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00:00Dear Hortense, my boyfriend snores and I haven't got a good night...
00:03Dear Hortense, I've got a problem with my mother-in-law, or should I say...
00:08Dear Hortense, dear Hortense, dear Hortense, how can I get my son to...
00:10My neighbor? Dear Hortense, dear Hortense, dear Hortense...
00:20How many times we're not under attack, you damn thing?
00:30Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
00:36Merci, Kitty.
00:43Dear desperate daughter-in-law, may I suggest an alternative course of action?
00:50Divorce your wetter husband and kill two birds with one stone.
00:55Dear Peeping Peter, I sense this neighbor is keen for you to notice her.
01:03So bake some chicken, Columbo, and take it over there without delay.
01:08Bonne chance.
01:11Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
01:13Ha-ha. Merci, Kitty.
01:50Commissioner, thanks for coming.
01:54Catherine, what a picture. Like a young Grace Kelly.
01:59You do exaggerate, Mr. Busset.
02:01Merely appreciative of beauty when I see it.
02:04I've been meaning to thank you. Without your admirable journalism,
02:08a community initiative wouldn't have happened.
02:13Thanks, Peters.
02:16Fortence, our guest of honor.
02:19Simply stunning, like a young Grace Kelly.
02:25It all looks wonderful, Anton.
02:27Only what you deserve for your dedicated service to this island.
02:31One last favor, s'il vous plaît.
02:34I want to change my final column to this one.
02:37It's already gone to press, I'm afraid.
02:39Oh, don't be afraid. Just make it happen.
02:43Oh, come on, Bernie.
02:46Do 24 years of marriage. Count for nothing?
02:49Mm-hmm.
03:01After 30 years solving this island's problems, our beloved agony aunt is retiring.
03:09Oh.
03:10And so, please, put your hands together to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
03:17Oh, dear.
03:19We love you all again.
03:20We love you all again.
03:21You have to be.
03:22Thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers, for entrusting me with this precious task for so many years.
03:31But now I'm looking forward to spending more time with my daughter Esme.
03:45Let's see if, for the first time in his life, that imbecile was true to his word.
04:08Good morning, Esme. How was the party?
04:12Good item. Me at Earth's. That's weird.
04:18Maman? Maman? Maman?
04:29Maman?
04:30Maman?
04:31Maman?
04:38Maman?
04:39We're done.
04:41Fifteen more minutes?
04:44Right.
04:45Are we going to talk about anything today?
04:50Maman?
04:54Maman?
04:56Um...
04:57No. No, thank you, but no.
05:12Yes, Thomas. It's work.
05:21Oh.
05:24So I take it therapy's going well, then?
05:27Um, I mean, sitting in front of a total stranger,
05:32talking about feelings, it's just not for me, you know?
05:36But you were kidnapped by your own brother, sir, almost killed.
05:40Look, I'm here now, aren't I?
05:42The best thing for me to do is just forget it ever happened.
05:46Sounds healthy.
05:47Look, I'm English, yeah? That's what we do.
05:54The deceased is Hortense Leroux.
05:57She writes an agony art column for the local paper.
06:00Agony arts? That's a blast from the past.
06:04Good morning, boss.
06:06Sarge, paramedics say Madame Leroux was poisoned.
06:10Who found her?
06:10Her daughter Esme, who had plans to go on a walk with her mother,
06:14and the housekeeper, Kim Woods, who was just starting her shift.
06:19This way.
06:20So, the victim, she has a few tiny red spots on her finger,
06:27which leads me to believe that the poison came from something she touched.
06:33So, she sat down for breakfast, boiled egg and toast, read her column where someone writes in about a friend's
06:45betrayal,
06:46and dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
06:50Let sleeping dogs lie.
06:53So, she was retiring.
06:55This would be her last column?
06:57Tragic coincidence?
06:59Tragic, certainly.
07:01Coincidence, not so much.
07:04Does this look discoloured to you?
07:11Do you think the poison is on the paper?
07:13Possibly.
07:14Where did this come from?
07:15We'll check with the housekeeper.
07:26Egg and soldiers.
07:28In the breakfast hall of fame.
07:30That's right up there.
07:32Dipping a piece of buttered toast into a gooey yellow egg.
07:35Heaven.
07:37You're fine, sir?
07:51This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
07:53Dipping a soldier into that would be impossible.
08:01Sir, normally when you spot a detail, I think,
08:04my lord man, we'll definitely come back to this.
08:07But right now, I'm kind of struggling how this could possibly be relevant.
08:13Everything's relevant, Officer Roves.
08:27And the paper was delivered every day?
08:29By a boy called Clayton Powell.
08:32Can you get a hold of him, please?
08:33Mm-hmm.
08:35Esme.
08:37It's terrible, terrible news.
08:41Anton Bozet, editor of the San Marie News and Hortense's ex-husband.
08:46D.I. Wilson.
08:47I've heard a lot about you.
08:49So, what's the latest?
08:50Well, we're working on the theory that Miss Leroux was poisoned.
08:54What?
08:55Deliberately.
08:57How could anyone do that to her?
08:59She was truly adored.
09:01So, how did she seem recently?
09:04Anything out of the ordinary?
09:05Well, she had mixed feelings about retiring, naturally.
09:09There was something at the party.
09:12I want to change my final column to this one.
09:16Do you know why?
09:18No.
09:19Can we see the original letter?
09:20They'll be in her study.
09:22Okay.
09:22So, talk me through her morning routine, please.
09:25Well, she was up with the lark, made breakfast.
09:29Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
09:31Clayton would deliver the paper.
09:33Then she would like to read her column over breakfast.
09:36And the egg.
09:37How long did she cook it for?
09:39Oh, I'm not sure.
09:42Do you know, love?
09:44Dreaming it, Cecil?
09:45She liked it to be perfect.
09:47Yeah.
09:48That's who she was.
09:49Deep breaths, darling.
09:50Deep breaths.
09:52Here you are, Esme.
09:53Look, here, Inspector.
09:55Why the focus on eggs?
09:58Can I suggest that you concentrate on what is actually important?
10:01Finding the person who did this.
10:03I'm merely trying to establish the facts, Mr. Bousset.
10:06I mean, as a journalist, it surprises me you don't appreciate that.
10:15I'm sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
10:18Sensible chap.
10:26She really liked purple.
10:34So what's with the egg thing?
10:38Look, Hortense was the sort of woman who liked everything just so, right?
10:42Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
10:45People are funny, aren't they?
10:47Yes.
10:49People are.
10:50It's still bothering me why the egg was hard boiled.
10:53Maybe she got distracted.
10:56Overcooked it.
10:57She had an egg timer, which she clearly used.
10:59And even if she had overcooked it, she could have made another one.
11:04Now you say it, it is a little odd.
11:08You know, I used to think these letters were fake.
11:10But people actually write in with their problems.
11:13And according to the housekeeper, she replied to every single one.
11:18Felt like it was her duty.
11:22Whoa!
11:26Seems she kept every single letter as well.
11:30This is the letter she wanted to publish last minute.
11:33Dear Hortense, I've suffered a great betrayal by a friend.
11:37Well, that's different.
11:38What is?
11:40Well, all these other letters are signed anonymously.
11:42But this one is signed by Sophie Martin.
11:46So Sophie Martin wanted her friend to know she'd written this letter.
11:51Why?
11:52To send a message?
11:54Or a warning.
12:00Yes, Vector.
12:05Okay, so...
12:06That's Clayton and here's the tea.
12:09He picked up the papers from Mr. Purdy's newsagent at 7am.
12:12There are various papers in the stack, the St. Marie News only being one of them.
12:17All right, thanks.
12:17He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15am.
12:25And did he actually see her pick it up?
12:27He did.
12:27Just like always.
12:29And we know she came inside and sat at the dinner table to read the paper.
12:34Do we know how many St. Marie News were in his stack?
12:36He said six.
12:38And none of the other people who get the paper are ill.
12:42But if so, assuming it was a targeted attack,
12:45how did he get the one poisoned newspaper to Hortense?
12:48Maybe they intercepted Clayton on the way
12:51knowing he'd be coming to Madame LaRue's house first.
12:54Clayton swears he did not meet anyone en route.
12:58The only thing of note, his bike had a bust-up with a pothole
13:01and all his papers fell out his back.
13:04But even if the killer had poisoned the first paper in the stack,
13:08they're all jumbled up now, right?
13:10Which means they couldn't guarantee that the poisoned paper would get to Madame LaRue.
13:17A one in six chance.
13:20Don't like the sound of those odds.
13:22Do you?
13:32Hortense LaRue, St. Marie's favourite agony aunt.
13:35Poisoned, apparently, by her own column.
13:37So, who would want to murder her?
13:40All that meddling in people's lives would make you some enemies.
13:43I read that she moved from Paris to St. Marie 30 years ago with her baby daughter, Esme.
13:51Anton Bassett, Esme's stepfather.
13:55They met in 1996 when she started her column at the St. Marie News.
13:59Then there's this.
14:01Now, why would Hortense be so keen to publish it?
14:04It was posted on St. Marie, so likely the author lives here.
14:09So, our priority, find Sophie Martin.
14:16Copy that, sir.
14:18There were letters at the house.
14:19Looks like she kept them all.
14:21Might be worth checking those too?
14:24Yes, where would you put that on the priority list?
14:27I'm thinking maybe three or four.
14:31We've got it, Sarge.
14:32Soon as we check through the victim's form.
14:34Can't help feeling Sophie is key to all of this.
14:38Making progress already?
14:40Oh, Commissioner.
14:41Well, you know, it's early days.
14:43Madame LaRue was highly regarded.
14:46Only last night, Catherine and I attended her retirement party.
14:50As such, the island will be watching our investigation keenly.
14:55Ah, excellent.
14:57I'm assuming you've met Anton Bousset.
15:01We've had the pleasure.
15:02He won't miss an opportunity to put pressure on us.
15:07Or rather, me.
15:09Let me know when you're ready to talk.
15:13So, let's keep things as professional as we can.
15:18Of course.
15:19The I Wilson Award.
15:29How are the counselling sessions going?
15:31Oh, erm...
15:33Extremely useful.
15:35Yeah, we're really getting to the...
15:36the heart of the matter.
15:38Is that so?
15:39Hmm.
15:40What I've heard is directly to the contrary.
15:45You haven't said a word.
15:47I thought that was confidential.
15:49Inspector.
15:51Take it seriously.
15:52Look, I'm just not into the whole going over the past stuff.
15:57The effects of trauma don't just magically go away.
16:01You've got to work through it.
16:04I know.
16:05I know.
16:06Because I did.
16:10You had therapy.
16:12And like you, I had dogs.
16:16Men of my age, we tend to crack on with things too.
16:21Give in to it, Inspector.
16:24You may be surprised.
16:28Okay.
16:29But I assure you, I am completely, totally, 100% fine.
16:47We've got a situation.
16:49Oh!
16:52Sorry.
17:15Working overtime, mate.
17:17Any leads?
17:22No.
17:37No.
17:59Morning, campers.
18:01Gather round.
18:02I have a breakthrough.
18:09Right.
18:09So.
18:10This stamp was conveniently hidden beneath this St. Marie stamp.
18:14The original stamp is from France.
18:18Hmm.
18:19So what does that mean?
18:21That it was posted from somewhere else first?
18:23Maybe Sophie meant to post it from somewhere else,
18:25but didn't for some reason.
18:26Then brought it to St. Marie to post.
18:28Why?
18:29Who knows?
18:29My stamp man in Kentish town is on the case.
18:31And he's going to...
18:32And Spree.
18:35You all right, sir?
18:36Yeah.
18:37Why?
18:38You seem a little...
18:39energetic.
18:41Oh.
18:41That's the coffee.
18:43I've had three already.
18:44That's my fourth.
18:46Bad night?
18:48Er, no.
18:49I was just up, looking into this.
18:52Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
18:54None on the island and no mention in the victim's contacts either.
18:58Postmortem's in.
19:01Hortense was poisoned, as we thought.
19:04Contact poison.
19:05Cone snail venom, in fact.
19:08Cone snail?
19:09That's new.
19:10Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here.
19:12I mean, you're warned about them as a kid.
19:14If it's in a cone, leave it alone.
19:16The toxin paralyzes the victim first, then they die a painful death.
19:23Nice.
19:25So whoever did this wanted or tends to suffer.
19:28It says here that the poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper.
19:33Which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler.
19:35Somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack of six.
19:39Then pray to the gods of vengeance that that paper is delivered to its victim.
19:44Risky as anything.
19:45It's more than risky.
19:46It's almost impossible.
19:48Did Hortense touch anything else?
19:49Er, lab's still testing.
19:51They'll get back to us tomorrow.
19:53In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on something.
19:56Yes, er, the daughter.
19:57Esme, eh?
19:58I mean, totally bankrolled by her mommy.
20:00She's never had a job.
20:02She just gets her big juicy allowance every month and, I mean, she's living her life.
20:06Well, it seems Esme might have disagreed.
20:09She'd applied for a job as a publisher's in Barbados.
20:13Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortense to the managing director saying Esme was not fit to work.
20:22And that she would sue them if her daughter had a breakdown.
20:26They took back the job offer pretty quickly after that.
20:30So mommy blew her chances of a promising career.
20:33Yeah.
20:42Must have been a blow.
20:43She was right.
20:44I...
20:45I wouldn't have hoped.
20:47Real life and me somehow never worked, so...
20:49What made you apply for the job then?
20:51Anton encouraged me.
20:53He helps me with all sort of settings.
20:56Can't help noticing you're rearing the same clothes as yesterday.
21:00Late night, was it?
21:01My mom just died.
21:03I'm allowed to grieve.
21:05Of course you are.
21:08Look, what do you want from me?
21:10You're 31.
21:11Never been anywhere.
21:12Everything you own, all paid for by your mother.
21:14It's unusual.
21:16Some might say a little controlling.
21:19She wasn't.
21:20She loved me.
21:21People get away with a lot under that label.
21:25Papillon.
21:26Papillon.
21:27Come away from there.
21:32Needs to be careful of those cone snails.
21:34I hear they're deadly.
21:35My mother's always paranoid.
21:37They get stoned.
21:38Like to keep them close.
21:40A bit like you then.
21:41Please stop, please.
21:42A bright new future.
21:44Suddenly, snatched.
21:45No, stolen away by your meddling mother.
21:47That'd have made me angry.
21:48But that made you angry, DS Thomas.
21:50Definitely.
21:50Maybe the anger got too much.
21:52Maybe one day you just snapped.
21:53No.
21:55That's not true.
22:00We'll be in touch.
22:06Never underestimate the quiet ones.
22:13Alright, mate.
22:14What you got?
22:16For real?
22:25Curious and curious, as they say.
22:28The cloche de Saint-Azure, pardon my accent, was printed in Paris 30 years ago.
22:33Does that mean that this letter is also 30 years old?
22:37We can only assume so.
22:38But if that's the case, why would Sophie Martin wait to send us now?
22:43Maybe she knew Hortense's retiring and this was her last chance?
22:47We'll look for any Sophie Martin's who lived in Paris 30 years ago.
22:50Yeah, keep me posted.
22:52Any news from the lad?
22:53No poison found on anything else she could have touched.
22:56So this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon?
22:59It looks like it.
23:00Something interesting, though.
23:02No fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses, wiped clean.
23:07Hmm.
23:08What would that be?
23:10Right, until we know who Sophie Martin is, let's look for anyone with a motive, yeah?
23:15I found something on the victim's phone.
23:17In the trash.
23:18And like my uncle, look at Terence always says, one man's trash is a...
23:22Is another man's treasure.
23:23Yes, we know.
23:23Get on with it, Officer Rose.
23:25Sir!
23:26Sorry.
23:28Go on.
23:30Some anonymous text going back three weeks ago.
23:33You'll get what's coming to you.
23:34You don't deserve to live.
23:36And then just before a retirement party, wear the amethyst earrings.
23:40They bring out your eyes.
23:42Someone was out for blood.
23:44But who?
23:45A reader with a grudge, maybe?
23:47Maybe.
23:48Clearly whoever it is was watching the house the other night while Hortense was getting ready for a big bash.
23:53First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbors.
23:55Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
23:58Mm-hmm.
23:59Cool.
24:04Cool.
24:05Cool.
24:06Cool.
24:06Cool.
24:06Cool.
24:07Cool.
24:08Cool.
24:11Cool.
24:11Cool.
24:23Cool.
24:24Cool.
24:29Cool.
24:35Cool.
24:36You want to give up, don't you?
24:37I'm here when you're ready.
24:40Look, why don't you just ask me something?
24:44Just...
24:45ask me a question.
24:47Please.
24:49What are your feelings about your brother?
24:53Okay.
24:55Um...
24:58Something akin to anger, I'd say.
25:02You know, every time I'm near that guy, something happens it shouldn't.
25:07And sadness.
25:09Yeah, in fact, I'd say mainly sadness.
25:13I wanted it to work.
25:14I wanted it to work.
25:15Believe me.
25:16I wanted us to work.
25:20But you know what?
25:24We just don't.
25:25I do not trust that guy.
25:28And if you can't trust family, then who can you trust?
25:31Would it be more helpful to talk to him about what happened?
25:36I don't know where I'd even start.
25:38Sometimes, if talking's difficult, writing it down can help.
25:43Write him a letter.
25:49Yeah, writing him a letter.
25:51Yeah.
25:51Could work.
25:56A letter.
25:57It'd be a waste of time.
26:00Why don't you tell him what kind of brother you wanted?
26:04Because it's a fantasy.
26:06He can't be that brother.
26:10So I need to just accept it and move on.
26:15And, sir, how will you do that unless you're honest with him?
26:19And even more so, with yourself?
26:22Catherine, you were at Hortense's party.
26:26Yeah.
26:27Did you know her well?
26:28Not really.
26:30And the family? Esme.
26:32Anton Busset.
26:33Oh, Anton.
26:36Men like him.
26:38Hungry lions.
26:39Looking at you like you're a tasty steak at a buffet.
26:43Oh, have you two got history?
26:46He'd like that.
26:47Do you want another drink?
26:49Oh, no thank you.
26:51I think I'll have an early night.
26:53Perhaps you should too, sir.
26:55Why's that?
26:57Seeing that you're having trouble sleeping.
26:59Another cold one for me please, Catherine.
27:19Speak to him and you take the house over there.
27:22Then we'll get to those letters sound good?
27:23Cool.
27:24See you later, alligator.
27:42Oh, come on, come on, come on.
27:52What are you doing?
27:53Huh?
27:53Nothing.
27:54What's behind your back?
27:56Hi, cupboard.
27:57Don't lie to me, there's a mirror right behind you.
28:01I just promise you won't laugh, alright?
28:03I promise.
28:06Dear Hortense, there's this girl I like.
28:08If she were a chicken wing, she'd be extra hot.
28:11All summer we've chilled, but now she's gone quiet.
28:14I'm confused.
28:16She keeps watching my stories.
28:18Once she commented with a tomato emoji, what does that mean?
28:22I just want to know where I stand.
28:26You're Sebastian Rose.
28:29You know this is supposed to be anonymous.
28:31I know that, no.
28:32Well, did Hortense write back?
28:34She did.
28:35She said something about allowing space for roots to grow or something.
28:39And happy?
28:41No.
28:42Cause she might be waiting for you, you know.
28:45That tomato emoji couldn't mean this girl's interested.
28:48You can't sit back, you've got to lean in.
28:51Yeah, it may be alright.
28:54The neighbor did tell me something pretty darn spicy.
28:56Yeah?
28:57Mm.
29:05What are you doing?
29:06A game of probability.
29:09A killer somehow gets a poisoned copy of the St. Marie News
29:12into Clayton's stack of newspapers,
29:14in which there happens to be five other copies of the St. Marie News,
29:17and from which she pulls one copy of the St. Marie News at random
29:21and delivers it to Hortense.
29:22One in six charts.
29:24Morning.
29:24Morning.
29:27Our only clue is the egg.
29:30Why was it hard-boiled when Hortense likes it to be perfectly dippable?
29:35Sophie Martin is a very popular name.
29:37There were about a hundred Sophie Martins in Paris around that time.
29:42Look, for any connections with St. Marie, yeah, we have to find this woman.
29:46Will do.
29:51Sorry, it's not you, it's me.
29:54So the beers didn't help then?
29:57Surprisingly, no.
30:02And the letter?
30:05No, it's not a good idea.
30:07And that's an end of it.
30:08Okay?
30:13Sergeant Fletcher?
30:14We know who's been sending those messages.
30:16The neighbour was taking out the bins on the day of the party when he overheard an argument
30:21between Kim and Hortense.
30:24Did he hear what was said?
30:26Certainly did.
30:27It's you, isn't it?
30:29You have been sending these foul messages.
30:32Who else would know those things?
30:34And guess what?
30:36Hortense said she'd report her to the police the next day.
30:45I would never do anything so stupid.
30:47So why would Hortense think it was you?
30:49No clue.
30:51Those texts contain personal details that only someone close to her would know.
30:55So how long have you worked with Miss LaRue?
30:57Oh, about six months or so.
30:58Was she a good boss?
31:00Madame was a diamond.
31:01It's a tragedy that she's gone.
31:03From what we've heard, she was more dragon than diamond.
31:06She certainly gave her daughter a hard time, didn't she?
31:08Well, she was a mite overprotective.
31:10But she cared, which is more than most.
31:12If she was like that with her own flesh and blood,
31:15it's not a stretch to imagine she'd do the same to you.
31:18Perhaps you decided to get your own back.
31:21Frighten her.
31:22But then she found you out, didn't she?
31:24You'd have faced criminal charges.
31:26You'd have lost everything.
31:29So, I killed her?
31:31You've got this all wrong, officers.
31:33I've been around the block more times than I care for.
31:36Your life's good here.
31:37Better than I hoped.
31:38Why would I risk losing that?
31:44You know what I said to her?
31:45Go ahead.
31:46Report me.
31:47Any decent investigation team would discover that I didn't send those texts.
31:51Convenient.
31:53What is?
31:53Well, she never got the chance, did she?
31:55And now here you are, free as a bird.
32:05She does have a point.
32:06I don't see what she gains from scaring Hortense.
32:11Well, who else?
32:13Well, I'm not overly thrilled about talking to Anton Busset.
32:16But if it was an angry reader who sent those texts, then we're going to have to.
32:21Huh?
32:22Sir, you're sure you can keep cool?
32:27As a cucumber.
32:38So, Hall Tens-Larue didn't mention anything to you about these text messages?
32:43Ever since the divorce, we didn't have the same intimacy, you understand.
32:48Please, sit down.
32:49No, I'm all right standing, thank you.
32:51Any hate mail sent to the office?
32:54Complaints? People calling in to talk to her?
32:56You don't give up, do you?
32:58Oh, this is deceptively heavy. Is this real gold?
33:00Can you put that down?
33:03I've already said I don't know who was sending these messages.
33:06And whoever she is won't be easily found.
33:09She?
33:11You just said whoever she is.
33:13I misspoke.
33:15They.
33:15Unusual for a man in your line of work to misspeak.
33:18Unusual for a man in your line of work to behave like an amateur.
33:22Excuse me?
33:23Let me be crystal clear.
33:25Stop wasting time asking obtuse questions.
33:28And go about doing your actual job.
33:32Let me be crystal clear.
33:33These obtuse questions are to find out who murdered your ex-wife.
33:37Sir?
33:37But the fact that you can't see that is because your head is so far up your own-
33:44Well, that escalated.
33:46Look.
33:47I get it.
33:49Sir, what you went through was something no one should ever have to.
33:54But you can't keep pretending like-
33:56Pretending?
33:56Yes. Pretending like you're okay.
33:58I am-
33:59Your judgement is clearly off because you're not sleeping.
34:02And you're not sleeping because you have this thing with Solomon hanging over your head.
34:06What do you suggest?
34:06I don't know.
34:08Write the letter.
34:09Whatever.
34:10Get it off your chest.
34:11We have a murder to solve.
34:13Alright.
34:15Fine.
34:16I'll do it.
34:22So what are we going to do about Mr. Busset?
34:25He obviously suspects who's sending those texts.
34:29Well, we need a tactical rethink.
34:33Hmm.
34:37I have an idea.
34:47Who knew St. Marie was so high-tech?
34:50Found it in the back of the evidence store.
34:53Don't think it's been used for a while.
34:55You surprised me.
34:58It's from 1986.
35:00Can't beat quality.
35:01Thanks for doing this, Miss Baudet.
35:03A pleasure.
35:04I feel like one of Charlie's angels.
35:08Now, remember, you're there to find out who Anton thinks is behind the text messages.
35:12But don't go straight in for the kill.
35:14Act natural.
35:15Re-in-check is your code word if anything goes wrong.
35:18It ought.
35:19Trust me.
35:28We good?
35:35The golden goose has landed.
35:42Anton!
35:43How lovely to see you.
35:45Likewise.
35:46I was surprised when you called me.
35:49Pleasantly surprised, of course.
35:52Thought a drink would help take your mind off things.
35:56Much appreciated.
36:00That clown inspector was at the office today.
36:04Poking his nose in where it's not wanted.
36:06Oh, like a dog without a bow.
36:09What is she after saying?
36:10Wait!
36:11She knows what she's doing.
36:13Did the police have a theory today?
36:15All they were bothered about with these nasty messages Hortense was receiving.
36:23You seem like a woman of good sense and judgment.
36:27I like to think so.
36:29This stays between us.
36:31A few years ago, Hortense told me something.
36:35Esme isn't her child.
36:36She took her from Paris when she was a baby.
36:39This is big!
36:41Sadly, the mother wasn't able to take care of her.
36:43A drug addict, I believe.
36:45I'm assuming she agreed to this.
36:48The way Hortense told it sounded like she was too out of it to notice.
36:53Hortense couldn't have children.
36:55But the authorities, did they not realize?
36:58She came here, forged her papers.
37:01She was Esme's mother in all but flesh and blood.
37:05And Esme has no idea?
37:07No.
37:08And I wanted to stay that way.
37:10This would break her.
37:12So, you suspect it's Esme's birth mother sending those messages?
37:18Who else?
37:22Enough doom and gloom.
37:24Would you do me the honor of a dance?
37:26Oh, well, um...
37:28It might be better if I rain check.
37:31No reason.
37:33I doubt that very much. Come on.
37:35Sorry, Anton.
37:37I must rain check.
37:41We've lost her.
37:43Sergeant Fletcher.
37:47Why do you keep saying rain?
37:51Check.
38:01Sorry, Matty. I tried.
38:04This won't be the last to hear of me.
38:06I'll be calling your commissioner.
38:09Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé?
38:10I was saying the code well.
38:12It was a technical agent.
38:13I am so sorry.
38:17We can now assume that the friend's betrayal written about in Sophie Martin's letter is referring to Hortense stealing Sophie's
38:24baby 30 years ago.
38:26Which means Sophie is Esme's real mother and finally explains why Hortense was so desperate to publish the letter.
38:33She knew it was Sophie coming for her. Her response? Back off. Esme's mine.
38:39But why wait 30 years to send this?
38:42Don't know yet. But we will.
38:45And if Miss Martin is also behind the text messages, as Anton suspects...
38:49You'll get what's coming to you. You don't deserve to live.
38:52She's here on this island with one hell of a motive.
38:56But where?
39:08I hope we don't mind, Angel.
39:10No, not at all.
39:12Such a great loss.
39:14If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here.
39:20You're kind.
39:41Solomon, I've been thinking about what to say for a while, but I haven't managed to find the right words.
39:47Across the street, across the way it flows.
39:53Just like a mirror, it seems to show.
40:00Heaven, I'm afraid.
40:03Yes, I see beaucoup.
40:06Morning.
40:07Morning, sir. That was the Paris police.
40:09My thinking was, addicts are more likely to have criminal charges.
40:15And...
40:15There are three Sophie Martons on file.
40:19Two for possession, one for aggravated robbery.
40:22I've asked them to send over the records.
40:24Good work.
40:25What's that, sir?
40:28Oh, erm...
40:29This is it.
40:31My letter to Solomon.
40:32I've got it off my chest.
40:35Did it help?
40:38Er...
40:38Yeah, it did, actually.
40:41You know what I realised?
40:43I want...
40:44No.
40:45I need my space from it.
40:50I'm so sorry, sir.
40:51No, no, no. It's all good. It's for the best.
40:53I just needed a little time to accept it. That's all.
40:59Where is everyone?
41:01Following a lead.
41:02If Sophie Martin was outside Madame Ruru's house that night, it's possible she followed her to the party.
41:09So we went through the photos online and...
41:13Look at this one.
41:19Yes, she does look about the right age that Sophie will be.
41:23An uninvited guest.
41:25The waiter said she got into a green VW camper van and luckily, Matty knows the one garage that fixes
41:31them.
41:34PHONE RINGS
41:36Yeah, talk with the devil.
41:38We think we found Sophie.
41:40So someone matching her description came into the garage last week, goes by the name of Calypso.
41:45Said she normally parks up by Coral Beach.
41:48We need to get there, pronto.
41:50You already here, sir?
41:51You got an eyeball.
41:56I hearin' you good? You think that I'm that shy girl's mother? You're mad.
42:02I don't even know this woman you're talking about.
42:06Then why did you sneak into the party that night?
42:10Just passing?
42:11Felt thirsty?
42:13It's not a crime?
42:14No. The stalking is.
42:16See, our theory is you are Sophie Martin.
42:19You assumed a new identity to come to St. Marie and enact revenge on Hortense Leroux.
42:25Starting with Phil's threatening text messages.
42:28Uh-uh. I just like to stay off-grid, that's all.
42:32We should be free to roam, as the birds do.
42:35You know we can trace the sim to the shop you bought it in. Check their CCTV.
42:41Okay, here's the truth.
42:44That woman you're talking about, Sophie Martin, that ain't me.
42:50But, those texts?
42:54I sent them.
42:56Not for the reason you think, though.
42:58Why then?
42:59Two months ago, I sent dear Hortense a letter.
43:04Hortense told me to cut my mother out of my life.
43:08Toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that way, she said.
43:13Hypocritical coming from her?
43:15I did what she said.
43:17Know what?
43:19My mother died, alone in her bed.
43:21If I hadn't listened to that loud-mouthed woman, I would have been there.
43:26That must have made you angry.
43:28Not enough to kill her.
43:29I wanted to scare her.
43:31Make her suffer.
43:33The same way I've been suffering.
43:36Walking about this Hortense.
43:37Perfect life.
43:38Little care for the people whose life she ruins.
43:48Miss Jones, no disrespect, but it kind of seems like you're more angry at yourself.
43:58Look, I'm no expert, but it doesn't help to hold onto things.
44:18So we're still having a scooby how the killer pulled off this murder.
44:21A stack of six papers and they managed to poison one and have it delivered practically straight into Hortense LaRue's
44:27hands.
44:27And let's not forget about the egg.
44:30What happened that morning to make her ruin a perfectly good breakfast?
44:34Sir...
44:34Hold that thought.
44:35I'm late.
44:39I'll be back.
44:47How do you feel?
44:50Better.
44:53Definitely better.
44:54I mean, everything here is just, um...
44:59You know, gone.
45:01All I need to do now is post it.
45:03Well done.
45:06Now, can we talk a little more about your life here?
45:10How long have you got?
45:12About half an hour.
45:13No, I meant...
45:21She timed it.
45:23Why didn't she take it out?
45:26And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
45:29Three minutes also.
45:30He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15am.
45:35Sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
45:38There were no fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
45:41I wanted to scare her.
45:43I wanted her to suffer the same way I've been suffering.
45:46Of course.
45:47That's the reason why...
45:49Why what?
45:50The egg was hard-boiled.
45:52I can see everything clearly now.
45:54Huh.
45:58Thanks for your patience.
46:00I know who the killer is.
46:01I know how they did it.
46:03Those photos from the Paris police.
46:05Have they come through?
46:06Just in.
46:07Right, we need a search warrant.
46:08And then we can have a little family reunion.
46:17Agony Arts are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems.
46:23However, I doubt they've ever been asked to advise on a problem as difficult as this one.
46:28Hortense LaRue was poisoned.
46:31Effectively by her own column.
46:33But we had no idea how the killer managed to poison the newspaper and get it delivered straight to her.
46:39When the paper boy took one at random from his stack.
46:44But, with the help of a hard-boiled egg...
46:48Not this again.
46:49We finally cracked it.
46:53You, Kim.
46:55It was you who murdered Hortense.
46:58Me?
46:59No.
47:00I told you I was telling the truth.
47:02As Miss LaRue's housekeeper, you knew her morning routine.
47:05That she liked to read her column whilst having her breakfast.
47:09You also knew that Clayton drops the paper on the porch at 7.15am.
47:15And Papillon barks to alert Hortense, as he always does when someone's at the door.
47:21So, earlier that morning, you went to another newsagent.
47:25And bought a copy of the St. Marie News.
47:28Let's call this Paper A.
47:31You then laced the problem page with cone snail poison.
47:35Something you knew about from Hortense's fear of her dog getting stung by one.
47:39My mum was always paranoid he gets stung.
47:42Then you dropped Paper A onto the porch sometime before Clayton usually arrived.
47:48Hortense must have been in the middle of preparing her breakfast.
47:53Papillon barked as normal, so she went outside to collect the newspaper she thought had just been delivered.
48:03She went back into the kitchen, eager to see if her request to change her final column had been carried
48:09out.
48:09In doing so, she came into contact with the poison and subsequently died.
48:15A painful death by all accounts.
48:20You then came into the house, through the back.
48:23And put on Hortense's purple gown, a wig matching her hair with a purple headband.
48:30And finally, the item that was unmistakably Hortense, her statement, purple glasses.
48:39As usual, at 7.15, Clayton delivered the newspaper, Paper B, and Papillon barked.
48:47Kim, now dressed as Hortense, opened the door and waved to him.
48:52As Clayton cycled away, he wouldn't have known that it was in fact you waving at him and not Hortense.
48:57You then came back into the kitchen and returned Miss LaRue's glasses, wiping away any prints first.
49:06Now, we come to the egg, and your ultimate downfall.
49:11You see, in your haste to stage the scene before Esme arrived, you almost forgot Miss LaRue's egg was still
49:17boiling away on the stove.
49:19You needed everything to look exactly as it should, to fit the timeline of Hortense making breakfast, then reading her
49:27column.
49:28So, you hurriedly took the now hard-boiled egg out of the pan and clumsily put it in the egg
49:34cup.
49:35Then you left the house, through the back, the same way you came, got into your car that was parked
49:41around the corner,
49:42and drove around the front to time perfectly with Esme's arrival.
49:48You later disposed of paper B and the wig at your home.
49:55We found these in the bin on your street.
49:59An audacious, yet brilliant plan.
50:03But, why go to such lengths?
50:07Kim Woods isn't your real name, is it?
50:11You are in fact, Sophie Martin.
50:15Thirty years ago, Sophie Martin moved to Paris from the UK with her boyfriend who was escaping some trouble back
50:25home.
50:25She was living in a commune in Montmartre, and it's there she met Hortense, an ambitious writer.
50:34Sophie was a drug addict with a newborn baby.
50:42You were doing your best, no doubt, but from what we now know about Miss LaRue, she had a saviour
50:49complex.
50:50Through our undercover investigation, we discovered her secret.
50:55Hortense stole your baby in the night, and went as far away as she could.
51:02To St. Marie.
51:05That baby was you, Esme.
51:10You're my mother.
51:13Hortense was my friend, and she offered to look after you.
51:19And yes, I was struggling, but I loved you so much.
51:24And then one morning I woke up and you was gone, and I didn't sleep today searching for you.
51:32But then you found out Hortense was here, didn't you?
51:36Through her column.
51:38So all those years ago, you wrote this letter to dear Hortense.
51:45The same letter Hortense wanted to publish at the very last minute for her final issue.
51:53I wanted her to know I was coming for her.
51:56Then you were arrested?
51:58The guy I was going out with at the time, he told the police that I was involved in an
52:02armed robbery and someone got really badly hurt.
52:05And it was all lies.
52:07I had nothing to do with it. He was not a good man.
52:11And I didn't get a chance to send the letter.
52:14It put me away for years.
52:17Time after time, my parole was refused.
52:20And I lost all hope.
52:22Until one day, I finally got myself together.
52:25Got myself clean.
52:27That day came.
52:30And I knew what I had to do.
52:32I had to find you.
52:34You hurt Hortense for what she'd done.
52:38I came to St. Marie.
52:40First place I went was a newsagent and I saw the ad for her housekeeper.
52:44It felt like fate.
52:46Come in.
52:48You bided your time.
52:50Working out the perfect murder plan.
52:53When Hortense received your letter, she must have known you were gunning for her.
52:59You read her response.
53:02She didn't regret it.
53:04Nor one bit.
53:08Esme, I don't expect you to forgive me.
53:11But I would really like you to understand that what she did destroyed me.
53:18Killing her was the only way I could ever have a relationship with you.
53:24Officer Rose?
53:27Sophie Martin.
53:29I'm arresting you for the murder of Hardtel, LaRue.
53:32You do not need to say anything.
53:34But it may harm your defense if you do not mention one question.
53:37Something which you later rely on in cards.
53:39You think you do say it may be given evidence.
53:42I saw my whole life been alive.
53:48Hortense's love for you?
53:50That was real.
53:57Like this.
54:17Was very soft and bare violet.
54:20And after her death...
54:21Canseiges is the only way it would be larger.
54:22So the perfectionist has ever seen.
54:52Hey.
54:57Can I help you?
55:00Mervyn, yeah?
55:03Yeah.
55:04Didn't you hear me, Nack?
55:06No, I was sleeping, actually. Deeply.
55:10You're older than I imagined.
55:12Sorry, who are you?
55:15Just one second.
55:16Come on. Just give it up, man.
55:21And then, finally, stupid boy's been holding out, and all he's got is a pair of sixes. Amateur.
55:30Is that a gambling app? I don't think you should be playing there.
55:34Don't sweat it. It's cool. Dad said you were a goody-goody, but I guess that comes with a jab,
55:41right?
55:41Okay, stop, yeah? Now, you tell me right now who you are, who your dad is, and what you're doing
55:47on my property, or I'm arresting you for trespass.
55:50And you being the detective, it's me, Eloise, your niece.
55:57Sorry, what?
55:59Your niece, Eloise, did Dad not mention me to you?
56:04No, no one mentioned you.
56:11Well, I'm sure he was going through. He's a busy guy, you know. Lot on his plate.
56:20So, what would you prefer when I call you? Uncle Marvin? Uncle Merv? Just Merv?
56:33What's for breakfast?
56:41Hey, don't touch anything.
56:59Hey, don't touch anything.
57:03Sorry, leave, don't touch anything.
57:05Well, we'll be right back.
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