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00:04it's the reunion I mentioned we all live together at York Uni we were playing a
00:09game of murder in the dark Freddy I thought it was part of the game oh my
00:14god how good you're here there was somebody by the library couldn't tell
00:19you you don't think it was one of us you trying to throw me under the bus to
00:23shift the blame and Bex said she barely knew him I thought I heard footsteps it
00:27sound like they were coming from above I have a theory they're scratches on the
00:32floorboards
00:37we're not alone
00:57stay back I'm telling you we're with the police you shouldn't be in here
01:03here we go
01:17can be missed
01:40Come on, Luna. Good girl, good girl. Come on in. Come on, Judith. She's not picking up.
01:53Listen, um, is it strange that we're both here, you know, at the same time?
01:58Brendan, we're in the middle of a murder investigation.
02:01Yeah, I know, but it's just the cops.
02:02What?
02:04Word travels fast, I see.
02:06Something like that.
02:08Oh!
02:09No.
02:11All right, get up.
02:18Hello, hello.
02:19Who's this, then?
02:22Yes, yes, thank you, Jason.
02:25Did you kill him? Did you kill Freddy?
02:31What? No, of course I didn't. I didn't kill anyone. This is my house. I'm Hector Bly.
02:38You've been spying on us.
02:39Not on you. On the house. On my belongings. Look, I'm not going to hurt you. Let's put this down,
02:46shall we?
02:48I haven't hurt anyone. I haven't hurt anyone. Sit down. Even if you're telling the truth, this is all still
02:54highly illegal.
02:55She's absolutely right. It's against the law to record guests in a privately rented accommodation.
03:00Mr. Bly, meet D.I. Malick. Tanika, our ghost has been found.
03:05Oh, look, this camera's on Ulrich the Bear. This on the armour. The French cabinet was a wedding present. And
03:15that painting's an original.
03:16I can't believe you've been sat up here the whole time watching us.
03:19A few months ago, some drunken lout smashed my medal cabinet. I thought I'm not having it.
03:25Mr. Bly, you're aware there's a murder investigation going on inside your house that you're now a viable suspect for?
03:30I didn't even know the chap. Look, if I was going to murder a guest, which I wouldn't, I've had
03:37a lot worse groups than this one.
03:39We're going to need the files from last night. Please download them. But I'll still need you to come to
03:43the station, answer some questions.
03:46This way, please.
03:47I must say, this is a complete affront. And I shall be sending you a bill for that attic door
03:52you both busted. Trust you lot to be so heavy-handed.
03:55If the door hadn't mysteriously locked itself, Mr. Bly, we wouldn't have had to break it.
03:59What would you rent your house out if you don't want guests?
04:01This place has been in my family for 300 years. You think I want to be the one who has
04:06to sell it?
04:06Yes. This would have all the footage from yesterday until a few minutes ago.
04:12Uh, Hector, a quick question for you.
04:15Ah, questions, questions.
04:16Have you by any chance seen a copy of this book in the last day?
04:20Never seen that book before in my life.
04:22How long will this take? You want me to sit in the back like a criminal?
04:25Well, it would be a bit cosy if you joined us at the front, wouldn't you?
04:30Mind your heads.
04:45I've already told DC Hackett my lawyer won't be able to get here until the morning.
04:49We're more than happy to wait.
04:50Right. Well, I'll see you then.
04:53Oh, come on, Janice.
04:55Can I call you, Jess?
04:57Yes. No.
04:58Right.
04:58Um, well, I was just going to say that, you know, it could get messy.
05:03Mixing personal with professional.
05:06Especially since you had an affair with the victim.
05:09How on earth did you jump to that conclusion?
05:12You requested a receipt for a hotel room booked under Freddie's name on the night of the reunion.
05:16And you told us that you didn't see him that evening.
05:19I wasn't having an affair with Freddie.
05:22So, how do you explain the receipt?
05:25It's complicated.
05:26I'm not denying I asked for it.
05:29Oh.
05:31It's awkward, isn't it?
05:33I mean, sometimes people do stuff.
05:37They don't want to be seen by anyone or caught.
05:40And that's it, isn't it?
05:42You might not have been having an affair with Freddie, but you knew that he was having an affair.
05:47And why would you ask for the receipt, unless it was useful to you for another reason?
05:57Things have been rough.
05:59At work.
06:00There was a partner position opening up.
06:03It's competitive, so I had to bring something big to the table.
06:07What does that have to do with Freddie?
06:08His wife's company developed a hybrid solar generator system.
06:12Say what now?
06:13It's amazing for the environment.
06:15And they would have bought in a tonne of money.
06:17I saw him with that woman at the hotel by accident.
06:21And it was like it just fell into my lap.
06:23I'm hardly proud.
06:25You're blackmailing your friend.
06:26I'm assuming that's what you did.
06:29After a little push, Freddie agreed to help.
06:32But the contracts weren't signed yet.
06:34I mean, why would I do him any harm before the deal was done?
06:37You stalled us by a day.
06:39You're not students anymore.
06:41I need you all to grow up and start cooperating.
06:45That means you as well.
06:49Look, there is something else you should know.
06:52The woman, the one Freddie was having an affair with.
06:55Her name's Sasha Hill.
06:57Hill as in...
06:59Ryan's ex-wife.
07:01Good Lord.
07:02And that's all I know.
07:04Promise.
07:10A moment, Judith.
07:11How can I help?
07:13Don't think it went unnoticed that you and Bex found that room together.
07:16Solid teamwork, that.
07:17When Bex specifically wasn't supposed to be investigating.
07:20It was entirely my fault, I assure you.
07:22I coerced her.
07:25Bex has already been seen to withhold information.
07:27If the CPS heard about her involvement, it could jeopardise a conviction down the line
07:31and mean no more investigating for you.
07:33At all.
07:34Ever.
07:36I know you don't want that.
07:38It would never come to that.
07:39I promise.
07:40But it so easily could if you carry on as you have been.
07:43You have to take this seriously.
07:45I will.
07:46We will.
07:47Gov.
07:47I managed to track down Sasha Hill.
07:49She's in Singapore for work.
07:51Been there the last week.
07:52Right.
07:53Well, let's see what Ryan has to say.
07:55Yeah.
07:56I think we'll take this one.
07:58Oh, please.
08:00You go ahead.
08:03That told us, didn't it?
08:04Us?
08:05I wasn't even involved.
08:07Oh, I'm guilty by association now.
08:10Where's your van?
08:12And why's Luna here?
08:14Ta, you will not believe who I bumped into at speed dating.
08:23Have you got news?
08:24We actually have more questions.
08:28Did Freddie ever talk to you about his marriage?
08:31About him and Marie?
08:33Not really.
08:33Why?
08:34Did he seem happy?
08:36Yeah.
08:37I mean, he wouldn't shut up about the new job.
08:40But he talked about Marie.
08:42Their daughter Ellie, too.
08:47They were taking her to Disneyland in the summer.
08:51I can't get my head around it.
08:53Why are you asking about Marie?
08:56Well, new evidence suggests that Freddie was having an affair in the months before his death.
09:01Did you know anything about that?
09:02No.
09:04I thought Freddie was happy.
09:06He adored Marie.
09:08Are you sure?
09:10Ryan, the woman he was having an affair with was Sasha Hill.
09:14Sasha?
09:16And Freddie?
09:18Your friend was having an affair with your ex-wife and you knew nothing about it?
09:25You think I knew?
09:26And what?
09:27Killed him for it?
09:30Sasha and I married at 23, but we were divorced by 27.
09:34I haven't even spoken to her in about a decade.
09:37It all got a bit messy when she came for a piece of my foundation.
09:41We heard you and Freddie were rivals.
09:43Well, yeah.
09:43We competed over everything at uni.
09:45Including girlfriends.
09:47I guess.
09:49But that was all a very long time ago.
09:51And you don't think Freddie was trying to provoke a reaction?
09:54I think you know enough about Freddie by now to know that if he wanted a reaction,
09:58he'd have been pretty vocal about him and Sasha.
10:03Tell me I'm wrong.
10:09I believe him.
10:10I don't think he knew about the affair.
10:12I'm inclined to agree.
10:14Every lead, it's all a bloody dead end with this lot.
10:17All this lying and cheating.
10:18It's exhausting.
10:20Let's hope Hector Bly's camera footage shed some light.
10:42I can't believe it.
10:43I knew I heard footsteps upstairs.
10:45But the idea that he was there the whole time is...
10:49There's some croissants here if you want one.
10:53OK.
10:57Jess, we should talk.
11:01Una wasn't trying to throw you under the bus.
11:04Plus, I'm the one who passed that information on.
11:06I'm going this afternoon.
11:10I know it would make me look guilty, but I already do.
11:13Thanks to you both.
11:14Pot kettle black.
11:17I was telling the truth.
11:19Everyone seems really keen on that.
11:21I'm not upset you told the police.
11:22Someone murdered Freddie.
11:23Of course you should tell the police.
11:25But you didn't tell me.
11:27Well, I didn't think you cared.
11:29It's the principle.
11:30Do you know how stupid I feel?
11:31Knowing that you and Freddie have this little secret behind my back.
11:35I'd say we're all feeling a little betrayed here.
11:38Get in line.
11:39Your ego's the least of our worries.
11:41Can we just talk this out?
11:44How did you skate under the police radar?
11:47What, one quick chat and they're not interested in you?
11:49And eavesdropping on conversations that don't concern you.
11:52You seem really interested in what's happening to us.
11:55It's not Una's fault.
11:56Don't defend her.
11:57I know you were listening too.
11:59You're not as perfect as you think you are.
12:00I don't think I'm perfect.
12:01I'm done.
12:02I'm going.
12:12I'm going to call home.
12:19And we think we can pinpoint the moment of Freddie's death.
12:23Look, here.
12:25Una is in the frame at 21.21 and 34 seconds.
12:29That's where she hears Freddie's shout.
12:31It also means Una's alibi checks out, so that's a good start.
12:34Well, this is even better.
12:35And there's a camera in the entrance hall pointing at the bear.
12:38Bex passes it seconds before the shout.
12:42And immediately afterwards, her and Jessica enter frame and head towards the stairs.
12:47So that leaves Ryan and Oscar.
12:50Anything?
12:51Look at this camera.
12:53Wait for it.
12:5621.21 and 34 seconds.
12:59So, Oscar.
13:01You might stop enjoying this so much now.
13:0521.21 and 34.
13:07Well, that's all of them.
13:08Yep.
13:09Yep, they were all on camera at the time of death or immediately afterwards.
13:13What about Hector Bly?
13:14Well, there's a camera blind spot around his secret room.
13:17But we did a sweep of his computer to check his alibi.
13:20And he was playing internet chess at the time.
13:22Yeah, it's called Blitz Chess.
13:23It's super fast.
13:24Every move is recorded on the server.
13:27He didn't have time to leave his desk during the match.
13:29Then, who killed Freddy?
13:33I don't understand.
13:34We've already been over this.
13:36You know where we were and what happened.
13:38And you said we're on cameras.
13:39We can't be one of us.
13:40Our problem lies in the fact that two of you saw another person outside the library.
13:44But if the evidence suggests there wasn't, then surely that's the most likely option.
13:48It was dark.
13:49I don't think they know what they saw.
13:50We didn't just imagine someone.
13:51He's right.
13:52There was definitely someone there.
13:54But I don't get it.
13:54You find a secret room with someone hiding back there, watching us.
14:00And you're questioning us.
14:01Surely he was outside the library.
14:03Mr. Bly has an alibi covering that period of time.
14:05So do we.
14:06Oh, she speaks.
14:07Just because I'm not getting angry doesn't mean I don't want to get out of here as much as you
14:10do.
14:10No, you're loving the gossip too much.
14:12You're not being helpful.
14:13Oi!
14:14Enough!
14:17In case you've forgotten, you're all part of a murder investigation.
14:20We are trying to get to the truth.
14:23We've told you everything we know.
14:24I just want to go home.
14:26I'm already packed.
14:28We're trying to get to the bottom of this as quickly as we possibly can.
14:31And for that to happen, we really need you to stay here.
14:35You were due to check out in two hours anyway.
14:38Stay until then and then leave as planned.
14:40Whatever you need, I can do two hours.
14:44Okay, fine.
14:48Who's that?
14:50This is Hector Bly.
14:51You've got a nerve coming back here.
14:53This is my house.
14:54Where else would I go?
14:56Don't mind me.
15:00Oh, come in.
15:01It's open.
15:04Oh.
15:05Mrs. Potts, I've got my quote.
15:07I thought I'd hand deliver it.
15:09A little example of the personal service you can expect.
15:12How polite.
15:21Oh.
15:22Now that's impressive.
15:24Yeah, I've always been good at word searches, me.
15:26But those cryptic crosswords, clues in that, never made any sense.
15:29Oh, it's just a matter of practice and patience.
15:35Some of it's as simple as words with multiple meanings.
15:38For example, you might write shark.
15:40Now, you could mean the titular star of the film, Jaws.
15:44Or you could mean someone who purposefully exploits and swindles people.
15:49I've not seen the film.
15:50Then there are hidden words.
15:52How do you add words?
15:53Well, you hide smaller words in larger words or phrases.
16:07You know, thank you so much for your quote.
16:11But I'm afraid I have to go.
16:13If I could just have a minute, we could just...
16:15I need to be really quite urgently.
16:17If you could just...
16:17Again?
16:18You've been extremely helpful.
16:21But I'm afraid I won't require your services.
16:24But I will leave you an excellent review.
16:26Right, yeah, sure.
16:28What was the problem?
16:29We aren't going to be able to stall them any longer.
16:31And we don't have the evidence to detain them.
16:33Once they scatter back across the country, it's going to make everything harder.
16:38I need you to double-check everything we've got so far.
16:41And any time someone from that house appears on one of Hector's cameras, I want it logged.
16:46As far as I'm concerned, any of them could still be responsible.
16:50We're missing something.
16:57Bex!
17:01Bex!
17:02She's got this up there.
17:04Can't you?
17:15It's trying to stay.
17:16Oh, what are you doing?
17:17Looking for you.
17:19Quietly.
17:19You're going to get me in trouble with Tanika.
17:22Again.
17:30What's going on?
17:33We need to ask Hector a question.
17:35And we thought it might be best coming from you.
17:38He was hardly my biggest fan.
17:40But you're so good with people.
17:41Even Mrs. Eddingham's obsessed with you.
17:44You're so personable and lovely.
17:46Yeah, exactly.
17:47But he's...
17:49Bex, if you help us with this, we'll tell you all about Susie's date with Brendan.
17:57Susie's what?
17:58With who?
17:58Come on.
18:00Walk this way.
18:13Keep off the grass.
18:16Sorry.
18:17Sorry.
18:19You here to accuse me of murder again?
18:21No, it's just, you have a really beautiful home.
18:25I didn't have a chance to say before.
18:32Anything else?
18:33I had a small question.
18:35Yep.
18:37You're a beautiful library.
18:39I was walking around there earlier and thought, you know what I fancy?
18:43Reading something a bit gothic.
18:45I don't suppose you have a copy of Dracula, do you?
18:48Do you think my house is like Dracula's castle?
18:51Do you think my house is like Dracula's castle?
18:51Not at all.
18:52I just loved that story and thought I'd pass the time.
18:55Better than burying my head in my phone.
18:57People are too reliant on technology these days.
18:59I don't trust it.
19:01It's in the library.
19:02Far left shelf.
19:03High up.
19:04There's an entire gothic section.
19:07The grass.
19:08We passed the grass.
19:12Susie, so you just talked about the case.
19:15No sparks.
19:16There wasn't time for anything else.
19:18You know, you really sold this as a more exciting story.
19:22Well, it got you to talk to Hector, didn't it?
19:24And that got us here.
19:26Oh.
19:27Wait, wait, wait.
19:30Here we go.
19:31Now, hang on.
19:35Dracula?
19:36How is that possible?
19:38Did he have two copies?
19:39Not exactly.
19:41Freddy needed a book that was bigger than Ryan's
19:43and a title he could easily remember.
19:46For a man who did his PhD in gothic literature,
19:49Dracula would have been an obvious choice.
19:52He ripped out the pages and used it to hide Ryan's book.
19:57So why would he do that?
19:58Because I think this book is important
20:00and he needed to keep it safe.
20:05Another nice message from Ryan.
20:07Exactly like the others.
20:08There's got to be something.
20:10Wait, wait.
20:11There's something tucked inside.
20:15What is it?
20:18It says York University.
20:21It's the front cover of a dissertation.
20:24Oh.
20:24This is the essay that got Oscar thrown out of uni.
20:27So why would Freddy have this?
20:29He was working back at York.
20:30Maybe he found it.
20:32But shoving this in Oscar's face,
20:35that could have pushed him over the edge.
20:37We need to go and talk to him.
20:43We found Freddy's copy of Ryan's book.
20:45Oh.
20:47That's good.
20:48This was inside.
20:50It had been hidden quite strategically.
20:55What are you insinuating?
20:56Freddy brought it back to taunt you about your failure.
20:59That's why you killed him, isn't it?
21:10What are you talking about?
21:11I didn't kill Freddy.
21:13You didn't mind Freddy's outburst about the muddy trousers.
21:16But having him mock you about the worst moment in your life,
21:19nah, it was all too much, wasn't it?
21:22You killed him and went to great lengths to hide the evidence.
21:25No, no.
21:26That's not what happened.
21:27It doesn't look good, does it?
21:28It's evidence that links you directly to the murder victim
21:31and it gives you a motive.
21:34Oscar, please, just tell us the truth.
21:36This is the first time I've seen it, honestly.
21:39Even if Freddy was going to show him,
21:40he didn't have a chance before he died.
21:41Why would he bother hiding it if he didn't know you had it?
21:43I'm telling you, I don't know.
21:45I'm not going to get blamed for something I didn't do again.
21:48Not when everyone else is bolting around, behaving terribly.
21:52Jessica blackmailing Freddy.
21:53Ryan playing the nice guy,
21:55pretending he doesn't care that Freddy's sleeping with Sasha.
21:58Those gifts.
21:59They didn't even write the dedication.
22:01I did.
22:02Big Shot didn't have time, apparently.
22:03And Una pestering us all to come here
22:05and then throwing around the blame behind everyone's back.
22:09I don't even know these people anymore.
22:12What happened to get you expelled from university?
22:15They found evidence of plagiarism in the essay
22:17and matched the signature on this cover sheet of the one on my passport.
22:21And in their minds, I was instantly guilty.
22:23Did you fire it?
22:24I tried, but when I went to find the original essay on my laptop,
22:27the entire folder was gone.
22:28I don't know if someone deleted it or if it was just a computer error,
22:31but there was no trace at all.
22:34No proof it ever existed.
22:36Well, that's convenient.
22:38I swear I'd never seen the plagiarized version before.
22:42You must believe me, surely.
22:46I don't want this.
22:52It's all happening again, isn't it?
22:56No one believed me then and now.
22:58No one would believe I didn't kill Freddy.
23:17What's up?
23:20Something's not right.
23:22I know that look.
23:24It doesn't make sense.
23:26We're assuming Freddy hid a single piece of paper, yes?
23:30Mm-hmm.
23:31So why did he go to such lengths to hide it?
23:33He could have slipped this bit of paper into any book on that shelf,
23:36and it would have taken us days, maybe even weeks, to find it.
23:40But he hid it alongside this book.
23:46Well, go on.
23:49Well, it suggests they're only incriminating if they're together.
23:56A clue hidden within a clue.
23:59Here, hold this open for a moment.
24:08Look at the back.
24:11The handwriting doesn't match.
24:13If what Oscar said was true, then the writing in the book is his.
24:18So why doesn't it match the handwriting on the back of the cover sheet?
24:23I think someone forged this cover sheet to make it look like Oscar had written the plagiarized essay.
24:34What if Freddy did it, Oscar found out, and wanted revenge?
24:41Maybe.
24:42But we need to work out whose handwriting this is.
24:47How are we going to get handwriting samples from a group of people who are already on high alert?
24:51Well, if it's one of our suspects, this could point us towards the killer.
24:58But is it enough to implicate them?
25:16Travel, sweet.
25:17Oh, cheers.
25:19How can I help, Mrs Potts?
25:20Well, I know you're busy logging Hector's footage, but I wondered if you could kindly take me through some of
25:25it.
25:25Sure thing, but all our suspects are accounted for.
25:28Yeah, except this person.
25:32And if it wasn't Hector, who was it?
25:37Well, that's exactly what we're here to try and work out.
25:40They were mostly in the kitchen and sitting room.
25:47This is when they leave for lunch.
25:52And then...
25:53Stop.
25:55Who's that?
25:55It's at 4.17pm.
25:57That's before the guests came back for dinner.
25:59That's Ryan.
26:00He got back early to do the treasure hunt.
26:02Of course he did.
26:03Got excited.
26:04Thought I'd found something.
26:05Could you take us forward to the moment Freddy died?
26:09Here we go.
26:13Here you go.
26:16And there's Oscar.
26:18And Ryan.
26:20I think this might be the quietest you two have ever been.
26:23Sorry, didn't mean to disturb.
26:25What have you got?
26:26No, that's it.
26:28What is?
26:30There's no sound.
26:32Judith.
26:33We need to have clearer conversations when this happens.
26:36Could you play that one more time for me, please?
26:42They're all turning towards the noise.
26:46In their witness statements, they all say they heard the shout.
26:51Now, if the shout came from the library, Oscar would have looked down and left.
26:58But on the footage, he instinctively looks down and right.
27:06Oh, that's very clever.
27:09I think I know who the killer is.
27:13We have to get back to the house.
27:14And I need to make a call.
27:16Well, we better get our skates on.
27:18Bec said, if everyone's getting ready to leave, my band's around the back, Judith.
27:33Susan, are you sure this is the right way?
27:36Trust me, Judith.
27:41We gave them time.
27:42We can't wait here forever.
27:45We're heading to the same stations, which just makes sense, too.
27:49I'm not running.
27:51I don't think that.
27:53Call me, if you need anything.
27:56I'll message you.
28:14I'm going nowhere.
28:16Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
28:20Are you crazy?
28:22Are you mad?
28:23We know who murdered Freddy.
28:25The police are on their way.
28:26You need to come back to the house.
28:28If you're still suggesting I'm responsible, I...
28:30We're not.
28:31Don't worry.
28:32Here.
28:34Turn it over.
28:38That's not my writing.
28:39The university may have matched your signature,
28:41but no one considered that the most insignificant writing on the document
28:45could be the most revealing.
28:48Someone framed you, Oscar.
28:51And we can prove it.
28:58Yeah, I love that.
28:59Thanks.
29:02How did you get here this quickly?
29:04Yeah, I know a few shortcuts.
29:06You are very lucky that the speed camera on Winter Hill is out of action.
29:09Is everyone else still in the house?
29:12Yes.
29:13Let's go.
29:13Now.
29:16I guess we're...
29:28You see, people are surprising.
29:33Freddy was surprising.
29:35All weekend, we've been hearing about Freddy's faults.
29:38But you were still friends with him.
29:40You wanted to spend time with him.
29:42We were thinking about what Freddy did wrong
29:46that could have provoked his murderer.
29:49What we didn't consider
29:50is that Freddy died because he did something right.
29:54Judith, who killed Freddy?
29:58Ryan, would you like to continue, or shall I?
30:03Are you joking?
30:05Absolutely not.
30:06He's also responsible for Oscar's expulsion from university.
30:13Are you really suggesting I ruined one friend's life
30:16and then killed another?
30:20We've been over this.
30:22I didn't know about Freddy and Sasha.
30:24And why would I have framed Oscar?
30:27Well, let's start there.
30:28I don't think you intended to frame Oscar, not originally.
30:32Bex told us how you struggled at university.
30:35In the foreword to your book,
30:37you say yourself it was the toughest time of your life.
30:41How you were suddenly a little fish in a big pond.
30:45And?
30:45When you got to your dissertation,
30:47you panicked
30:47and you plagiarized material to get it finished.
30:50But when it came to actually handing it in,
30:53you knew you wouldn't get away with it.
30:55So you put your cover sheet on Oscar's essay,
30:59forged another,
31:00signed supposedly by Oscar,
31:02and put that on the plagiarized essay.
31:04You knew you'd have to submit something to finish the course.
31:08And you couldn't bear the thought of failing.
31:11Faking the signature of someone you knew so well
31:15can't have been hard.
31:16You even deleted the essay from his computer.
31:18Well, you lived together.
31:20You certainly had the access.
31:23Oscar was devastated.
31:24He didn't notice the handwriting
31:26on the back of the cover sheet
31:28that would have exposed you.
31:32You hired me.
31:34I worked for you.
31:36All these years you knew what you did
31:38and you said nothing!
31:39I didn't...
31:41Oscar,
31:43I'm sorry,
31:43but this has nothing to do with Freddy's death.
31:47I didn't kill him!
31:49We're getting to that.
31:50Freddy must have been digging around in all your records,
31:54presumably looking for something funny
31:56to bring back to the reunion.
31:58Dirt gossip.
31:59But what he found
32:01was the dissertation in Oscar's records.
32:04He brought it back and confronted you,
32:07didn't he?
32:08What's up?
32:10We're about to go.
32:12You know the unexpected bonus about my new job?
32:16Access to all the records.
32:19Everyone's grades.
32:21The reports.
32:23The disciplinaries.
32:26There's not a shred of evidence for any of this.
32:28You said that you grew out of the rivalry
32:31and I believe you might have,
32:33but I don't think Freddy did.
32:34That's why he was sleeping with your ex-wife.
32:38Freddy discovered something huge.
32:40He wasn't going to stand by with the knowledge
32:42that you had cheated,
32:44framed Oscar,
32:45and lied about it.
32:46And it must have been a nice added bonus
32:48that he'd get to destroy his old rival's reputation
32:52while restoring Oscars.
32:54That's your handwriting on the back, isn't it?
32:56Yeah, I'd recognize it anywhere.
32:58You swapped Oscar's dissertation for yours.
33:00Looks like you've got an apology to make.
33:03You can't be serious.
33:05You can't prove anything with that.
33:07Oh, I bet I can.
33:08I think Oscar would give it a good shot too.
33:11That lost him his entire degree.
33:13Do you think he's going to be happy
33:14knowing the real reason
33:15he ended up as your lucky?
33:17I mean, what were you thinking?
33:21What are you going to do?
33:22Give you the benefit of the doubt
33:24and the deadline.
33:26If you don't say something by the time we leave,
33:30I will.
33:32Let me show you something.
33:38I'm on camera at the time of the murder.
33:40We all are.
33:42We went back over that footage a million times
33:44and Judith found something we had all missed.
33:46You told us yourself
33:47you had extra access to the house that day.
33:50Your treasure hunt.
33:53On the recordings you move from room to room
33:55or perfectly innocent.
33:57That's right.
33:58You spend just over a minute
34:01planting a clue in each room
34:04except for here
34:05where you spend nearly six minutes
34:08in the camera blind spot
34:10right by Hector's secret door.
34:14Why would you spend so much time in this small space
34:17unless you'd found something?
34:20Hector's cameras.
34:22There was a man hiding in there.
34:24How did I supposedly find his hideout?
34:27He'd have seen me.
34:28Because he wasn't there the whole time.
34:30I reckon you didn't have much of a plan until then.
34:33And with only six of you in the house
34:35you knew that hurting Freddie would be too risky
34:37because the police would know it was one of you
34:39and you couldn't let the news
34:41about a dissertation get out
34:42because that would ruin everything that you'd built up.
34:45Your charitable foundation,
34:47your, well, your reputation
34:48as an honourable man.
34:51Knowing about the cameras
34:52it gave you the ingredients
34:54for the perfect alibi.
34:56You even planted the idea
34:58that there was another person in the house first.
35:00The figure outside the library.
35:04If I saw that person
35:05there was someone there.
35:06Exactly.
35:07You did see someone.
35:08You saw Ryan
35:09and Ryan saw you.
35:11And he knew that if he corroborated
35:14what you'd seen
35:14then you'd both look innocent.
35:20A shared witness statement
35:22and the suggestion
35:23of another person in the house
35:25who could have carried out the murder.
35:27Something that ultimately
35:28led us to Hector.
35:32When you walked into the library
35:34and saw Freddie
35:37you spotted the knife.
35:40You took it
35:44and you killed him.
35:52Very entertaining.
35:53But you're forgetting
35:54that I was on camera
35:55when everyone heard the shout.
35:57You were.
35:58We'd always assumed
35:59that it was Freddie who shouted.
36:01But in reality
36:03it could be any man's voice.
36:04Which explains
36:05why Oscar looks the wrong way
36:07when he hears the sound
36:07from the CCTV.
36:09Because
36:10the shout didn't come from the library.
36:12It came from you in a hallway.
36:14Freddie was already dead.
36:17You knew exactly
36:18where the camera pointed.
36:21And with your back to it
36:24you shouted.
36:27Then you turned
36:27to the supposed
36:28source
36:29of the noise
36:30knowing
36:31everyone else would too.
36:32It's quite an impressive
36:33sleight of hand
36:34but the only thing
36:35you didn't find
36:36was the dissertation cover.
36:38I'm guessing
36:38you searched the house
36:39when you set the treasure hunt
36:40but you had no idea
36:41Freddie would have hidden it
36:42so well.
36:43Freddie knew
36:44you'd be after the evidence.
36:45He anticipated
36:46that you try and steal
36:48the dissertation cover back.
36:50That's why he went
36:51to such
36:51great pains
36:52to hide it.
36:53Paired
36:54with a sample
36:55of Oscar's
36:56real handwriting.
36:58He didn't realise
36:59how far you'd go
37:00to silence it.
37:04Who's that?
37:05Perfect timing.
37:05I'm here!
37:06Is that Colin?
37:08Yes it is.
37:09I'm sorry.
37:10It took long
37:10and I expected
37:11but I've got it.
37:13It was at the bottom
37:14of the ottoman.
37:14I think you're
37:15right on time.
37:17Bex, do you mind
37:18if I borrow this?
37:19Susie, have you
37:20got the dissertation?
37:24Happy birthday, Bex.
37:26Here's to another
37:2720 years of friendship.
37:29Love, Ryan.
37:32The handwriting matches.
37:34Conclusive proof.
37:51I didn't want to hurt him.
37:55It all spiralled.
37:58You've got to believe that.
38:01But after everything,
38:05I couldn't risk the foundation.
38:08Everything I built
38:10being exposed as a cheat
38:12and a liar
38:13and what?
38:15All as part of
38:16Freddy's ego trip.
38:20If there was any other way,
38:22I don't know.
38:25What else could I do?
38:27Think of how many people
38:28the foundation helps.
38:32It wasn't about me.
38:36It wasn't.
38:39It was only ever
38:41about you.
38:46It wasn't.
38:58It was only ever
38:59because of all sapp trendy
39:00and that misfortune
39:08would go out
39:08and other people
39:09be injured.
39:09They Laslo
39:09did not forget
39:10because they were
39:10the well-pected
39:10or the people
39:10and the one
39:11rotten
39:11and the other
39:11and the new
39:12the
39:17I don't understand why I can't keep hosting.
39:20I can't afford the outkeep. I'll lose it.
39:23We've been over this, Mr. Bly. Hidden cameras are illegal.
39:26You might not be able to host anymore, but why don't you open it up?
39:30Let people see it. Wander the gardens.
39:33Charge a modest fee for the pleasure.
39:35You could even officially install cameras that way, too.
39:39Something to think about, but the public.
39:41I'm not sure how I feel about that, more people.
39:45Well, you're lucky that none of this lot want to press charges.
39:48I still think the courts would side with me.
39:53Janika, can I ask you a favour?
39:56Come here.
39:57I can't. I don't know what to say.
40:01I think it's going to be a while before any of us know what to say.
40:05I know it's not exactly like we're close anymore, but we've been through so much.
40:08I really don't want to lose contact.
40:10You neither.
40:11You're always welcome at the vicarage.
40:13Just text me.
40:14I'll take you up on that.
40:19We haven't been the best at keeping in touch, but let's at least make the effort.
40:24Oh, fucking mistake.
40:28So what's next, now that you can properly contest the plagiarism?
40:32I guess I can finally appeal the university.
40:34There's a lot of paperwork in my future.
40:37I hate how everything's turned out, but I'm so pleased for you.
40:40Just hope I can salvage the foundation.
40:42With Ryan gone, it's not going to be easy.
40:44Well, with you, it'll be in good hands.
40:53What?
40:54I'll take you up on that.
41:03I'll take you up on that.
41:14I'll take you up on that.
41:14I'm just very glad to have been helpful.
41:16I'm very happy to have you home.
41:19I can safely say I didn't enjoy having to keep things so formal in this one.
41:23You did everything you had to do.
41:25I'm just sorry it caused you extra stress.
41:27You're worth the trouble.
41:30And welcome back.
41:32Yes.
41:37Hey, are you?
41:38Oh, look, we should talk.
41:40Oh, Brendan, it's too soon.
41:41No, no.
41:41When am I going to meet your folks?
41:43Well, they live on the island, man.
41:44No, wait, let me guess.
41:45It's not you, it's me.
41:46It's not where I'm going.
41:48What I'm trying to say is that I just appreciate if you didn't tell...
41:50Brendan, there's no reason to be embarrassed.
41:54You know, putting yourself out there, dating and all that.
41:57It's not for the faint heart, is it?
41:58Yes.
42:00It's a brave thing, but don't worry.
42:03I'm not going to tell anyone from your team.
42:05Thanks.
42:06I'm afraid that ship may have already sailed with those two.
42:14Of course it has some.
42:18Thank you for your help.
42:19I don't think anyone else could have got to the bottom of that mess.
42:22It was all so...
42:23Well, you couldn't have known it was him, Bex.
42:26All that time, the shame and guilt festering.
42:30The man who got into that police car isn't the man you went to university with.
42:34I know.
42:35I just can't believe he kept lying.
42:37Right up until the net fully closed in.
42:40It'll take a bit of time to process.
42:41Of course it will.
42:42But we'll be there to help in any way we can.
42:45I was always told that time doesn't define friendship.
42:49And I think that's particularly relevant to us.
42:55So if you and Brendan aren't going to be a thing, which I think is a shame, by the way,
42:59how did the rest of the speed dating go?
43:01Do you really want to know?
43:01Mm-hmm.
43:02You better buckle up, ladies.
43:04Because first, there was Greg.
43:05How did you feel about Christmas jumpers in this weather?
43:08And then he went on and on about to last his meal to stop the bread.
43:11Oh, and then it was Josh.
43:12He could sell avocados.
43:14When you come today, he's talking about avocados.
43:15Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
43:46Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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