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Death.In.Paradise Season 15 Episode 5 (2026)
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00:00I've just got to sign an NDA, you know, so...
00:01That's cool, Mum.
00:03Pleased for you.
00:04Guys, guys, we've got a situation.
00:06Like, a bad one.
00:07Rich is a no-show.
00:08His phone's going straight to voicemail.
00:09I think we all know where Prospero's total lofty all.
00:17And it's no, no, never.
00:22No, no, never.
00:23It is.
00:25I guess our last night was always going to be a mad one.
00:28After the way this tour's gone.
00:31But we both made it to the end.
00:36No, no, never, no more.
00:38When I play...
00:43No, never, no more.
00:47Rich.
00:49Rich, come on.
00:51Rich, we've got to go.
00:53Skedaddle, youth.
00:54Rich, come on, there's an audience.
00:55They've paid to see us.
00:57To see you.
00:59Come on, you're not going to let them down, are you?
01:05It's all right, come on.
01:19Oh, sweet Lord.
01:22Mr Dempster, you doing okay?
01:25Of course I am.
01:26Why wouldn't I be?
01:27Just a little dry around the mouth, that's all.
01:29Final call for Miranda.
01:29Act one, scene two.
01:30Final call, Miranda.
01:34Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's a prop.
01:38Oh, not a place.
01:49Then to sea boys and go hang.
01:57This is a scurvy tune.
02:01Oh, but here's my comfort.
02:04Do not torment me.
02:06Oh.
02:06Whoa.
02:07What's the matter?
02:09Have we devils here?
02:10If all the wine in my bottle will recover him, I will help his ague.
02:19Oh, that's a brave God.
02:22And bear celestial liquor.
02:24Come, Amen.
02:25I will pour some in thy other mouth.
02:33Stavano.
02:35Lost thy other mouth call me?
02:37Why, this is a devil and no monster.
02:40Stavano, I am Trinculo.
02:41Be not afeard, thy good friend, Trinculo, and very Trinculo indeed.
02:47I swear upon that bottle to be thy true subject.
02:51I'll show thee every fertile in show the island.
02:57Ike.
02:58Ike.
03:01I prithee.
03:04Let me show thee where crabs grow.
03:08And with my long nails, I'll dig thee pig...
03:14Pig nuts.
03:18Oh, my God, Michael.
03:22Nathan, we need our first aid here.
03:25Michael, put it to me.
03:28Oh, my God, he's not breathing.
03:30Someone call an ambulance.
03:33No.
03:33Wait.
03:34Somebody call an ambulance.
03:38Hollywood.
04:04Oh, my God.
04:04I tell thee people.
04:14Yes, Thomas, what's up?
04:16Are you at the shot, sir?
04:17That I am, practising my darts.
04:19Oh, can't say you don't need it.
04:22Since I got myself a decent set of arrows, my form has improved.
04:27Get in!
04:29I'm presuming this isn't a social call. You got a case?
04:32A suspected poisoning occurred during a theatre performance.
04:36The victim collapsed on stage.
04:37What? You sure it wasn't an accident?
04:39According to paramedics, the symptoms suggest it's cyanide poisoning.
04:43Interesting.
04:44No!
04:45Is everything all right?
04:49I think I might have just nearly killed Harry.
04:52What are you doing, man?
04:54You can't play on here. It's not safe.
04:57Oh, God.
05:00Michael Farrar, 32 years old, suddenly collapsed halfway through the second act of the performance.
05:06The tempest, the poster said.
05:08Yeah.
05:09Last ten months they've been touring beaches all over the world with it.
05:12This was their final performance.
05:14Sergeant Fletcher's taken all the necessary statements.
05:17Caliban, I'll take it.
05:18One sec, let me check.
05:22Yes. Yes, it was.
05:24I mean, two points for you, Inspector.
05:26How did you work that out?
05:27Well, he looks monster-y, you know.
05:30Not human.
05:32I assume the smell of almonds got the paramedics thinking it was cyanide.
05:36Which is fast acting, so do we know what he consumed before he died?
05:40Well, apparently.
05:42He drank from this moments before it happened.
05:44It's a fiasco.
05:46I mean, I'm trying my best here, sir. I haven't been here for long. I just got here.
05:48No. This is a fiasco.
05:51It's a traditional Italian wine bottle.
05:53He'll have drank from this in Act 2, Scene 2, the famous drinking scene.
05:57Let me check for you again.
05:59Boom, shakalaka.
06:00Two more points for you again, Inspector.
06:03It was indeed Act 2, Scene 2.
06:05Oh, the man knows this Shakespeare.
06:07He does?
06:09Who knew?
06:09Cherry juice. That'll be for the red wine.
06:12So chances are we're looking at our murder weapon.
06:15That's what you think, right?
06:17But it can't be.
06:18Because two others drank from the same bottle during the performance.
06:22Stefano and Trinculo.
06:23That one I don't know, sir.
06:25But based on your previous form, two pints again.
06:28So what happened to the other two actors who drank from this?
06:30Not a thing.
06:31The paramedics checked them out and they seemed fine.
06:34And, um, they recorded the show, seeing as it was the last performance, so I will watch it back and
06:40check to see what happened.
06:42But if they did drink from the same bottle, then...
06:46He must have ingested the poison some other way.
06:53Let's see what the rest of the company have to say.
06:58These are two that drank from the same bottle as the victim.
07:01Mm-hmm.
07:01Just Gorman and Anya Chambers.
07:03She and the victim were in a relationship together and she's taking it pretty badly.
07:09Who are the others?
07:10So this is Richard Dempster.
07:12He directed this production and he also plays...
07:14Uh, Prospero.
07:16There comes a moment in every actor's life, a certain character's call to you.
07:23I had no choice.
07:25I had to submit.
07:27OK.
07:28And this is Nathan Burns.
07:30He's the company's stage manager.
07:31I swear, if there was poison in that bottle, it wasn't me that put it in there.
07:36Actually, Mr Burns, we're working on the basis that the poison was administered another way.
07:40Really?
07:40Oh, thank God.
07:41Yeah, the cyanide's fast-acting, so if it was in your system, we'd pretty much know by now.
07:47We'd like to know what else Mr Farr consumed in the 20 minutes or so before he died.
07:53Mikey never ate before a show.
07:55Not for two or three hours.
07:57Did he drink anything?
07:58I just sip water.
08:00What did he drink from?
08:02Uh, one of those water flask thingies.
08:05Oh, there it is.
08:10OK, so take me through exactly what happened this afternoon.
08:15Anything out of the ordinary?
08:17We went up a bit late by about 15 minutes.
08:20How come?
08:22Um, just, um, technical hitch.
08:27And once the show had started?
08:29Well, um, Michael was on stage in scene one.
08:33He doubles as the bosun.
08:35Take in the top sail.
08:36Ten to the master's whistle!
08:40Then a very, very swift makeup costume change reappear as Caliban in Act One Scene Two.
08:47Anya helps, uh, well, helped with that.
08:52Then how did he seem, then?
08:54Fine.
08:55And what about before he went on stage and collapsed?
08:58A bit nervous, pacing, biting his nails.
09:02He always was.
09:04Before that scene, there were a couple of tricky speeches in it.
09:06But he wasn't looking ill.
09:10Can any of you think why someone might want to do this to Mr. Farrah?
09:15No.
09:17Mikey was loved by the whole company.
09:19Very talented boy.
09:22He had the whole world at his feet.
09:34If we're working on the basis that the killer got the poison into Michael's system 15, 20 minutes prior to
09:41him dying on stage,
09:42and it must be one of the cast or stage crew that...
09:47Sir?
09:49Why kill someone like that?
09:52In front of an audience, and on the very last show of the tour?
09:57I mean, after today, they could all go home, right?
10:00They'd never have to see each other again.
10:02So why did he have to die on that stage today?
10:07This is a public beach, right?
10:09Well, we're going to need some security to keep an eye on the crime scene.
10:13And get Sergeant Fletcher and Officer Rose to do a sweep of the place.
10:16On it.
10:25You all right, Mr. Dempster?
10:27Oh, only ten months on tour will do this to you.
10:34Come on, Richard.
10:35It's time to go.
10:49Well, I recognise you from somewhere.
10:52Oh, yeah.
10:54It's a whole community police scheme thing we're doing.
10:57Sounds thrilling.
10:59I didn't catch your name in the frenzy of it all.
11:02Sergeant Matty Fletcher.
11:03Sergeant Matty Fletcher.
11:05Would you like to go for a drink with me while I'm on the island?
11:09No.
11:11That's inappropriate, Mr. Gorman.
11:13You know, with me being a police officer and you a possible suspect in a murder case.
11:18Right, yeah.
11:18Well, that makes sense.
11:20Um, I hope that wasn't too embarrassing then.
11:22Not for me, it wasn't.
11:24Good, good.
11:25Um, I guess as an actor I lost all sense of shame a while ago.
11:28Mm-hmm.
11:31Did he just ask you on a date?
11:32During a murder investigation.
11:34That's a red flag right there.
11:36Maybe he's the killer.
11:37Maybe he's trying to get close to the police to keep an eye on the investigation.
11:41Or maybe he's just a bozo.
11:42That's how I saw a possibility?
11:43Mm-hmm.
11:45Crazy, man.
11:47Oh, yeah.
11:58Take a bow, Mikey, because it's all over now.
12:02I told you, it was always going to end this way.
12:17Oh, that's great, man.
12:19I'll get the beers, yeah?
12:20Yeah.
12:20And some snacks.
12:21Nice.
12:22What time should we say?
12:23Around seven-ish?
12:24Yeah, cool, man.
12:25All right, nice one.
12:26See you then.
12:28I just arranged a dance night with Daryl.
12:31Tonight, he's going to get his mates around.
12:33It's going to be a bit like being back home, you know?
12:35Lads standing around the dartboard, beers, banter.
12:39The only thing that's missing is a sticky pub carpet and some pork scratchings.
12:43Pork scratchings?
12:44Yeah.
12:45They are the quintessential English pub snack.
12:48It's fried pigskin.
12:50I'll get some sent over for you.
12:52Oh.
12:54No rush.
12:56Ah.
12:57Lab results?
12:58Ah, yes.
12:59And they confirmed the victim died from potassium cyanide poisoning.
13:03No surprise there.
13:04They checked Michael's own water bottle and found no traces of the poison in it whatsoever.
13:10Nothing in his water bottle.
13:12As for the fiasco, cherry juice.
13:17Fairly high glucose levels, they noticed.
13:20But, most importantly, a lethal dose of potassium cyanide.
13:27That is surprising.
13:29Poison was in the bottle that our victim and the other two actors drank from on stage.
13:33Mm-hmm.
13:34So how can three people drink from the same poison bottle and only one of them die?
13:40Doesn't make any sense.
13:57Well, we can rule out the pretending to drink theory.
14:00I mean, these guys are drinking from the bottle for real.
14:02No question.
14:03So what if one of the other two actors slipped the poison in on stage just before Michael drank from
14:09it?
14:10Yeah, rewind it a bit.
14:12Okay, play.
14:14Could it be Jez?
14:16Now, the bottle is in view the whole time.
14:18And he's not adding anything to it.
14:20Also, Michael's not the last person to drink from that bottle.
14:23Seb's right.
14:25Anya drinks after Michael.
14:26Also, even if something had been added by Jez, I know it would have consumed it as well.
14:33How?
14:35How do they all drink the same liquid with poison in it, but only Michael Farah dies?
14:44Is Sergeant Fletcher on the phone too?
14:46Oh, an actor's agent back in the UK.
14:49When we spoke with the rest of the cast this morning, Casey Briscoe, who plays Miranda,
14:55she said she saw Nathan Burns accusting the victim just moments before the show even started.
15:01I'm telling you, this is all going to come back on you, and sooner than you think I...
15:04And there's rumours going around that there's history between them.
15:07So Casey slash Miranda said we should speak to this agent.
15:10Did you get anything from the search?
15:13Nothing interesting.
15:15I was suspicious.
15:17You know, he's been home in this little show.
15:21I've never seen him do this before.
15:23Me neither.
15:26Inspector, what's this funky true when you've been home in?
15:29I don't know.
15:31It's been in my head since yesterday.
15:32I can't shake it.
15:33I can't place it.
15:38Wait a minute.
15:50Bingo!
15:52It was an advert.
15:53It was on the telly about five years ago.
15:55They kept playing it.
16:01See, that's what I was humming.
16:04And why is this relevant?
16:07Wait.
16:08As a plumber, I've seen my fair share of what brains and six...
16:11That's why.
16:12And I know they can leave a pretty nasty pong.
16:15But now I found Whistler, I can leave my...
16:17That's Nathan Burns, the stage manager.
16:19Man, he's like a better actor than all of the others put together.
16:23Nathan Burns was an actor.
16:26And he has history with our victim.
16:28I just spoke to an agent in London who used to represent Nathan.
16:32She remembers him as being super ambitious.
16:36The Whiffbuster ad wasn't the end of his rainbow then?
16:37The agent said, about eight years ago,
16:40Nathan had a really important audition for the production of Macbeth
16:44at the National Theatre in London.
16:46And he didn't get it.
16:48But guess who did?
16:50Michael Farah.
16:51And more than that,
16:53Nathan went to the police at the time.
16:56He was adamant that he was spiked before the audition.
17:03By Michael?
17:04By Michael.
17:14So I get this big audition.
17:16And I go down to London and stay in a cheap hotel near the theatre.
17:21Michael's staying in the same place.
17:23Me and him get chatting in the bar the night before.
17:25What were you drinking?
17:26Just softs.
17:27But Michael insists on getting the last round.
17:30I go to bed at ten.
17:32Next thing, it's midday and I've missed the audition.
17:35You think he drugged you?
17:36He was taking out the competition.
17:38And you went to the police?
17:39They said there wasn't enough evidence.
17:41Whatever he'd given me was already out of my system.
17:44What happened after that?
17:46I never got another break like it.
17:48Did a bit of theatre and education, a couple of TV ads.
17:52Whiffbuster?
17:54Yeah, whiffbuster.
17:58And then I quit.
18:00So you tour with this guy for ten months and it never comes up?
18:08Mr Burns, just before the last show, you were seen arguing with Michael, saying,
18:14it's all going to come back on you, and sooner than you think, mate.
18:19You're referring to him sabotaging your audition?
18:23That's some revenge.
18:25Spiking his drink like he spiked yours.
18:27I didn't kill Michael because of what he did to me eight years ago.
18:30Still must have bothered you though, right?
18:31Otherwise, why bring it up?
18:32I just...
18:33I couldn't stop myself.
18:35I was never going to see him again.
18:43We'll be in touch.
18:51There is definitely something he's not telling us.
18:54You think?
19:07Rich.
19:10The police have been asking questions.
19:13I didn't tell them what he did to you.
19:16But if there's heat on me again, I don't think I can stay quiet any longer.
19:24To my own self be true, eh?
19:30Oh, Delroy.
19:33Say it again, if you would.
19:34Sure thing, no problem.
19:43Sir, how come you know so much about Shakespeare?
19:46Seems unlikely.
19:48You know, with you being a...
19:50day of the match...
19:51match of the day kind of guy.
19:53No disrespect.
19:55When I was a kid,
19:57I used to hang around outside the stage doors of West End theatres, yeah?
20:01In case I saw someone famous.
20:02Yeah, they meet Vin Diesel.
20:04No, I don't think Vin Diesel ever trod the boards of London.
20:09Anyway, I got to know some of the staff,
20:11and they would let me sneak in and watch whatever was on at the time.
20:14So, yeah, I have seen my fair share of the Bard's works.
20:21Also, I got talking to the actor sometimes, and they would say how hard a gig it was.
20:27You know, the failed auditions, the unemployment, doing rubbish jobs just to make ends meet.
20:31It was tough, competitive.
20:34As our first suspect found out.
20:36Well, could it be that that pushed Michael to do what he did to Nathan?
20:39But it also shows there's a dark side to our victim, spiking someone's drink just so he can get the
20:45role he wanted.
20:46That's ruthless.
20:47Well, whatever it was that led someone to poison Michael Farrah, well, we still haven't got a scooby how we
20:52pulled it off.
20:53I mean, the man died on stage, right? In the middle of a performance.
20:57Drinking from the same bottle as these two.
20:59But they didn't die.
21:01He did.
21:05Did I Wilson speak in?
21:08Yeah, I can talk now.
21:12Okay.
21:15Yeah, yeah, I understand.
21:18Have you spoken to my brother about this?
21:21He has.
21:23Right.
21:25Okay, well, thanks for letting me know.
21:33Sir, is everything all right?
21:42I knew Mum would leave everything to Sola.
21:45I just didn't think he'd put the house up for sale as soon as it was his.
21:51I thought we'd at least chat about it first.
21:55And what about your mother's things?
21:58According to the solicitor, he's arranged for a house clearance company to take everything and auction it all off.
22:05It all seems so rushed to me.
22:07Of course it's going to feel rushed.
22:09I would have liked at least a last look around the place.
22:14Maybe keep something of hers to remember her by.
22:23Then call your brother and tell him that's what you'd like to help him.
22:28He's got to understand, right?
22:44Hey!
22:46You?
22:46Yes!
22:49How can I help?
22:50Oh, well, actually, I thought I could help you, you know, wind down after a hard day's policing the streets.
22:57I've got some beers, picnic blanket, and, yeah, I thought we could find a quiet beach and get to know
23:05each other.
23:06Mr Gorman?
23:07Yes?
23:08Did we not already have this conversation?
23:10We did, yes, but I felt what was happening was, you know, you were on duty, you had your colleagues
23:16around you, and I think you were saying what you felt you had to say.
23:20Mm, no.
23:22Come on, I'm not on this island for very long.
23:24How often do you get to do this with someone like me? Let's just have some fun.
23:30Here we go. Here we go.
23:31Hmm.
23:34Hmm.
23:34Yes.
23:35Yes.
23:36There you go.
23:40Cheers.
23:42Actually, now that I think about it, I did say that I was going to meet my friend. What's the
23:46time now?
23:47Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, you're spilling it, you're spilling it.
23:49Oh, what a shame. I do have somewhere to be right now, though.
23:56Do not bother me again unless it's related to the case, Mr Gorman. You understand? Good. You enjoyed the rest
24:07of your evening.
24:25Sergeant Fletcher, good morning. What have you got?
24:28So I've been doing background checks on the other cast members, and I noticed Anya Chambers and Jez Gorman were
24:34in the same play back in 2021, and they ended up getting together, and, wait for it, they only got
24:42married a year later.
24:44Hang on, I thought Anya was with Michael.
24:45She was. She left Jez for him during the tour they'd been on.
24:50Why did this not show up sooner?
24:52Because it wasn't officially registered yet. They had a vow ceremony in the forest somewhere. There was a whole Midsummer
24:58Night's Dream thing going on.
25:01Yeah.
25:01Yeah, you should have seen some of the photos they posted on social media. That was some dress she wore.
25:07Respectfully, of course.
25:08So how did Jez feel about being replaced by Michael?
25:11Hmm, well, according to the other cast members, really not so good seems to be the answer.
25:16Mm-hmm.
25:22Look, I don't know who said that, but it's nonsense.
25:24So when Anya told you she was leaving you for Michael, you weren't upset?
25:28Sorry, why is she here? Is that normal procedure? To bring a uniformed sergeant along?
25:33It is.
25:33Yep.
25:34Yes, it is.
25:35Okay. Fine.
25:37So it's nonsense, is it, that you were upset about Anya?
25:41Yes.
25:41I mean, Anya's the one who's losing out, not me.
25:44All our mutual friends are siding with me.
25:46She's the one who's going to have to move in with her parents when she gets back home, not me.
25:50I mean, it hurts.
25:51Yeah.
25:52Of course it hurt. It really hurt.
25:54But I didn't kill Michael because of it. I wasn't looking for revenge.
26:00Ah, this is my agent, so I should probably take...
26:02No.
26:04You shouldn't.
26:05Okay, she'll leave a voicemail.
26:07This is a murder investigation, Mr Gorman.
26:10And your wife fell in love with the victim. That's a very strong motive.
26:14Well, that's where you're wrong, actually. They didn't fall in love.
26:18I mean, maybe she did, I don't know, but it wasn't reciprocated.
26:21What makes you say that?
26:25Because he told me so.
26:29A few nights before our final performance, we all had a bit of a sesh at the hotel bar.
26:35Some of us went for a dip in the sea.
26:37Michael comes up to me and says he's going to end it with Anya because he's got some off-Broadway
26:43play
26:44and she's not what he needs right now.
26:47And did he end it with her?
26:49Yeah.
26:51Five minutes before the beginning of our final show.
26:55Talk about timing, eh?
27:07Anya's in room 352.
27:10That was Seb.
27:11The security team at the crime scene says somebody tried to break into the dressing room area last night.
27:16Guess her description?
27:18Is that something that we could have missed?
27:21Right, you and Officer Rose get down to the crime scene.
27:23Let's go and talk to Anya.
27:26Yeah, when's the deadline?
27:27Yes, Seb?
27:29Yeah, I'm sure I can get some.
27:30It'll be on time.
27:34Mikey and I had gone to collect rich from this bar.
27:36He drinks it.
27:38That was why we went up late.
27:41So that was the technical hitch.
27:43We literally had five minutes before the performance was about to start.
27:47Mr. Dempster, let's get you dressed.
27:49Fight! Fight!
27:50Jesus Christ, man.
27:52Michael just blurts it out.
27:54I can't do this anymore.
27:56I'm going to New York.
27:59I'm going alone.
28:01You gave up your marriage for Michael.
28:03You risked everything.
28:07It must have hurt then, when he told you it was over between you two?
28:12I don't know.
28:16What was it that drew you to Michael?
28:19He felt like...
28:21a kindred spirit.
28:24It was something I'd never had with Jez.
28:27In what way?
28:29Mikey cared so much about his work, but it terrified him.
28:34He was striving to be as good as he could.
28:37Knowing it could all be torn down by a critic or the audience.
28:41And that vulnerability drew me to him.
28:44Because I feel it too in everything.
28:49Okay, so in that moment,
28:51when he told you'd finished with you,
28:53you must have felt...
28:54Betrayed.
28:55But...
28:56Angry.
28:57And within the oar, he was dead.
28:59What?
28:59What?
29:00You think I did it?
29:03Because of...
29:04I mean, but...
29:06How, even?
29:09I...
29:10You think I'd carry around a bottle of cyanide with me, just in case I get dumped?
29:16And if you'd forgotten, I drank from the same bottle as him.
29:20Why would I do that if I knew there was poison in it?
29:28You know, my mum's church has this dirty thing going on.
29:33And sometimes, I think about doing a bit hard to myself, you know?
29:38It's just the words sometimes.
29:40I really struggle with words.
29:44Like, um...
29:49The winds did sing it to me.
29:51And the thunder,
29:53that deep and dreadful organ pipe,
29:56pronounced the name of Prosper.
29:58It did bass me trespass.
30:00Bass me trespass?
30:01I mean, what does that even mean?
30:03Like, bass me trespass?
30:05Like a boombox type of bass?
30:06Less of the bass, more of the searching.
30:09Sergeant Fletcher.
30:10Commissioner, afternoon.
30:11Afternoon, sir.
30:13I want to have a word.
30:20How is the investigation going?
30:23We're making progress, sir.
30:24We've already got a few suspects in mind.
30:28Is everything all right, sir?
30:30A complaint has been made
30:33accusing you of unprofessional conduct.
30:37By who?
30:38Jess Gorman claims you tried to initiate
30:40a romantic relationship with him.
30:43He said what?
30:44And when he turned you down, twice,
30:48you pursued him as a suspect in the case.
30:52That is just not true.
30:54We interviewed him
30:56because there was evidence to suggest
30:58he had a motive.
31:00And it was Mr Gorman who asked me out twice.
31:03I swear to you, sir.
31:05He is making this all up.
31:07I mean, I would never do something like that, sir.
31:10You believe me, right?
31:13Look, sir, ask Officer Rose.
31:16He was there the first time Mr Gorman asked me out.
31:19He will tell you.
31:21Very well.
31:24Leave it with me.
31:34Exactly what I'm looking for.
31:36Yes.
31:38Though, cannot find a thing.
31:40Hey.
31:55Sarge!
31:56I think I found something.
31:59What is it?
32:04It's a beach like a key
32:07with a few of them two minutes of the road.
32:13Oh.
32:22Oh.
32:26Syringe.
32:31Well, I'm assuming that's the cyanide.
32:39A tin of throat lozenges.
32:41You all right there, Mr Dempster?
32:50Right, Mr Dempster.
32:53This lot has got your fingerprints all over it.
32:57No-one else's.
32:58You care to explain?
33:01It's thanks to Michael Farrah
33:03that I fell off the wagon.
33:04Sorry?
33:05Before this tour, I've been sober 20 years.
33:08What happened?
33:10Michael's offered this...
33:12this off-Broadway show.
33:14It's going to get him some good publicity in the States.
33:16Well, at the same time,
33:17we had the chance of extending our tour
33:20by three months to South America.
33:22And you didn't want to lose your caliber?
33:23No, and I mean, Michael was contractually obliged to stay
33:27if further dates were added.
33:29I'll refuse to release him.
33:30Well, we know Michael was very ambitious,
33:32so I assume he wasn't happy about that.
33:35It's our first day off in the Caribbean.
33:39Trinidad.
33:40We all spent the day by the pool.
33:43Cheers.
33:46I didn't realize till it was too late.
33:48Oh, dear boy.
33:50Putting shots of vodka in my soft drink all day.
33:54Once I got the taste for it, well...
33:56Double, um, double whiskey, please.
34:0020 years without so much as a sip.
34:02It all came crashing down.
34:05Nathan and dear Anya,
34:06they were first to realize I was back on the source.
34:09Took it in turns, bless him.
34:12Bring me to bed.
34:13Did you tell them what Michael did?
34:15Yes.
34:15I don't think Anya believed me,
34:17but Nathan did.
34:19Nathan?
34:20Yeah.
34:21There is definitely something he's not telling us.
34:24He said that Michael had done something
34:26not dissimilar to him once,
34:28spiked his drink.
34:30So that's what Nathan was holding back.
34:33When he confronted Michael before the final show,
34:36it wasn't just about his experience eight years ago.
34:40I'm telling you,
34:40this is all going to come back on you
34:42and sooner than you think, mate.
34:43It was also about what he'd been doing to you.
34:46The irony of it is that funding fell through
34:49and the end tour was never extended.
34:51Michael got exactly what he wanted.
34:53No, I had the sense he usually did.
34:56Which brings us back to this little collection.
34:59I think he poisoned one of these lozenges,
35:02gave it to Michael backstage,
35:04then added poison to that wine bottle
35:06on stage after he died
35:07to misdirect us,
35:09make us think that's what killed him.
35:12I'm afraid my little plan wasn't quite so smart.
35:15Well, and not so deadly.
35:18The bottle doesn't contain cyanide.
35:20It contains lysergic acid diethylamide.
35:27LSD.
35:30The hallucinogen.
35:31I injected one of the lozenges.
35:33Not with cyanide.
35:35I didn't want to kill him.
35:37I just wanted him to feel
35:39how he made me feel.
35:41All powerless.
35:44Well, I wanted everyone to see it.
35:48Ah.
35:49With the coward that I am,
35:50I didn't go through with it.
35:54And when Michael collapsed on stage
35:56and we were called...
35:58I panicked.
36:00All the frenzy.
36:01I ran to the beach lockers,
36:03hit the evidence and...
36:05So it was you, our security saw,
36:06trying to get into the dressing room
36:08to get that key.
36:10Did you tell anyone else about your plan?
36:12So smashed half the time,
36:14I might have left it lying around.
36:17Oh, I don't know.
36:19Inspector.
36:23Just a moment.
36:31I think he might be telling the truth.
36:33We've re-watched the video
36:35and after Michael collapses,
36:37no-one goes near the bottle he drank from.
36:39And look,
36:40Jez Garman puts down the bottle here
36:42and no-one touches it again until...
36:46I do.
36:47There.
36:48So the poison was in the bottle all along?
36:51Nothing was added afterwards?
36:53No, sir.
36:55So how come the other two
36:56that drank from the bottle
36:57didn't die and he did?
37:09You've reached Solomon.
37:11Leave a message,
37:12I'll get back to you.
37:14So,
37:15it's me again.
37:17Can you call me back?
37:18Please.
37:23So I just heard back
37:24from a few of Jez and Anya's friends
37:26in the UK
37:27trying to get a handle
37:28on their marriage breaking up.
37:31Right.
37:33No-one was shocked.
37:34It seems Jez wasn't
37:35the most faithful of husbands.
37:38He saw it as a kind of
37:40open marriage.
37:41Right,
37:42and what happens on tour
37:43stays on tour, then?
37:44And after three years of marriage,
37:46Anya felt betrayed
37:47and humiliated.
37:48Jez basically took her for granted,
37:50but obviously never expected
37:51her to actually leave.
37:53So when Anya hooked up with Michael,
37:55that must have really thrown him.
38:01Still haven't heard from your brother.
38:04You know what?
38:05I think he's actually
38:06ignoring my calls.
38:08I keep thinking about
38:09how things were between us,
38:10you know,
38:10when we last saw each other.
38:12They weren't great.
38:13In fact,
38:13if I'm honest,
38:14I kind of think it's because of me
38:15that we're going our separate ways.
38:17Then maybe you should go
38:18visit him in Antigua.
38:20You think?
38:21Yeah.
38:22Just go talk to him.
38:24I'm heading to the lab.
38:26You want me to
38:26drop you off on the shack?
38:28Er, no.
38:29Um,
38:30take me to the high street, please.
38:31I need to get a bucket and spade.
38:34As in a...
38:36As in a kiddie's
38:37bucket and spade
38:38for,
38:38for like the beach?
38:40What other kind of
38:40bucket and spade is there?
38:42Sir, um,
38:44is this for the case?
38:46Or...
38:48Are you having a break now?
38:50Probably both.
38:56Right.
38:58Well,
38:59that's me done.
39:05Sarge,
39:06you don't need to stress yourself
39:07over this
39:08Jez Garman complaint.
39:10Like you said,
39:10the man's a total bozo.
39:12And the commissioner
39:13will definitely see that.
39:14Car,
39:15he can see through the lies.
39:18You're not too sure about it.
39:23There's something
39:24that you don't know
39:26about me
39:28from before
39:29I, er,
39:31I came back to St. Marie.
39:33In Jamaica,
39:34I,
39:35I messed up
39:36on a case
39:38big time.
39:40And,
39:41and some,
39:42my file,
39:43and the commissioner
39:43knows about it.
39:45So,
39:47no,
39:48no,
39:49I'm not sure
39:49he's gonna have
39:50my back on this.
39:52That's why
39:53you're transferred.
39:59What I mean,
40:00look,
40:02I wouldn't be so sure
40:04about that, Sarge.
40:06Because one thing
40:07I know for a fact
40:07is that
40:08the commissioner
40:09wants to give
40:10everyone a chance.
40:13Because,
40:13I mean,
40:15he did with me.
40:17best decision
40:18he ever made.
40:40morning, Sarge.
40:41Officer Rose.
40:42Oh, say,
40:43yes, Thomas,
40:44Sarge.
40:46Somebody's
40:46giving the inspector
40:47some hair.
40:49I never thought
40:50I'd see the day
40:51the man can have
40:51an afro.
40:52Whoever did this
40:53making a bold statement.
41:05morning, inspector.
41:08Have you seen the poster?
41:10Someone's giving you
41:11a glow up.
41:12Yeah, I've seen it.
41:13Yeah, that really
41:13brings out your
41:14cheekbones, inspector.
41:15Kinda suits you.
41:17Oh, and he's got
41:17his little kiddies bucket.
41:19And spades.
41:22Four of them,
41:22in fact.
41:23One bottle.
41:25One dose of poison.
41:31Three people
41:32drink the same liquid
41:34from the same bottle.
41:37Now, how come
41:38only one of them
41:39ingest the poison
41:40and the other two don't?
41:41That's not possible.
41:43Why not?
41:45That's not in all of them.
41:46Or poison,
41:47so how?
41:48How indeed,
41:50Sergeant Fletcher.
41:53Is that from the lab?
41:54Yes.
41:55Oh.
41:59Confirms
42:00the liquid
42:01in the bottle
42:02we found
42:03in Mr. Dempster's
42:04cigar box
42:05was LSD.
42:07Not legal,
42:08but definitely
42:09not murder.
42:10Oh, sir,
42:11your buckets.
42:12Oh.
42:24The sea's washed
42:25all the sand away.
42:29It's like
42:30it was never there.
42:35Hang on.
42:40The water
42:40made the sand
42:41disappear.
42:44Or did it
42:45actually disappear?
42:47I mean,
42:48what if it was there
42:48all along?
42:50I think you poisoned
42:51one of these lozenges
42:52and added poison
42:53to that wine bottle
42:54on stage
42:54after he died.
42:56No one goes near
42:56the bottle you drank from.
42:58As for the fiasco,
43:00fairly high glucose levels.
43:02And if that explains
43:04the bottle,
43:06then where did
43:07the poison come from?
43:08No, no.
43:09Very, very swift
43:10makeup costume change
43:12reappear as Caliban
43:13in Act 1, Scene 2.
43:15And with my long nails
43:16I'll defeat
43:18it does.
43:23Ha!
43:23You know who did it.
43:26And I think
43:27I know why.
43:28But what about
43:29the hole, Inspector?
43:30I mean,
43:30that's what the hole
43:31big is about, right?
43:32I'm pretty sure
43:33I know the how as well.
43:34But, Officer Rose,
43:35I need you to run
43:36another tox report
43:37on Mr Farrah,
43:37but I need a glass
43:38of water first.
43:39You're dehydrated.
43:40No, it's not to drink.
43:41It's just a little experiment
43:42that will finally prove
43:43what really happened
43:45on stage three days ago.
43:47One glass of water
43:48coming right up.
43:57Now,
43:58I don't want to talk
43:59ill of the dead.
44:01However,
44:02I think it's fair to say
44:03that Michael Farrah
44:04was a selfish
44:06and self-interested
44:08individual
44:08who only cared about
44:10what he wanted in life
44:11and how he was
44:12going to get it.
44:13But,
44:14did the malicious
44:15and hurtful things
44:16he did to each of you
44:18really mean
44:19he had to die?
44:22Anya,
44:23you obviously thought
44:24he did.
44:26Because it was you
44:27that poisoned him.
44:28What?
44:29No, I absolutely did not.
44:34The mystery we've been
44:36trying to solve
44:37throughout this case
44:38is how three people
44:40could drink from
44:42the same poisoned bottle
44:45yet only one of them dies.
44:48We didn't know it
44:49but the answer
44:51has been right
44:51in front of us
44:52from the start
44:53and in a way
44:54Mr. Farrah gave it to us
44:57in his dying breath.
44:59And with my long nails
45:00I'll dig thee pig...
45:02And I with my long nails
45:04will dig thee pig nuts.
45:07Because that's the thing
45:08about Caliban.
45:09He was a monster, right?
45:11And as part of Michael's
45:12make-up
45:13to help make him
45:14look more
45:14monster-y
45:16his nails were painted.
45:19And that's how
45:20he was poisoned.
45:22We need to get this
45:23to the lab.
45:24But we've already
45:24had Michael's fingernails
45:26tested
45:26and it was confirmed
45:28there were traces
45:29of cyanide
45:30in the dried varnish.
45:32It was administered,
45:34Anya,
45:35by you.
45:36During his wardrobe
45:37change from the bosun
45:38into his Caliban costume,
45:40make-up
45:41and painted fingernails.
45:45Nathan,
45:45you said Michael
45:46would get particularly
45:47nervous
45:48while waiting to go
45:49on stage for Act 2,
45:50Scene 2, yeah?
45:52A bit nervous.
45:52He would pace
45:53and buy his nails.
45:56Which after touring
45:57for 12 months together
45:59and having become
46:00intimate with him,
46:02you also knew Anya.
46:04But I told you,
46:05Michael only ended
46:07things with me
46:07half an hour before he died.
46:09How could I plan
46:10his murder in that time?
46:11You're right.
46:13Michael's murder
46:14was planned in advance.
46:16But now we know
46:17the killer had to be you,
46:19then it follows
46:19that you'd already
46:20found out Michael
46:21was planning to end
46:22his relationship with you.
46:24You getting it?
46:26Yeah, maybe.
46:27And with Michael
46:28telling Jez as much...
46:29Look,
46:31I'm going to end
46:31things with Anya.
46:32I think you overheard
46:33that conversation.
46:34After everything,
46:35I thought you should know.
46:36And we believe
46:37that's when you
46:38decided to kill him.
46:39Then,
46:40if Michael's fingernails
46:42were poisoned...
46:44Why was there
46:45poison in the bottle?
46:46That was to misdirect us,
46:48right?
46:49To confuse us
46:50with the seeming
46:51impossibility
46:52that three people
46:53could drink from it,
46:54but only one die.
46:56Why weren't
46:57they all killed?
46:58I'm glad you asked
46:59with that,
46:59Mr. Dempster.
47:00Because to answer that,
47:01we need to look
47:02to your own plan
47:03to get back
47:03at Michael Farrow.
47:05We know
47:05Miss Chambers
47:07helped to put you
47:08to bed a number
47:08of times
47:09when you've
47:10overindulged.
47:11Nathan,
47:12your annual,
47:13he took it in turn
47:14to bless him
47:14putting me to bed.
47:16And you admitted
47:17yourself,
47:17you left the cigar box
47:19containing the syringe,
47:20the lozenges...
47:22I might have left it
47:23lying around.
47:23And this little bottle
47:25lying around the place.
47:27We believe
47:28you came across
47:29this box,
47:30Miss Chambers.
47:31Hey, Rich.
47:32A sip of water.
47:36And that's when
47:38your plan started
47:39to take shape.
47:41But instead of
47:43using LSD,
47:45you used
47:46a fatal poison.
47:49Now, I have to admit,
47:51it didn't register
47:52with me at first,
47:53the significance.
47:54But when our lab
47:56tested the liquid
47:57in that poison bottle,
47:59the cherry juice...
48:00As for the fiasco...
48:02They found the level
48:03of glucose in it
48:05higher than normal.
48:07That's where this comes in.
48:10Just over an hour ago,
48:12I dropped one of
48:13Mr. Dempster's throat
48:14lozenges in this glass
48:15of water.
48:17And now, look.
48:19It's gone.
48:22Dissolved.
48:24And that's exactly
48:25what you did, Anya,
48:26with that wine bottle.
48:28Just before yourself,
48:29Jez and Michael
48:30went on that stage
48:31for Act Two, Scene Two.
48:33You see,
48:34as long as the lozenge
48:35was whole
48:36and hadn't dissolved...
48:38Jez!
48:39...it was safe
48:40to drink from.
48:42Which you all did.
48:45But by the time
48:46we arrived
48:47at the crime scene
48:48and sent the bottle
48:49to the lab
48:50to be tested,
48:52the lozenge
48:52had already melted away,
48:54releasing the poison,
48:56making it seem like
48:58it had been there
48:59all along.
49:01But why?
49:03Why did you kill him?
49:06Anya,
49:07when you and Michael
49:09got together,
49:10you were still feeling
49:11hurt
49:12and embarrassed
49:14by your husband's
49:16ongoing infidelities,
49:19him taking you
49:20for granted.
49:21So for Michael,
49:23the kindred spirit
49:24that you'd risked
49:26everything for
49:26to humiliate you
49:28even further
49:29by finishing with you
49:30only a few months
49:32after getting together,
49:33well,
49:34it more than hurt.
49:35And that's
49:37when you realised
49:38that perhaps
49:40the rumours
49:41you've heard
49:42about Michael,
49:43which you previously
49:44dismissed,
49:46were actually true.
49:47That Mr Dempster's
49:49claim
49:49that Michael
49:50spiked him
49:52actually happened.
49:54Did you tell them
49:55what Michael did?
49:56Yes.
49:56I don't think Anya
49:57believed me, but...
49:58And that Nathan Burns'
49:59own past run-in
50:00with Mr Farrell
50:01was more than
50:02mere gossip.
50:03There's been gossip
50:04amongst the cast ideas.
50:05There's history
50:06between them.
50:06So you decided
50:08to do something
50:09that was long overdue.
50:10And on behalf
50:11of yourself
50:12and everyone else
50:13here whose life
50:14he'd ruin,
50:15you would give
50:16Michael something
50:17he deserved
50:19to make him
50:20the one
50:20to finally suffer.
50:23His own downfall,
50:25his own humiliation.
50:27Right there
50:28on that stage
50:28for all the world
50:29to see.
50:32and that Miss Chambers
50:34is why you killed him.
50:44Anya Chambers,
50:46I'm arresting you
50:47for the murder
50:47of Michael Farrell.
50:49You do not have to say anything,
50:52but it may harm your defence
50:53if you do not mention
50:55when questioned.
50:57Something which you
50:58later rely on in court.
51:12You're not seeing
51:13enough of yourself already?
51:14It's never enough.
51:17Ah,
51:18returner de bozo.
51:19Could we have a quick
51:21chat, please?
51:26I just want to let you know
51:27that I officially dropped
51:28my complaint this morning
51:30and I wanted to say
51:32I'm sorry.
51:34You know you could have
51:36lost me my job
51:37just because I wouldn't
51:38have a drink with you.
51:40What kind of sick
51:41little messed up brain
51:42do you have?
51:43Yeah,
51:43that's pretty much
51:44what your commissioner said.
51:45Wait, the commissioner?
51:46Yeah,
51:47he was the one
51:47who insisted
51:48I apologise
51:49and said he was
51:50going to charge me
51:50with wasting police time.
51:52He caught my agent.
51:53He's a pretty
51:53terrifying guy, actually.
51:56Oh, and there he is.
51:58OK.
51:59Well, look,
52:00I'd rather not have
52:00to deal with him again,
52:01so I'm really sorry.
52:13Sir?
52:16He apologised.
52:18He did.
52:19Thank you, sir.
52:21I'm sorry I couldn't
52:22get him to drop
52:23his complaint sooner.
52:25The man was clearly
52:26making it all up.
52:30So you knew
52:31he was lying
52:32all along?
52:33Of course.
52:34But one has to
52:35follow procedure
52:36in situations
52:38like this.
52:40It's...
52:42I just...
52:45I just...
52:45I just thought
52:46you didn't believe me, sir.
52:47You know,
52:48after everything
52:50that happened
52:51before.
52:52You made
52:53a promise to me
52:54that there were
52:55going to be
52:56no more mistakes.
52:58And
52:59I tend to take
53:01people at their word.
53:02You're a good sergeant.
53:03I can see that.
53:05So,
53:05keep it up!
53:28OK,
53:30if I get a
53:31bullseye
53:32on this next throw,
53:33I'll book a ticket
53:34to Antigua
53:35and I'll go
53:36and see Saul.
53:52Maybe make it
53:54best of three?
53:55Yeah.
53:58Another bullseye
53:59and I'm definitely
54:00going to Antigua.
54:15I don't believe it.
54:21Well, that's that, then.
54:23I guess it's really happening.
54:29Yes, Thomas.
54:31I'm just letting you know
54:33I won't be coming in tomorrow.
54:35I'm actually
54:36taking your advice
54:36as it goes.
54:37I'm going to see Saul.
54:40Yeah?
54:41Well, I mean,
54:43I don't even know
54:44if he wants to see me,
54:45but,
54:45hey,
54:46what's the worst
54:47that can happen?
55:02I think it
55:03rather suits him.
55:04Yeah?
55:05That's the same thing
55:06I said, sir.
55:07Looks like I wanted
55:08a Jackson 5.
55:09And it is rather amusing,
55:11isn't it?
55:19Sir?
55:19Yes, Thomas?
55:20What is it?
55:21I think something
55:22has happened
55:23to the inspector.
55:32I think something
55:33has happened to the inspector.
55:44What the hell's going on?
55:50You.
55:51You
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