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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.
01:23Did you see her?
01:29Thank you too, ma'am.
01:31So do試, ma'am.
01:32Do you see her?
01:32I think she likes the train.
01:33Let do what you think.
01:34I think she's a young man.
01:34It's not for me.
01:35I think she's a young man.
01:35Let me know.
01:37Thank you so much for coming.
01:39Thank you for coming.
01:40Quite.
01:50Commissioner, thanks for coming.
01:53Catherine, what a picture.
01:56Like a young Grace Kelly.
01:58You do exaggerate, Mr. Busset.
02:00Merely 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.
02:11Thank you very much, Mr. Busset.
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, s'il vous plaît.
02:31I want to change my final column to this one.
02:35It's already gone to press, I'm afraid.
02:37Oh, don't be afraid. Just make it happen.
02:39Oh, come on, Bernie.
02:43Do 24 years of marriage.
02:46Count for nothing?
02:47Mm-hmm.
02:58After 30 years solving this island's problems,
03:02our beloved Agony aunt is retiring.
03:05And so, please, put your hands together to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
03:17Thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers,
03:21for entrusting me with this precious task for so many years.
03:26But now I'm looking forward to spending more time with my daughter, Esme.
03:40Let's see if for the first time in his life
03:44that imbecile was true to his word.
04:02Morning, Esme.
04:03How was the party?
04:05Good, I, Tim.
04:06Me at Earth's.
04:08That's weird.
04:11Maman?
04:15Maman?
04:19Maman?
04:24Maman?
04:26We're done.
04:2815 more minutes.
04:31Right.
04:32Are we going to talk about anything today?
04:40Maman?
04:42Um...
04:44No.
04:46No, thank you, but...
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 her feelings,
05:18it's just not for me, you know?
05:20But you were kidnapped
05:21by your own brother, sir,
05:23almost killed.
05:24Look, I'm here now, aren't I?
05:26The best thing for me to do is just
05:28forget it ever happened.
05:30Sounds healthy.
05:30Look, I'm English.
05:33Yeah?
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 aunts?
05:45That's a blast from the past.
05:48Good morning, boss.
05:49Sarge.
05:50Paramedic say Madam Leroux was poisoned.
05:52Who found her?
05:53Her daughter Esme,
05:55who had plans to go on a walk
05:56with her mother,
05:57and the housekeeper, Kim Woods,
05:59who was just starting her shift.
06:01This way.
06:03So, the victim.
06:05She has a few tiny red spots
06:08on her finger,
06:09which leads me to believe
06:11that the poison came from
06:12something she touched.
06:14So, she sat down for breakfast.
06:18Boiled egg and toast.
06:21Read her column
06:22where someone writes in
06:25about a friend's betrayal,
06:27and dear Hortense replies
06:29with 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?
06:51You think the poison is on the paper?
06:53Possibly.
06:54Where did this come from?
06:55We'll check with the housekeeper.
07:06Egg and soldiers.
07:07In the Breakfast Hall of Fame,
07:09that's right up there.
07:10Dipping a piece of buttered toast
07:12into a gooey yellow egg.
07:14Heaven.
07:15You're fine, sir.
07:29This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
07:31Dipping a soldier into that
07:32would be impossible.
07:39Sir, normally when you spot a detail,
07:41I think,
07:41my lord man,
07:42you will definitely come back to this.
07:44But right now,
07:45I'm kind of struggling
07:46how this could possibly be relevant.
07:50Everything's relevant,
07:51Officer Ruffs.
08:03And the paper was delivered every day?
08:06By a boy called Clayton Powell.
08:08Can you get a hold of him, please?
08:10Yes, ma'am.
08:14Terrible, terrible news.
08:16Anton Buzette,
08:18editor 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 of the ordinary?
08:40Well, she had mixed feelings
08:41about retiring, naturally.
08:44There was something at the party.
08:47I want to change my final column
08:49to this one.
08:50Do you know why?
08:52No.
08:53Can we see the original letter?
08:54The B&S study.
08:55Okay, so, um,
08:57talk me through her morning routine, please.
08:59Um, well, she was up with the lark,
09:01made breakfast.
09:02Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
09:04Clayton would deliver the paper.
09:06Then she would like to read
09:07her column over breakfast.
09:09And the egg,
09:11how 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.
09:42Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!
09:45Whomp! Whomp!
09:46I'm sorry, the little man
09:47doesn't like strangers.
09:49Sensible chap.
09:56She really liked purple.
10:04So what's with the egg thing?
10:08Look,
10:09Hortense was the sort of woman
10:10who liked everything just so, right?
10:12Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
10:15People are funny, aren't they?
10:17Yes.
10:18People are.
10:19It's still bothering me
10:20why that egg was hard-boiled.
10:23Maybe she got distracted.
10:25Overcooked it.
10:26She had an egg timer,
10:27which she clearly used.
10:28And even if she had overcooked it,
10:30she could have made another one.
10:33Now you say it,
10:34it is a little odd.
10:36You know,
10:37I used to think these letters were fake.
10:39But people
10:40actually write in with their problems.
10:42And according to the housekeeper,
10:45she replied to every single one.
10:46Felt 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.
11:04Well, that's different.
11:06What is?
11:06Well, all these other letters
11:08are signed anonymously.
11:09But this one
11:10is signed
11:11by Sophie Martin.
11:13So Sophie Martin
11:14wanted her friend
11:15to know she'd written this letter.
11:18Why?
11:19To send a message?
11:21Or a warning.
11:31Okay, 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 6
12:02and none of the other people
12:03who get the paper
12:04are ill.
12:06But if so,
12:07assuming it was
12:08a targeted attack,
12:09how did he get
12:10the one poison newspaper
12:11to all sense?
12:12Maybe they intercepted Clayton
12:14on the way
12:14knowing he'd be coming
12:16to Madame LaRue's house first.
12:18Clayton swears
12:19he did not meet
12:20anyone 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.
12:54St. Marie's favourite
12:56agony aunt.
12:57Poisoned, apparently,
12:58by her own column.
12:59So,
13:00who would want
13:00to murder her?
13:02All that 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, why would Hortense
13:23be so keen
13:24to publish it?
13:25It was posted
13:26on St. Marie,
13:27so likely
13:27the author lives here.
13:29So,
13:29our priority,
13:31find
13:33Sophie
13:34Martin.
13:36copy that, sir.
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,
13:44where would you put
13:44that on the priority list?
13:46I'm thinking maybe
13:47three or four.
13:50We've got it,
13:51Sarge,
13:51as soon as we check
13:51through the victim's form.
13:53Can't help feeling
13:54Sophie is key
13:55to all of this.
13:56Making progress
13:57already?
13:58Oh, Commissioner.
13:59Well, you know,
14:00it's early days.
14:02Madame LaRue
14:02was highly regarded.
14:05Only last night,
14:06Catherine and I
14:06attended a retirement party.
14:08As such,
14:09the island will be watching
14:10our investigation
14:11keenly.
14:13Ah,
14:14excellent.
14:15I'm assuming you've met
14:16Anton Busset.
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 ready
14:28to talk.
14:30So, let's
14:32keep things
14:32as professional
14:33as we can.
14:35Of course.
14:36Dear, I will see
14:37a word.
14:45How are the
14:46counseling sessions going?
14:47Oh, um,
14:49extremely useful.
14:50Yeah, we're really
14:51getting to the
14:52heart of the matter.
14:54Is that so?
14:55Hmm.
14:56What I've heard
14:57is directly
14:58to the contrary.
15:00You haven't
15:01said that word.
15:02I thought that
15:03was confidential.
15:04Inspector,
15:06take it seriously.
15:07Look,
15:08I'm just not into
15:09the whole
15:10going over
15:11the past stuff.
15:12The effects of trauma
15:13don't just magically
15:15go away.
15:15you've got to work
15:17through it.
15:18I know
15:19because I did.
15:24You had therapy?
15:26And like you,
15:27I had dogs.
15:30Men of my age,
15:31we tend to
15:32crack on with things
15:33too.
15:35Give in to it,
15:36Inspector.
15:38You may be surprised.
15:41Okay.
15:42Well,
15:43I assure you,
15:44I am
15:45completely,
15:46totally,
15:48100%
15:49fine.
16:00We've got
16:01a situation.
16:02We've got
16:26work in overtime,
16:28mate.
16:29and he leads.
16:52He takes
16:538-0-8-2-2-3-4-1-2-3-4-8-6-4-6-7-6-7-7-7
16:56-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9
16:56-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-8-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-10-7-7-7-7
16:56-7-7-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-7-7.
17:08Morning campers, gather round. I have a breakthrough. Right, so this stamp was conveniently hidden
17:21beneath this Saint Marie stamp. The original stamp is from France.
17:27Hmm, so what does that mean? That it was posted from somewhere else first? Maybe Sophie meant to post
17:32it from somewhere else but didn't for some reason then brought it to Saint Marie to post. Why? Who
17:36knows? My stamp man in Kentish town is on the case. And three. You all right, sir? Yeah, why? You
17:45seem a little energetic. Oh, that's the coffee. I've had three already. That's my fourth.
17:53Bad night? Uh, no. I was just up looking into this. Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
18:01None on the island and no mention in the victim's contacts either. Post-mortem's in.
18:07Hortense was poisoned as we thought. Contact poison. Cone snail venom, in fact.
18:14Cone snail? That's new? Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here. I mean, you're worried about
18:18them as a kid.
18:19If it's in a cone, leave it alone. The toxin paralyzes the victim first, then they die a painful death.
18:28Nice. So whoever did this wanted Hortense to suffer. It says here that the poison was only on page 35
18:36of the newspaper.
18:37Which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler. Somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack
18:43of six.
18:44Then pray to the gods of vengeance that that paper is delivered to its victim.
18:48Risky as anything. It's more than risky. It's almost impossible. Did Hortense touch anything else?
18:53Lab's still testing. They'll get back to us tomorrow. In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on
18:59something.
18:59Yes, uh, the daughter. Esme, eh? I mean, totally bankrolled by her mummy. She'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. She'd applied for a job at a publisher's inn Barbados.
19:15Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortense to the managing director saying Esme was not fit to work
19:24and that she would sue them if her daughter had a breakdown. They took back the job offer pretty quickly
19:30after that.
19:32So, mummy blew her chances of a promising career.
19:43Must have been a blow.
19:44She was right. I wouldn't have hoped. Real life and me somehow never work, so...
19:50What made you apply for the job then?
19:52Anton encouraged me. He 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. I'm allowed to grieve.
20:05Of course you are.
20:08Look, what do you want from me?
20:10You're 31, never been anywhere, everything you own, all paid for by your mother.
20:14It's unusual. Some might say a little controlling.
20:18She wasn't. She loved me.
20:21People get away with a lot under that label.
20:24Papillon. Papillon.
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 to 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, no, stolen away by your meddling mother.
20:45That would have made me angry.
20:46That would have 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.
21:26Pardon my accent.
21:27It 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 Martins 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 Terence always says.
22:14One man's trash is another man's treasure.
22:17Yes, we know.
22:17Get on with it, Officer Rose.
22:19Sir.
22:19Sorry.
22:22Go on.
22:22Some 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, wear 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 while Hortense was getting ready for a big bash.
22:46First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbors.
22:48Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:49Oh god.
22:52Oh god.
22:55Oh god.
22:58One loving star-spoken house.
23:02Oh god.
23:06Oh god.
23:06They're not a good laugh.
23:11Oh god.
23:13They're not a good laugh.
23:13We're not a good laugh.
23:13That's too bad.
23:14That's a good laugh.
23:14Oh god.
23:16That's beautiful.
23:18It's beautiful.
23:19There's no limits.
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.
23:38What are your feelings about your brother?
23:43Okay, um...
23:47Something akin to anger.
23:49I'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.
24:38Good 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 a hortensis party.
25:11Yeah.
25:12Did you know it well?
25:13Not really.
25:14And the family.
25:15It's me.
25:17I'm 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?
25:40Seeing that you're having trouble sleeping.
25:42Another 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.
26:07Alligator.
26:24Come on, come on, come on.
26:33What are you doing?
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.
26:55She keeps watching my stories.
26:57Once she commented with a tomato emoji, what does that mean?
27:01I 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?
27:19No.
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, and I'm going to be all right.
27:32The 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 at random
27:57and delivers it to Hortense.
27:59A one-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.
28:37And fill 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
28:53when he overheard an argument between 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?
29:31Madame was a diamond.
29:33It's a tragedy that she's got.
29:35From what we've heard, she was more dragon than diamond.
29:38She certainly gave her daughter a hard time, didn't she?
29:40Well, she was a mite overprotective.
29:42But she cared, which is more than most.
29:44If she was like that with her own flesh and blood,
29:46it's not a stretch to imagine she'd do the same to you.
29:49Perhaps you decided to get your own back.
29:52Frighten her.
29:53But then she found you out, didn't she?
29:55You'd have faced criminal charges.
29:57You'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, you're 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.
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.
32:38Try.
32:39I'll do it.
32:44So what are we going to do about Mr. Vercet?
32:47He obviously suspects who's sending those texts.
32:52Well, 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, Ms. Baudet.
33:23A pleasure.
33:24I feel like one of Charlie's angels.
33:27Now, remember, you're there to find out who Anton thinks he's behind the text messages.
33:32But don't go straight in for the kill.
33:34Act natural.
33:35Re-in-check is your code word if anything goes wrong.
33:38It won't.
33:39Trust me.
33:48We good?
33:54The Golden Goose has landed.
34:00Anton, how 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?
34:27Shh, wait.
34:28She knows what she's doing.
34:30Did the police have a theory today?
34:33Oh, 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.
34:47A few years ago, Hortense told me something.
34:51Esme isn't her child.
34:53She took her from Paris when she was a baby.
34:55This is big!
34:56Sadly, the mother wasn't able to take care of her.
34:59A drug addict.
35:00I'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.
36:16This 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 hitch.
36:24I am so sorry.
36:28We can now assume that the friend's betrayal written about in Sophie Martin's letter is referring to Hortense stealing Sophie's
36:35baby 30 years ago.
36:36Which means Sophie is Esme's real mother and finally explains why Hortense was so desperate to publish the letter.
36:44She knew it was Sophie coming for her.
36:47She 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.
37:06But where?
37:17Oh, we don't mind Angel.
37:19Oh no, not at all.
37:21Such a great loss.
37:23If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here.
37:28You're kind.
37:47Sullivan.
37:48I've been thinking about what to say for one.
37:52But I haven't managed to find the right words.
37:54Across the street, across the way, it flows.
38:00Just like a mirror, it seems to show.
38:07Heaven, I'm afraid.
38:09Merci beaucoup.
38:12Morning.
38:13Morning, sir.
38:14That was the Paris police.
38:16My thinking was, addicts are more likely to have criminal charges.
38:20And, there are three Sophie Martons on file.
38:24Two for possession, one for aggravated robbery.
38:27I've asked them to send over the records.
38:29Good work.
38:30What's that, sir?
38:32Oh, um, this is it.
38:35My letter to Solomon.
38:37I've got it off my chest.
38:39Did it help?
38:41Uh, yeah, 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?
39:05Following a lead.
39:06If Sophie Marton was outside Madame Rourou's house that night, it's possible she followed
39:11her to the party.
39:12So, we went through the photos online.
39:16And, 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.
39:31And, luckily, Martino's the one garage that fixes them.
39:37Yeah.
39:38Talk with the devil.
39:40We think we found Sophie.
39:41So, someone matching her description came into the garage last week.
39:45Goes by the name of Calypso.
39:47Said she normally parks up by Coral Beach.
39:49We need to get there.
39:50Pronto.
39:51You already here, sir?
39:52We've got an eyeball.
39:57Are you 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 thirsty.
40:13It's not a crime.
40:14No.
40:15The stalking is.
40:16See, our theory is you are Sophie Marton.
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.
40:30That'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 Marton.
40:46That ain't me.
40:48But those texts?
40:52I sent him.
40:53Not for the reason you think, though.
40:55Why then?
40:57Two months ago, I 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?
41:11I 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, I 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 Hortense.
41:33Perfect life.
41:34Little care for the people whose life she ruins.
41:43Miss Jones, no disrespect, but it kind of seems like you're more angry at yourself.
41:53Look, I'm no expert, but it doesn't help to hold on to things.
42:12So we're still having a scooby how the killer pulled off this murder.
42:15A stack of six papers, and 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?
42:27Sir.
42:27Hold that thought.
42:29I'm late.
42:32I'll be back.
42:40How do you feel?
42:43Better.
42:45Definitely better.
42:47I mean, everything here is just...
42:51You know, gone.
42:53All I need to do now is post it.
42:55Well done.
42:57Now, can we talk a little more about your life here?
43:00Oh, how long have you got?
43:03About half an hour.
43:04No, I meant...
43:12She timed it.
43:14Why did she take it out?
43:17And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
43:19Dreaming it, social.
43:20He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame Leroux at 7.15 a.m.
43:26Sorry, the 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, that's the reason why...
43:38Why what?
43:39...the egg was hard-boiled.
43:41I can see everything clearly now.
43:46Well, thanks for your patience.
43:49I know who the killer is.
43:50I know how they did it.
43:52Those photos from the Paris police, have they come through?
43:54Just in.
43:55Right, we need a search warrant.
43:57And then we can have a little family reunion.
44:05Agony Arts are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems.
44:11However, I 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 and get it delivered straight to her.
44:26When the paper boy took one at random from his stack.
44:31But, with the help of a hard-boiled egg...
44:34Not this again.
44:36...we finally cracked it.
44:40You, Kim.
44:41It was you who murdered Hortense.
44:44Me?
44:45No.
44:46I told you I was telling the truth.
44:48But, as Miss Leroux's housekeeper, you 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 7.15am.
45:01And Papillon barks to alert Hortense, as he always does when someone's at the door.
45:06So, earlier that morning, you went to another newsagent.
45:10And 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 her dog getting stung by one.
45:23My mum was always paranoid he gets stung.
45:26Then you dropped Paper A onto the porch sometime 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 she thought had just been delivered.
45:46She went back into the kitchen, eager to see if her request to change her final column had been carried
45:52out.
45:52In doing so, she came into contact with the poison and subsequently died.
45:58A painful death by all accounts.
46:02You then came into the house through the back and put on Hortense's purple gown, a wig matching her hair
46:11with a purple headband.
46:12And finally, the item that was unmistakably Hortense, her statement, purple glasses.
46:20As usual, at 7.15, Clayton delivered the newspaper, Paper B, and Papillon barked.
46:28Kim, now dressed as Hortense, opened the door and waved to him.
46:32As Clayton cycled away, he wouldn't have known that it was in fact you waving at him and not Hortense.
46:38You then came back into the kitchen and returned Mr. Rue's glasses, wiping away any prints first.
46:46Now, we come to the egg, and your ultimate downfall.
46:51You see, in your haste to stage the scene before Esme arrived, you almost forgot Miss Leroux's egg was still
46:57boiling away on the stove.
46:58You needed everything to look exactly as it should, to fit the timeline of Hortense making breakfast, then reading her
47:06column.
47:07So, you hurriedly took the now hard-boiled egg out of the pan and clumsily put it in the egg
47:13cup.
47:13Then you left the house, through the back, the same way you came, got into your car that was parked
47:20around the corner, and drove around the front to time perfectly with Esme's arrival.
47:26You later disposed of Paper B and the wig at your home.
47:33We found these in the bin on your street.
47:5330 years ago, Sophie Martin moved to Paris from the UK with her boyfriend who was escaping some trouble back
48:01home.
48:02She was living in a commune in Montmartre, and it's there she met Hortense, an ambitious writer.
48:12Sophie was a drug addict with a newborn baby.
48:18You were doing your best, no doubt, but from what we now know about Miss Leroux, she had a saviour
48:24complex.
48:25Through our undercover investigation, we discovered her secret.
48:30Hortense stole your baby in the night and went as far away as she could to St. Marie.
48:40That baby was you, Esme.
48:44You're my mother.
48:47Hortense was my friend.
48:50And she offered to look after you.
48:53And yes, I was struggling, but I loved you so much.
48:58And then one morning I woke up and you was gone, and I didn't sleep today searching for you.
49:05But then you found out Hortense was here, didn't you?
49:09Through her column.
49:11So all those years ago, you wrote this letter to dear Hortense.
49:17The same letter Hortense wanted to publish at the very last minute for her final issue.
49:25I wanted her to know I was coming for her.
49:28Then you were arrested?
49:30The guy I was going out with at the time, he told the police that I was involved in an
49:34armed robbery
49:35and someone got really badly hurt, and it was all lies.
49:39I had nothing to do with it.
49:41He was not a good man, and I didn't get a chance to send the letter.
49:45They put me away for years.
49:48Time after time, my parole was refused.
49:51And I lost all hope.
49:53Until one day, I finally got myself together.
49:56Got myself clean.
49:58That day came, and I knew what I had to do.
50:03I had to find you and hurt Hortense for what she'd done.
50:08I came to St. Marie.
50:10First place I went was a newsagent, and I saw the ad for her housekeeper.
50:14It felt like fate.
50:16Come in.
50:18You bided your time, working out the perfect murder plan.
50:22But when Hortense received your letter, she must have known you were gunning for her.
50:29You read her response.
50:31She didn't regret it.
50:33Nor one bit.
50:37Esme, I don't expect you to forgive me.
50:40But I would really like you to understand that what she did destroyed me.
50:47Killing her was the only way I could ever have a relationship with you.
50:52Officer Rose?
50:55Sophie Martin.
50:57I'm arresting you for the murder of Hortense LaRue.
51:00You don't need to say anything.
51:02But it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned.
51:04Something which you later learn in court.
51:06You think you do see me be given in evidence.
51:09So my whole life has been alive.
51:14Hortense's love for you?
51:17That was real.
51:18I don't know.
51:35You don't need to heal.
51:38I don't know.
52:16Hey.
52:20Can I help you?
52:24Mervyn, yeah?
52:26Yeah?
52:27Didn't you hear me, Nack?
52:29No, I was sleeping, actually.
52:32Deeply.
52:33You're older than I imagined.
52:35Sorry, who are you?
52:37Just one second.
52:39Come on.
52:40Just give it up, man.
52:44Finally.
52:45Stupid boy's been holding out.
52:47And all he's got is a pair of sixes.
52:51Amateur.
52:52Is that gambling, Nack?
52:54I don't think you should be playing there.
52:56Don't sweat it.
52:57It's cool.
52:59Dad said you were a goody-goody.
53:00But I guess that comes with a jab.
53:02Right?
53:02Okay, stop.
53:04Yeah?
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, your niece.
53:18Sorry, what?
53:19Your niece?
53:20Eloise?
53:22Did dad not mention me to you?
53:25No, no 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?
53:52What's for breakfast?
53:59Hey, don't touch anything.
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