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Death.In.Paradise Season 15 Episode 8 (2026)
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the Luska.
00:05This giant cephalopod-like sea creature, half octopus, half shark,
00:10is, many believe, the stuff of fantasy.
00:14The kind of fictional monster Jules Verne might dream up.
00:18But then, there are those more open-minded souls, like myself,
00:22who believe this gigantic cryptid to be as real as you or I.
00:27I will present to you the evidence I have collated,
00:30proving this animal is no mere figment of the imagination.
00:33And it all begins with the first sighting,
00:36off the coast of St. Marie in 1823,
00:40by this man,
00:42a pirate by the name of Pierre Lafitte.
00:52Pierre Lafitte was my great-great-great-grandfather.
00:56I'll tell you no lies.
00:58Still got the journal he had when he was pirating away.
01:01Passed on from generation to generation.
01:04And that's why this is the only boat trip
01:07where you can experience the exact place
01:09my ancestor witnessed.
01:12The Luska.
01:14Roll up, roll up!
01:16You know you want to.
01:17And I promise you guys,
01:19you will not be disappointed.
01:22So, how was it?
01:24You're a believer now.
01:26To be honest,
01:29I think I'm even less of a believer than I was before.
01:32I don't know why you're bothered.
01:34Because I want to be prepared.
01:37I'm afraid nothing can prepare you for my ex-husband.
01:46Either that's him,
01:47or we've come to a soup kitchen by mistake.
01:53Hello, Giles.
01:55Cara, it's been a while, hasn't it?
01:58Oh!
02:01Stop me.
02:07This is Rory.
02:10Ah, yes.
02:11Didn't realise you were bringing him.
02:14Nice to meet you, Rory.
02:16It's great to finally meet you, Giles.
02:18Can't wait to hear all your stories about the Luska.
02:20Absolutely fascinated about it.
02:22Ah.
02:24Would you like a glass of wine?
02:26Just a cup of coffee will do me, ta.
02:29Um...
02:29Let me see if I can find a waiter.
02:32Sit down.
02:39So, how are you?
02:41I mean, you know, the...
02:43the anniversary.
02:45Feels strange to be back.
02:48Like it was only yesterday.
02:51I'm taking the boat out later to where it happened.
02:55Fancy joining.
02:56You remember him together?
02:57No, I'd rather stay here.
02:59With Rory.
03:02No.
03:13No.
03:14Oh!
03:18Poor guy.
03:29All right, we'll let her.
03:57It's just a bad dream.
04:06Where have you been?
04:08Just went for a walk, that's all.
04:12Thanks.
04:20Not in the city.
04:22What is going for?
04:38That was a good idea.
04:39That's a good idea in this world.
04:40And the people of our country are to be there.
04:41I love to be and there are many people out there.
04:42I love the world and I love this country.
04:42I love it.
04:46I love it.
04:48I love it.
05:10Morning, sir.
05:12You good?
05:13No, I am not good.
05:16What's wrong?
05:17Turns out, I am an uncle.
05:20Yes, Mum.
05:21I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
05:23But I came to visit Uncle Merv anyway.
05:26That's Eloise, the niece I didn't know I had.
05:29So you're her Uncle Merv.
05:31No, I'm not.
05:33I mean, yes, I am her uncle, but not Merv.
05:35Never Merv, understood?
05:37OK.
05:38Clearly touched a nerve there.
05:41Well, I kind of miss him.
05:42So she's Solomon's daughter?
05:44I don't know why he couldn't just tell me that in the first place.
05:46He could have just said, well, as it happens, I do have a daughter.
05:49Are he and her mother together?
05:51Yeah, not for some time, apparently.
05:53She's supposed to be staying with her Auntie Vondra.
05:55Well, she doesn't like it better, so she ran away and came here.
05:59They've got a case, I assume?
06:01Oh, my God.
06:02It's not a murder case, is it?
06:04Please let me come on a ride-along, Uncle Merv.
06:07Please.
06:08Right.
06:09So, firstly, you're not coming on any ride-along.
06:12And secondly, it's not Uncle Merv.
06:15It's Mervyn, remember?
06:18Hi.
06:19I'm Naomi, by the way.
06:21I work with your Uncle Merv.
06:25Right, go pack your stuff, young lady.
06:28You've got a boat to catch.
06:29I am sending you back home to Antigua.
06:31Whatever you say, Uncle Merv.
06:33And it's not...
06:37I like her.
06:43Victim's name's Giles Parry, 58 years of age.
06:46Body was found floating six miles out at sea.
06:49Sergeant Fletcher's with the Coast Guard now.
06:51A couple of fishermen going out early this morning came across the body.
06:55But paramedics reckon he'd been in the water since last night.
06:59Thing is, this is already causing a stir around the harbor.
07:03Why is that?
07:04Because of those marks on his body.
07:08They're all over his front and his back.
07:10And the bruising here.
07:12Some people are saying it was caused by the Luska.
07:15And that's what killed him.
07:17Sorry, what?
07:19It's a sea monster.
07:20A sea monster?
07:21Like a local legend kind of thing.
07:24Half shark, half octopus.
07:26Wraps its tentacles around you and drags you under.
07:28Hence...
07:29A sea monster?
07:30Not everybody believes in this thing.
07:32Most people don't.
07:34Do you?
07:35No, but it's still part of our history.
07:39Part of our culture.
07:40Right.
07:40Well, we can knock that theory on the head as a possible cause of death, all right?
07:44Except there's a little more to it than that, sir.
07:47That's why he's here.
07:55I've always wondered whether this would come back to haunt me.
07:59Seven years ago yesterday, Giles Parry's 16-year-old son, Benjamin, drowned that sea in the exact same location as
08:12Giles' body was found this morning.
08:14A local fisherman told me that Mr. Parry had sailed out to that spot yesterday to pay his respects.
08:24Then he ended up dead himself.
08:28Was he stormy yesterday?
08:30Called the harbour master.
08:32It was calm for the last 24 hours.
08:34Do we know what time he left the harbour?
08:36Just before seven o'clock, according to the GPS.
08:40Also, there's a boat mechanic who's been fixing Mr. Parry's engine.
08:43He saw him leave.
08:45He says there was definitely nobody else on the boat with him.
08:48It's arrived at a final destination.
08:50Half an hour later, radar shows no other boat near it at any point.
08:54So, what happened to him?
08:57How did he end up dead with all those weird markings on him?
09:00Unless, you know, it was the last girl.
09:06I hate to break it to you, Officer Rose, but sea monsters don't exist.
09:09No, yeah, I know.
09:11Well, it'd be cool if they did do all right.
09:15What's that?
09:24It's a bullet.
09:26Our victim wasn't shot, right?
09:29No.
09:30And there was no gun found on the boat?
09:32Not that I've found so far.
09:38So, what is that doing here?
09:48I don't know what happened on that boat,
09:51but the fact that we found this on it means it's suspicious.
09:55I think someone else was there, you know?
10:02I'm going to talk to Catherine.
10:04From what I know, James Parry was an isolated figure,
10:08but he did drink at her bar and he would talk to her.
10:13I'm also going to contact the Guadalupe Police
10:16and request the Benjamin Parry case files.
10:20So, the search back then wasn't led by the St. Marie team?
10:23As it was the Guadalupe Coast Guard
10:26who was first contacted when the empty boat was discovered,
10:29they staked their claim.
10:33How about that rankled?
10:34I did push for us to have a role,
10:36but the senior investigating officer wasn't interested.
10:44There's some people on St. Marie
10:47who think I should have pressed harder,
10:50especially when they ran into a dead end earlier on.
10:55It's always been felt
10:56more could have been done
10:59than by me.
11:05Considering I am already
11:08persona non grata,
11:10I would like to do my bit
11:12to try and solve this case now
11:14and win back the community's trust.
11:18I've located the victim's ex-wife.
11:21She and her partner are staying at a hotel just outside Tom.
11:32We arrived here two days ago
11:34to mark the anniversary of Kara's son's passing.
11:38And I'm sorry to ask, Miss Smart,
11:41but your son Benjamin,
11:43why did he take the boat out on his own?
11:46Giles had always been into UFOs and aliens,
11:51that kind of thing.
11:52Our holidays were spent visiting Loch Ness
11:55or the Bermuda Triangle.
11:57The Luska here on St. Marie.
11:59Ben was getting even more fanatical than his dad.
12:02That's why he snuck out on his own
12:05and he took the boat we'd hired out
12:07for a last-ditch sighting of the Luska.
12:10The weather turned bad.
12:13The sea was rough.
12:14He never came back.
12:20I kept hoping they'd find him alive
12:23with a life jacket on, just floating somewhere.
12:25As time passed, you have to accept
12:28that he's not coming back.
12:31So you returned home to England?
12:34After 10 months,
12:36Giles and I were arguing nonstop by then.
12:39I just needed some space,
12:41some time to process it all.
12:43Whereas he...
12:48Giles was convinced the Luska took their son.
12:52He became obsessed.
12:53That's why he stayed on here when I left,
12:56to try and prove the Luska exists.
13:00And he really, truly believed in it.
13:05And yesterday, did you see Giles at all?
13:09We had an early dinner at five.
13:11It's great to finally meet you, Giles.
13:13And how was that?
13:14How was Giles then?
13:16It was fine.
13:17You know, quiet.
13:19Giles was...
13:20Giles...
13:21Still as delusional as he ever was.
13:24Did Giles ever own a gun at all?
13:26Not like we were together.
13:28And I struggled to believe he bought one
13:30while he was out here.
13:32What exactly happened to Giles?
13:34You said that he was found dead at sea.
13:36I assumed it was an accident,
13:38but is there more to it than that?
13:41Well, we're not sure yet.
13:43We're still working on that one.
13:54Hey, my friend's dad swears
13:55he saw the Luska one time.
13:57Okay, Seth, come on.
13:59It's never the same afterwards.
14:02Let's keep our focus on the keys.
14:31Auntie Vondra.
14:32I mean, Vondra.
14:40Vondra, Vondra.
14:41It's all right.
14:42She's back at my place.
14:43She's safe.
14:44Thanks.
14:44Okay, look, I'll call you back in a bit.
14:47Mo?
14:49Here, Uncle Mo.
14:51Hoping hungry.
14:52I ordered lots.
14:53Which reminds me,
14:55I borrowed your credit card this morning.
14:57Needed it to pay for the boat
14:58to get back to St. Marie.
15:00And dinner.
15:01You really are your father's daughter, aren't you?
15:03I know, right?
15:04What's going on, Eloise?
15:06Why are you back here?
15:09Because we need to talk about Dad.
15:12We could have done that this morning.
15:14Why didn't you mention it then?
15:15I was waiting for the right moment.
15:17And before I know it,
15:19you're shoving me on her boat back home.
15:23All right.
15:24What about your dad?
15:27We need to work out a plan, Uncle Merv.
15:29A plan for what?
15:30To get him out of prison.
15:32To find evidence that proves he's innocent.
15:36OK, um,
15:37what exactly did your dad tell you
15:40about him being arrested?
15:41Just that he was set up
15:42and shouldn't be in jail.
15:45That it's a miscarriage.
15:48A miscarriage of justice.
15:51So, we need to help him, right?
15:57Why don't you go and get some plates and cutlery, yeah?
16:07So, you idiots.
16:29Solomon clearly hasn't told her
16:30about the scam he got caught up in.
16:32That he is good as shot someone.
16:35And held me hostage.
16:38He's dressed it up like he was the victim.
16:41And she obviously idolizes him.
16:44What are you going to do?
16:45I should just tell her the truth, right?
16:50Just tell her in a nice way.
16:53Not in a...
16:55your kind of way.
16:57What is a my kind of way?
16:58You know, sometimes you can be
17:01a tiny bit insensitive.
17:04Insensitive?
17:06Me, insensitive?
17:08That is rubbish.
17:09I mean, if anything,
17:10it's everyone else who is too sensitive.
17:13Sure.
17:14That's totally what it is.
17:19Hey, Louise.
17:23Right, um...
17:24I'm off to work now.
17:25So we can have dinner later, yeah?
17:29And we'll, um...
17:31We'll talk.
17:33OK, Uncle Mark.
17:37Old school.
17:38I like it.
17:44Right.
17:45Where are we at with the case?
17:47Anything from the lab yet?
17:50Postmortems estimating time of death
17:52between 7.30 and 8pm.
17:53So,
17:55the victim leaves the harbour at 7pm,
17:59dies between 7.30 and 8pm,
18:01out at sea,
18:01just after he drops anchor.
18:04And, cause of death,
18:06was internal bleeding
18:07due to a ruptured spleen,
18:09which, in theory,
18:11could have been caused
18:12by something gripping him tightly,
18:15like the tentacles of the Lusk.
18:18Or, more likely,
18:21something else.
18:23Same with the red markings.
18:25Kinda like friction burns.
18:27But,
18:27there's nothing at the scene
18:28to suggest
18:29what might have caused it.
18:31What about the search
18:32at the victim's house?
18:33Um,
18:34Mati and Seb are just starting.
18:51Sarge,
18:52you have to see this.
18:54Ten-year-old Seb
18:55will be losing his mind right now.
18:58Like sea monster central in here.
19:04This is gonna be the best search ever.
19:07Alright,
19:07Officer Rose,
19:08you start on the computer,
19:09I'll hit the cabinets.
19:10Alright, cool.
19:18You alright, Sarge?
19:20Yeah,
19:21it's just my old boss from Jamaica,
19:22I'll call him once we're done with this.
19:24Alright.
19:35So what do we know about our victim?
19:37Giles Parry worked as a paramedic
19:39back in the UK
19:40until he moved out here
19:41seven years ago,
19:43spent all his savings
19:44buying a boat
19:45and earned a small income
19:46giving talks about
19:48the legend of the Luska.
19:49What about these two?
19:50Any sniff of a motive yet?
19:51We're still waiting
19:52on Mr. Lyons'
19:54background and financial checks,
19:56but he and Cara
19:57have been together
19:57just over a year,
19:59met on a dating app.
20:00Now,
20:00as he only met the victim
20:02for the first time yesterday,
20:04I'm struggling to find a reason
20:05for him wanting Mr. Parry dead,
20:07but
20:08she's a different story.
20:09Miss Smart
20:10previously worked as a teacher
20:12before giving that up
20:13to write a book
20:14a few years ago,
20:15a memoir
20:15about losing her son.
20:17I skim read it
20:19and she's very honest
20:21about how hurt
20:22and angry she felt
20:23about Giles' behaviour.
20:25When I needed
20:26my husband's love
20:27the most,
20:28he disappeared down
20:29the rabbit hole
20:29of fantasy,
20:31casting me aside
20:32for his futile belief
20:33in a mythical beast.
20:34I mean,
20:35the guy had gone
20:36full on Looney Tunes,
20:37didn't he?
20:38What was that
20:39you said earlier
20:40about not being insensitive?
20:42Look,
20:43I'm not...
20:43Where it gets interesting
20:44is the book's
20:46no longer bringing in
20:47any money.
20:47She's basically broke.
20:49I spoke to her
20:50literary agent in the UK
20:51and apparently
20:52a US TV production company
20:55has offered to make
20:56a documentary
20:56about her and Giles' son
20:58going missing.
20:59It's worth
21:00a quarter of a million dollars.
21:02Oh,
21:03I'm sensing a but.
21:05It going ahead
21:06was dependent
21:07on Mr. Parry
21:09agreeing to appear
21:10in the documentary too.
21:12Don't tell me.
21:13He didn't want to.
21:20So we spoke
21:21to the staff here.
21:22Well,
21:23that dinner
21:23you had with Giles,
21:24it wasn't as sedate
21:26as you said it was.
21:27According to them,
21:28you got quite worked up,
21:30Miss Smart.
21:30Angry
21:31that your ex-husband
21:32was refusing
21:33to agree to the documentary.
21:35Well,
21:35that's an exaggeration
21:36if ever I heard one.
21:37No, it's not.
21:38It's the truth.
21:39Giles, please,
21:40I need this.
21:40Why are you being
21:41so stubborn?
21:42Because I know
21:43what they'll do.
21:44Make me have to look
21:44like some mad
21:45conspiracy theorist.
21:46I hate you, Charles.
21:48So much.
21:51I didn't just lose
21:52a son seven years ago.
21:54I lost my husband as well.
21:56He never once thought of me
21:58that maybe he needed
21:59to be there for me.
22:02And even now,
22:03years later,
22:03I ask for his help
22:04because,
22:05yes,
22:06I need the money.
22:07I thought at least
22:08he owed me
22:09that one favour,
22:10but no,
22:12not even that.
22:13Thing is,
22:13Miss Smart,
22:14we checked
22:14with the production company
22:15and that documentary
22:16has officially
22:17got the go-ahead.
22:18So now with
22:19Giles dying
22:19in suspicious circumstances
22:21and even the locals
22:22saying it was
22:23the Lusker
22:23that did it,
22:24well,
22:24it's an even more
22:24tantalising proposition
22:25than it was before.
22:26You get exactly
22:27what you wanted.
22:28No, you're wrong.
22:29I didn't kill Giles
22:30to get some documentary made.
22:33I'm not that desperate.
22:35I better take this.
22:39So you want to tell me
22:41where you were
22:41two nights ago
22:42between 7.30 and 8?
22:43We were here
22:44at the hotel.
22:46We were together
22:47in our room.
22:50It wasn't me.
22:51It just wasn't.
22:54Sir.
23:00That was my tissues
23:01with the commissioner.
23:02They've got something.
23:12This is the closest
23:13I've come to
23:13actually seeing it.
23:15The Lusker.
23:16I'm still shaking
23:17from what happened.
23:19If there was proof
23:20she's out there,
23:20this is it.
23:22I've moored my boat
23:22a few miles out.
23:23The coordinates are
23:2516 degrees,
23:2632 minutes,
23:2729.8 seconds north.
23:2961 degrees,
23:3055 minutes,
23:310.1.8 seconds west.
23:33There's a sinkhole
23:33on the seabed there
23:34where I previously
23:34identified as a possible
23:36hope for the creature.
23:37Amazing.
23:38It was just getting dark.
23:40I heard it.
23:41I felt it.
23:42A thunt
23:43as it hit the bow of the boat.
23:44And again,
23:45and then again.
23:46I could hear it
23:47dragging itself along
23:48as it tried to pull away.
23:50It was her.
23:50I know it was.
23:52The Lusker.
23:54I've got to go back
23:55again tonight.
23:57Totally amazing.
24:05Just to confirm,
24:06no one here
24:07actually thinks
24:08it was the Lusker
24:09that was underneath
24:10Giles Parry's boat.
24:11Well, I'm not
24:12ruling it out, Inspector.
24:13Apart from Officer Rose.
24:14No, of course we don't.
24:16But there is more to it.
24:19Giles Parry uploaded
24:20this vlog to his website
24:21two days before his death.
24:23We checked his GPS
24:24and he went back
24:26to the same exact location
24:27the next night,
24:29here.
24:31And this isn't
24:32the same location
24:33Giles' body was found.
24:35Where his son
24:36Benjamin went missing.
24:37No, that was
24:37two miles away here.
24:39But the thing is,
24:41when Giles got back,
24:42he deleted this video
24:43straight away.
24:44So why?
24:46Catherine spoke to him
24:47shortly after.
24:48And he seemed troubled.
24:51Everything all right, Giles?
24:55He asked me
24:56about the Commissioner.
24:57Knew I was
24:58friend with him
24:59and said
25:00he might need
25:01to speak with him.
25:02Is it to do
25:03with Benjamin's
25:04disappearance?
25:06I don't know.
25:08Maybe.
25:16Hang on,
25:17these are the same
25:17coordinates he talked
25:18about in his vlog?
25:19I don't know
25:20what happened there.
25:21But it's clearly
25:22of significance.
25:25We should go out there.
25:27Do a reenactment,
25:28same time,
25:29same place,
25:30same boat.
25:31Find out what this
25:32X is all about.
25:33I was so hoping
25:34he was going to say
25:35that, Inspector.
25:36I can't believe
25:37you're going on
25:38a monster hunt.
25:39That's not what
25:39we're doing.
25:40That's not what
25:41you're doing.
25:49I don't understand.
25:51If you're going on a
25:52boat trip,
25:53why can't I come?
25:54Because it might be
25:55dangerous.
25:56Well, then I really
25:57want to come.
25:58Well, you can't.
25:59You're staying with
26:00Catherine tonight,
26:00and we're getting you
26:01home first thing in the
26:02morning, all right?
26:03But we need to talk
26:04about dad still.
26:09Okay.
26:11Look, about your dad.
26:12I don't know what
26:13he told you,
26:14but it certainly
26:15wasn't factual.
26:16What he was
26:17arrested for,
26:17it's serious.
26:19And I should know,
26:20because I was there
26:21when it happened.
26:23What are you saying?
26:26Hey, Louise.
26:29Listen, there was no
26:30miscarriage of justice,
26:32all right?
26:32He wasn't falsely
26:33accused.
26:34Your dad is guilty.
26:36So, no, I can't help
26:37you find new evidence.
26:40And he'll be in prison
26:41for a while.
26:43I'm sorry.
26:46So, what happens now?
26:48I just go back home
26:49in the morning?
26:51Yeah, of course.
26:53I mean, that's where
26:54your mum is, right?
26:55And you don't
26:56want to stay with me,
26:57do you?
26:59Of course I don't.
27:00I've got a life
27:01to get on with.
27:03So, what's your problem?
27:06This must be
27:07Eloise.
27:09It's nice to meet you.
27:11Hey, thanks for
27:13looking after me.
27:14See you around,
27:15Mervyn.
27:21So, my chef
27:23will cook you
27:24anything
27:24you want.
27:39Hey, inspector.
27:41Ready for me to car stop?
27:42Uh-huh.
27:45You know, sir,
27:46this isn't exactly
27:47the safest boat
27:48I've been on.
27:49The two life rings there
27:50are missing their ropes,
27:51so let's hope
27:52no one goes overboard.
28:02Is that the
28:02Benjamin Perry case for?
28:04Oh!
28:05Just arrived
28:06from Guadeloupe.
28:07The commissioner's
28:08making a start
28:08going through a town.
28:31Can I speak to you
28:32for a minute
28:33about the private
28:34master commissioner?
28:41of course.
28:43I got a couple
28:44of missed calls
28:45from my old bus
28:47in Jamaica today
28:47and I haven't
28:48called him back
28:50because I think
28:51because I think
28:51I know what
28:52it's to do with.
28:53He phoned me
28:54as well,
28:55actually.
28:57Damond Dyer
28:57was acquitted
28:59on all costs.
29:01He's a free man.
29:03I'm sorry.
29:06Have you
29:06told any
29:07of the team?
29:12Seb knows
29:13I had a boyfriend
29:14that I broke up
29:14with before I came
29:15here and
29:17I told him
29:18that I had
29:18messed up on a case
29:21but not that
29:21the two were connected.
29:24That my ex
29:24is a criminal.
29:28I think
29:29I'd rather
29:29keep it that way
29:30for now.
29:32Nearing the destination
29:34now, commissioner.
29:35Dropping the anchor
29:35soon.
29:36Thank you,
29:37officer Rawls.
29:39Aye, aye,
29:39captain.
29:40Aye, aye.
29:48Must have been
29:49frustrating
29:50not having
29:51oversight of that case.
30:01The lost car?
30:02It can't be.
30:03Whatever it is,
30:04it's the same song.
30:05Giles Parry heard.
30:10You hear that?
30:12Yeah, we heard it.
30:13Can you see anything?
30:14No, it's not.
30:15The lost car.
30:16Sure, so like it is.
30:17Can you see anything
30:18outside?
30:18No, nothing.
30:20Me neither.
30:21Anything now?
30:22Over here,
30:22there's something moving.
30:23Where?
30:24Yes, Thomas?
30:25There's something down there.
30:26I can see you moving.
30:28Sergeant Fletcher,
30:29what are you doing?
30:31That ain't no sea monster.
30:35Mattie!
30:43Mattie!
30:47Stupid woman!
30:48You cut my ass a pry!
30:50Hey, that's Kelvin Mason.
30:52He runs a boat excursion business in the harbour.
30:55There's some sort of box under there.
30:57It looks like it's time to wait.
30:59Stop it moving.
31:14Inspector, here's the box we salvaged from the sea.
31:20Your gun. We found on your jet scheme, Mr. Mason.
31:26Your keys.
31:27Let's see if one of these fits, shall we?
31:33Your box.
31:45Cocaine, I'm guessing.
31:47Around two kilos.
31:49You'll be charged for this.
31:54Look, I'm just a middle man, all right?
31:56I don't sell it.
31:57I don't buy it.
31:59I just make some extra money moving it from A to B.
32:01Giles Parry was on to you, wasn't he?
32:04At first, he thought it was the Luska making those noises beneath his boat.
32:11I didn't know he'd moored above me.
32:13Couldn't stop myself from hitting it when I came back up.
32:15That's what he heard.
32:17Me banging against the bottom of his boat.
32:19And when he went to the same location a second time to try and cut sight of it...
32:24Sir, the Luska, I'm gonna go back again tonight.
32:27He discovered what you were up to.
32:29That's why he was talking about going to the police.
32:31Said he might need to speak with him.
32:34I didn't know he'd seen me.
32:37When I went back to the harbour...
32:39I know what you're up to, Kelvin.
32:41I pleaded with him not to say anything to the police.
32:45Got to know Giles quite a bit over the years.
32:48Helped him with his research a couple of times,
32:50so I thought he might give me a chance.
32:53And?
32:54He told me he'd think about it.
32:58But didn't reckon he could ignore it.
33:01And next thing he's found floating six miles out at sea, dead.
33:04I didn't do that to him, I swear!
33:07His gun of yours.
33:08What calibre is it?
33:10It's a nine millimetre.
33:11Why?
33:12Because we found a nine millimetre bullet on Giles Perry's boat.
33:15Is that a coincidence, Mr Mason?
33:17Yes, it is.
33:18I wasn't anywhere near his boat when he died.
33:21Mr Mason, you were questioned seven years ago
33:25when Giles' son disappeared as a witness.
33:28Everybody around the harbour was.
33:30Was that got to do with anything?
33:32So, that also is just a coincidence.
33:36Yes, it is.
33:38Look, if it wasn't you, then where were you at 7.30
33:41the night Giles Perry was murdered?
33:43Um, I was taking a drink with a guy who works for me.
33:47Um, a fella named Jackson.
33:50You fancy another?
33:51Call him, ask him, he'll tell you.
33:53I swear.
33:58But, there's something else you all need to know.
34:01Something that happened before Giles took his boat out.
34:05Poor guy.
34:07I went to speak with him
34:09to see if he changed his mind about talking with the police.
34:13When I turned the corner, he was arguing with someone.
34:18Giles called him Rory.
34:20I know your game, Rory.
34:22Giles said he had evidence of some kind.
34:25I didn't hear what, but he took out this folder
34:28and he gave it to him.
34:30Now that the Rory fella, he didn't seem too happy.
34:33Got a bit physical.
34:35He shoved Giles.
34:37Giles fell over and hurt himself.
34:40Then what did you do?
34:41I turned and left.
34:58Right, let's get over to the hotel.
35:00Let's interview our new suspect.
35:06Sir?
35:08With respect, shouldn't we just focus on solving
35:11the Giles Perry case right now?
35:13This isn't a Cole case investigation.
35:15And we've got a new lead now.
35:17I just have this feeling the answer lies right here in front of me.
35:21If only I knew what it was.
35:23Okay.
35:28I admit we argued, Giles and I.
35:31It was more than an argument, Mr Lyons, from what we were told.
35:35Things might have got a bit physical,
35:37but what he was saying upset me.
35:40Which was what exactly?
35:41That I was only with Cara for her money.
35:46Rory only told me about this last night.
35:49Giles had unscrabbled together enough money
35:51to pay a private investigator to look into Rory and his ex.
35:57That's what he found.
36:01So your previous partner invested in your business,
36:06which went bankrupt.
36:09She's still chasing you for money?
36:11It was a total mess I made.
36:14Financially and personally.
36:17Everything in that file, it's all true.
36:20Apart from the suggestion that I'm doing the same again with Cara,
36:23because I'm not.
36:24I think that's why Giles wouldn't agree to the documentary.
36:27He thought that Rory would take the money.
36:29But I don't want a penny.
36:31I just want to be with Cara.
36:34So why did you follow Mr Perry then to the harbour after dinner?
36:38Because he was being so unforgiving towards Cara,
36:41saying that she was using their son's tragedy to line her own pockets.
36:44I wanted him to know the truth.
36:51We're adopting a baby.
36:53Starting a family.
36:55And it's taken all the courage in the world for her to do this.
36:58And you told him?
37:06All Cara wants is to be a family.
37:13I think it threw him.
37:15Then he picked up his things and got on his boat.
37:18And that's the last time you saw him?
37:23Mr Lyons?
37:24Rory?
37:27He phoned me when I got back to the hotel about half an hour later.
37:33He was out at sea.
37:35What did he say?
37:38He asked if I loved Cara.
37:41Like he needed to get it confirmed.
37:44And you said?
37:49Yes, I do.
37:50So very much.
37:57Then he just hung up.
38:17So a few minutes before he dies,
38:19Jazz Parry phones his ex-wife's new partner to ask if he loves her.
38:23That doesn't sound like he was being attacked by a sea monster or murdered.
38:28Nope.
38:29It sounds to me like a guy who'd finally made his peace with the world.
38:33Which kind of makes me wonder, you know.
38:37Did Giles Parry take his own life?
38:39But then try to make it look like it was the Lusker that did it
38:42to prove to everyone that he was right all along?
38:46That doesn't feel right.
38:48Anyway, that doesn't explain the bullet.
38:50Why was that there?
38:51So what happened?
38:53He was alone on that boat,
38:55six miles out at sea,
38:56and our three suspects were all on dry land when he died.
39:00How and why did he end up dead?
39:05Maybe these two have the answer.
39:09Just come straight from the lab.
39:11Please tell me it's good news.
39:13There are no striation marks on the bullet.
39:16So they can't match it to Kelvin Mason's gun.
39:19Same make, same calibre, but...
39:20Hang on.
39:21No striation marks at all?
39:23Said they've been worn away by...
39:27...incrustation of marine organisms.
39:29Corrosion patterns suggest that bullet has been on the seabed
39:32for six to eight years.
39:34Basically, they're just saying the bullet is some sea debris.
39:36But that doesn't explain how we ended up on the boat in the first place.
39:47Did Giles Pire take his own life?
39:49The two liferings there are missing their ropes.
39:52Giles Pire worked as a paramedic back in the UK until he moved out here seven years ago.
39:57Now that the Rory fella, he didn't seem too happy.
40:00He got a bit physical.
40:02Is it to do with Benjamin's disappearance?
40:05I don't know.
40:05He asked if I loved Kara.
40:09Bingo.
40:10I know what happened to Giles.
40:12And how he ended up dead like that.
40:28Sir, we cracked the case.
40:31Benjamin Parry's disappearance.
40:34I think I know what happened.
40:39Spot the difference.
41:01We have a lot to thank this little bullet for.
41:04It's helped us make sense of the present and the past.
41:08In the present, it's what solved the mystery of your ex-husband's death, Miss Smart.
41:13Leading me to finally understand why and how Giles Parry's body was found dead in the water,
41:19looking like the Lusker, the legendary sea monster he'd spent seven years searching for,
41:25had finally caught up with him.
41:26And in terms of the past?
41:29We'll come to that, surely.
41:31Throughout this case, we've worked on the basis that whatever happened to Mr. Parry,
41:36it all happened at the same time while he was out at sea.
41:41But we've now realised that his injuries were actually sustained in two separate locations.
41:48The first injury, the bruising to his stomach and the rupturing of his spleen,
41:53that happened on dry land, down by the harbour, when you and he tussled, Rory.
42:00You're saying it was me?
42:02You will be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
42:05We know you didn't mean to kill Giles. Far from it.
42:09However, his subsequent fall from your push caused a serious internal injury.
42:17He just didn't know it at the time.
42:20Oh, my God.
42:22Giles was totally unaware that his life was slipping away.
42:25That's why he walked away from you, got on his boat and went out to sea.
42:31He was probably already a few miles out when he started to feel ill.
42:36Initially, some discomfort in his abdomen, feeling faint, feverish.
42:43But it was only by the time he reached his destination six miles from land
42:48that he fully comprehended what was happening.
42:53We know Giles used to be a paramedic.
42:56So it's safe to assume he worked out what was wrong.
43:00That he had minutes left to live.
43:04I'm so sorry.
43:06And if his imminent death wasn't a grim enough prospect,
43:09Mr Parry also realised that if his body was found on deck,
43:13we would start to question how he was fatally injured.
43:16And the post-mortem would more than likely lead back to the altercation
43:20he had with you, Mr Lyons.
43:21And subsequently, some time in prison.
43:24And knowing what you told him about yourself and Kara wanting to start a family,
43:30well, he didn't want to inflict any further suffering on you both.
43:33That's the way he phoned.
43:36And asked Rory if he loved me.
43:38That's why he needed to know, to be sure.
43:42Do you love her?
43:44He could protect you both by making it look like he killed himself.
43:52It was Dias Tomasi who noticed the ropes were missing from the life rings on Giles' boat.
43:57The two life rings there are missing their ropes.
44:00So let's hope no one goes overboard.
44:02I didn't think anything of it at first.
44:04But then when I started to understand what happened that day,
44:09that's when I realised why those ropes weren't there.
44:16And hopefully this call will confirm it.
44:20Yeah.
44:21They found the ropes tied to the boat's spare battery on the seabit.
44:24Okay.
44:26Thank you, Sergeant Fletcher.
44:30So, we think Giles knew that if he tied those ropes around his body tightly enough,
44:36then leave red markings.
44:38Friction burns.
44:39And therefore, when his body was found,
44:41he hoped this would also explain his internal injuries.
44:45The bruising.
44:46All so it would misdirect from you, Mr. Lyons.
44:51Any similarities to the Luska was a coincidence.
44:54If that's what happened, why was his body found floating on the surface?
44:58Because of this.
45:02As Giles sank to the seabed,
45:05by some quirk of fate, he saw this bullet.
45:09Maybe it got caught under a rock or wedged in some coral.
45:15We can't be sure.
45:17But there it was.
45:18A single bullet.
45:21In the same spot his son went missing.
45:25And after his recent discovery of the smuggling
45:27that was going on out at sea, not far from the same spot,
45:31Giles is already beginning to suspect that his son's,
45:34your son's disappearance might have been for more sinister reasons.
45:38Is it to do with Benjamin's disappearance?
45:41Maybe.
45:42Maybe.
45:42So we believe he loosened the rope,
45:46grabbed the bullet,
45:47and allowed himself to float to the surface,
45:51determined to cling to life as long as possible.
45:55But by then, it was already too late for him to climb back on board his boat.
45:59So with his life ebbing away, Giles did one last thing.
46:04One final attempt to let everyone know what he discovered on the seabed.
46:10He threw this bullet onto the deck.
46:13A message from him to us to not give up on his son.
46:17That maybe Ben's killer was still out there.
46:22That's what you meant about the bullet helping with the past.
46:25My son's case.
46:29And has it?
46:38That bullet we found.
46:40It turns out it's been sat on the seabed for the last seven years.
46:46In the exact same location, Giles and Kara's son went missing.
46:52It was fired from your gun to kill Benjamin Parry.
46:58But he drowned at sea. Why are you no saying he was shot?
47:08This photograph was taken the day before Benjamin went missing.
47:14It's of him and his father outside your office.
47:20And this was taken by one of the Guadalupe police officers
47:25the day after he disappeared.
47:27Your witness statement is unremarkable in every way.
47:33Apart from this photograph.
47:37I had to get the magnifying glass out to really notice.
47:42But in this photograph of Benjamin and his father,
47:47the wall behind your desk is set farther back from the window
47:52than it is in this photograph of you
47:55where it appears 40 or 50 centimeters closer to it.
48:01Which left me wondering, why?
48:05Less than 48 hours later, your office had seemingly shrunk.
48:12The only conclusion I could draw was because a new wall had been built.
48:18Leaving Benjamin's body at sea would have meant there was a possibility he could be found.
48:25And if he was, then it would be discovered that he'd been shot.
48:33Whereas if you hid his body and everybody assumed he drowned at sea,
48:39then maybe you'd get away with it.
48:45But where to hide it?
48:48We have a team at your office as we speak about to tear down that wall.
48:56So, if I'm wrong about what's been hidden behind it the last seven years,
49:02you have nothing to worry about.
49:05But if I am right,
49:08now is your chance to start talking.
49:24That morning,
49:26seven years ago,
49:30it was real early.
49:34But when I got back up with the day's delivery,
49:38he was there recording me on his phone.
49:42For evidence.
49:44I mean, stupid idiot.
49:47Why would you do that?
49:48Because you left me no choice.
49:51I had to act fast.
49:53So I got the lockbox.
49:55Which you moved to a new location,
49:58two miles away,
50:00where your smuggling continued,
50:04until Giles Parry discovered what you were doing all these years.
50:09And Benjamin Parry's body?
50:16I took it ashore.
50:20I put him in one of the cases we stole the diving gear.
50:25It's airtight so.
50:28I spent the whole day getting everything I needed for that wall.
50:34I spent the whole night building it.
50:38And I have lived with it every day since.
50:42Mind how you go?
50:43Uh-uh.
50:44Y'all let me know how it went, huh?
50:46You're with real pirate royalty now, huh?
50:49Knowing that poor boy is stuck behind that wall
50:53will haunt me forever.
51:00Galvin Mason,
51:02I'm arresting you for the murder of Benjamin Parry.
51:05You do not have to say anything,
51:07but it may harm your defence
51:08if you do not mention my question.
51:11Something you should do.
51:19This call is from a person currently in prison in Antigua.
51:25Solomon.
51:27I know you said you didn't want anything to do with me no more,
51:30but this isn't about me.
51:31It's about Eloise.
51:33I know she ran away from her aunt and came to you
51:35because she doesn't like it there.
51:37No, it's because you told her you were innocent
51:39and I'd get you out.
51:40You lied to her.
51:41Maybe I was a bit free and easy with the truth, but...
51:44She's there because she needs you.
51:46She doesn't even know me.
51:48She does a bit.
51:49I told her some things.
51:51That you were a good man.
51:56Solomon.
51:57Solomon, I can't...
51:58You are a man.
52:00I know I'm not.
52:02I have made a mess of pretty much everything in my life,
52:04but that's why I'm asking you this one thing.
52:07This one fear of her.
52:10Her mum and aunt are cool, but she's her dad's girl, you know?
52:14Me and her...
52:16We're something special.
52:19And her stupid father's got himself stuck in prison, so...
52:23She really needs her uncle in her life right now.
52:26Because you're the closest thing she's got to me.
52:38So, that's the queen.
52:40She's the one to keep her eye on.
52:42All you have to do is find the lady.
52:54This one.
53:03Wrong again.
53:05Was...
53:05Here.
53:06All along.
53:22I've had people arrested in Covent Garden for that, you know?
53:25Your dad taught you, I assume.
53:30Look, I'm...
53:33I'm not good at this kind of thing, okay?
53:36Maybe because I've never been an uncle before.
53:42What I'm trying to tell you...
53:43You don't know what you're doing.
53:47When you haven't had a proper family in your life,
53:51like I haven't,
53:53you kind of grow up assuming people don't want you
53:57or need you.
53:58Or need you.
53:58But...
53:59When you came to me, I should have been there for you.
54:01And I'm sorry that I wasn't.
54:05But if you're up for...
54:07giving your Uncle Merv a second chance, then...
54:10maybe we can try again.
54:13And I can get to know my niece properly.
54:15Because however it might have looked...
54:19I would really...
54:20really like that.
54:23You wanna shake on it?
54:25We can do better than that.
54:29After all this time, I'd given up any hope of my son's body
54:33being returned to me.
54:35So to stand here knowing my boy will be returned home to England,
54:41it means the world to me.
54:43So I'd like to thank the St. Marie Police Force
54:47for all their hard work in achieving this.
54:50It's a divert from the station.
54:52When all hope is lost.
54:54And it seems like you might never get the answer.
54:56Yeah.
54:59But I'd especially like to thank...
55:02Commissioner Selwyn Paterson
55:04for uncovering a truth that no one else was able to.
55:08I will be forever grateful.
55:17What's good, man?
55:18It's for you.
55:20You're the money.
55:31So, uh, that diverged.
55:33It's for you.
55:34Some guy named Damon?
55:36I mean, said to give him a card.
55:38When you get a child.
55:59I'm gonna go eat, Inspector.
56:01Sarge, Inspector's niece.
56:03Catherine invited us all.
56:05It feels like there's a lot to celebrate.
56:07And you can build up a hunger when you're hunting sea monsters, you know?
56:11Sea monsters?
56:12You didn't tell me we're hunting sea monsters.
56:14That's because we weren't.
56:16Well, not all of us anyway.
56:18Alright, Eloise, this is Commissioner Paterson, my boss.
56:21It's a pleasure to meet you.
56:24You too.
56:25Right, let's go. Come on.
56:26You like playing card games, Commissioner Paterson?
56:29Alright, let's not start going down that road, young lady.
56:32Do you mind speak for himself?
56:33As it happens, I do like playing cards.
56:36Yeah, but not the kind of card she wants to play.
56:39Honestly, Commissioner, in fact, everyone, do not play cards with this girl.
56:42Uncle Murph!
56:51Was she just trying to hustle the Commissioner?
56:55Yeah.
56:56Welcome to my family.
56:59You're wondering now what to do
57:04Now you know this is the end
57:09You're wondering how you should pay
57:14For the way you did behave
57:20Death in Paradise will return
57:23Who's watching who and who can be trusted?
57:26That's the question in the new series of The Capture.
57:29Watch now on iPlayer.
57:31Here on BBC One, joining Claudia later, Jimmy Carr and Jamie Dornan.
57:35That's at 10.40 after the news.
57:37You're wondering now what to do
57:41Now you know this is the end
57:44Yes sir!
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