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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.
02:20Ah, that's a brave God.
02:22And bear celestial liquor.
02:24Come, our men.
02:25I will pour some in thy other mouth.
02:33Stefano.
02:34Lost thy other mouth call me?
02:37Why, this is a devil and no monster.
02:40Stefano, I am trinculo.
02:41Be not afeard.
02:43Thy good friend, trinculo.
02:45Very trinculo indeed.
02:47I swear upon that bottle to be thy true subject.
02:51I'll show thee every fertile in show the island.
02:57Iki.
02:58Iki.
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.
03:23Nathan, 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, somebody call an ambulance.
03:35Go, man.
03:35Oh, my God.
03:36Oh, my God.
04:04Bye, my God.
04:14yes Thomas what's up are you at the shot sir I am practicing my darts oh can't say you don't
04:21need
04:21it since I got myself a decent set of arrows my form was improved get in I'm presuming this isn't
04:30a social call you got a case a suspected poisoning occurred during a theater performance the victim
04:36collapsed on page what you sure it wasn't an accident according to paramedics the symptoms
04:41suggest it's cyanide poisoning interesting everything all right I think I might have
04:50just nearly killed Harry what are you doing man you can't play on here it's not safe
04:59Michael Farrah 32 years old suddenly collapsed halfway through the second act of the performance
05:05yeah the tempest the poster said yeah last 10 months they've been touring beaches all over
05:11the world with it this was their final performance sergeant Fletcher's taken all the necessary
05:16statements Caliban I'll take it one sec let me check yes yes it was I mean two points for you
05:25inspector how did you work that out well he looks monstery you know not a human I assume the smell
05:33of almonds got the paramedics thinking it was cyanide which is fast acting so do we know what he consumed
05:38before he died well apparently he drank from this moments before it happened it's a fiasco I mean I'm
05:46trying my best here sir I haven't been here for long I just got here oh this is a fiasco
05:51oh it's a
05:52traditional Italian wine bottle he'll have drank from this in act two scene two the famous drinking
05:56scene let me check for you again boom shakalaka two more points for you again inspector it was
06:03indeed act two scene two oh the man knows this Shakespeare he does who knew cherry juice that'll be
06:11for the red wine so chances are we're looking at our murder weapon that's what you think right but it
06:17can't be because two others drank from the same bottle during the performance Stefano and Trinculo
06:23that one I don't know sir but based on your previous farm two points again so what happened to the
06:28other
06:29two actors who drank from this not a thing the 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
06:40to see what happened but if they did drink from the same bottle then he must have ingested the poison
06:47some other way let's see what the rest of the company have to say these are two that drank from
06:59the same bottle as the victim mm-hmm just Gorman and Anya Chambers she and the victim were in a
07:04relationship together and she's taking it pretty badly who are the others so this is Richard Dempster
07:11he directed this production and he also plays uh Prospero there comes a moment in every actor's
07:19life a certain character's call to you I had no choice I had to submit okay and this is Nathan
07:29Burns he's the company stage manager I swear if there was poison in that bottle it wasn't me that
07:35put it in there actually Mr Burns we're working on the basis that the poison was administered another
07:39way really oh thank god yeah the cyanide's fast acting so if it was in your system we'd pretty
07:46much know by now we'd like to know what else Mr. Farr consumed in the 20 minutes or so before
07:51he died
07:53Mikey never ate for a show not for two or three hours did he drink anything I just sip water
08:00what did he
08:01drink from uh one of those water flask thingies um there it is okay so take me through exactly what
08:13happened this afternoon anything out of the ordinary we went up a bit late by about 15 minutes how come
08:22um just um technical hitch and once the show had started oh um Michael was um on stage in scene
08:33one he
08:34doubles as the bosun taking the top sail 10 to the master's whistle no no very very swift makeup costume
08:43change reappear as Caliban in act one scene two Anya helps um well helped with that then how did he
08:52seem
08:53then fine and what about before he went on stage and collapsed a bit nervous pacing buying his nails
09:02he always was before that scene there are a couple of tricky speeches in it but he wasn't looking ill
09:10can any of you think why someone might want to do this to Mr. Farrer
09:17Mikey was loved by the whole company very talented boy he had the whole world at his feet
09:35if we're working on the basis that the killer got the poison into Michael's system 15 20 minutes prior
09:41to him dying on stage and it must be one of the cast or a stage crew that
09:48sir why kill someone like that in front of an audience and on the very last show of the tour
09:56I mean after today they could all go home right they 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 well we're gonna need some security to keep an eye on the crime scene
10:13I get sergeant Fletcher and officer Rose to do a sweep of the place on it
10:25you all right Mr. Dempster oh 10 months on tour will do this you
10:34come on Richard it's time to go
10:49well I recognize you from somewhere oh yeah it's a whole community police scheme thing we're doing
10:57sounds thrilling I didn't catch your name in the frenzy of it all
11:02sergeant Matty Fletcher sergeant Matty Fletcher would you like to go for a drink with me uh while
11:08I'm on the island no that's inappropriate Mr. Gorman you know with me being a police officer and you a
11:15possible suspect in a murder case right yeah well that makes sense um I hope that wasn't too embarrassing
11:22not for me it wasn't good good um I guess as an actor I lost all sense of shame a
11:27while ago
11:31did he just ask you on a date during a murder investigation that's a red flag right there
11:36maybe he's the killer maybe he's trying to get close to the police to keep an eye on the investigation
11:40or maybe he's just a bozo that's also a possibility mm-hmm crazy man
11:58take a bow Mikey because it's all over now I told you it was always gonna end this way
12:17that's great man I'll get the beers yeah yeah and some snacks nice what time should we say around
12:23seven ish yeah cool man all right nice one see you then I just arranged a dance night with Daryl
12:30tonight he's gonna get his mates round it's gonna be a bit like being back home you know
12:35lads standing around the dartboard beers banter the only thing that's missing is a sticky pub carpet
12:41and some pork scratchings pork scratchings yeah they are the quintessential English pub snack it's
12:48fried pigskin yeah I'll get some sent over for you oh no rush oh lab results yes and they confirmed
13:00the
13:00victim died from potassium cyanide poisoning no surprise there they checked Michael's own water
13:06bottle and found no traces of the poison in it whatsoever nothing in this water bottle as for
13:13the fiasco cherry juice fairly high glucose levels they noticed but most importantly a lethal dose of potassium
13:26cyanide that is surprising poison was in the bottle that our victim and the other two actors drank from
13:32on stage mm-hmm so how can three people drink from the same poison bottle and only one of them
13:38die
13:40okay it doesn't make any sense
13:41you
13:45you
13:57well we can rule out the pretending to drink theory I mean these guys are drinking from the bottle for
14:02real no question
14:03so what if one of the other two actors slip the poisoning on stage just before Michael Jack from it
14:09yeah rewind it a bit okay play could it be jazz now that the bottle is in view the whole
14:18time and he's not adding anything to it
14:20also Michael's not the last person to drink from that bottle
14:23Seb's rights and your drinks after Michael's so even if something had been added by jazz and he would have
14:29consumed it as well
14:32how
14:34how do they all drink
14:36the same liquid with with poison in it but only Michael Farah dies
14:44who's sergeant Fletcher on the phone too
14:46oh
14:47an actor's agent back in the UK
14:49when we spoke with the rest of the cast this morning a um
14:53Casey Briscoe who plays Miranda
14:55she said she saw Nathan Burns a casting the victim just moments before the show even started
15:01I'm telling you this is all gonna come back on you and sooner than you think
15:04and there's rumors going around that there's history between them
15:06so Casey slash Miranda said we should speak to this agent
15:10did you get anything from the search?
15:13nothing interesting I was suspicious
15:17you know he's been humming this little tune
15:21I've never seen him do this before
15:23me neither
15:25inspector
15:26what's this funky tune you've been humming?
15:29I don't know
15:30it'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 they kept playing it
16:01see that's what I was humming
16:02hmmm
16:04and why is this relevant?
16:06er
16:07wait
16:07as 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
16:14but now I found with Worcester I can leave my mother
16:17that's Nathan Burns the stage manager
16:19man he's like a better actor than all other others put together
16:23Nathan Burns was an actor
16:25and he has history with our victim
16:27I just spoke to an agent in London who used to represent Nathan
16:32she remembers him as being super ambitious
16:35the whiffbuster ad wasn't the end of his rainbow then?
16:38the agent said about eight years ago
16:40Nathan had a really important audition for the production of Macbeth at the National Theatre in London
16:45and he didn't get it
16:47but guess who did?
16:50Michael Farah
16:51and more than that
16:53Nathan went to the police at the time
16:55he was adamant that he was spiked before the audition
17:03by Michael?
17:04by Michael
17:13so I get this big audition
17:15and I go down to London and stay in a cheap hotel
17:18near 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 10
17:32next thing it's midday
17:33and I've missed the audition
17:35you think he drugged you?
17:36he was taking out the competition
17:37and 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
17:50a couple of TV ads
17:51with Buster?
17:54yeah, with Buster
17:58and then I quit
17:59so you tour with this guy
18:02for 10 months
18:03and it never comes up?
18:08Mr Burns
18:09just before the last show
18:11you were seen arguing with Michael
18:13saying
18:13it's all gonna come back on you
18:15and sooner than you think
18:17mate
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 8 years ago
18:30still must have bothered you though
18:31right?
18:31otherwise why bring it up?
18:32I just
18:34I couldn't stop myself
18:36I was never gonna see him again
18:43we'll be in touch
18:51there is definitely something he's not telling us
18:54you think?
18:55you think?
19:04you think?
19:07you think?
19:10the police have been asking questions
19:13i didn't tell them what he did to you
19:16but
19:17if there's heat on me again
19:18i don't think i can stay quiet any longer
19:24to thine 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
19:47you know with you being a
19:50a
19:50day of the match
19:51a match of the day
19:52kind of guy
19:53no disrespect
19:55when i was a kid
19:57i used to hang around outside the
19:59stage 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
20:06ever 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
20:17of the bar's works
20:21also i got talking to the actor sometimes
20:24and they would say how hard a gig it was
20:26you know the failed auditions
20:28the unemployment
20:29doing rubbish jobs just to make ends meet
20:31it was it 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
20:43spiking someone's drink just so he can get the role he wanted
20:46that's ruthless
20:47well whatever it was that led someone to poison Michael Farah
20:50well we still haven't got a scooby how we pulled it off
20:53i mean the man died on stage right in the middle of a performance
20:56drinking from the same bottle as these two
20:59but they didn't die
21:01he did
21:05did i wilson speaking
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
21:24uh
21:25okay
21:26well um
21:28thanks for letting me know
21:33so is everything all right
21:41i knew mum would leave everything to solve her
21:45i just didn't think he'd
21:46put the house up for sale as soon as it was his
21:51i thought we'd at least
21:53chat about it first
21:55and what about your mother's things
21:58according to the solicitor
21:59he'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 rough
22:09i would have liked at least a last look around the place
22:13maybe
22:14keep something of hers to remember her by
22:23then call your brother and tell him that's what you'd like to have them
22:28it's got to understand right
22:30it's got to understand right
22:45hey
22:46you
22:46yes
22:48uh
22:48how can i help
22:50oh well actually i thought i could help you
22:52you know wind down after a hard day's policing the streets
22:57i've got some beers
22:59picnic blanket
23:00and um
23:01yeah i thought we could find a quiet beach and
23:04get to know each other
23:05hmm
23:06mr gorman
23:07yes
23:08did we not already have this conversation
23:10we did
23:11yes but
23:12i thought what was happening was
23:14you know you were on duty you had your colleagues around you and
23:17i think you were saying what you felt you had to say
23:20hmm
23:21no
23:21come on i'm not on this island for very long
23:24how often do you get to do this with someone like me
23:27let's just have some fun
23:30here we go here we go
23:31hmm
23:33hmm
23:33hmm
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
23:46what's the time now
23:47oh
23:47oh
23:47what's a shame
23:51i do have somewhere to be right now though
23:56do not bother me again
23:58unless it's related to the case
24:01mr gorman
24:03you understand
24:05good
24:06you enjoyed the rest of your evening
24:25you
24:25sergeant fletcher good morning
24:26where you got
24:27so i've been doing background checks on the other cast members
24:30and i noticed anya chambers and jez gorman
24:34were in the same play back in 2021
24:37and they ended up getting together
24:40and wait for it
24:41they only got married a year later
24:43hang on i thought anya was with michael
24:45she was
24:46she left jez for him
24:48during the tour they've been on
24:50why did this not show up sooner
24:52because it wasn't officially registered yet
24:54they had a vow ceremony in the forest somewhere
24:57there was a whole midsummer night's dream thing going on
25:00yeah
25:01yeah you should have seen some of the photos they posted on social media
25:04that was some dress she wore respectfully of course
25:08so how did jez feel about being replaced by michael
25:10hmm
25:11well according to the other cast members
25:13really not so good seems to be the answer
25:20mm-hmm
25:22look i don't know who said that but it's nonsense
25:24so when annie told you she was leaving you for michael
25:26you weren't upset
25:27sorry why is she here
25:30is that normal procedure to bring a uniform sergeant along
25:32it is
25:33yep
25:34yes it is
25:35okay
25:36fine
25:37so it's nonsense is it that you were upset about anya
25:40yes
25:41i mean anya is the one who's losing out not me
25:44all our mutual friends are siding with me
25:46she's the one who's gonna have to move in with her parents when she gets back home
25:49not me
25:49i mean it hurts
25:51yeah
25:52of course it hurt really hurt
25:54but i didn't kill michael because of it i wasn't looking for revenge
25:58hmm
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
26:12that's a very strong motive
26:14well that's what you're wrong actually
26:15they didn't fall in love
26:18i mean maybe she did i don't know but
26:20it wasn't reciprocated
26:21what makes you say that
26:25because he told me so
26:29a few nights before our final performance
26:31we all had a bit of a sesh
26:33at the hotel bar
26:35some of us went for a dip in the sea
26:37michael comes up to me and says
26:39he's gonna end it with anya because
26:41he's got some off-broadway play
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
27:05thank you
27:07anya's in room 352
27:09that was seb
27:11the security team at the crime scene
27:13say somebody tried to break into the dressing room area last night
27:16guess a description?
27:18is that something that we could have missed?
27:21right you and officer o's get down to the crime scene
27:23let's go and talk to anya
27:26yeah when's the deadline?
27:27yes sir?
27:29yeah i'm sure i can get some probably on tape
27:34mikey and i had gone to collect rich from this bar he drinks in
27:38that was why we went up late
27:40so that was the technical hitch
27:43we literally had five minutes before the performance was about to start
27:46mr dempster
27:47let's get you dressed
27:49fight fight
27:50fight fight
27:51michael just blurts it out
27:53i 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
28:08when 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 jess
28:26in what way?
28:30mikey cared so much about his work
28:32but it terrified him
28:34he was just 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 when he told you'd finished with you
28:53you must have felt
28:54betrayed
28:56and within the hour he was dead
28:59what? what?
29:00you think i did it?
29:03because of
29:04i remember
29:06how even?
29:10you think i'd carry around
29:11around a bottle of cyanide with me just in case i get dumped
29:16and if you've 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
29:29my mum's church has this dirty thing going on
29:33and sometimes
29:34i think about doing a bit hard to myself you know
29:38it's just the words sometimes
29:40i really struggle with words
29:42like um
29:44cool
29:49the winds did sing it to me
29:51and the thunder
29:52that deep and dreadful organ pipe
29:55pronounced the name of
29:57Prosper
29:57it did bass me trespass
29:59bass me trespass?
30:01i mean what does that even mean like bass me trespass?
30:05like a boombox type of bass?
30:06less of the bass and more of the searching
30:08sergeant fletcher
30:09commissioner afternoon
30:11afternoon sir
30:12might i 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 alright sir?
30:30a complaint has been made
30:33accusing you of unprofessional conduct
30:36by who?
30:38Jess Gorman claims you tried to initiate a romantic relationship with him
30:42he said what?
30:45and when he turned you down
30:46twice
30:47you pursued him as a suspect in the case
30:51that is just not true
30:54we interviewed him
30:56because there was evidence to suggest he 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
31:14ask Officer Rose
31:15he was there the first time Mr Gorman asked me out
31:19he will tell you
31:21very well
31:24leave it with me
31:33what exactly am i looking for?
31:36this
31:38though
31:39cannot find a thing
31:40hey
31:55Sarge
31:56i think i found something
31:59what is it?
32:04it's a
32:04beach like a key
32:08with a few of them two minutes off the road
32:13oh
32:22oh
32:23oh
32:26syringe
32:27syringe
32:31well i'm assuming that's the cyanide
32:33a tin of throat lozenges
32:40you alright then Mr Dempster?
32:50right
32:51right Mr Dempster
32:53this lot has got your fingerprints all over it
32:56no one else's
32:58you care to explain?
33:01it's thanks to Michael Farah that i fell off the wagon
33:04sorry?
33:05before this tour i've been sober 20 years
33:08what happened?
33:10Michael was offered this off-Broadway show
33:13it's gonna get him some good publicity in the states
33:16well at the same time we had the chance of
33:19extending our tour by 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 i'll refuse to release him
33:30well we know Michael was very ambitious so i assume he wasn't happy about that
33:35it's our first day off in the Caribbean
33:39Trinidad
33:39we all spent the day by the pool
33:42cheers
33:45thank you
33:46i didn't realize till it was too late
33:48oh dear boy
33:49putting shots of vodka in my soft drink all day
33:54once i got the taste for it well
33:56double um... double whiskey
33:59jeez
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 but i don't think Anya believed me
34:18but Nathan did
34:19Nathan?
34:20yeah?
34:21there is definitely something he's not telling us
34:24he said that Michael had done something not dissimilar to him once
34:28despite 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
34:39i'm telling you this is all going to come back on you and sooner than you think mate
34:43it was also about what he'd been doing to you
34:46the irony of it is that
34:48funding fell through and the end tour was never extended
34:50Michael got exactly what he wanted
34:53no i...
34:54had 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 on 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
35:14well and not so deadly
35:17bottle doesn't contain cyanide
35:21contains
35:22lysergic acid
35:24diathlamine
35:27LSD
35:29the hallucinogen
35:31i injected one of the lozenges
35:33but not with cyanide
35:35i don't want to kill him
35:36i just wanted him to feel
35:38how he made me feel
35:41all powerless
35:44i wanted everyone to see it
35:49with the coward that i am i didn't go through with it
35:54and when Michael collapsed on stage
35:56and we were called
35:58what was i panicked
36:00all the frenzy i ran to the beach lockers
36:03hit the evidence and...
36:05so it was you our security soldier trying to get into the dressing room
36:08to get that key
36:10would you tell anyone else about your plan
36:12i was so smashed half the time
36:14i might have left it lying around
36:18god
36:18i don't know
36:19inspector
36:23just a moment
36:30i 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
36:40and look
36:40jezgarman 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 that drank from the bottle
36:57didn't die
36:58and he did
37:09you've reached solomon
37:10leave a message i'll get back to you
37:14so it's me again
37:17can you call me back
37:18please
37:23so i just heard back from a few of jez and ania's friends in the uk
37:27trying to get a handle on their marriage breaking up
37:31right
37:33no one was shocked
37:34it seems jez wasn't the most faithful of husbands
37:37he saw it as a kind of
37:40open marriage
37:41right and what happens on tour stays on tour then
37:44and after three years of marriage
37:46anya felt betrayed and humiliated
37:48just basically took her for granted
37:49but obviously never expected her 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 ignoring my calls
38:08i keep thinking about how things were between us you know when we last saw each other
38:12they weren't great in fact if i'm honest i kind of think it's because of me that
38:16we're going our separate ways
38:17then maybe you should go visit him in antiga
38:20you think?
38:20yeah
38:21just go talk to him
38:24i'm heading to the lab
38:25you want me to drop you off on the shack?
38:28er no um
38:29take me to the high street please i need to get a bucket and spade
38:34as in a
38:36as in a kiddie's bucket and spade for like the beach
38:39what other kind of bucket and spade is there?
38:42sir um
38:43is this for the case or
38:48are you having a break now?
38:49probably both
38:51probably both
38:56right
38:57well
38:59that's me done
39:05sir
39:05sarge
39:05you don't need to stress yourself over this
39:08jez garman complaint
39:09like you said the man's a total bozo
39:12and the commissioner will definitely see that
39:14car he can see through the lies
39:18you're not too sure about it
39:23there's something that you don't know
39:26about me
39:28from before
39:30i uh
39:31i came back to saint marie
39:33in jamaica
39:34i
39:36i messed up
39:36on a case
39:39big time and
39:41and some my file and the commissioner knows about it
39:44so
39:47no
39:48no i'm not sure he's gonna have my back on this
39:52that's why you're transferred
39:59well i mean look
40:02i wouldn't be so sure about that search
40:06because one thing i know for a fact
40:08is that the commissioner wants to give everyone a chance
40:13because i mean
40:15he did with me
40:17best decision he ever made
40:19i'm just going to go and wait
40:19i don't want to go at this point
40:22well i have to go
40:28and plan you to start with this
40:28what are you going to do
40:28what are you going to do
40:41this thing is going to do
40:47you know it's going to do
40:49I never thought I'd see the day the man could have an afro.
40:52Whoever did this is making a bold statement.
41:06Morning, Inspector.
41:08Have you seen the poster?
41:10Someone's given you a glow-up.
41:12Yeah, I've seen it.
41:13Yeah, that really brings out your cheekbones, Inspector.
41:15Kinda suits you.
41:16Oh, and he's got his little kiddies' buckets.
41:19And spades.
41:21Four of them, in fact.
41:24One bottle.
41:25One dose of poison.
41:31Three people drink the same liquid from the same bottle.
41:37Now, how come only one of them ingest the poison and the other two don't?
41:41Well, that's not possible.
41:43Why not?
41:44They're sand in all of them.
41:46Or poison, so how?
41:48How indeed, Sergeant Fletcher.
41:53Is that from the lab?
41:54Yes.
41:59Confirms the liquid in the bottle we found in Mr Dempster's cigar box was LSD.
42:07Not legal, but definitely not murder.
42:10Oh, sir, your buckets.
42:12Oh.
42:24The seas washed all the sand away.
42:29It's like I was never there.
42:35Hang on.
42:40The water made the sand disappear.
42:44Or did it actually disappear?
42:47I mean, what if it was there all along?
42:50I think you poisoned one of these lozenges and added poison to that wine bottle on stage after
42:55he died.
42:56No one goes near the bottle you drank from.
42:58As for the fiasco, fairly high glucose levels.
43:02And if that explains the bottle, then where did the poison come from?
43:08No, no.
43:09Very, very swift makeup costume change reappear as Caliban in Act 1 scene 2.
43:15And with my long nails, I'll dig deep.
43:19Eat those.
43:23You know who did it.
43:26And I think I know why.
43:28But what about the how, Inspector?
43:30I mean, that's what the whole biggie is about, right?
43:32I'm pretty sure I know the how as well.
43:34But, Officer Rose, I need you to run another tox report on Mr Farah, but I need a glass of
43:38water first.
43:39You're dehydrated.
43:40No, it's not to drink.
43:41It's just a little experiment that will finally prove what really happened on stage three days ago.
43:47One glass of water coming right up.
43:57Now, I don't want to talk ill of the dead.
44:01However, I think it's fair to say that Michael Farah was a selfish and self-interested individual
44:08who only cared about what he wanted in life and how he was going to get it.
44:13But, did the malicious and hurtful things he did to each of you really mean he had to die?
44:22Anya, you obviously thought he did.
44:26Because it was you that poisoned him.
44:28What? No.
44:30No.
44:31I absolutely did not.
44:34The mystery we've been trying to solve throughout this case is how three people could drink from the same poisoned
44:44bottle, yet only one of them dies.
44:48We didn't know it, but the answer has been right in front of us from the start.
44:53And in a way, Mr Farah gave it to us in his dying breath.
44:59And with my long nails, I'll dig the pig...
45:02And I, with my long nails, will dig the pig nuts.
45:07Because that's the thing about Caliban.
45:09He was a monster, right?
45:11And as part of Michael's makeup to help make him look more...
45:15...monstery...
45:16...his nails are painted.
45:19And that's how he was poisoned.
45:22We need to get this to the lab.
45:24But we've already had Michael's fingernails tested, and it was confirmed there were traces of cyanide in the dried varnish.
45:32It was administered, Anya, by you.
45:36During his wardrobe change from the bosun into his Caliban costume, makeup, and painted fingernails.
45:45Nathan, you said Michael would get particularly nervous while waiting to go on stage for Act 2, Scene 2, yeah?
45:51A bit nervous.
45:52He would pace and bite his nails.
45:56Which after touring for 12 months together, and having become intimate with him, you also knew Anya.
46:04But I told you, Michael only ended things with me half an hour before he died.
46:09How could I plan his murder in that time?
46:11You're right.
46:13Michael's murder was planned in advance.
46:16But now we know the killer had to be you, then it follows that you'd already found out Michael was
46:22planning to end his relationship with you.
46:24You getting in?
46:26Yeah, maybe.
46:27And with Michael telling Jez as much.
46:29Look, I'm gonna end things with Anya.
46:32I think you overheard that conversation.
46:34After everything, I thought you should know.
46:36And we believe that's when you decided to kill him.
46:40Then, if Michael's fingernails were poisoned, why was there poison in the bottle?
46:46That was to misdirect us, right?
46:49To confuse us with the seeming impossibility that three people could drink from it, but only one die.
46:56Why weren't they all killed?
46:58I'm glad you asked me that, Mr Dempster.
47:00Because to answer that, we need to look to your own plan to get back at Michael Farrow.
47:04We know, Miss Chambers helped to put you to bed a number of times when you've overindulged.
47:11Nathan, your annual, he took it in turns, bless him, but he needed bed.
47:16And you admitted yourself, you left the cigar box containing the syringe, the lozenges.
47:22I might have left it lying around.
47:23And this little bottle lying around the place.
47:26We believe you came across this box, Miss Chambers.
47:31Very rich.
47:32A sip of water.
47:35Mmm.
47:37And that's when your plan started to take shape.
47:41But instead of using LSD, you used a fatal poison.
47:49Now, I have to admit, it didn't register with me at first, the significance.
47:54But when our lab tested the liquid in that poison bottle, the cherry juice...
48:00As for the fiasco...
48:02They found the level of glucose in it...
48:05...higher than normal.
48:07That's where this comes in.
48:10Just over an hour ago, I dropped one of Mr Dempster's throat lozenges in this glass of water.
48:16And now, look.
48:19It's gone.
48:22Dissolved.
48:24And that's exactly what you did, Anya, with that wine bottle.
48:28Just before yourself, Jez and Michael went on that stage for Act 2, Scene 2.
48:33You see...
48:34As long as the lozenge was whole and hadn't dissolved...
48:38Jez!
48:39...it was safe to drink from.
48:42Which you all did.
48:45But by the time we arrived at the crime scene and sent the bottle to the lab to be tested,
48:52the lozenge had already melted away, releasing the poison, making it seem like it had been there all along.
49:01But why?
49:03Why did you kill him?
49:06Anya, when you and Michael got together, you were still feeling hurt and embarrassed by your husband's ongoing infidelities.
49:19Him taking you for granted.
49:21So for Michael, the kindred spirit that you'd risked everything for, to humiliate you even further by finishing with you,
49:31only a few months after getting together, well, it more than hurt.
49:36And that's when you realised that perhaps the rumours you've heard about Michael, which you previously dismissed, were actually true.
49:47That Mr Dempster's claim that Michael spiked him actually happened.
49:54Did you tell them what Michael did?
49:56Yes, I don't think Anya believed me, but...
49:58And that Nathan Burns's own past run-in with Mr Farrell was more than mere gossip.
50:03There's been gossip amongst the cast that there's history between them.
50:06So you decided to do something that was long overdue.
50:10And on behalf of yourself, and everyone else here whose life he'd ruin, you would give Michael something he deserved.
50:19To make him the one to finally suffer.
50:23His own downfall.
50:25His own humiliation.
50:27Right there on that stage, for all the world to see.
50:32And that, Miss Chambers, is why you killed him.
50:44Anya Chambers, I'm arresting you for the murder of Michael Farrell.
50:49You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned,
50:57something which you lay to rely on in court.
51:12You're not seeing enough of yourself already?
51:14It's never enough.
51:17Ah, return of the bozo.
51:20Could we have a quick chat, please?
51:26I just want to let you know that I officially dropped my complaint this morning, and I wanted to say
51:32I'm sorry.
51:34You know you could have lost me my job, just because I wouldn't have a drink with you.
51:40What kind of sick little messed up brain you have?
51:43Yeah, that's pretty much what your commissioner said.
51:45Wait, the commissioner?
51:46Yeah, he was the one who insisted I apologise and said he was going to charge me with wasting police
51:51time.
51:52He caught my agent.
51:53He's a pretty terrifying guy, actually.
51:56Oh, and there he is.
51:58OK.
51:59Well, look, I'd rather not have to deal with him again, so I'm really sorry.
52:14Sir?
52:16He apologised.
52:18He did?
52:20Thank you, sir.
52:21I'm sorry I couldn't get him to drop his complaint sooner.
52:24The man was clearly making it all up.
52:30So you knew he was lying all along?
52:33Of course.
52:34But one has to follow procedure in situations like this.
52:40It's...
52:43I just...
52:45I just thought you didn't believe me, sir.
52:47You know, after everything that happened before.
52:51You made a promise to me that there were going to be no more mistakes.
52:59And I tend to take people at their word.
53:02You're a good sergeant.
53:03I can see that.
53:05So, keep it up!
53:29OK.
53:30If I get a bullseye on this next throw, I'll book a ticket to Antigua, and I'll go and see
53:36Saul.
53:51Um...
53:52Maybe make it best of three?
53:55Yeah.
53:58Another bullseye, and I'm definitely going 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 taking your advice as it goes.
54:37I'm going to see Saul.
54:40Yeah?
54:41Well, I mean...
54:43I don't even know if he wants to see me, but...
54:45Hey!
54:46What's the worst that can happen?
55:01More water, please.
55:02I think it rather suits him.
55:05Yeah?
55:05That's the same thing I said, sir.
55:07Looks like I wanted a Jackson 5.
55:09And it is rather amusing.
55:11Isn't it?
55:19Sir?
55:19Yes, Thomas?
55:20What is it?
55:22I think something has happened to the inspector.
55:44What the hell's going on?
55:47What the hell's going on?
55:50You.
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