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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.
01:24Merci, Kim.
01:36Merci.
01:38Merci.
01:42Merci.
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,
02:10a community initiative wouldn't have happened.
02:14Thanks, Mrs. Busset.
02:17Four tents, 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.
02:45Oh, come on, Bernie.
02:48Do 24 years of marriage.
02:50Count for nothing?
02:52Mm-hmm.
03:03After 30 years solving this island's problems,
03:08our beloved Agony Aunt is retiring.
03:12And so, please, put your hands together
03:14to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
03:18Oh, yes!
03:21Come on, Bernie.
03:22Come on, Bernie.
03:23Come on.
03:24You have to be.
03:24Thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers,
03:28for entrusting me with this precious task
03:31for so many years.
03:33But now I'm looking forward to spending more time
03:37with my daughter, Esme.
03:47Let's see if for the first time in his life
03:52that imbecile was true to his word.
04:11Morning, Esme.
04:12How was the party?
04:14Good item.
04:15Me at herds.
04:17That's weird.
04:20Maman?
04:24Maman?
04:28Maman?
04:30Maman?
05:07We're done?
05:10Fifteen more minutes.
05:12Right.
05:14Are we going to talk about anything today?
05:24Um...
05:26No.
05:30But...
05:31No.
05:39Yes, Thomas?
05:43It's work.
05:50Oh.
05:52So I take it therapy's going well, then?
05:56Um...
05:57I mean, sitting in front of a total stranger, talking about feelings...
06:02It's just not for me.
06:10It's just not for me.
06:32You know?
06:33Good morning, boss.
06:35Good morning, boss.
06:35Sarge.
06:36Paramedics say Madame Leroux was poisoned.
06:38Who found her?
06:39Her daughter, Esme, who had plans to go on a walk with her mother.
06:43And the housekeeper, Kim Woods, who was just starting her shift.
06:47This way.
06:49So, the victim, she has a few tiny red spots on her finger.
06:56Which leads me to believe that the poison came from something she touched.
07:01So, she sat down for breakfast, boiled egg and toast, read her column where someone writes in about a friend's
07:14betrayal and dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
07:20Let sleeping dogs lie.
07:22So, she was retiring.
07:24This would be her last column?
07:26Tragic coincidence?
07:28Tragic, certainly.
07:30Coincidence, not so much.
07:33Does this look discoloured to you?
07:39You think the poison is on the paper?
07:42Possibly.
07:43Where did this come from?
07:44We'll check with the housekeeper.
07:55Egg and soldiers.
07:57In the breakfast hall of fame.
07:59That's right up there.
08:00Dipping a piece of buttered toast into a gooey yellow egg.
08:04Heaven.
08:05You're fine, sir.
08:19This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
08:21Dipping a soldier into that would be impossible.
08:30Sir, normally when you spot a detail, I think, my lord man, we will definitely come back to this.
08:35But right now, we're kind of struggling how this could possibly be relevant.
08:41Everything's relevant, Officer Robs.
08:56And the paper was delivered every day?
08:58By a boy called Clayton Powell.
09:00Can you get a hold of him, please?
09:02Mm-hmm.
09:04Esme.
09:06It's terrible, terrible news.
09:09Anton Bozet.
09:10Editor of the San Marie News and Hortense's ex-husband.
09:14D.I. Wilson.
09:15I've heard a lot about you.
09:18So, what's the latest?
09:19Well, we're working on the theory that Miss Leroux was poisoned.
09:23What?
09:23Deliberately.
09:25How could anyone do that to her?
09:28She was truly adored.
09:30So, how did she seem recently?
09:32Anything 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?
09:49They'll be in her study.
09:50Okay, so, talk me through her morning routine, please.
09:54Well, 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.
10:06How long did she cook it for?
10:09I'm not sure.
10:10Do you know, love?
10:12Dreaming it, Cecil?
10:14She liked it to be perfect.
10:15Yeah.
10:16That's who she was.
10:17Deep breaths, darling.
10:19Deep 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.
11:00What?
11:02So what's with the egg thing?
11:06Look, Hortense was the sort of woman who liked everything just so, right?
11:11Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
11:13People are funny, aren't they?
11:16Yes.
11:17People are.
11:18It's still bothering me why the 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.
11:51Whoa!
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.
12:06Well, 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.
12:19Why?
12:21To send a message?
12:23Or a warning.
12:28Yes, Vector.
12:33Okay, so 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.
12:46He 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.
12:58And 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, and 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?
13:17Maybe 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 en 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?
13:39Which 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, poisoned, apparently, by her own column.
14:06So, who would want to murder her?
14:09Other 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.
14:28Then 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.
14:45Copy that, sir.
14:46There were letters at the house. Looks 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. 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 a retirement party.
15:18As such, the island will be watching our investigation keenly.
15:24Ah. 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.
15:49Or what?
15:57How are the counselling sessions going?
16:00Oh, erm...
16:02Extremely useful.
16:03Yeah, we're really getting to the...
16:05the heart of the matter.
16:07Is that so?
16:08What 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.
16:21Look, 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.
16:53You may be surprised.
16:56Okay.
16:58But I assure you, I am completely, totally, 100% fine.
17:16We've got a situation.
17:18Oh!
17:21Solomon.
17:21No!
17:44Working overtime, mate.
17:46Any leads?
17:51You may be surprised, 50,000,
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 it to St. Marie
18:56to post.
18:57Why? Who knows? My stamp man in Kentish Town is on the case.
19:00And three.
19:04You all right, sir?
19:06Yeah, why?
19:06You seem a little energetic.
19:10Oh, that's the coffee. I've had three already. That's my fourth.
19:15Bad night?
19:16Uh, no. I was just up looking into this. Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
19:23None on the island and no mention in the victim's contacts either.
19:27Post-mortem'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 as 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.
19:53So, whoever did this wanted Hortens to suffer.
19:56It says here that the poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper.
20:01Which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler.
20:04Somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack of six.
20:08Then pray to the gods of vengeance that that paper is delivered to its victim.
20:12Risky as anything.
20:14It's more than risky. It's almost impossible.
20:16Did Hortens touch anything else?
20:18Lab's still testing. They'll get back to us tomorrow.
20:21In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on something.
20:24Yes, the daughter.
20:26Esme, I mean, totally bankrolled by her mummy.
20:29She's never had a job.
20:30She just gets her big juicy allowance every month and, I mean, she's living her life.
20:35Well, it seems Esme might have disagreed.
20:37She'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 fit to work
20:51and that she would sue them if her daughter had a breakdown.
20:55They took back the job offer pretty quickly after that.
20:58So, mummy blew her chances of a promising career.
21:10Must have been a blow.
21:12She was right.
21:13I wouldn't have hoped.
21:15Real life and me somehow never work, so...
21:18What made you apply for the job then?
21:20Anton encouraged me.
21:21He 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.
21:32I'm allowed to grieve.
21:34Of course you are.
21:36Look, what do you want from me?
21:38You're 31.
21:39Never been anywhere.
21:40Everything you own, all paid for by your mother.
21:43It's unusual.
21:44Some might say a little controlling.
21:47She wasn't.
21:48She loved me.
21:50People get away with a lot under that label.
21:54Papillon.
21:55Papillon.
21:56Come away from there.
22:00Needs to be careful of those cone snails.
22:02I hear they're deadly.
22:04My mum was always paranoid he'd get stoned.
22:07Like to keep him close.
22:09A bit like you then.
22:10Please stop this.
22:11A bright new future.
22:12Suddenly snatched.
22:13No, stolen away by your meddling mother.
22:16That would have made me angry.
22:17Would that have made you angry, DS Thomas?
22:18Definitely.
22:19Maybe the anger got too much.
22:20Maybe one day you just snapped.
22:22No.
22:23That's not true.
22:29We'll be in touch.
22:34Never underestimate the quiet ones.
22:41All right, mate.
22:43What have you got?
22:44For real?
22:54Curious and curious, as they say.
22:57Le Cloche de Saint-Azure, pardon my accent, was printed in Paris 30 years ago.
23:02Does that mean that this letter is also 30 years old?
23:06We can only assume so.
23:07But if that's the case, why would Sophie Martin wait to send us now?
23:11Maybe she knew Hortense was retiring and this was her last chance?
23:16We'll look for any Sophie Martin's who lived in Paris 30 years ago.
23:19Yeah, keep me posted.
23:20Any news from the lad?
23:22No poison found on anything else she could have touched.
23:24So this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon?
23:27It looks like it.
23:29Something interesting, though.
23:31No fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
23:33Wiped clean.
23:35Hmm.
23:36What would that be?
23:39Right.
23:39Until we know who Sophie Martin is, let's look for anyone with a motive, yeah?
23:43I found something on the victim's phone.
23:45In the trash.
23:47And like my uncle, Uncle Terence always says,
23:49one man's trash is...
23:51Another man's treasure, yes we know.
23:52Get on with it, Officer Rose.
23:54Sir!
23:54Sorry.
23:57Go on.
23:58Some anonymous text going back three weeks ago.
24:01You'll get what's coming to you.
24:03You don't deserve to live.
24:05And then just before a retirement party,
24:07wear the amethyst earrings.
24:09They bring out your eyes.
24:11Someone was out for blood.
24:12But who?
24:14A Rita 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.
24:22First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbours.
24:24Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
24:26Mm-hmm.
24:27Oh, God.
24:34Oh, God.
25:04you want to give up don't you i'm here when you're ready
25:08look why don't you just ask me something just ask me a question please
25:18what are your feelings about your brother
25:22okay um something akin to anger i'd say you know every time i'm near that guy something happens
25:34it shouldn't and and sadness in fact i'd say mainly sadness i wanted it to work yeah believe me i
25:44i
25:44wanted us to work but you know what
25:52we just don't i do not trust that guy and 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 sometimes if talking's difficult writing it down can help
26:11write him a letter
26:17yeah writing him a letter yeah could work
26:25a letter it'd be a waste of time why don't you tell him what kind of brother
26:30you want it because it's a fantasy he can't be that brother
26:38so i need to just accept it and move on and sir how will you do that unless you're honest
26:47with
26:47him and even more so with yourself
26:51katherine you were at uh hortense's party yeah did you know well not really and and the family
26:59esme and tumble sets oh anton men like him hungry lions looking at you like your tasty steak at a
27:10buffet
27:11oh have you two got history he'd like that do you want another drink oh no thank you think i'll
27:20have
27:20an early night perhaps you should too sir why's that seeing that you're having trouble sleeping
27:27another cold one for me please katherine
27:47i speak to him and you take the house over there then we'll get to those letters sound good cool
27:52see you later alligator
28:10oh come on come on come on
28:13come on
28:20what are you doing nothing what's behind your back
28:24hi cupboard don't lie to me there's a mirror right behind you
28:29i just promise you won't laugh all right i promise
28:34dear hortense there's this girl i like if she were a chicken wing she'd be extra hot
28:39all summer we've chilled but now she's gone quiet i'm confused
28:44she keeps watching my stories once she commented with a tomato emoji what does that mean i just
28:51want to know where i stand you're sebastian rose you know this is supposed to be a moment i know
28:59that no well did hortense write back she did she said something about allowing space for roots
29:06to grow or something to grow or something and happy no because she might be waiting for you you know
29:13that tomato emoji couldn't mean this girl's interested you can't sit back you got to lean in
29:19yeah yeah you know maybe all right
29:21yeah
29:22what are you doing
29:34what are you doing a game of probability
29:54our only clue is the egg
29:58why was it hard-boiled when hortense likes it to be perfectly dippable
30:02Sophie martin is a very popular name there were about a hundred Sophie martin's 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.
30:36And 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
30:48when he overheard an argument between 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 would never do anything so stupid.
31:16So why would Hortense think it was you?
31:18No clue.
31:19Those texts contain personal details
31:21that 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?
31:36Well, she was a mite overprotective, but 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, frighten her.
31:50But then she found you out, didn't she?
31:53You'd have faced criminal charges, you'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.
32:05Life'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 that 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?
32:42Well, 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.
32:50Sir, you're sure you can keep cool?
32:56As a cucumber.
33:07So, Hortense 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.
33:18No, 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, she's 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.
34:14Look, I 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 okay.
34:27Your judgment 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.
34:37Write the letter.
34:38Whatever.
34:39Get it off your chest.
34:40We have a murder to solve.
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.
35:31A 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.
35:40But 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 ought.
35:48Trust me.
35:57We're good?
35:59We'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.
36:21Thought a drink would help take your mind off things.
36:24Much 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?
36:39Shh, wait.
36:40She knows what she's doing.
36:41Did the police have a theory 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.
36:56I like to think so.
36:57This stays between us.
37:00A few years ago, Hortense told me something.
37:04Esme 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.
37:33And 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.
38:05I must rain check.
38:10We've lost her.
38:11Sergeant Fletcher.
38:16Why do you keep saying rain...
38:20check?
38:30Sorry, Matty, I tried.
38:32This won't be the last to hear of me.
38:35I'll be calling your commissioner.
38:37Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé?
38:39I was saying the code well.
38:40It was a technical age.
38:42I am so sorry.
38:45We can now assume that the friend's betrayal written about in Sophie Martin's letter
38:50is referring to Hortense stealing Sophie's baby 30 years ago.
38:54Which means Sophie is Esme's real mother
38:58and 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?
39:11Don't know yet.
39:11But 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 we don't mind, Ian-Jell.
39:39Oh, no, not at all.
39:40Such a great loss.
39:43If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here.
39:48You're kind.
40:09Solomon, I've been thinking about what to say for a while, but I haven't managed to find
40:15the right words.
40:16Across the street, across the way, it flows, just like a mirror, it seems to show, heaven,
40:29I'm afraid...
40:30I don't know.
40:31I don't know.
40:34I don't know.
40:35I don't know.
40:35I don't know.
40:35Morning, sir.
40:37That was the Paris police.
40:38My thinking was addicts are more likely to have criminal charges and there are three Sophie
40:46Martons 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, erm...
40:57This is it.
40:59My letter to Solomon.
41:01I've got it off my chest.
41:03Did it help?
41:07Er...
41:07Yeah, 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, it's possible she followed
41:37her to the party.
41:38So we went through the photos online and 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 and luckily, Matty knows the one garage
42:00that fixes them.
42:04Yeah.
42:05Talk with the devil.
42:07We think we found Sophie.
42:08So someone matching her description came into the garage last week.
42:12Goes by the name of Calypso.
42:14Said she normally parks up by Coral Beach.
42:16We need to get there, pronto.
42:18You already here, sir?
42:20We've got an eyeball.
42:25Are you 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?
42:39Trespassing.
42:40Felt thirsty.
42:41It's not a crime.
42:43No.
42:43We're stalking this.
42:45See, our theory is you are Sophie Martin.
42:47You assumed a new identity to come to St. Marie and enact revenge on Hortense LaRue.
42:54Starting with Phil's threatening text messages.
42:57Uh-uh.
42:58I just like to stay off grid.
43:00That's all.
43:00We should be free to roam, as the birds do.
43:04You know we can trace the sim to the shop you bought it in.
43:06Check their CCTV.
43:10Okay.
43:11Here's the truth.
43:13That woman you're talking about.
43:15Sophie Martin.
43:17That ain't me.
43:18But those texts?
43:22I sent them.
43:24Not for the reason you think though.
43:26Why then?
43:28Two months ago, I sent dear Hortense a letter.
43:33Hortense told me to cut the mother out of my life.
43:37Toxic mothers shouldn't be allowed to act that way, she said.
43:41A bit hypocritical coming from her.
43:43I did what she said.
43:45Know what?
43:47My mother died alone in her bed.
43:51If I hadn't listened to that loud mouth 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.
44:05Perfect life.
44:07Little care for the people whose life she ruins.
44:16Miss 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?
45:28Gone.
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?
45:38Well, how long have you got?
45:40About half an hour.
45:42No, I meant...
45:50She timed it.
45:52Why did she take it out?
45:54And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
45:57Three minutes, 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.
46:12I wanted her to suffer the same way I'd been suffering.
46:14Of course.
46:15Well, that'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.
46:29I know who the killer is.
46:30I know how they did it.
46:31Those photos are from the Paris police.
46:33Have 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.
46:57Hortense LaRue was poisoned, effectively 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.
47:28No.
47:28I told you.
47:29I 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 news agent and 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.
48:07My mum was always paranoid he gets stung.
48:10Then you dropped Paper A onto the porch sometime 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, a wig matching her hair
48:57with a purple headband.
48:58And finally, the item that was unmistakably Hortense, her statement, purple glasses.
49:08As usual, at 7.15, Clayton delivered the newspaper, Paper B, and Papillon barked.
49:15Kim, 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,
50:11and drove around the front to time perfectly with Esme's arrival.
50:16You later disposed of paper B and the wig at your home.
50:24We found these in the bin on your street.
50:27An audacious, yet brilliant plan.
50:30But why go to such lengths?
50:36Kim Woods isn't your real name, is it?
50:40You 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.
51:13But from what we now know about Miss LaRue, she had a saviour complex.
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, and she offered to look after you.
51:48And yes, I was struggling, but I loved you so much.
51:53And then one morning I woke up and you was gone, and I didn't sleep the day searching for you.
52:00But 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, and I didn't get a chance to
52:41send 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, got myself clean.
52:56That day came.
52:58And I knew what I had to do.
53:01I had to find you.
53:03You hurt Hortense for what she'd done.
53:06I came to St. Marie.
53:08The 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.
53:33No 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 one question.
54:05Something which you later rely on in cards.
54:08You think you do say it may be given in evidence.
54:11So my whole life's been alive.
54:16Hortense's love for you?
54:19That was real.
54:20The only way I could have done it.
54:23The mother's a child.
54:40The mother's a child.
54:45The father of Hortense.
55:21Hey.
55:25Can I help you?
55:29Mervyn, yeah?
55:31Yeah?
55:33Didn't you hear me, Nack?
55:34No, I was sleeping, actually. Deeply.
55:38You're older than I imagined.
55:41Sorry, who are you?
55:43Just one second.
55:45Come on! Just give me a talk, man!
55:51Finally! Stupid boy's been holding out, and all he's got is a pair of sixes.
55:57Amateur.
55:59Is that a gambling app? I don't think you should be playing there.
56:02Don't sweat it. It's cool.
56:06Dad said you were a goody-goody, but I guess that comes with a jab, right?
56:10Okay, stop. Yeah? Now you tell me right now who you are, who your dad is, and what you're doing
56:16on my property, or 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. He's a busy guy, you know. Lot on his plate.
56:49So, what would you prefer when I call you? Uncle Marvin? Uncle Merv? Just Merv?
57:01What's for breakfast?
57:09Hey, don't touch anything.
57:13This is the closest I've come to actually seeing it. The Lusker.
57:16Sorry, what?
57:17It's a sea monster. Some 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 thought 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. To try and prove the Lusker exists.
57:37I can't believe we're going on a monster hunt.
57:40The Lusker?
57:42Matty!
57:54Matty!
57:56Matty!
57:57Matty!
57:59Matty!
58:01Matty!
58:02Matty!
58:04Matty!
58:06Matty!
58:08Matty!
58:10Matty!
58:12Matty!
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