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00:01Dear Hortense, my boyfriend snores and I haven't got a good night's name.
00:05Dear Hortense, I've got a problem with my mother-in-law, or should I say...
00:10Dear Hortense, how can I get my son to...
00:12Dear Hortense, dear Hortense, dear Hortense...
00:22How many times were not under attack, you damn thing?
00:33Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
00:38Merci, Kim.
00:45Dear desperate daughter-in-law, may I suggest an alternative course of action?
00:52Divorce your wetter's band and kill two birds with one stone.
00:57Dear Peeping Peter, I sense this neighbor is keen for you to notice her.
01:05So bake some chicken, Columbo, and take it over there without delay.
01:10Bonne chance.
01:13Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
01:16Merci, Kim.
01:23It's been a long time.
01:33It's been a long time.
01:36Check out the Hortense!
01:37What are you doing now?
01:39My dad and my dad are late.
01:41Explain your job!
01:42What are you doing now?
01:45Let me see you in the morning!
01:53Commissioner, thanks for coming.
01:56Catherine, what a picture.
01:58Like a young Grace Kelly.
02:01You do exaggerate, Mr. Busset.
02:03Merely appreciative of beauty when I see it.
02:06I've been meaning to thank you.
02:08Without your admirable journalism,
02:10the community initiative wouldn't have happened.
02:14Thanks, Peters.
02:17For our kids, our guest of honor.
02:21Simply stunning, like a young Grace Kelly.
02:27It all looks wonderful, Anton.
02:29Only what you deserve for your dedicated service to this island.
02:33One last favor, simply.
02:36I want to change my final column to this one.
02:39It's already gone to press, I'm afraid.
02:41Oh, don't be afraid.
02:43Just make it happen.
02:44Oh, come on, Bernie.
02:48Do 24 years of marriage.
02:51Count for nothing?
03:03After 30 years solving this island's problems, our beloved agony aunt is retiring.
03:12And so, please, put your hands together to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
03:23And so, please, put your hands together to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
03:48You have to leave.
03:48See if, for the first time in his life, that imbecile was true to his word.
04:11Morning, Esme.
04:12Morning.
04:13How was the party?
04:14Good acting.
04:15Me at her.
04:15words. That's weird. Maman? Maman? Maman?
05:07We're done. Fifteen more minutes. Right. Are we going to talk about anything?
05:28No. Thank you, but no.
05:40Yes, Thomas? It's work.
05:50Oh.
05:52So I take it therapy's going well then?
05:56Um, I mean, sitting in front of a total stranger, talking about feelings, it's just not for
06:03me, you know?
06:04But you were kidnapped by your own brother, sir. Almost killed.
06:09Look, I'm here now, aren't I? The best thing for me to do is just forget it ever happened.
06:13Sounds healthy.
06:15Look, I'm English. Yeah? That's what we do.
06:23The deceased is Hortense Leroux. She writes an agony aunt column for the local paper.
06:29How can he answer? That's a blast from the past.
06:33Good morning, boss. Sarge. Paramedics say Madame Leroux was poisoned.
06:38Who found her?
06:39Her daughter Esme, who had plans to go on a walk with her mother, and the housekeeper,
06:44Kim Woods, who was just starting her shift.
06:46This way.
06:49So, the victim, she has a few tiny red spots on her finger, which leads me to believe that
06:58the poison came from something she touched.
07:02So, she sat down for breakfast, boiled egg and toast, read her column where someone writes
07:12in about a friend's betrayal, and dear Hortense replies with, avoiding revenge. Let sleeping
07:21dogs lie.
07:22Sir, she was retiring. This would be her last column? Tragic coincidence?
07:28Tragic, certainly. Coincidence, not so much. Does this look discoloured to you?
07:39You think the poison is on the paper?
07:42Possibly. Where did this come from?
07:44We'll check with the housekeeper.
07:55Egg and soldiers. In the Breakfast Hall of Fame. That's right up there. Dipping a piece
08:01of buttered toast into a gooey yellow egg. Heaven.
08:05You're fine, sir.
08:19This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones. Dipping a soldier into that would be impossible.
08:30Sir, normally when you spot a detail, I think, my lord man, we'll definitely come back to
08:34this. But right now, kinda struggling how this could possibly be relevant.
08:41Everything's relevant, Officer Robs.
08:56And the paper was delivered every day? By a boy called Clayton Powell.
09:00Can you get a hold of him, please?
09:02Mm-hmm.
09:03Esme.
09:06It's terrible, terrible news.
09:09Anton Bozet, editor of the San Marie News and Hortense's ex-husband.
09:14D.I. Wilson.
09:15I've heard a lot about you. So, what's the latest?
09:19Well, we're working on the theory that Miss Leroux was poisoned.
09:23What?
09:23Deliberately.
09:24Deliberately.
09:25How could anyone do that to her?
09:28She was truly adored.
09:30So, how did she seem recently? Anything out the ordinary?
09:34Well, she had mixed feelings about retiring, naturally.
09:38There was something at the party.
09:41I want to change my final column to this one.
09:45Do you know why?
09:46No.
09:47Can we see the original letter?
09:49The BNS today.
09:50Okay, so, um, talk me through her morning routine, please.
09:54Um, well, she was up with the lark, made breakfast.
09:57Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
09:59Clayton would deliver the paper,
10:01then she would like to read her column over breakfast.
10:04And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
10:08Oh, I'm not sure.
10:10Do you know, love?
10:12Three minutes also.
10:14She liked it to be perfect.
10:16Yeah.
10:16That's how she was.
10:17Deep breaths, darling, deep breaths.
10:21Here you are, Esme.
10:22Look here, Inspector.
10:24Why the focus on eggs?
10:26Can I suggest that you concentrate on what is actually important?
10:30Finding the person who did this.
10:32I'm merely trying to establish the facts, Mr. Bousset.
10:35I mean, as a journalist, it surprises me you don't appreciate that.
10:43I'm sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
10:46Sensible chap.
10:53She really liked purple.
11:03So what's with the egg thing?
11:07Look, Hortense was the sort of woman who liked everything just so, right?
11:11Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
11:14People are funny, aren't they?
11:16Yes.
11:17People are.
11:18It's still bothering me why that egg was hard boiled.
11:22Maybe she got distracted, overcooked it.
11:25She had an egg timer which she clearly used.
11:28And even if she had overcooked it, she could have made another one.
11:33Now you say it, it is a little odd.
11:36You know, I used to think these letters were fake.
11:39But people actually write in with their problems.
11:42And according to the housekeeper, she replied to every single one.
11:47Felt like it was her duty.
11:55Seems she kept every single letter as well.
11:58This is the letter she wanted to publish last minute.
12:01Dear Hortense, I've suffered a great betrayal by a friend.
12:05Well, that's different.
12:07What is?
12:08Well, all these other letters are signed anonymously.
12:11But this one is signed by Sophie Martin.
12:15So Sophie Martin wanted her friend to know she'd written this letter?
12:19Well, why?
12:21To send a message?
12:23Or a warning?
12:28Yes, Vector.
12:33Okay.
12:34So, that's Clayton and here's the tea.
12:37He picked up the papers from Mr Purdy's newsagent at 7am.
12:41There are various papers in the stack, the St. Marie News only being one of them.
12:46All right.
12:46He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15am.
12:53And did he actually see her pick it up?
12:55He did, just like always.
12:57And we know she came inside and sat at the dinner table to read the paper.
13:02Do we know how many St. Marie News were in his stack?
13:05He said six.
13:06And none of the other people who get the paper are ill.
13:10But if so, assuming it was a targeted attack, how did he get the one poisoned newspaper to Hortense?
13:16Maybe they intercepted Clayton on the way knowing he'd be coming to Madame LaRue's house first.
13:23Clayton swears he did not meet anyone on route.
13:26The only thing of note, his bike had a bust up with a pothole and all his papers fell out
13:31his back.
13:32But even if the killer had poisoned the first paper in the stack, they're all jumbled up now, right?
13:38Which means they couldn't guarantee that the poisoned paper would get to Madame LaRue.
13:46A one in six chance.
13:49Don't like the sound of those odds, do you?
14:00Hortense LaRue, St. Marie's favourite agony aunt.
14:04Poisoned, apparently, by her own column.
14:06So, who would want to murder her?
14:09All that meddling in people's lives would make you some enemies.
14:12I read that she moved from Paris to St. Marie 30 years ago with her baby daughter, Esme.
14:19Anton Bassett, Esme's stepfather.
14:23They met in 1996 when she started her column at the St. Marie News.
14:27Then there's this.
14:30Now, why would Hortense be so keen to publish it?
14:33It was posted on St. Marie, so likely the author lives here.
14:37So, our priority, find Sophie Martin.
14:43Marta.
14:45Copy that, sir.
14:46There were letters at the house.
14:48Looks like she kept them all.
14:50Might be worth checking those too?
14:52Yes, where would you put that on the priority list?
14:55I'm thinking maybe three or four.
14:59We've got it, Sarge, as soon as we check through the victim's form.
15:03Can't help feeling Sophie is key to all of this.
15:06Making progress already?
15:08Oh, Commissioner.
15:09Well, you know, it's early days.
15:12Madame LaRue was highly regarded.
15:15Only last night, Catherine and I attended her retirement party.
15:19As such, the island will be watching our investigation keenly.
15:23Ah, excellent.
15:26I'm assuming you've met Anton Bousset.
15:29We've had the pleasure.
15:31He won't miss an opportunity to put pressure on us.
15:35Or rather, me.
15:37Let me know when you're ready to talk.
15:42So, let's keep things as professional as we can.
15:46Of course.
15:48D.I. Wilson, a word.
15:57How are the counselling sessions going?
16:00Oh, erm, extremely useful.
16:03Yeah, we're really getting to the heart of the matter.
16:06Is that so?
16:08Hmm.
16:09What I've heard is directly to the contrary.
16:13You haven't said a word.
16:15I thought that was confidential.
16:17Inspector, take it seriously.
16:20Look, I'm just not into the whole going over the past stuff.
16:26The effects of trauma don't just magically go away.
16:29You've got to work through it.
16:32I know.
16:34Because I did.
16:39You had therapy.
16:40And like you, I had dogs.
16:44Men of my age, we tend to crack on with things too.
16:50Give in to it, Inspector.
16:52You may be surprised.
16:56Okay.
16:58But I assure you, I am completely, totally, 100% fine.
17:16We've got a situation.
17:20What's on?
17:43Working overtime, mate.
17:46Any leads?
17:51No.
18:06bruises.
18:07Thank you, I love you.
18:19I know you are fine with me.
18:28Morning, campers. Gather round. I have a breakthrough.
18:37Right, so, this stamp was conveniently hidden beneath this St. Marie stamp.
18:43The original stamp is from France.
18:47Hmm. So what does that mean?
18:49That it was posted from somewhere else first?
18:51Maybe Sophie meant to post it from somewhere else, but didn't for some reason, then brought
18:55it to St. Marie to post. Why? Who knows? My stamp man in Kentish Town is on the case, and
19:00he's
19:00going to... And three. You all right, sir?
19:05Yeah, why? You seem a little energetic.
19:09Oh, that's the coffee. I've had three already. That's my fourth.
19:15Bad night?
19:16Uh, no. I was just, uh, up looking into this. Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
19:23None on the island, and no mention in the victim's contacts either. Postmortem's in.
19:29Hortens was poisoned, as we thought. Contact poison.
19:34Cone snail venom, in fact.
19:37Cone snail? That's new.
19:38Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here. I mean, you're warned about them
19:42as a kid.
19:43If it's in a cone, leave it alone.
19:45The toxin paralyzes the victim first, then they die a painful death.
19:52Nice. So whoever did this wanted Hortens to suffer. It says here that the poison was only
19:59on page 35 of the newspaper, which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler. Somehow poison
20:05one page in one paper of a pack of six, then pray to the gods of vengeance that that paper
20:11is delivered to its victim.
20:13Risky as anything.
20:14It's more than risky. It's almost impossible. Did Hortens touch anything else?
20:18Uh, lab's still testing. They'll get back to us tomorrow. In the meantime, Officer Rose
20:23and I have been working on something.
20:24Yes, uh, the daughter. Esme, eh? I mean, totally bankrolled by her mummy. She's never had a
20:30job. She just gets her big juicy allowance every month, and, I mean, she's living her life.
20:35Well, it seems Esme might have disagreed. She'd applied for a job at a publisher's in Barbados.
20:41Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortens to the managing director saying Esme was not
20:50fit to work, and that she would sue them if her daughter had a breakdown. They took back
20:55the job offer pretty quickly after that.
20:58So, mummy blew her chances of a promising career?
21:03Oh.
21:05Mm-hmm.
21:10Must have been a blow.
21:12She was right. I... I wouldn't have coped. Real life and me somehow never work, so...
21:18What made you apply for the job, then?
21:20Anton encouraged me. He helps me with all sorts of things.
21:25Can't help noticing you're wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
21:28Late night, was it?
21:30My mum just died. I'm allowed to grieve.
21:34Of course you are.
21:36Look, what do you want from me?
21:38You're 31. Never been anywhere. Everything you own, all paid for by your mother. It's unusual.
21:44Some might say a little controlling.
21:47She wasn't. She loved me.
21:50People get away with a lot under that label.
21:54Papillon. Papillon. Come away from there.
22:00Needs to be careful of those cone snails. I hear they're deadly.
22:04My mum was always paranoid to get stoned. Like to keep them close.
22:09A bit like you, then.
22:10Please stop this.
22:11A bright new future. Suddenly snatched. No. Stolen away by your meddling mother. That'd have made me angry.
22:17But that made you angry, DS Thomas.
22:18Definitely.
22:19Maybe the anger got too much. Maybe one day you just snapped.
22:22No. That's not true.
22:29We'll be in touch.
22:34Never underestimate the quiet ones.
22:42All right, mate. What have you got? For real?
22:54Curious and curious, as they say. Le Cloche de Saint-Azure, pardon my accent, was printed in Paris 30 years
23:01ago.
23:02Does that mean that this letter is also 30 years old?
23:06Well, couldn't only assume so.
23:07But if that's the case, why would Sophie Martin wait to send this now?
23:11Maybe she knew Hortense was retiring and this was her last chance?
23:16Well, look for any Sophie Martins who lived in Paris 30 years ago.
23:19Yeah, keep me posted. Any news from the lad?
23:21No poison found on anything else she could have touched.
23:25So this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon?
23:27It looks like it.
23:29Something interesting, though. No fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses. Wiped clean.
23:35Hmm. What would that be?
23:39Right, until we know who Sophie Martin is, let's look for anyone with a motive, yeah?
23:43I found something on the victim's phone. In the trash.
23:47And like my uncle, little Terrence always says, one man's trash is a...
23:50Is another man's treasure. Yes, we know. Get on with it, Officer Rose.
23:54Sir! Sorry.
23:56Hmm.
23:57Go on.
23:58Some anonymous text going back three weeks ago.
24:01You'll get what's coming to you. You don't deserve to live.
24:04And then just before a retirement party, wear the amethyst earrings.
24:09They bring out your eyes.
24:11Someone was out for blood. But who?
24:14A reader with a grudge, maybe?
24:16Maybe.
24:17Clearly whoever it is was watching the house the other night
24:19while Hortense was getting ready for a big bash.
24:21First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbors.
24:24Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
24:26Mhm.
24:27Cool.
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25:21Cool.
25:21Okay, um...
25:26Something akin to anger, I'd say.
25:30You know, every time I'm near that guy,
25:33something happens it shouldn't.
25:35And sadness.
25:38In fact, I'd say mainly sadness.
25:41I wanted it to work, yeah?
25:44Believe me, I wanted us to work.
25:48But you know what?
25:52We just don't.
25:54I do not trust that guy.
25:56And if you can't trust family, then who can you trust?
26:00Would it be more helpful to talk to him about what happened?
26:04I don't know where I'd even start.
26:07Sometimes, if talking's difficult, writing it down can help.
26:11Write him a letter.
26:17Yeah, writing him a letter, yeah.
26:19Could work.
26:24A letter.
26:26It'd be a waste of time.
26:28Why don't you tell him what kind of brother you wanted?
26:32Because it's a fantasy.
26:35He can't be that brother.
26:38So I need to just accept it and move on.
26:44And, sir, how will you do that unless you're honest with him?
26:47And even more so, with yourself?
26:51Catherine, are you at Hortense's party?
26:55Yeah.
26:55Did you know her well?
26:57Not really.
26:58And the family?
26:59Esme.
27:01Anton Busset.
27:02Oh, Anton.
27:04Men like him.
27:06Hungry lions.
27:08Looking at you like your tasty steak at a buffet.
27:11Oh, have you two got history?
27:14He'd like that.
27:16Do you want another drink?
27:18Oh, no thank you.
27:20Think I'll have an early night.
27:21Perhaps you should too, sir.
27:24Why's that?
27:25Seeing that you're having trouble sleeping.
27:27Another cold one for me, please, Catherine.
27:47I'll speak to him, and you take the house over there.
27:50Then we'll get to those letters, sound good?
27:52Cool.
27:53See you later, Aligheta.
28:11Come on, come on, come on.
28:20What are you doing?
28:22Huh? Nothing.
28:23What's behind your back?
28:24Hi, cupboard.
28:25Don't lie to me.
28:26There's a mirror right behind you.
28:29I just promise you won't laugh, all right?
28:32I promise.
28:34Dear Hortense, there's this girl I like.
28:37If she were a chicken wing, she'd be extra hot.
28:40All summer we've chilled, but now she's gone quiet.
28:43I'm confused.
28:44She keeps watching my stories.
28:46Once she commented with a tomato emoji, what does that mean?
28:50I just want to know where I stand.
28:54You're Sebastian Rose.
28:57You know this is supposed to be a meaningless.
28:59I know that.
29:00No.
29:01Well, did Hortense write back?
29:02She did.
29:03She said something about allowing space for roots to grow or something.
29:07Yeah.
29:08And happy?
29:10No.
29:11Cause she might be waiting for you, you know.
29:13That tomato emoji couldn't mean this girl's interested.
29:16You can't sit back, you've got to lean in.
29:19Yeah.
29:20You know, maybe alright.
29:22The neighbor did tell me something pretty darn spicy.
29:24Yeah?
29:25Mm.
29:33What are you doing?
29:35A game of probability.
29:37Our killer somehow gets a poisoned copy of the St. Marie News
29:41into Clayton's stack of newspapers
29:42in which there happens to be five other copies of the St. Marie News
29:46and from which she pulls one copy of the St. Marie News
29:48at random and delivers it to Hortense.
29:51A one in six charts.
29:55Our only clue is the egg.
29:58Why was it hard-boiled when Hortense likes it to be perfectly dippable?
30:03Sophie Martin is a very popular name.
30:06There were about a hundred Sophie Martins in Paris around that time.
30:11Look, for any connections with St. Marie, yeah,
30:13we have to find this woman.
30:15Will do.
30:20Sorry, it's not you, it's me.
30:23So the beers didn't help then?
30:26Surprisingly, no.
30:30And...
30:31the little?
30:34No, it's not a good idea.
30:35And that's an end of it.
30:37Okay?
30:41Sergeant Fletcher?
30:42We know who's been sending those messages.
30:45The neighbour was taking out the bins on the day of the party when he overheard an argument
30:50between Kim and Hortense.
30:53Did he hear what was said?
30:55Certainly did.
30:56It's you, isn't it?
30:58You have been sending these foul messages.
31:00Who else would know those things?
31:02And guess what?
31:04Hortense said she'd report her to the police the next day.
31:13I'd never do anything so stupid.
31:16So why would Hortense think it was you?
31:18No clue.
31:19Those texts contain personal details that only someone close to her would know.
31:23So how long have you worked with Miss LaRue?
31:25Oh, about six months or so.
31:27Was she a good boss?
31:28Madame was a diamond.
31:30It's a tragedy that she's gone.
31:32From what we've heard, she was more dragon than diamond.
31:35She certainly gave her daughter a hard time, didn't she?
31:36Oh, she was a might overprotective.
31:39But she cared, which is more than most.
31:41If she was like that with her own flesh and blood,
31:43it's not a stretch to imagine she'd do the same to you.
31:46Perhaps you decided to get your own back.
31:49Frighten her.
31:50But then she found you out, didn't she?
31:53You'd have faced criminal charges.
31:55You'd have lost everything.
31:57So I killed her?
32:00You've got this all wrong, officers.
32:02I've been around the block more times than I care for.
32:04Life's good here, better than I hoped.
32:07Why would I risk losing that?
32:12You know what I said to her?
32:14Go ahead, report me.
32:16Any decent investigation team would discover
32:18that I didn't send those texts.
32:20Convenient.
32:21What is?
32:22Well, she never got the chance, did she?
32:24And now here you are, free as a bird.
32:34She does have a point.
32:35I don't see what she gains from scaring Hortense.
32:39Well, who else?
32:41Well, I'm not overly thrilled about talking to Anton Busset.
32:45But if it was an angry reader who sent those texts,
32:47then you're going to have to.
32:49Huh?
32:50Sir, you're sure you can keep cool?
32:56As a cucumber.
33:07So, Hall Tens Leroux didn't mention anything to you about these text messages?
33:12Ever since the divorce, we didn't have the same intimacy, you understand.
33:16Please, sit down.
33:17No, I'm all right standing, thank you.
33:20Any hate mail sent to the office?
33:22Complaints?
33:23People calling in to talk to her?
33:25You don't give up, do you?
33:26Oh, this is deceptively heavy.
33:28Is this real gold?
33:29Can you put that down?
33:31I've already said I don't know who was sending these messages.
33:35And whoever she is won't be easily found.
33:38She?
33:39What?
33:39You just said whoever she is.
33:42I misspoke.
33:43They.
33:44Unusual for a man in your line of work to misspeak.
33:47Unusual for a man in your line of work to behave like an amateur.
33:51Excuse me?
33:51Let me be crystal clear.
33:53Stop wasting time asking obtuse questions.
33:57And go about doing your actual job.
34:00Let me be crystal clear.
34:02These obtuse questions are to find out who murdered your ex-wife.
34:06Sir?
34:06But the fact that you can't see that is because your head is so far up your own...
34:12Well, that escalated.
34:13Look.
34:15I get it.
34:17Sir, what you went through was something no one should ever have to.
34:22Well, you can't keep pretending like...
34:24Pretending?
34:25Yes.
34:25Pretending like you're okay.
34:27I am not...
34:27Your judgement is clearly off because you're not sleeping.
34:31And you're not sleeping because you have this thing with Solomon hanging over your head.
34:34What do you suggest?
34:35I don't know.
34:36Write the letter.
34:38Whatever.
34:38Get it off your chest.
34:40We have a murder to solve.
34:42Right.
34:42All right.
34:43Fine.
34:44I'll do it.
34:51So what are we going to do about Mr. Busset?
34:53He obviously suspects who's sending those texts.
34:59Well, we need a tactical rethink.
35:05I have an idea.
35:16Who knew St. Marie was so high tech?
35:19Found it in the back of the evidence store.
35:22Don't think it's been used for a while.
35:23You surprised me.
35:26It's from 1986.
35:28Can't beat quality.
35:30Thanks for doing this, Miss Baudet.
35:32A pleasure.
35:33I feel like one of Charlie's angels.
35:36Now, remember, you're there to find out who Anton thinks is behind the text messages.
35:41But don't go straight in for the kill.
35:42Act natural.
35:43Re-in-check is your code word if anything goes wrong.
35:47It won't.
35:48Trust me.
35:57We're good?
36:03The Golden Goose has landed.
36:10Anton, how lovely to see you.
36:13Likewise.
36:15I was surprised when you called me.
36:18Pleasantly surprised, of course.
36:20Thought a drink would help.
36:22Take your mind off things.
36:23Much appreciated.
36:28That clown inspector was at the office today.
36:32Poking his nose in where it's not wanted.
36:35Oh, like a dog without a bow.
36:38What does she have to say?
36:38Wait.
36:40She knows what she's doing.
36:42Did the police have a fury today?
36:44Oh, they were bothered about what these nasty messages Hortense was receiving.
36:52You seem like a woman of good sense and judgment.
36:55I like to think so.
36:58This stays between us.
37:00A few years ago, Hortense told me something.
37:03Esme isn't her child.
37:06She took her from Paris when she was a baby.
37:08This is big!
37:09Sadly, the mother wasn't able to take care of her.
37:12A drug addict.
37:14I'm assuming she agreed to this.
37:16The way Hortense told it sounded like she was too out of it to notice.
37:21Hortense couldn't have children.
37:23But the authorities, did they not realize?
37:27She came here, forged her papers.
37:30She was Esme's mother in all but flesh and blood.
37:34And Esme has no idea?
37:36No.
37:36And I wanted to stay that way.
37:38This would break her.
37:40So, you suspect it's Esme's birth mother sending those messages?
37:46Who else?
37:51Enough doom and gloom.
37:53Would you do me the honor of a dance?
37:55Oh, well, um...
37:57It might be better.
37:58If I rain check.
38:00No reason.
38:02I doubt that very much.
38:03Come on.
38:04Sorry, Anton.
38:04I must rain check.
38:09We've lost her.
38:11Sergeant Fletcher.
38:16Why do you keep saying rain check?
38:30Sorry, Matty.
38:31I tried.
38:32This won't be the last to hear of me.
38:35I'll be calling your commissioner.
38:38Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé?
38:38I was saying the cold well.
38:40It was a technical hitch.
38:42I am so sorry.
38:45We can now assume that the friend's betrayal written about in Sophie Martin's letter is referring to Hortense stealing Sophie's
38:53baby 30 years ago.
38:54Which means Sophie is Esme's real mother and finally explains why Hortense was so desperate to publish the letter.
39:02She knew it was Sophie coming for her.
39:05Her response?
39:06Back off.
39:07Esme's mine.
39:08But why wait 30 years to send this?
39:10Don't know yet.
39:12But we will.
39:13And if Miss Martin is also behind the text messages, as Anton suspects...
39:18You'll get what's coming to you.
39:19You don't deserve to live.
39:21She's here on this island with one hell of a motive.
39:25But where?
39:37I hope you don't mind, Ian Chela.
39:38Oh, no.
39:39Not at all.
39:41Such a great loss.
39:43If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here.
39:48You're kind.
40:08Solomon.
40:10I've been thinking about what to say for a while, but I haven't managed to find the right words.
40:15Across the street, across the way, it flows.
40:21Just like a mirror, it seems to show.
40:28Heaven, I'm afraid.
40:31Thank you very much.
40:34Morning.
40:36Morning, sir.
40:37That was the Paris police.
40:38My thinking was addicts are more likely to have criminal charges.
40:43And there are three Sophie Martons on file.
40:48Two for possession, one for aggravated robbery.
40:50I've asked them to send over the records.
40:52Good work.
40:54What's that, sir?
40:56Oh, um, this is it.
40:59My letter to Solomon.
41:01I've got it off my chest.
41:03Did it help?
41:06Uh, yeah, it did actually.
41:09You know what I realised?
41:11I want...
41:12No.
41:14I need my space from it.
41:18I'm so sorry, sir.
41:20No, no, no.
41:20It's all good.
41:21It's for the best.
41:22I just needed a little time to accept it.
41:25That's all.
41:28Where is everyone?
41:30Following a lead.
41:31If Sophie Martin was outside Madame Rourou's house that night,
41:35it's possible she followed her to the party.
41:38So we went through the photos online.
41:41And look at this one.
41:48Yes, she does look about the right age that Sophie will be.
41:51An uninvited guest.
41:53The waiter said she got into a green VW camper van.
41:57And luckily, Matty knows the one garage that fixes them.
42:00PHONE RINGS
42:04Yeah.
42:05Talk with the devil.
42:06We think we found Sophie.
42:08So someone matching her description came into the garage last week.
42:12Goes by the name of Calypso.
42:14Says she normally parks up by Coral Beach.
42:16We need to get there pronto.
42:18You already here, sir?
42:20You got an eyeball.
42:25I hearing you good?
42:26You think that I'm that shy girl's mother?
42:30You're mad.
42:31I don't even know this woman you're talking about.
42:35Then why did you sneak into the party that night?
42:38Just passing.
42:40They're thirsty.
42:41It's not a crime.
42:42No.
42:43The stalking is.
42:45See, our theory is you are Sophie Martin.
42:48You assumed a new identity to come to St. Marie and enact revenge on Hortense LaRue.
42:54Starting with Phil's threatening text messages.
42:56Uh-uh.
42:57I just like to stay off grid.
43:00That's all.
43:00We should be free to roam.
43:02As the birds do.
43:04You know we can trace the SIM to the shop you bought it in.
43:07Check their CCTV.
43:10Okay.
43:11Here's the truth.
43:13That woman you're talking about.
43:15Sophie Martin.
43:16That ain't me.
43:18But those texts.
43:22I sent him.
43:24Not for the reason you think though.
43:26Why then?
43:28Two months ago.
43:29I sent dear Hortense a letter.
43:33Hortense told me to cut my mother out of my life.
43:37Toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that way she said.
43:41Bit hypocritical coming from her.
43:43I did what she said.
43:45Know what?
43:47My mother died.
43:49Alone in her bed.
43:51If I hadn't listened to that loud-mouthed woman, I would have been there.
43:54That must have made you angry.
43:56Not enough to kill her.
43:58I wanted to scare her.
44:00Make her suffer.
44:01The same way I've been suffering.
44:04Walking about this earth with a perfect life.
44:07Little care for the people whose life she ruins.
44:17Miss Jones.
44:18No disrespect, but...
44:21It kind of seems like you're more angry at yourself.
44:26Look, I'm no expert, but...
44:29It doesn't help to...
44:31Hold on to things.
44:46So we're still having a scooby, how the killer pulled off this murder.
44:50A stack of six papers, and they managed to poison one,
44:53and have it delivered practically straight into Hortense LaRue's hands.
44:56And let's not forget about the egg.
44:58What happened that morning to make her ruin a perfectly good breakfast?
45:02Sir...
45:03Hold that thought.
45:04I'm late.
45:08I'll be back.
45:16How do you feel?
45:19Um...
45:19Better.
45:21Definitely better.
45:23I mean, everything here is just, um...
45:27You know, gone.
45:29All I need to do now is post it.
45:31Well done.
45:34Now, can we talk a little more about your life here?
45:37Well, how long have you got?
45:40About half an hour.
45:42No, I meant...
45:50She timed it?
45:52Where did she take it out?
45:54And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
45:57Dreaming it, social?
45:58He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15 a.m.
46:04Sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
46:07There were no fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
46:10I wanted to scare her.
46:11I wanted her to suffer the same way I'd been suffering.
46:14Of course.
46:16That's the reason why.
46:17Why what?
46:18The egg was hard boiled.
46:20I can see everything clearly now.
46:26Thanks for your patience.
46:28I know who the killer is.
46:30I know how they did it.
46:31Those photos from the Paris police, have they come through?
46:34Just in.
46:35Right, we need a search warrant.
46:36And then we can have a little family reunion.
46:46Agony Arts are known for giving advice to help solve difficult problems.
46:51However, I doubt they've ever been asked to advise on a problem as difficult as this one.
46:56Hortense LaRue was poisoned.
46:59Effectively by her own column.
47:01But we had no idea how the killer managed to poison the newspaper and get it delivered straight to her.
47:08When the paper boy took one at random from his stack.
47:12But, with the help of a hard boiled egg.
47:16Not this again.
47:18We finally cracked it.
47:22You, Kim.
47:23It was you who murdered Hortense.
47:26Me?
47:27No.
47:28I told you I was telling the truth.
47:30As Miss LaRue's housekeeper, you knew her morning routine.
47:34That she liked to read her column whilst having her breakfast.
47:38You also knew that Clayton drops the paper on the porch at 7.15am.
47:44And Papillon barks to alert Hortense, as he always does when someone's at the door.
47:49So, earlier that morning, you went to another newsagent.
47:53And bought a copy of the St. Marie News.
47:57Let's call this paper A.
47:59You then laced the problem page with cone snail poison.
48:03Something you knew about from Hortense's fear of her dog getting stung by one.
48:08My mum was always baron I to get stung.
48:10Then you dropped paper A onto the porch some time before Clayton usually arrived.
48:16Hortense must have been in the middle of preparing her breakfast.
48:21Papillon barked as normal, so she went outside to collect the newspaper she thought had just been delivered.
48:32She went back into the kitchen, eager to see if her request to change her final column had been carried
48:37out.
48:38In doing so, she came into contact with the poison and subsequently died.
48:44A painful death by all accounts.
48:49You then came into the house, through the back, and put on Hortense's purple gown.
48:55A wig, matching her hair with a purple headband.
48:59And finally, the item that was unmistakably Hortense.
49:04Her statement, purple glasses.
49:07As usual, at 7.15, Clayton delivered the newspaper, paper B, and Papillon barked.
49:16Kim, now dressed as Hortense, opened the door and waved to him.
49:20As Clayton cycled away, he wouldn't have known that it was in fact you waving at him and not Hortense.
49:26You then came back into the kitchen and returned Miss LaRue's glasses, wiping away any prints first.
49:34Now, we come to the egg, and your ultimate downfall.
49:39You see, in your haste to stage the scene before Esme arrived, you almost forgot Miss LaRue's egg was still
49:46boiling away on the stove.
49:47You needed everything to look exactly as it should, to fit the timeline of Hortense making breakfast, then reading her
49:55column.
49:56So, you hurriedly took the now hard-boiled egg out of the pan and clumsily put it in the egg
50:03cup.
50:03Then you left the house, through the back, the same way you came, got into your car that was parked
50:10around the corner, and drove around the front to time perfectly with Esme's arrival.
50:16You later disposed of paper B and the wig at your home. We found these in the bin on your
50:26street.
50:27An audacious, yet brilliant plan. But why go to such lengths?
50:36Kim Woods isn't your real name, is it? You are in fact Sophie Martin.
50:44Thirty years ago, Sophie Martin moved to Paris from the UK with her boyfriend who was escaping some trouble back
50:53home.
50:54She was living in a commune in Montmartre, and it's there she met Hortense, an ambitious writer.
51:04Sophie was a drug addict with a newborn baby.
51:10You were doing your best, no doubt, but from what we now know about Miss LaRue, she had a saviour
51:17complex.
51:18Through our undercover investigation, we discovered her secret.
51:24Hortense stole your baby in the night, and went as far away as she could.
51:31To Saint Marie.
51:34That baby was you, Esme.
51:38You're my mother.
51:42Hortense was my friend.
51:45And she offered to look after you.
51:48And yes, I was struggling, but I loved you.
51:52So much.
51:53And then one morning I woke up and you was gone, and I didn't sleep today searching for you.
52:01But then you found out Hortense was here, didn't you?
52:05Through her column.
52:07So all those years ago, you wrote this letter to dear Hortense.
52:13The same letter Hortense wanted to publish at the very last minute for her final issue.
52:21I wanted her to know I was coming for her.
52:24Then you were arrested?
52:26The guy I was going out with at the time, he told the police that I was involved in an
52:31armed robbery and someone got really badly hurt.
52:34And it was all lies.
52:36I had nothing to do with it. He was not a good man.
52:39And I didn't get a chance to send the letter.
52:43It put me away for years.
52:46Time after time, my parole was refused.
52:49And I lost all hope.
52:51Until one day, I finally got myself together.
52:54Got myself clean.
52:56That day came.
52:58And I knew what I had to do.
53:01I had to find you.
53:02You hurt Hortense for what she'd done.
53:06I came to St. Marie.
53:09The first place I went was the newsagent and I saw the ad for her housekeeper.
53:13It felt like fate.
53:15Come in.
53:17You bided your time.
53:19Working out the perfect murder plan.
53:21But when Hortense received your letter, she must have known you were gunning for her.
53:28You read her response.
53:30She didn't regret it.
53:33Not one bit.
53:37Esme, I don't expect you to forgive me.
53:40But I would really like you to understand that what she did destroyed me.
53:47Killing her was the only way I could ever have a relationship with you.
53:52Officer Rose?
53:56Sophie Martin.
53:58I'm arresting you for the murder of Hortense LaRue.
54:01You do not need to say anything.
54:03But it may harm your defense if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in
54:07cards.
54:07You think you do say maybe give me evidence?
54:10Yes.
54:11So my whole life has been alive.
54:16Hortense's love for you?
54:19That was real.
54:20I don't want you.
54:22He said nothing.
54:28He said nothing.
54:33I don't want you.
54:36That's real.
54:39It's not what he said.
54:40He said no.
54:40You don't know how to do it.
54:41He said no.
54:41He said no.
55:42Who are you?
55:43Just one second.
55:45Come on.
55:46Just give it up, man.
55:50Finally!
55:51Stupid boy's been holding out, and all he's got is a pair of sixes.
55:57Amateur.
55:59Is that a gambling app?
56:00I don't think you should be playing there.
56:03Don't sweat it.
56:04It's cool.
56:06Dad said you were a goody-goody, but I guess that comes with a jab, right?
56:10Okay.
56:10Stop.
56:11Yeah?
56:12Now you tell me right now who you are, who your dad is, and what you're doing on my property,
56:17or I'm arresting you for trespass.
56:19And you being the detective, it's me, Eloise, your niece.
56:26Sorry, what?
56:27Your niece, Eloise, did Dad not mention me to you?
56:33No, no one mentioned you.
56:39Well, I'm sure he was going to.
56:42He's a busy guy, you know.
56:43Lot on his plate.
56:48So, what would you prefer when I call you?
56:52Uncle Marvin?
56:54Uncle Merv?
56:56Just Merv?
57:01What's for breakfast?
57:09Hey, don't touch anything.
57:13This is the closest I've come to actually seeing it.
57:16The Lusker.
57:16Sorry, what?
57:17It's a sea monster.
57:18Some people are saying that's what killed him.
57:20I would like to do my bit to try and solve this case more.
57:24We need to work out a plan, Uncle Merv, to find evidence that proves he's innocent.
57:28I should just tell her the truth.
57:30Giles was convinced the Lusker took their son.
57:33That's why he stayed on here.
57:34To try and prove the Lusker exists.
57:37I can't believe you're going on a monster hunt.
57:39The Lusker?
57:41Maxi!
57:43Come踏.
58:12The Lusker's date first!
58:12Let's go.
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