column whilst having a breakfast
44:55you also knew that clayton drops the paper on the porch at 7 15 a.m and papillon barks to
45:02alert hortense
45:03as he always does when someone's at the door so earlier that morning you went to another news agent
45:10and bought a copy of the saint marie news let's call this paper a you then lace the problem page
45:17with
45:17cone snail poison something you knew about from hortense's fear of her dog getting stung by one
45:23mama was always baron i'd get stung then you dropped paper a onto the porch sometime before clayton
45:30usually arrived hortense must have been in the middle of preparing her breakfast papillon
45:37barked as normal so she went outside to collect the newspaper she thought had just been delivered
45:46she went back into the kitchen eager to see if her request to change her final column had been carried
45:51out
45:52in doing so she came into contact with the poison and subsequently died
45:58a painful death by all accounts
46:02you then came into the house through the back
46:05and put on hortense's purple gown a wig matching her hair with a purple headband and finally the
46:14item that was unmistakably hortense her statement purple glasses as usual at 7 15 clayton delivered the
46:24newspaper paper b and papillon barked kim now dressed as hortense opened the door and waved to him as
46:33clayton cycled away he wouldn't have known that it was in fact you waving at him and not hortense
46:39you then came back into the kitchen and returned mr who's glasses wiping away any prints first
46:46now we come to the egg and your ultimate downfall you see in your haste to stage the scene before
46:54esmy
46:54arrived you almost forgot miss larue's egg was still boiling away on the stove
46:58you needed everything to look exactly as it should to fit the timeline of hortense making breakfast
47:05then reading her column so you hurriedly took the now hard-boiled egg out of the pan and clumsily
47:12put it in the egg cup then you left the house through the back the same way you came
47:17got into your car that was parked around the corner and drove around the front to time perfectly
47:23with esme's arrival you later disposed of paper b and the wig at your home we found these in the
47:35bin on
47:35your street an audacious yet brilliant plan but why go to such lengths kim woods isn't your real name is
47:48it
47:49you are in fact sophie martin 30 years ago sophie martin moved to paris from the uk with her boyfriend
47:59who was escaping some trouble back home she was living in a commune in montmart and it's there she met
48:06hortense hortense an ambitious writer sophie
48:12was a drug addict with a newborn baby you were doing your best no doubt but from what we now
48:21know about mr rue she had a savior complex through our undercover investigation we discovered her secret
48:30hortense stole your baby in the night and went as far away as she could to saint marie
48:40that baby was you esne
48:44you're my mother
48:47hortense was my friend and she offered to look after you and yes i was struggling but i loved you
48:57so much and then one morning i woke up when you was gone and i didn't sleep today searching for
49:04you
49:05but then you found out hortense was here didn't you through her column so all those years ago
49:14you wrote this letter to dear hortense the same letter hortense wanted to publish
49:21at the very last minute for her final issue i wanted her to know i was coming for her
49:27then you were arrested the guy i was going out with at the time he told the police that i
49:33was
49:33involved in an armed robbery and someone got really badly hurt and it was all lies
49:39i had nothing to do with it he was not a good man and i didn't get a chance to
49:44send the letter
49:45they put me away for years time after time my parole was refused and i lost all hope until one
49:54day i
49:54finally got myself together got myself clean that day came and i knew all i had to do
50:03i had to find you and hurt hortense for what she'd done
50:08i came to saint marie first place i went was a newsagent and i saw the ad
50:13for her housekeeper it felt like fate come in
50:18you bided your time working out the perfect murder plan but when hortense received your letter
50:25she must have known you were gunning for her you read her response she didn't regret it
50:33not one bit not one bit esme i don't expect you to forgive me but i would really like you
50:41to
50:41understand that what she did destroyed me killing her was the only way i could ever have a relationship
50:50with you officer rouse
50:55so martin i'm arresting you for the murder of hortense larue you don't need to say anything
51:01but it may harm your defense if you do not mention in question something which you later
51:05are lying in cards i think you do say maybe give me evidence
51:10so my whole life has been alive
51:14hortense's love for you that was real
51:26so
51:35so
51:37so
51:37so
52:15Hey.
52:20Can I help you?
52:23Mervyn, yeah?
52:26Yeah?
52:27Didn't you hear me knock?
52:29No, I was sleeping, actually. Deeply.
52:33You're older than I imagined.
52:35Sorry, who are you?
52:38Just one second. Come on.
52:40Just give it up, man.
52:44Finally.
52:45Stupid boy's been holding out.
52:47And all he's got is a pair of sixes.
52:51Amateur.
52:52Is that gambling enough?
52:54I don't think you should be playing there.
52:56Don't sweat it. It's cool.
52:59Dad said you were a goody-goody.
53:00But I guess that comes with a jab. Right?
53:03Okay. Stop. Yeah?
53:05Now you tell me right now who you are, who your dad is, and what you're doing on my property,
53:09or I'm arresting you for trespass.
53:11And you being a detective?
53:13It's me, Eloise.
53:16Yanis.
53:18Sorry, what?
53:19Yanis.
53:20Eloise.
53:22Did Dad not mention me to you?
53:25No, he...
53:26No one mentioned you.
53:31Well, I'm sure he was going to.
53:33He's a busy guy, you know.
53:35Locked on his plate.
53:39So, what would you prefer where I call you?
53:42Uncle Marvin?
53:44Uncle Merv?
53:47Just Merv?
53:51What's for breakfast?
53:59Hey, don't touch anything.
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