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00:05Dear Hortense, my boyfriend snores and I haven't got a good night to sleep in the morning.
00:08Dear Hortense, I've got a problem with my mother-in-law, or should I say...
00:13Dear Hortense, how can I get my son to sleep?
00:15Dear Hortense, dear Hortense...
00:17Dear Hortense, dear Hortense...
00:18Should I get to talk to you?
00:20I don't know.
00:20We'll talk to you.
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 wetters, but... and kill two birds with one stone.
00:57Dear Peeping Peter, I sense this neighbor is keen for you to notice me.
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.
01:15Ah-ah.
01:15Merci, Kim.
01:16I'll beisierung.
01:18I'll be to for you.
01:21I'll be there.
01:25I'll be there, ma'am.
01:27Yes.
01:39I'll be here.
01:43I'll be there.
01:44I'll be here.
01:44Well, my name is a lebe.
01:50Commissioner, thanks for coming.
01:53Catherine, what a picture.
01:56Like a young Grace Kelly.
01:58You do exaggerate, Mr. Boussaint.
02:01Merely appreciative of beauty when I see it.
02:03I've been meaning to thank you.
02:05Without your admirable journalism,
02:08a community initiative wouldn't have happened.
02:12Thanks, we just said that.
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.
02:38Just make it happen.
02:40Oh, 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.
03:18Thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers,
03:21for entrusting me with this precious task
03:25for so many years.
03:27But now I'm looking forward to spending more time
03:29with my daughter Esmi.
03:40Let's see if for the first time in his life
03:44that imbecile is true to his word.
04:02Good morning, Esmi.
04:03How was the party?
04:05Good item.
04:06Me at Earth's.
04:08That's weird.
04:11Maman?
04:15Maman?
04:19Maman?
04:24Maman?
04:25We done?
04:2815 more minutes.
04:31Right.
04:32Are we going to talk about anything today?
04:41Um...
04:43Nope.
04:47Well...
04:49No.
04:57Yes, Thomas?
05:00It's work.
05:07Oh.
05:09So I take it therapy's going well, then?
05:12Um...
05:13I mean,
05:15sitting in front of a total stranger,
05:17talking about feelings,
05:18it's just not for me, you know?
05:20But 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.
05:31Look, 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.
05:48Good morning, boss.
05:49Sorry.
05:50Paramedic say Madam Leroux was poisoned.
05:53Who 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 a few tiny red spots on her finger,
06:09which leads me to believe
06:11that the poison came from something she touched.
06:14So, she sat down for breakfast,
06:18boiled egg and toast,
06:21read her column where someone writes in about a friend's betrayal,
06:27and dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
06:32Let sleeping dogs lie.
06:34So, if she was retiring,
06:36this would be her last column?
06:38Tragic coincidence?
06:40Tragic, certainly.
06:42Coincidence, 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.
07:08In the Breakfast Hall of Fame.
07:09That's right up there.
07:10Dipping a piece of buttered toast
07:12into a gooey yellow egg.
07:14Heaven.
07:16You're fine, sir.
07:29This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
07:31Dipping a soldier into that would 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,
07:45what kind of struggling hold
07:46this could possibly be relevant?
07:50Everything's relevant,
07:51Officer Robs.
08:03And the paper was delivered every day?
08:06By a boy called Clayton Powell.
08:08Can you get a hold of him, please?
08:11Here's me.
08:13It's terrible, terrible news.
08:16Anton Buzet,
08:17editor of the San Marie News
08:19and Hortense's ex-husband.
08:21D.I. Wilson.
08:22I've 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 the ordinary?
08:39Well, she had mixed feelings
08:41about retiring, naturally.
08:44There was something
08:45at the party.
08:47I want to change my final column
08:49to this one.
08:50Do you know why?
08:52No.
08:52Can we see the original letter?
08:54They'll be in her study.
08:56Okay, so, um,
08:57talk me through her morning routine, please.
08:59Um, well, 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 her column
09:08over breakfast.
09:09And the egg,
09:10how long did she cook it for?
09:12Oh, I'm not sure.
09:15Do you know, love?
09:16Dreaming it, Cecil?
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?
09:30Can 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 the facts,
09:37Mr. Bousset.
09:38I 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.
10:37You 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,
10:45she replied to every single one,
10:46but like it was her duty.
10:50Whoa!
10:54Seems she kept every 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 by a friend.
11:04That's different.
11:06What is?
11:07Well,
11:07all these other letters
11:08are signed anonymously,
11:09but this one is 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?
11:25Yes, let's go.
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
11:57to 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 poisoned newspaper
12:11to all sense?
12:12Maybe they intercepted
12:14Clayton on 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 en 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,
12:57apparently,
12:58by her own column.
12:59So,
12:59who 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
13:06she moved from Paris
13:07to 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,
13:22why would Hortense
13:23be so keen
13:24to publish it?
13:25It was posted
13:26on St. Marie,
13:27so likely
13:27the author
13:28lives here.
13:29So,
13:29our priority,
13:31find
13:33Sophie
13:34Marta.
13:36Copy that,
13:37sir.
13:38There were letters
13:38at the house.
13:39Looks like she kept
13:40them all.
13:41Might be worth
13:41checking those two?
13:43Yes,
13:43where would you
13:44put that
13:45on the priority list?
13:46I'm thinking
13:47maybe three
13:47or four.
13:50We've got it,
13:51Sarge.
13:51Soon as we check
13:51through the victim's
13:52form.
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.
14:02Madame LaRue
14:02was highly regarded.
14:05Only last night,
14:06Catherine and I
14:06attended a retirement
14:07party.
14:08As such,
14:09the island will be
14:10watching our
14:10investigation
14:11keenly.
14:13Ah,
14:14excellent.
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 keep things
14:32as professional
14:33as we can.
14:35Of course.
14:36Dear Wilson,
14:37a word.
14:45All other
14:46counseling sessions
14:46going.
14:47Oh,
14:48um,
14:49extremely useful.
14:50Yeah,
14:51we're really getting
14:51to the heart
14:53of 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 that
15:03was confidential.
15:04Inspector,
15:06take it seriously.
15:08Look,
15:08I'm just not
15:09into the whole
15:10going over
15:11the past stuff.
15:12The effects
15:13of trauma
15:13don't just
15:14magically go away.
15:16You've got to
15:16work through it.
15:19I 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
15:32crack on with things
15:33too.
15:35Give into it,
15:36Inspector.
15:37you may be surprised.
15:41Okay.
15:43Well,
15:43I assure you,
15:44I am
15:45completely,
15:46totally,
15:48100%
15:49fine.
16:00We've got
16:01situation.
16:02What have we got?
16:05Sorry.
16:26working overtime,
16:28mate.
16:28Any leads?
16:33No.
16:35Working overtime,
16:36money all the time.
16:37Oh,
16:42I don't know.
17:08Morning, campers. Gather round. I have a breakthrough.
17:17Right, so, this stamp was conveniently hidden beneath this St. Marie stamp.
17:23The 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.
17:34Then brought it to St. Marie to post.
17:36Why? Who knows? My stamp man in Kentish Town is on the case.
17:39And he's going to be...
17:39And three.
17:42You all right, sir?
17:44Yeah, why?
17:45You seem a little energetic.
17:48Oh, that's the coffee. I've had three already. That's my fourth.
17:53Bad night?
17:55Uh, no. I 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.
18:05Postmortem's in.
18:07Hortens was poisoned, as we thought. Contact poison.
18:11Cone snail venom, in fact.
18:14Cone snail? That's new.
18:16Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here.
18:18I mean, you're worried about them as a kid.
18:19If it's in a cone, leave it alone.
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.
18:49It's more than risky. It's almost impossible.
18:52Did Hortens touch anything else?
18:53Lab's still testing. They'll get back to us tomorrow.
18:56In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on something.
18:59Yes, the daughter.
19:01Esme, totally 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.
19:10Well, it seems Esme might have disagreed.
19:12She'd applied for a job at a publisher's inn Barbados.
19:15Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortens to the managing director saying Esme was not fit to work
19:24and 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.
19:45She was right.
19:46I wouldn't have coped.
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 sort of settings.
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.
20:11Never 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.
20:19She loved me.
20:21People get away with a lot under that label.
20:24Papillon.
20:25Papillon.
20:26Come away from there.
20:31Needs to be careful of those cone snails.
20:33I hear they're deadly.
20:34My mum was always paranoid he'd get stoned.
20:37Like to keep them close.
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.
20:52No.
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?
21:42Well, look, for any Sophie Martens who lived in Paris 30 years ago.
21:46Yeah, keep me posted.
21:47Any news from the lad?
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, look what Terrence always says.
22:14One man's trash is...
22:16It is another man's treasure.
22:17Yes, we know.
22:17Get on with it, Officer Rose.
22:19Sir!
22:19Sorry.
22:22Go on.
22:23Some anonymous text going back three weeks ago.
22:26You'll get what's coming to you.
22:28You don't deserve to live.
22:29And then just before a retirement party,
22:31wear the amethyst earrings.
22:33They bring out your eyes.
22:35Someone was out for blood.
22:37But who?
22:38A reader with a grudge, maybe?
22:40Maybe.
22:41Clearly 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 neighbours.
22:48Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:50But who ě śę°€ about to play their own.
22:55And who gets the weapon?
22:56Who gets the weapon?
22:58The place has found.
23:02So grab the floor and grab the arm.
23:06I haven't seen it.
23:10Or when someone is doing this.
23:13Don't open it the world.
23:13Oh, oh, oh.
23:16Oh, oh.
23:26You want to give up, don't you?
23:28I'm here when you're ready.
23:30Look, why don't you just ask me something?
23:34Just ask me a question.
23:37Please.
23:39What are your feelings about your brother?
23:44Okay, um...
23:47Something akin to anger.
23:50I'd say.
23:51You know, every time I'm near that guy,
23:54something happens that shouldn't.
23:56And sadness.
23:58In fact, I'd say mainly sadness.
24:01I wanted it to work.
24:03Yeah? Believe me.
24:04I wanted us to work.
24:08But you know what?
24:12We just don't.
24:13I do not trust that guy.
24:16And if you can't trust family,
24:17then who can you trust?
24:19Would it be more helpful to talk to him about what happened?
24:23I don't know where I'd even start.
24:25Sometimes, if talking's difficult, writing it down can help.
24:30Write him a letter.
24:35Yeah, writing him a letter.
24:37Yeah, could work.
24:42A letter.
24:44It'd be a waste of time.
24:46Why don't you tell him what kind of brother you wanted?
24:50Because it's a fantasy.
24:52He can't be that brother.
24:56So I need to just accept it and move on.
25:01And, sir, how will you do that, unless you're honest with him?
25:04And even more so, with yourself.
25:08Catherine, you were at Hortense's party.
25:11Yeah.
25:12Did you know I will?
25:13Not really.
25:14And the family.
25:15It's me.
25:17And Tom Busset.
25:18Oh, Anton.
25:20Men like him.
25:22Hungry lions.
25:23Looking at you like your tasty steak at a buffet.
25:27Oh, have you two got history?
25:30He'd like that.
25:31Do you want another drink?
25:33Oh, no, thank you.
25:35I think I'll have an early night.
25:37Perhaps you should, too, sir.
25:39Why's that?
25:41Seeing that you're having trouble sleeping.
25:43Another cold one for me, please, Catherine.
26:01I'll speak to him.
26:02And you take the house over there.
26:04Then we'll get to those letters.
26:05Sound good?
26:05Cool.
26:06See you later, alligator.
26:24Come on, come on, come on.
26:33What are you doing?
26:34Huh?
26:34Nothing.
26:35What's behind your back?
26:36Hi, cupboard.
26:37Don't lie to me.
26:38There's a mirror right behind you.
26:41I just promise you won't laugh, all right?
26:44I promise.
26:46Dear Hortense, there's this girl I like.
26:48If she were a chicken wing, she'd be extra hot.
26:51All summer we've chilled, but now she's gone quiet.
26:54I'm confused.
26:56She keeps watching my stories.
26:57Once she commented with a tomato emoji, what does that mean?
27:02I just want to know where I stand.
27:05You're Sebastian Rose.
27:08You know this is supposed to be a moment.
27:10I know that, no.
27:11Well, did Hortense write back?
27:13She did.
27:13She said something about allowing space for roots to grow or something.
27:18And happy?
27:20No.
27:21Because she might be waiting for you, you know.
27:23That tomato emoji couldn't mean this girl's interested.
27:26You can't sit back, you've got to lean in.
27:29Yeah.
27:30You know, maybe you're right.
27:31The neighbor did tell me something pretty darn spicy.
27:34Yeah?
27:42What are you doing?
27:44A game of probability.
27:46Acula somehow gets a poisoned copy of the St. Marie News
27:49into Clayton's stack of newspapers
27:51in which there happens to be five other copies of the St. Marie News
27:54and from which she pulls one copy of the St. Marie News
27:57at random and delivers it to Hortense.
27:59One in six charts.
28:00One in six charts.
28:03Our only clue is the egg.
28:06Why was it hard-boiled when Hortense likes it to be perfectly dippable?
28:11Sophie Martin is a very popular name.
28:14There were about a hundred Sophie Martins in Paris around that time.
28:18Look, for any connections with St. Marie, yeah,
28:20we have to find this woman.
28:22Will do.
28:27Sorry, it's not you. It's me.
28:29So the beers didn't help then?
28:32Surprisingly, no.
28:36And...
28:37Fill it up?
28:40No, it's not a good idea.
28:41And that's an end of it.
28:43Okay?
28:47Sergeant Fletcher?
28:48We know who's been sending those messages.
28:50The neighbour was taking out the bins on the day of the party when he overheard an argument
28:55between Kim and Hortense.
28:58Did he hear what was said?
29:00Certainly did.
29:01It's you, isn't it?
29:02You have been sending these foul messages.
29:05Who else would know those things?
29:07And guess what?
29:09Hortense said she'd report her to the police the next day.
29:17I would never do anything so stupid.
29:20So why would Hortense think it was you?
29:22No clue.
29:23Those texts contain personal details that only someone close to her would know.
29:27So how long have you worked with Miss LaRue?
29:29Oh, about six months or so.
29:30Was she a good boss?
29:32Madame was a diamond.
29:33It's a tragedy that she's got.
29:35From what we've heard, she was more dragon than diamond.
29:37She certainly gave her daughter a hard time, didn't she?
29:39Well, she was a mite overprotective, but she cared, which is more than most.
29:44If she was like that with her own flesh and blood, it's not a stretch to imagine she'd
29:47do the same to you.
29:49Perhaps you decided to get your own back, frighten her.
29:53But then she found you out, didn't she?
29:55You'd have faced criminal charges, you'd have lost everything.
29:59So I killed her?
30:02You've got this all wrong, officers.
30:04I've been around the block more times than I care for.
30:06Life's good here, better than I hoped.
30:08Why would I risk losing that?
30:14You know what I said to her?
30:15Go ahead, report me.
30:17Any decent investigation team would discover that I didn't send those texts.
30:21Convenient.
30:22What is?
30:23Well, she never got the chance, did she?
30:25And now here you are, free as a bird.
30:34She does have a point.
30:36I don't see what she gains from scaring Hortense.
30:39Well, who else?
30:41Well, I'm not overly thrilled about talking to Anton Busset.
30:45But if it was an angry reader who sent those texts, then you're going to have to.
30:49Huh?
30:50Sir, are you sure you can keep cool?
30:55As a cucumber.
31:06Sir, all tens of Leroux didn't mention anything to you about these text messages?
31:10Ever since the divorce, we didn't have the same intimacy, you understand.
31:15Please, sit down.
31:16No, I'm all right standing, thank you.
31:18Any hate mail sent to the office?
31:20Complaints?
31:21People calling in to talk to her?
31:22You don't give up, do you?
31:24Oh, she's deceptively heavy.
31:26Is this real gold?
31:27Can you put that down?
31:29I've already said I don't know who was sending these messages.
31:32And whoever she is won't be easily found.
31:35She?
31:36What?
31:37You just said whoever she is.
31:39I misspoke.
31:40They.
31:41Unusual for a man in your line of work to misspeak.
31:44Unusual for a man in your line of work to behave like an amateur.
31:47Excuse me?
31:48Let me be crystal clear.
31:50Stop wasting time asking obtuse questions.
31:53And go about doing your actual job.
31:57Let me be crystal clear.
31:58These obtuse questions are to find out who murdered your ex-wife.
32:02Sir.
32:02But the fact that you can't see that is because your head is so far up your own...
32:08Well, that escalated.
32:10Look.
32:11I get it.
32:12Sir, what you went through was something no one should ever have to.
32:17Well, you can't keep pretending like...
32:19Pretending?
32:20Yes.
32:20Pretending like you're okay.
32:22I am okay.
32:22Your judgment is clearly off because you're not sleeping.
32:25And you're not sleeping because you have this thing with Solomon hanging over your head.
32:29What do you suggest?
32:29I don't know.
32:31Write the letter.
32:32Whatever.
32:33Get it off your chest.
32:34We have a murder to solve.
32:36All right.
32:38Fine.
32:39I'll do it.
32:45So what are we going to do about Mr. Vasset?
32:47He obviously suspects who's sending those texts.
32:51Well, we need a tactical rethink.
32:58I have an idea.
33:08Who knew St. Marie was so high-tech?
33:11Found it in the back of the evidence store.
33:14Don't think it's been used for a while.
33:16You surprised me.
33:18It's from 1986.
33:20Can't beat quality.
33:22Thanks for doing this, Miss Bordet.
33:23A pleasure.
33:24I feel like one of Charlie's angels.
33:28Now, remember, you're there to find out who Anton thinks is behind the text messages.
33:32But don't go straight in for the kill.
33:34Act natural.
33:34Re-in-check is your code word if anything goes wrong.
33:37It won't.
33:39Trust me.
33:47We good?
33:53The golden goose has landed.
34:00Anton.
34:02How lovely to see you.
34:03Likewise.
34:04I was surprised when you called me.
34:08Pleasantly surprised, of course.
34:10Thought a drink would help take your mind off things.
34:13Much appreciated.
34:17That clown inspector was at the office today.
34:21Poking his nose in where it's not wanted.
34:24Oh, like a dog without a bow.
34:26What is she after?
34:27Just wait.
34:28She knows what she's doing.
34:30Did the police have a theory today?
34:33All they were bothered about for these nasty messages Hortense was receiving.
34:40You seem like a woman of good sense and judgment.
34:43I like to think so.
34:45This stays between us.
34:48A few years ago, Hortense told me something.
34:51Esme isn't her child.
34:52She took her from Paris when she was a victim.
34:55This is big.
34:56Sadly, the mother wasn't able to take care of her.
34:59A drug addict.
35:01I'm assuming she agreed to this.
35:03The way Hortense told it sounded like she was too out of it to notice.
35:08Hortense couldn't have children.
35:10But the authorities, did they not realize?
35:13She came here, forged her papers.
35:16She was Esme's mother in all but flesh and blood.
35:20And Esme has no idea?
35:21No.
35:22And I want you to stay that way.
35:24This would break her.
35:26So, you suspect it's Esme's birth mother sending those messages?
35:32Who else?
35:36Enough doom and gloom.
35:38Would you do me the honor of a dance?
35:40Oh, well, um...
35:42It might be better.
35:43If I rain check.
35:45No reason.
35:46I doubt that very much.
35:48Come on.
35:48Sorry, Anton.
35:49I must rain check.
35:54We've lost her.
35:55Sergeant Fletcher.
36:00Why do you keep saying rain check?
36:13Sorry, Matt.
36:14Yeah, I tried.
36:15This won't be the last to hear of me.
36:18I'll be calling your commissioner.
36:20What's going on?
36:21I was saying the cold well.
36:23It was a technical edge.
36:24I am so sorry.
36:28We can now assume that the friend's betrayal written about in Sophie Martin's letter is referring
36:33to Hortense stealing Sophie's baby 30 years ago.
36:36Which means Sophie is Esme's real mother and finally explains why Hortense was so desperate
36:42to publish the letter.
36:44She knew it was Sophie coming for her.
36:47Her response?
36:47Back off.
36:48Esme's mine.
36:49But why wait 30 years to send this?
36:52Don't know yet.
36:53But we will.
36:54And if Miss Martin is also behind the text messages, as Anton suspects,
36:59You'll get what's coming to you.
37:00You don't deserve to live.
37:02She's here on this island with one hell of a motive.
37:05But we're...
37:17I hope we don't mind, Angel.
37:19No, not at all.
37:21Such a great loss.
37:23If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here.
37:28You're kind.
37:30You're kind.
37:48Solomon, I've been thinking about what to say for a while,
37:51but I haven't managed to find the right words.
37:54Across the street, across the way, it flows.
37:59Just like a mirror, it seems to show.
38:06Heaven, I'm afraid.
38:09Merci beaucoup.
38:12Morning.
38:13Morning, sir.
38:14That was the Paris police.
38:16My thinking was,
38:17addicts are more likely to have criminal charges.
38:20And,
38:21there are three Sophie Martons on file.
38:24Two for possession,
38:25one for aggravated robbery.
38:27I've asked them to send over the records.
38:29Good work.
38:30What's that, sir?
38:32Oh, um,
38:34this is it.
38:35My letter to Solomon.
38:37I've got it off my chest.
38:39Did it help?
38:41Uh,
38:43yeah, it did, actually.
38:45You know what I realised?
38:47I want...
38:48No.
38:49I need my space for that.
38:54I'm so sorry, sir.
38:55No, no, no.
38:55It's all good.
38:56It's for the best.
38:57I just needed a little time to accept it.
39:00That's all.
39:03Where is everyone?
39:04Following a lead.
39:06If Sophie Martin was outside Madame Rourou's house that night,
39:10it's possible she followed her to the party.
39:12So we went through the photos online,
39:15and look at this one.
39:22Yes, she does look about the right age that Sophie will be.
39:25An uninvited guest.
39:27The waiter said she got into a green VW camper van,
39:30and luckily,
39:32Matty knows the one garage that fixes them.
39:37Yeah, talk with the devil.
39:39We think we found Sophie.
39:41So someone matching her description came into the garage last week,
39:45goes by the name of Calypso.
39:46Says she normally parks up by Coral Beach.
39:49We need to get there.
39:50Prompt her.
39:51You already here, sir?
39:52You got an eyeball.
39:57I hearing you good?
39:58You think that I'm that shy girl's mother?
40:02You're mad.
40:03I don't even know this one you're talking about.
40:06Then why did you sneak into the party that night?
40:10Just passing.
40:11Felt to a seat.
40:13It's not a crime.
40:14No.
40:15The stalking is.
40:16See, our theory is you are Sophie Martin.
40:19You assumed a new identity to come to St. Marie and enact revenge on Hortense Leroux.
40:24Starting with Phil's threatening text messages.
40:27Uh-uh.
40:28I just like to stay off-grid, that's all.
40:31We should be free to roam, as the birds do.
40:34You know we can trace the SIM to the shop you bought it in.
40:37Check their CCTV.
40:40Okay.
40:41Here's the truth.
40:43That woman you're talking about,
40:45Sophie Martin,
40:46that ain't me.
40:48But those texts,
40:52I sent them.
40:53Not for the reason you think, though.
40:55Why then?
40:57Two months ago,
40:58I sent dear Hortense a letter.
41:02Hortense told me to cut the mother out of my life.
41:06Toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that way, she said.
41:10A hypocritical coming from her?
41:12I did what she said.
41:14Know what?
41:15My mother died,
41:17alone in her bed.
41:19If I hadn't listened to that loud-mouthed woman,
41:21I would have been there.
41:22That must have made you angry.
41:24Not enough to kill her.
41:26I wanted to scare her.
41:28Make her suffer.
41:29The same way I've been suffering.
41:32Talking about this hurt.
41:33Perfect life.
41:34Little care for the people whose life she ruins.
41:43Miss Jones,
41:45no disrespect,
41:46but
41:48it kind of seems like you're more angry at yourself.
41:53Look, I'm no expert,
41:54but
41:55it doesn't help to
41:57hold on to things.
42:12So we're still having a scooby,
42:13how the killer pulled off this murder.
42:15A stack of six papers,
42:17and he managed to poison one,
42:18and have it delivered practically straight into Hortense Leroux's hands.
42:21And let's not forget about the egg.
42:23What happened that morning to make her ruin a perfectly good breakfast?
42:27Hold that thought.
42:29I'm late.
42:32I'll be back.
42:40How do you feel?
42:42Um,
42:43better.
42:45Definitely better.
42:47I mean,
42:47everything here is just,
42:48um,
42:51you know,
42:52gone.
42:53All I need to do now is post it.
42:55Well done.
42:57Now,
42:58can we talk a little more about your life here?
43:00Oh,
43:01how long have you got?
43:03About half an hour.
43:04No,
43:05I meant,
43:05uh,
43:12she timed it.
43:14Why did she take it out?
43:17And the egg,
43:18how long did she cook it for?
43:19Dreaming it,
43:20social?
43:20He then cycled straight here,
43:22delivered the newspaper to Madame Leroux at 7.15 a.m.
43:26I'm sorry,
43:26the little man doesn't like strangers.
43:28There were no fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
43:31I wanted to scare her.
43:33I wanted her to suffer the same way I've been suffering.
43:36Of course.
43:37Well,
43:37that's the reason why.
43:38Why what?
43:39The egg was hard boiled.
43:41I can see everything clearly now.
43:46Well,
43:47thanks for your patience.
43:49I know who the killer is.
43:50I know how they did it.
43:52Those photos from the Paris police,
43:53have they come through?
43:54Just in.
43:55Right,
43:56we need a search warrant.
43:57And then we can have a little family reunion.
44:05Agony Arts,
44:06are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems.
44:11However,
44:12I doubt they've ever been asked to advise on a problem as difficult as this one.
44:16Hortense Leroux was poisoned,
44:18effectively by her own column.
44:20But we had no idea how the killer managed to poison the newspaper
44:24and get it delivered straight to her,
44:26when the paper boy took one at random from his stack.
44:31But,
44:32with the help of a hard boiled egg,
44:34not this again,
44:36we finally cracked it.
44:40You,
44:41Kim,
44:41it was you who murdered Hortense.
44:44Me?
44:45No,
44:46I told you I was telling the truth.
44:48As Miss Leroux's housekeeper,
44:50you knew her morning routine,
44:51that she liked to read her column whilst having her breakfast.
44:55You also knew that Clayton drops the paper on the porch at 7.15 a.m.
45:00and Papillon barks to alert Hortense,
45:03as he always does when someone's at the door.
45:06So earlier that morning,
45:08you went to another news agent
45:09and bought a copy of the St. Marie News.
45:13Let's call this Paper A.
45:15You then laced the problem page with cone snail poison,
45:19something you knew about from Hortense's fear of a dog getting stung by one.
45:23My mum was always baron ID guest,
45:25don't.
45:26Then you dropped Paper A onto the porch,
45:29sometime before Clayton usually arrived.
45:32Hortense must have been in the middle of preparing her breakfast.
45:36Papillon barked as normal,
45:38so she went outside to collect the newspaper
45:40she thought had just been delivered.
45:46She went back into the kitchen,
45:48eager to see if her request to change her final column had been carried out.
45:52In doing so,
45:53she came into contact with the poison
45:55and subsequently died.
45:58A painful death by all accounts.
46:02You then came into the house,
46:05through the back,
46:06and put on Hortense's purple gown,
46:09a wig matching her hair with a purple headband,
46:12and finally,
46:13the item that was unmistakably Hortense,
46:17her statement,
46:19purple glasses.
46:20As usual,
46:22at 7.15,
46:23Clayton delivered the newspaper,
46:25Paper B,
46:26and Papillon barked.
46:28Kim,
46:29now dressed as Hortense,
46:30opened the door
46:31and waved to him.
46:33As Clayton cycled away,
46:34he wouldn't have known that it was in fact you
46:36waving at him and not Hortense.
46:38You then came back into the kitchen
46:41and returned Miss LaRue's glasses,
46:43wiping away any prints first.
46:46Now,
46:47we come to the egg
46:48and your ultimate downfall.
46:51You see,
46:52in your haste to stage the scene before Esme arrived,
46:55you almost forgot Miss LaRue's egg was still boiling away on the stove.
46:58You needed everything
47:00to look exactly as it should
47:02to fit the timeline of Hortense's making breakfast,
47:05then reading her column.
47:07So,
47:08you hurriedly took the now hard-boiled egg
47:10out of the pan
47:11and clumsily put it in the egg cup.
47:14Then you left the house
47:15through the back,
47:16the same way you came,
47:18got into your car that was parked around the corner
47:20and drove her on the front
47:22to time perfectly
47:23with Esme's arrival.
47:26You later
47:29disposed of
47:30Paper B
47:31and the wig
47:32at your home.
47:33We found these
47:34in the bin on your street.
47:36An audacious,
47:38yet brilliant plan.
47:40But
47:40why go to such lengths?
47:44Kim Woods
47:45isn't your real name,
47:48is it?
47:49You are,
47:50in fact,
47:51Sophie Martin.
47:5330 years ago,
47:55Sophie Martin
47:56moved to Paris
47:57from the UK
47:58with her boyfriend
47:59who was escaping
48:00some trouble back home.
48:02She was living in a commune
48:04in Montmartre
48:04and it's there she met
48:06Hortense,
48:07an ambitious writer.
48:10Sophie
48:13was a drug addict
48:14with a newborn baby.
48:18You were doing your best,
48:19no doubt,
48:20but from what we now know
48:21about Miss LaRue,
48:23she had a saviour complex.
48:25Through our undercover investigation,
48:28we discovered her secret.
48:30Hortense stole your baby
48:32in the night
48:33and went as far away as she could
48:37to St. Marie.
48:40That baby was you,
48:42Esme.
48:44You're my mother.
48:47Hortense
48:48was my friend
48:50and she offered
48:51to look after you.
48:53And yes,
48:54I was struggling,
48:55but I loved you
48:56so much.
48:58And then one morning
48:59I woke up
49:00and you was gone
49:01and I didn't sleep today
49:03searching for you.
49:05But then you found out
49:07Hortense was here,
49:08didn't you?
49:09Through her column.
49:11So all those years ago,
49:14you wrote this letter
49:15to dear Hortense.
49:17The same letter
49:19Hortense wanted to publish
49:20at the very last minute
49:23for her final issue.
49:25I wanted her to know
49:26I was coming for her.
49:28Then you were arrested?
49:30The guy I was going out with
49:31at the time,
49:32he told the police
49:33that I was involved
49:34in an armed robbery
49:35and someone got
49:36really badly hurt
49:37and it was all lies.
49:39I had nothing to do with it.
49:41He was not a good man
49:42and I didn't get a chance
49:43to send the letter.
49:45They put me away
49:46for years.
49:48Time after time,
49:49my parole was refused
49:51and I lost all hope
49:53until one day
49:54I finally got myself together,
49:56got myself clean.
49:58That day came
50:00and I knew what I had to do.
50:03I had to find you
50:05hurt Hortense
50:06for what she'd done.
50:08I came to St. Marie.
50:10First place I went
50:11was the news agent
50:12and I saw the ad
50:13for her housekeeper.
50:14It felt like fate.
50:16Come in.
50:18You bided your time.
50:20working out
50:21the perfect murder plan.
50:22But when Hortense
50:23received your letter,
50:25she must have known
50:26you were gunning for her.
50:28You read her response.
50:31She didn't regret it.
50:33Nor one bit.
50:37Esme, I don't expect
50:38you to forgive me.
50:40But I would really like
50:41you to understand
50:42that what she did
50:43destroyed me.
50:47Killing her
50:47was the only way
50:48I could ever
50:49have a relationship
50:50with you.
50:52Officer Rose?
50:55Sophie Martin,
50:57I'm arresting you
50:58for the murder of
50:59Hortense LaRue.
51:00You don't need to say
51:01anything,
51:01but it may harm your defense
51:02if you do not mention
51:03and question
51:04something which you later
51:05are lying in court.
51:06You think you do see
51:07maybe giving evidence.
51:09I saw you all night
51:11has been alive.
51:14Hortense's love
51:15for you?
51:17That was real.
51:18That was real.
51:37Hortense's love
51:37because you don't need me
51:37to mitigate you
51:37to
51:37haha.
52:15Hey.
52:20Can I help you?
52:24Mervyn, yeah?
52:26Yeah.
52:27Didn't you hear me, Nack?
52:29No, I was sleeping, actually. Deeply.
52:33You're older than I imagined.
52:35Sorry, who are you?
52:37Just one second.
52:39Come on. Just 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, Nack?
52:54I don't think you should be playing, then.
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 when I call you?
53:42Uncle Marvin?
53:45Uncle Marv?
53:47Just Marv?
53:51What's for breakfast?
53:59Hey, don't touch anything.
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