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00:01Dear Hortense, my boyfriend snores and I haven't got a good night's name.
00:05Dear Hortense, I've got a problem with my mother-in-law, or should I say...
00:10Dear Hortense, how can I get my son to...
00:12Dear Hortense, dear Hortense, dear Hortense...
00:22How many times were not under attack, you damn thing?
00:33Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
00:38Merci, Kim.
00:45Dear desperate daughter-in-law, may I suggest an alternative course of action?
00:52Divorce your wetter's band and kill two birds with one stone.
00:57Dear Peeping Peter, I sense this neighbor is keen for you to notice her.
01:05So bake some chicken, Columbo, and take it over there without delay.
01:10Bonne chance.
01:13Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
01:16Merci, Kim.
01:17I know.
01:18I know.
01:37I know.
01:45There is no love for you.
01:47See, Kim.
01:53Commissioner, thanks for coming.
01:56Catherine, what a picture, like a young Grace Kelly.
02:01You do exaggerate, Mr. Busset.
02:03Merely appreciative of beauty when I see it.
02:06I've been meaning to thank you.
02:08Without your admirable journalism,
02:10the community initiative wouldn't have happened.
02:14Thanks, Mrs.
02:17Four Tanks, our guest of honor.
02:21Simply stunning, like a young Grace Kelly.
02:27It all looks wonderful, Anton.
02:29Only what you deserve for your dedicated service to this island.
02:33One last favor, simply.
02:35I want to change my final column to this one.
02:39It's already gone to press, I'm afraid.
02:41Oh, don't be afraid. Just make it happen.
02:44Oh, come on, Bernie.
02:48Do 24 years of marriage.
02:51Count for nothing?
02:52Mm-hmm.
03:04After 30 years solving this island's problems,
03:08our beloved Agony Aunt is retiring.
03:12And so, please, put your hands together
03:14to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
03:19Oh, yes!
03:21You have to do it, man.
03:24You have to do it.
03:24I thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers,
03:28for entrusting me with this precious task for so many years.
03:33But now I'm looking forward to spending more time
03:37with my daughter Esme.
03:40Ha!
03:47Let's see if for the first time in his life
03:52that imbecile was true to his word.
04:11Morning, Esme.
04:12How was the party?
04:14Good item.
04:15Me at herds.
04:17That's weird.
04:20Maman?
04:24Maman?
04:28Maman?
05:07We're done.
05:10Fifteen more minutes.
05:12Right.
05:14Are we going to talk about anything today?
05:24Um...
05:25No.
05:29Thank you, but...
05:31No.
05:40Yes, Thomas?
05:43It's work.
05:50Oh.
05:52So I take it therapy's going well, then?
05:56Um...
05:57I mean...
05:58Sitting in front of a total stranger, talking about feelings...
06:02It's just not for me, you know?
06:04But you were kidnapped by your own brother, sir.
06:07Almost killed.
06:08Look, I'm here now, aren't I?
06:10The best thing for me to do is just forget it ever happened.
06:14Sounds healthy.
06:15Look, I'm English.
06:17Yeah?
06:18That's what we do.
06:23The deceased is Hortense Leroux.
06:26She writes an agony aunt column for the local paper.
06:29Agony aunts?
06:30That's a blast from the past.
06:33Good morning, boss.
06:35Sarge.
06:36Her medic say Madame Leroux was poisoned.
06:38Who found her?
06:39Her daughter Esme, who had plans to go on a walk with her mother.
06:43And the housekeeper, Kim Woods, who was just starting her shift.
06:47This way.
06:49So, the victim.
06:51She has a few tiny red spots on her finger.
06:56Which leads me to believe that the poison came from something she touched.
07:01So, she sat down for breakfast, boiled egg and toast, read her column where someone writes
07:12in about a friend's betrayal, and dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
07:20Let sleeping dogs lie.
07:22So, she was retiring.
07:24This would be her last column?
07:26Tragic coincidence?
07:28Tragic, certainly.
07:30Coincidence, not so much.
07:33Does this look discoloured to you?
07:39You think the poison is on the paper?
07:42Possibly.
07:43Where did this come from?
07:44We'll check with the housekeeper.
07:55Egg and soldiers.
07:57In the Breakfast Hall of Fame.
07:58That's right up there.
08:00Dipping a piece of buttered toast into a gooey yellow egg.
08:04Heaven.
08:05You're fine, sir.
08:19This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
08:21Dipping a soldier into that would be impossible.
08:30Sir, normally when you spot a detail, I think, my lord man, we will definitely come back to
08:34this.
08:35But right now, I'm kind of struggling how this could possibly be relevant.
08:42Everything's relevant, Officer Ruffs.
08:55And the paper was delivered every day?
08:58By a boy called Clayton Powell.
09:00Can you get a hold of him, please?
09:03Esme.
09:06It's terrible, terrible news.
09:09Anton Buzet, editor of the San Marie News and Hortense's ex-husband.
09:14D.I. Wilson.
09:15I've heard a lot about you.
09:17So, what's the latest?
09:19Well, we're working on the theory that Miss Leroux was poisoned.
09:23What?
09:23Deliberately.
09:25How could anyone do that to her?
09:28She was truly adored.
09:30So, how did she seem recently?
09:32Anything out the ordinary?
09:34Well, she had mixed feelings about retiring, naturally.
09:38There was something at the party.
09:41I want to change my final column to this one.
09:45Do you know why?
09:46No.
09:47Can we see the original letter?
09:49They'll be in her study.
09:50OK, so, talk me through her morning routine, please.
09:54Well, she was up with the lark, made breakfast.
09:57Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
09:59Clayton would deliver the paper,
10:01then she would like to read her column over breakfast.
10:05And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
10:09I'm not sure.
10:10Do you know, love?
10:12Dreaming it, social?
10:14She liked it to be perfect.
10:16Yeah.
10:16That's who she was.
10:17Deep breaths, darling.
10:19Deep breaths.
10:21Here you are, Esme.
10:22Look, here, Inspector.
10:24Why the focus on eggs?
10:26Can I suggest that you concentrate on what is actually important?
10:30Finding the person who did this.
10:32I'm merely trying to establish the facts, Mr. Bousset.
10:34I mean, as a journalist, it surprises me you don't appreciate that.
10:43I'm sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
10:46Sensible chap.
10:53She really liked purple.
11:02So what's with the egg thing?
11:07Look, Hortense was the sort of woman who liked everything just so, right?
11:11Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
11:14People are funny, aren't they?
11:16Yes.
11:17People are.
11:18It's still bothering me why the egg was hard-boiled.
11:22Maybe she got distracted, overcooked it.
11:25She had an egg timer, which she clearly used.
11:28And even if she had overcooked it, she could have made another one.
11:33Now you say it, it is a little odd.
11:36You know, I used to think these letters were fake.
11:39But people actually write in with their problems.
11:42And according to the housekeeper, she replied to every single one.
11:47Felt like it was her duty.
11:51Whoa!
11:55Seems she kept every single letter as well.
11:58This is the letter she wanted to publish last minute.
12:01Dear Hortense, I've suffered a great betrayal by a friend.
12:05Well, that's different.
12:07What is?
12:08Well, all these other letters are signed anonymously.
12:11But this one is signed by Sophie Martin.
12:15So Sophie Martin wanted her friend to know she'd written this letter?
12:19Well, why?
12:21To send a message?
12:23Or a warning.
12:28Yes, Hector.
12:33Okay, so...
12:35That's Clayton, and here's the tea.
12:37He picked up the papers from Mr. Purdy's newsagent at 7am.
12:41There are various papers in the stack, the St. Marie News only being one of them.
12:46All right.
12:46And then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15am.
12:53And did he actually see her pick it up?
12:55He did, just like always.
12:58And we know she came inside and sat at the dinner table to read the paper.
13:02Do we know how many St. Marie News were in his stack?
13:05He said six.
13:06And none of the other people who get the paper are ill.
13:10But if so, assuming it was a targeted attack, how did he get the one poison newspaper to all
13:16terms?
13:17Maybe they intercepted Clayton on the way, knowing he'd be coming to Madame LaRue's
13:22house first.
13:23Clayton swears he did not meet anyone on route.
13:26The only thing of note, his bike had a bust up with a pothole and all his papers fell out
13:31his back.
13:32But even if the killer had poisoned the first paper in the stack, they're all jumbled up
13:38now, right?
13:39Which means they couldn't guarantee that the poison paper would get to Madame LaRue.
13:46A one in six chance.
13:49Don't like the sound of those odds, do you?
14:00Hortense LaRue, St. Marie's favourite agony aunt, poisoned, apparently, by her own column.
14:06So, who would want to murder her?
14:09All that meddling in people's lives would make you some enemies.
14:12I read that she moved from Paris to St. Marie 30 years ago with her baby daughter, Esme.
14:19Anton Busset, Esme's stepfather.
14:23They met in 1996 when she started her column at the St. Marie News.
14:28Then there's this.
14:30Now, why would all tens be so keen to publish it?
14:33It was posted on St. Marie, so likely the author lives here.
14:37So, our priority, find Sophie Martin.
14:45Copy that, sir.
14:46There were letters at the house.
14:48Looks like she kept them all.
14:49Might be worth checking those, too?
14:52Yes, where would you put that on the priority list?
14:55I'm thinking maybe three or four.
14:59We've got it, Sarge.
15:00Soon as we check through the victim's form.
15:03Can't help feeling Sophie is key to all of this.
15:06Making progress already?
15:08Oh, Commissioner.
15:09Well, you know, it's early days.
15:11Madam LaRue was highly regarded.
15:15Only last night, Catherine and I attended a retirement party.
15:18As such, the island will be watching our investigation keenly.
15:24Ah.
15:24Excellent.
15:25I'm assuming you've met Anton Bousset.
15:29We've had the pleasure.
15:31He won't miss an opportunity to put pressure on us.
15:35Or rather, me.
15:37Let me know when you're ready to talk.
15:42So, let's keep things as professional as we can.
15:46Of course.
15:48Did I Wilson a word?
15:57How are the counselling sessions going?
16:00Oh, um...
16:02Extremely useful.
16:03Yeah, we're really getting to the...
16:05..the heart of the matter.
16:07Is that so?
16:08Hmm.
16:09What I've heard is directly to the contrary.
16:13You haven't said a word.
16:15I thought that was confidential.
16:18Inspector.
16:19Take it seriously.
16:21Look, I'm just not into the whole going over the past stuff.
16:26The effects of trauma don't just magically go away.
16:30You've got to work through it.
16:32I know.
16:34Because I did.
16:39You had therapy.
16:41And like you, I had dogs.
16:44Men of my age, we tend to crack on with things too.
16:50Give in to it, Inspector.
16:52You may be surprised.
16:56Okay.
16:58But I assure you,
16:59I am completely,
17:02totally,
17:03100% fine.
17:16We've got a situation.
17:18Come on.
17:21What's on?
17:44Working overtime, mate.
17:46Any leads?
18:01ideote la joie.will
18:10cierん Missile
18:12Astanaa. Missile,
18:15Preciskt. Missile Astana
18:17Astanaa. Missile
18:28Morning, campers. Gather round. I have a breakthrough.
18:37Right, so, this stamp was conveniently hidden beneath this St. Marie stamp.
18:43The original stamp is from France.
18:48Hmm. So what does that mean?
18:49That it was posted from somewhere else first?
18:52Maybe Sophie meant to post it from somewhere else, but didn't for some reason, then brought it to St. Marie
18:56to post.
18:57Why? Who knows? My stamp man in Kentish Town is on the case.
19:00And he's going to...
19:00And three.
19:04You all right, sir?
19:05Yeah, why?
19:06You seem a little energetic.
19:09Oh, that's the coffee. I've had three already. That's my fourth.
19:15Bad night?
19:16Uh, no. I was just up, looking into this. Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
19:23None on the island and no mention in the victim's contacts either. Postmortem's in.
19:29Hortens was poisoned, as we thought. Contact poison.
19:34Cone snail venom, in fact.
19:37Cone snail? That's new.
19:38Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here. I mean, you're warned about them as a kid.
19:43If it's in a cone, leave it alone.
19:45The toxin paralyzes the victim first, then they die a painful death.
19:52Nice.
19:53So, whoever did this wanted Hortens to suffer.
19:56It says here that the poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper.
20:01Which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler.
20:04Somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack of six.
20:08Then pray to the gods of vengeance that that paper is delivered to its victim.
20:13Risky as anything.
20:14It's more than risky. It's almost impossible.
20:16Did Hortens touch anything else?
20:18Lab's still testing. They'll get back to us tomorrow.
20:21In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on something.
20:24Yes, the data. Esme, eh?
20:26I mean, totally bankrolled by mummy.
20:29She's never had a job.
20:30She just gets her big juicy allowance every month and, I mean, she's living her life.
20:35Well, it seems Esme might have disagreed.
20:37She'd applied for a job at a publisher's in Barbados.
20:41Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortens to the managing director saying Esme was not fit to work
20:51and that she would sue them if her daughter had a breakdown.
20:55They took back the job offer pretty quickly after that.
20:58So, mummy blew her chances of a promising career.
21:05Mm-hmm.
21:10Must have been a blow.
21:12She was right. I... I wouldn't have coped.
21:15Real life and me somehow never work, so...
21:18What made you apply for the job, then?
21:20Anton encouraged me. He helps me with all sorts of things.
21:25Can't help noticing you're wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
21:29Late night, was it?
21:29My mum just died. I'm allowed to grieve.
21:34Of course you are.
21:36Look, what do you want from me?
21:38You're 31. Never been anywhere. Everything you own. All paid for by your mother. It's unusual.
21:44Some might say a little controlling.
21:47She wasn't. She loved me.
21:50People get away with a lot under that label.
21:54Papillon. Papillon. Come away from there.
22:00You need to be careful of those cone snails. I hear they're deadly.
22:04My mum was always paranoid. He gets stoned.
22:07Like to keep him close.
22:09A bit like you, then.
22:10Please stop this.
22:11A bright new future.
22:12Suddenly snatched. No.
22:14Stolen away by your meddling mother.
22:16That'd have made me angry.
22:17But that made you angry, DS Thomas.
22:18Definitely.
22:19Maybe the anger got too much.
22:20Maybe one day you just snapped.
22:22No.
22:23That's not true.
22:29We'll be in touch.
22:34Never underestimate the quiet ones.
22:41All right, mate.
22:43What have you got?
22:45For real?
22:54Curious and curious, as they say.
22:57Le Cloche de Saint-Azure, pardon my accent, was printed in Paris 30 years ago.
23:02Does that mean that this letter is also 30 years old?
23:06We can only assume so.
23:07But if that's the case, why would Sophie Martin wait to send us now?
23:11Maybe she knew Hortense was retiring and this was her last chance?
23:16We'll look for any Sophie Martins who lived in Paris 30 years ago.
23:19Yeah, keep me posted.
23:20Any news from the lad?
23:22No poison found on anything else she could have touched.
23:25So this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon?
23:27It looks like it.
23:29Something interesting, though.
23:31No fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
23:33Wiped clean.
23:35Hmm.
23:36What would that be?
23:39Right, until we know who Sophie Martin is, let's look for anyone with a motive, yeah?
23:43I found something on the victim's phone.
23:45In the trash.
23:47And like my uncle, little Terrence always says, one man's trash is a...
23:50It's another man's treasure.
23:51Yes, we know.
23:52Get on with it, Officer Rose.
23:54Sir!
23:54Sorry.
23:57Go on.
23:58Some anonymous text going back three weeks ago.
24:01You'll get what's coming to you.
24:03You don't deserve to live.
24:05And then just before our retirement party, wear the amethyst earrings.
24:09They bring out your eyes.
24:11Someone was out for blood.
24:12But who?
24:14A reader with a grudge, maybe?
24:16Maybe.
24:17Clearly whoever it is was watching the house the other night while Hortense was getting ready for a big bash.
24:22First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbours.
24:24Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
24:26Mm-hmm.
24:27Oh, God.
24:34Oh, God.
24:38Oh, God.
24:42Oh, God.
24:43Oh, God.
24:50Oh, God.
25:04you want to give up don't you i'm here when you're ready look why don't you just ask me something
25:13just ask me a question please what are your feelings about your brother
25:22okay um something akin to anger i'd say you know every time i'm near that guy something happens
25:34it shouldn't and and sadness in fact i'd say mainly sadness i wanted it to work yeah believe me i
25:44i
25:44wanted us to work but you know what
25:52we just don't i do not trust that guy and if you can't trust family then who can you trust
26:00would it be more helpful to talk to him about what happened
26:04i don't know where i'd even start sometimes if talking's difficult writing it down can help
26:11write him a letter
26:17yeah writing him a letter yeah could work
26:25a letter it'd be a waste of time why don't you tell him what kind of brother
26:30you want it because it's a fantasy he can't be that brother
26:38so i need to just accept it and move on and sir how will you do that unless you're honest
26:47with him
26:47and even more so with yourself
26:51katherine you were at uh hortense's party yeah did you know well not really and and the family
26:59esme and tumble sets oh anton men like him hungry lions looking at you like your tasty steak at a
27:10buffet
27:11oh have you two got history he'd like that do you want another drink oh no thank you i think
27:20i'll have
27:20an early night perhaps you should too sir why's that seeing that you're having trouble sleeping
27:27another cold one for me please katherine
27:47i speak to him and you take the house over there then we'll get to those letters sound good cool
27:53see you later alligator
28:20what's he doing nothing what's behind your back
28:24hi cupboard don't lie to me there's a mirror right behind you
28:29just promise you won't laugh all right i promise
28:34dear hortense there's this girl i like if she were a chicken wing she'd be extra hot
28:40all summer we've chilled but now she's gone quiet i'm confused she keeps watching my stories
28:46once she commented with a tomato emoji what does that mean i just want to know where i stand
28:54you're sebastian rose you know this is supposed to be i know that no well did hortense write
29:02back she did she said something about allowing space for roots to grow or something and happy
29:10no because she might be waiting for you you know that's a metal emoji couldn't mean this girl's interested you
29:17can't sit back you got to lean in
29:19yeah yeah you know maybe all right
29:21yeah
29:22yeah
29:23you did tell me something pretty darn spicy yeah
29:33what are you doing
29:34a game of probability a killer somehow gets a poison copy of the saint marie news into clayton's stack of
29:42newspapers in which there happens
29:43to be five other copies of the saint marie news and from which he pulls one copy of the saint
29:48marie news at random and delivers it to all tense
29:51a one in six charts
29:55our only clue is the egg why was it hard-boiled when hortense likes it to be
30:01perfectly dippable
30:03sophie martin is a very popular name there were about a hundred sophie martin's in paris around that time
30:11look for any connections with saint marie yeah we have to find this woman
30:15will do
30:20sorry it's not you it's me
30:23so the bears didn't help then
30:26surprisingly no
30:29and
30:31the little
30:34no it's not a good idea
30:35and that's an end of it
30:37okay
30:41sergeant fletcher
30:42we know who's been sending those messages
30:45the neighbor was taking out the bins on the day of the party when he overheard an argument
30:50between kim and hortense
30:53did he hear what was said
30:54certainly did
30:56it's you isn't it you have been sending these foul messages
31:00who else would know those things
31:03and guess what
31:04hortense said she'd report her to the police the next day
31:13would never do anything so stupid
31:16so why would
31:16hortense think it was you
31:18no clue
31:19those texts contain personal details that only someone close to her would know
31:23so how long have you worked with miss larue
31:25oh about six months or so
31:27was she a good boss
31:28madame was a diamond it's a tragedy that she's gone
31:31from what we've heard she was more dragon than diamond she certainly gave her daughter a hard time didn't she
31:36well she was a night overprotective
31:38but she cared
31:40which is more than most
31:41if she was like that with her own flesh and blood it's not a stretch to imagine she'd do the
31:45same to you
31:46perhaps you decided to get your own back
31:49frighten her
31:50but then she found you out didn't she
31:53you'd have faced criminal charges
31:55you'd have lost everything
31:57so
31:58i killed her
32:00you've got this all around officers
32:02i've been around the block more times than i care for life's good here better than i hoped
32:06why would i risk losing that
32:12you know what i said to her go ahead report me any decent investigation team would discover that i
32:18didn't send those texts convenient
32:21what is well she never got the chance did she
32:24and now here you are free as a bird
32:34she does have a point i don't see what she gains from scaring hortense
32:39well who else
32:41well i'm not overly thrilled about talking to anton busset
32:45but if it was an angry reader sent those texts then
32:48you're gonna have to
32:50sir you're sure you can keep cool
32:55as a cucumber
33:07so all tens larue didn't mention anything to you about these text messages
33:12ever since the divorce we didn't have the same intimacy you understand
33:17please sit down
33:17no i'm all right standing thank you
33:20any hate mail sent to the office
33:22complaints people calling in to talk to her
33:25you don't give up do you
33:26oh she's deceptively heavy is this real gold
33:29can you put that down
33:31i've already said i don't know who was sending these messages
33:35and whoever she is won't be easily found she
33:39like you just said whoever she is
33:41i misspoke
33:43they unusual for a man in your line of work to misspeak
33:46unusual for a man in your line of work to behave like an amateur
33:50excuse me let me be crystal clear stop wasting time asking obtuse questions and go about doing your actual job
34:00let me be crystal clear these obtuse questions to find out who murdered your ex-wife
34:05sir but the fact that you can't see that because your head is so far up your own
34:12well that escalated look
34:15i guess it
34:17sir what you went through was something no one should ever have to
34:22well you can't keep pretending pretending yes pretending like you're okay
34:27your judgment is clearly off because you're not sleeping and you're not sleeping because you
34:32have this thing with solomon hanging over your head what do you suggest i don't know write the letter
34:37whatever get it off your chest we have a murder to solve but all right fine i'll do it thank
34:46you
34:51so what are we going to do about mr busset he obviously suspects who's sending those texts
34:59well we need a tactical rethink
35:05i have an idea
35:16who knew saint marie was so high tech
35:19found it in the back of the evidence store don't think it's been used for a while you surprise me
35:26it's from 1986. can't beat quality thanks for doing this miss bordet a pleasure i feel like one of charlie's
35:35angels
35:36now remember you're there to find out who anton thinks is behind the text messages but
35:41don't go straight in for the kill act natural rain check is your code word if anything goes wrong
35:46it won't trust me
35:57we're good
36:03the golden goose has landed
36:11anton how lovely to see you likewise i was surprised when you called me
36:18pleasantly surprised of course thought a drink would help take your mind off things
36:24much appreciated
36:28that clown inspector was at the office today poking his nose in where it's not wanted
36:35oh like a dog without a bow
36:37what does she have to say sweet she knows what she's doing did the police have a theory today
36:44all they were bothered about with these nasty messages hortense was receiving
36:50thank you thank you you seem like a woman of good sense and judgment i like to think so
36:58this stays between us a few years ago hortense told me something esme isn't her child
37:06she took her from paris when she was this is big
37:09sadly the mother wasn't able to take care of her a drug addict i'm assuming she agreed to this the
37:17way
37:17hortense told it sounded like she was too out of it to notice hortense couldn't have children but
37:24the authorities did they not realize she came here forged her papers she was esme's mother in all but
37:32flesh and blood and esme has no idea no and i wanted to stay that way this would break her
37:40so you suspect it's esme's birth mother sending those messages who else
37:51enough doom and gloom would you do me the honor of a dance oh well um it might be better
37:58if i rain check
38:00okay no reason i doubt that very much come on sorry anton i must rain check
38:10we've lost her sergeant fletcher
38:16why do you keep saying rain check
38:30sorry mattie i tried this won't be the last to hear of me i'll be calling your commissioner
38:38i was saying the code well it was a technical age i am so sorry
38:45we can now assume that the friend's betrayal written about in sophie martin's letter is referring
38:51to hortense stealing sophie's baby 30 years ago which means sophie is esme's real mother and finally
38:59explains why hortense was so desperate to publish the letter she knew it was sophie coming for her her
39:05response back off esme's mine well why wait 30 years to send this don't know yet but we will and
39:14if miss martin is also behind the text messages as anton suspects you'll get what's coming to you
39:19you don't deserve to live she's here on this island with one hell of a motive but where
39:37oh we don't mind angel oh no not at all such a great loss if you ever need someone to
39:45talk to i'm here
40:10i've been thinking about what to say for a while
40:13but i haven't managed to find the right words
40:16good morning morning sir that was the paris police my thinking was addicts are more likely to
40:42have criminal charges and there are three sophie martins on file two for possession one for aggravated
40:50robbery i've asked them to send over the records good work what's that sir oh um this is it
40:59my letter to solomon i've got it off my chest did it help uh yeah it did actually
41:09you know what i realized i want no i need my space from it
41:18i'm so sorry sir no no no it's all good it's for the best
41:22i just needed a little time to accept it that's all
41:28where is everyone following a lead if sophie martin was outside madame ruru's house that night
41:35it's possible she followed her to the party so we went through the photos online and look at this one
41:48yes she does look about the right age that sophie will be an uninvited guest the waiter said she got
41:55into a green vw camper van and luckily matino is the one garage that fixes them
42:04yeah talk with the devil we think we found sophie so someone matching her description came into the
42:11garage last week goes by the name of calypso said she normally parks up by coral beach we need to
42:17get
42:17there pronto you're already here sir you've got an eyeball
42:25i hearing you good you think that i'm that shy girl's mother you're mad i don't even know this
42:32woman you're talking about then why did you sneak into the party that night just passing felt thirsty
42:41it's not a crime no the stalking is see our theory is you are sophie martin you assumed a new
42:49identity
42:49to come to saint marie and enact revenge on hortense la rue starting with phil's threatening text messages
42:56i just like to stay off grid that's all we should be free to roam as the birds do you
43:04know we can trace
43:05the sim to the shop you bought it in check their cctv okay here's the truth that woman you're talking
43:14about sophie martin that ain't me but those texts
43:22i sent him not for the reason you think though why then two months ago i sent dear hortense a
43:32letter
43:33hortense told me to cut the mother out of my life toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that
43:40way she said a bit hypocritical coming from her i did what she said know what my mother died alone
43:49in
43:50her bed if i hadn't listened to that loud-mouthed woman i would have been there that must have made
43:55you angry not enough to kill her i wanted to scare her make her suffer the same way i've been
44:03suffering
44:04walking about this perfect life little care for the people whose life she ruins
44:16miss jones no disrespect but it kind of seems like you're more angry at yourself
44:26look i'm no expert but it doesn't help to hold on to things
44:46so we're still having a scooby how the killer pulled off this murder a stack of six papers and
44:52they managed to poison one and have it delivered practically straight into hortense larue's hands
44:56and let's not forget about the egg what happened that morning to make her ruin a perfectly good
45:01breakfast sir hold that thought i'm late i'll be back
45:16how do you feel um better definitely better i mean everything here is just um
45:27you know gone all i need to do now is post it well done thank you now can we talk
45:36a little more
45:36about your life here oh how long have you got about half an hour no i meant
45:50she timed it why did she take it out and the egg how long did she cook it for three
45:57minutes also he
45:59then cycled straight here delivered the newspaper to madame larue at 7 15 am sorry the little man
46:05doesn't like strangers there were no fingerprints found on hortense's glasses
46:10i wanted to scare her i wanted to suffer the same way i've been suffering of course
46:16that's the reason why why what the egg was hard boiled i can see everything clearly now
46:26thanks to your patience i know who the killer is i know how they did it those photos from the
46:32paris police have they come through justin right we need a search warrant and then we can have a little
46:44family reunion agony arts are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems however
46:52i doubt they've ever been asked to advise on a problem as difficult as this one
46:56hortense larue was poisoned effectively by her own column but we had no idea how the killer managed to
47:04poison the newspaper and get it delivered straight to her when the paper boy took one at random from
47:12his stack but with the help of a hard boiled egg not this again we finally cracked it
47:22you kim it was you who murdered hortense me no i told you i was telling the truth
47:31as miss larue's housekeeper you knew her morning routine that she liked to read her column whilst
47:37having her breakfast you also knew that clayton drops the paper on the porch at 7 15 a.m and
47:44papillon
47:45barks to alert hortense as he always does when someone's at the door so earlier that morning you
47:51went to another news agent and bought a copy of the saint marie news let's call this paper a you
48:00then
48:00laced the problem page with cone snail poison something you knew about from hortense's fear of
48:06her dog getting stung by one my mom was always baronide he gets stung then you dropped paper a onto
48:13the porch sometime before clayton usually arrived hortense must have been in the middle of preparing
48:20her breakfast papillon barked as normal so she went outside to collect the newspaper she thought had just
48:27been delivered she went back into the kitchen eager to see if her request to change her final column had
48:37been carried out in doing so she came into contact with the poison and subsequently died a painful death
48:45by all accounts
48:49you then came into the house through the back
48:52and put on hortense's purple gown a wig matching her hair with a purple headband
48:59and finally the item that was unmistakably hortense her statement purple glasses
49:08as usual at 7 15 clayton delivered the newspaper paper b and papillon barked
49:16kim now dressed as hortense opened the door and waved to him as clayton cycled away he wouldn't have
49:23known that it was in fact you waving at him and not hortense you then came back into the kitchen
49:29and returned mr rue's glasses wiping away any prints first now we come to the egg and your ultimate
49:38downfall you see in your haste to stage the scene before esmy arrived you almost forgot miss larue's
49:45egg was still boiling away on the stove you needed everything to look exactly as it should to fit the
49:52timeline of hortense making breakfast then reading her column so you hurriedly took the now hard boiled
49:59egg out of the pan and clumsily put it in the egg cup then you left the house through the
50:06back the same
50:06way you came got into your car that was parked around the corner and drove around the front to time
50:12perfectly with esme's arrival you later disposed of paper b and the wig at your home we found these in
50:26the bin on your street an audacious yet brilliant plan but why go to such lengths kim woods isn't your
50:38real name is it you are in fact sophie martin 30 years ago sophie martin moved to paris from the
50:50uk with
50:51her boyfriend who was escaping some trouble back home she was living in a commune in momat and it's
50:58there she met hortense an ambitious writer sophie
51:05was a drug addict with a newborn baby you were doing your best no doubt but from what we now
51:14know
51:15about miss larue she had a savior complex through our undercover investigation we discovered her
51:22secret hortense stole your baby in the night and went as far away as she could to saint marie
51:34that baby was you esme you're my mother hortense was my friend and she offered to look after you
51:48and yes i was struggling but i loved you so much and then one morning i woke up and you
51:55was gone and i
51:57didn't sleep the day searching for you but then you found out hortense was here didn't you through her
52:06column so all those years ago you wrote this letter to dear hortense the same letter hortense wanted to
52:16publish at the very last minute for her final issue i wanted her to know i was coming for her
52:24then you were arrested the guy i was going out with at the time he told the police that i
52:30was
52:30involved in an armed robbery and someone got really badly hurt and it was all lies i had nothing to
52:37do
52:37with it he was not a good man and i didn't get chance to send the letter it put me
52:44away for years
52:46time after time my parole was refused and i lost all hope until one day i finally got myself together
52:54got myself clean that day came and i knew what i had to do i had to find you and
53:03hurt hortense for what
53:05she's done i came to saint marie first place i went was a news agent and i saw the ad
53:11for her
53:12housekeeper it felt like fate come in you bided your time working out the perfect murder plan
53:22when hortense received your letter she must have known you were gunning for her you read her response
53:30she didn't regret it no one bit
53:37esme i don't expect you to forgive me but i would really like you to understand
53:42that what she did destroyed me killing her was the only way i could ever have a relationship with you
53:52officer rose
53:56so for martin i'm risking you for the murder of hortense larue you don't need to say anything
54:02but it may harm your defense if you do not mention in question something which you later
54:06relying on costs you think you do see may be given evidence
54:11so my whole lives men are alive
54:16hortense's love for you that was real
54:46hortense's love for you
54:46so
54:46so
55:20Hey.
55:25Can I help you?
55:29Mervyn, yeah?
55:31Yeah?
55:32Didn't you hear me, Nack?
55:34No, I was sleeping, actually.
55:37Deeply.
55:38You're older than I imagined.
55:41Sorry, who are you?
55:43Just one second.
55:45Come on!
55:46Just give it up, man.
55:50Finally!
55:51Stupid boy's been holding out
55:53and all he's got is a pair of sixes.
55:57Amateur.
55:59Is that a gambling app?
56:00I don't think you should be playing there.
56:02Don't sweat it.
56:04It's cool.
56:06Dad said you were a goody-goody,
56:07but I guess that comes with a jab, right?
56:10Okay, stop.
56:11Yeah?
56:12Now, you tell me right now who you are,
56:14who your dad is,
56:15and what you're doing on my property,
56:17or I'm arresting you for trespass.
56:19And you being the detective?
56:21It's me, Eloise,
56:24your niece.
56:26Sorry, what?
56:27Your niece?
56:28Eloise?
56:30Did Dad not mention me to you?
56:33No, no one mentioned you.
56:39Well, I'm sure he was going to.
56:42He's a busy guy, you know.
56:43Lot on his plate.
56:47So,
56:48what would you prefer when I call you?
56:52Uncle Marvin?
56:54Uncle Merv?
56:56Just Merv?
57:01What's for breakfast?
57:09Hey, don't touch anything.
57:13This is the closest I've come
57:14to actually seeing it.
57:16The Lusker.
57:16Sorry, what?
57:17It's a sea monster.
57:18Some people are saying
57:19that's what killed him.
57:20I would like to do my bit
57:22to try and solve this case more.
57:24We need to work out a plan, Uncle Merv,
57:26to find evidence that proves he's innocent.
57:28I should just tell her the truth.
57:30Giles was convinced
57:31the Lusker took their son.
57:33That's why he stayed on here.
57:34To try and prove
57:35the Lusker exists.
57:37I can't believe you're going
57:38on a monster hunt.
57:39The Lusker?
57:41Merti!
57:42Merti!
57:43Merti!
57:43Merti!
57:43Merti!
57:44Merti!
57:45Merti!
57:45Merti!
57:46Merti!
57:46Merti!
57:47Merti!
57:47Merti!
57:48Merti!
57:49Merti!
57:54Merti!
57:57Merti!
57:59Merti!
58:00Merti!
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