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00:05What's going on?
00:08Ferdy Blake's been murdered.
00:10The Brigade all thought that he was a genius,
00:12but he enjoyed humiliating people who worked for him.
00:15Ferdy was desperate to buy me out,
00:17but I wouldn't give him the satisfaction.
00:19We keep our heads down and our mouths shut.
00:21Got it?
00:22That's Amari, the kitchen gardener.
00:24How are the rest of the staff taking it?
00:26I don't know. I haven't seen anyone since it happened.
00:28More threats?
00:29Get them to forensics.
00:35Put that down.
00:41We need to get back to the restaurant.
00:43Now.
00:52Looks like he died of hypothermia.
00:56If we're assuming this wasn't an accident,
00:58we need to work out when he went into the freezer room.
01:01What time did you meet Amari Joseph to go foraging?
01:03Nine o'clock.
01:04Isla D'Souza raised the alarm at 11.
01:06Forensics have just arrived, Gav.
01:08Right, let's go and talk to Mr. Sousa.
01:16I wonder where that goes.
01:25It's just a store-in.
01:30What are those?
01:31What's a bit of gas they use in Ferdy's smoking cocktails?
01:34Liquid nitrogen.
01:36What's that pipe doing there?
01:38The valve is open.
01:39And according to that gauge, the tank's empty.
01:43Its contents taken by this pipe.
01:47To where I wonder.
01:54If I've got my bearings right, that vent is on the back wall of the freezer.
02:01So, someone knowingly pumped gas into a locked room?
02:05That does not sound good.
02:06It isn't.
02:08According to this, gas released into a sealed area displaces oxygen and can cause suffocation.
02:13Whoever did this wasn't even loving to chance.
02:16And it's a far faster way to die than hypothermia.
02:51What time did you find Mr. Merson?
02:53Just before I called you.
02:56Around 11.
02:57You're expecting him to be here?
02:59I'd asked him to do some cleaning.
03:02And then when I couldn't find him, I checked the freezer room.
03:05Is there any chance he could have locked himself in, accidentally?
03:08No.
03:09Someone had locked the door on the outside and taken the key.
03:12We need to know your movements from 6pm last night.
03:16Are you suggesting I might have something to do with this?
03:19You found both bodies, Mr. Sousa.
03:22If I was the killer, then I think I would have been smart enough not to do that.
03:26I'd been given permission to return, so I did.
03:29Being the one to find Cal was an unfortunate coincidence.
03:34Janika.
03:36May we have a word?
03:42Just checked the freezer room control panel.
03:44The ventilation system has been switched off.
03:47And the tube?
03:47Found the other end hidden in a grill on the inside wall.
03:50If we think the primary cause of death could be suffocation,
03:53we need a revised timeline ASAP.
03:55Gov.
03:56What's going on?
03:57I saw the police cars.
04:00Where's Cal?
04:00They've been trying to get hold of them.
04:02Why don't you come inside, Mrs. Merson?
04:04No.
04:06No.
04:14That's all we know right now.
04:16Gov.
04:18Excuse me.
04:23Some sweet tea.
04:25It might help with the shock.
04:29We're so sorry for your loss, Mrs. Merson.
04:32And, um, it's Nicky.
04:35When did you last speak to Cal?
04:41Around 5pm.
04:43He called to say he wouldn't be home till at least 3am.
04:46I thought it must be taking longer than he thought.
04:50But when he still wasn't picking up, when I got back from paddle boarding around 10.30,
04:54I decided to come here.
04:57Was there any history of conflict between your husband and Isla D'Souza?
05:03As far as I know, Isla and Cal got on pretty well.
05:06Was there anyone else that Cal had issues with at work?
05:10Amari Joseph?
05:13Not that I know of.
05:14I'm so sorry.
05:15I can't do this now.
05:16I...
05:18I need to go home.
05:19We'll get someone to take you.
05:24Your father, Jackson Laurent, worked with Ferdy Blake at his first restaurant, Synthesis.
05:30We found this photo of them looking, uh, very pally.
05:36Ferdy told my father that he wanted to go into partnership with him.
05:41That he'd help him get citizenship.
05:43But it was all a lie.
05:45When Dad's visa expired, he was forced to return to Dominica.
05:48And why did he do that?
05:50Because my father was a true genius.
05:53But Ferdy couldn't bear not being a star, so he stole my father's notebooks and rewrote them under his name.
06:01What exactly were you planning to do with the mushrooms?
06:04Ferdy's signature dish was a wild mushroom ragout.
06:08I was gonna tell him I discovered some rare scents that would give the flavour an even deeper intensity.
06:14I knew he wouldn't be able to resist trying it.
06:17I'd been planning it for months.
06:18The threats were meant to unnerve him.
06:21Why did it take you so long to put your plan into action?
06:24It was too much of a coward to ever go through with it.
06:28But I got lucky.
06:30Someone else was braver than I am.
06:34We need you to account for your movements over the past 12 hours.
06:38I was in my cottage until 9am when I met your colleagues.
06:41Can anyone verify that?
06:43No, I was on my own.
06:44Just like Cal Merson was at gastronomy.
06:47What are you talking about?
06:49Mr. Merson was found dead this morning in highly suspicious circumstances.
06:53Did he witness you killing Ferdy?
06:55Is that why you had to kill him too?
06:59No, I swear to God.
07:01It had absolutely nothing to do with that.
07:09Gov.
07:10Cal Merson's cause of death has been established.
07:13Inert gas asphyxiation.
07:15Time of death sometime between 9.30 and 10.30.
07:18Mr. Joseph was already in custody when it happened, so that lets him off the hook.
07:21But it doesn't mean he didn't kill Ferdy Blake.
07:24Or that he and Mr. Souza aren't working together.
07:26Murray Joseph admits he planned to kill Ferdy Blake, but claims he took no action.
07:30Now, that's not a crime in itself, but if his plans involved another party, we could charge them both.
07:36Go back through the evidence log, Alice. See if there's a connection.
07:39Gov.
07:41Another video of Ferdy Blake has just been posted. It's even worse than the others.
07:45Watch it, frame by frame. There has to be something to ID whoever's behind them.
07:54That's a bloke's hat.
07:55And a rather expensive one. I'm guessing Matthew made an appearance?
07:59He did. He dropped by unexpectedly earlier.
08:03I'll have to give it back to him at dinner.
08:05So it went well then?
08:07No.
08:10It was ghastly.
08:12The quiet young man I once knew is now really rather full of himself.
08:17And he was terribly rude to Darius.
08:20What was Darius doing here?
08:21He wanted to talk to me about the dig.
08:24Oh, it was all so awkward.
08:26How on earth am I going to get out of dinner with Matthew?
08:29I'm sure we'll think of something.
08:31In the meantime, let's lighten the mood.
08:34How about we get back to the murder?
08:36So where are we?
08:39Well, a few hours ago, I thought we had the killer in custody.
08:42Now I'm not so sure.
08:45So if Amari isn't involved, then who is it?
08:48Isla acting alone? Isla and Damon?
08:51But why kill Cal?
08:53What could he have seen or discovered since Birdie's murder
08:59that made him such a threat he had to die?
09:04I think we need to talk to Nicky again.
09:13Good morning, Nicky.
09:14Morning.
09:14Thank you for seeing us.
09:16What gorgeous roses.
09:19Cal loved their delicate scent.
09:22He always got me rose cologne for me birthday.
09:28Sorry.
09:30Why don't we go and put those in some water?
09:35Tell us about your husband.
09:37Cal and I were childhood sweethearts.
09:41Married at 18.
09:44I spent years trying and failing to keep him on the straight and narrow.
09:50Was your husband a risk taker by nature?
09:53No.
09:54No, he was weak.
09:56Easily led.
09:57In what way?
10:01Cal had started behaving oddly lately.
10:06Hiding his phone, taking calls in other rooms.
10:09Just like he did when he was gambling.
10:15Yesterday afternoon, I saw...
10:18Damon Grady in the garden with Cal.
10:21Damon seemed angry.
10:23He said something about...
10:24Keeping the mouths shut and their heads down.
10:26Got it.
10:27Are you coming?
10:28Why didn't you tell the police?
10:30Damon has always been a good friend to Cal.
10:35I knew he'd been in trouble.
10:36I didn't want to point the finger in case it was nothing.
10:39Do you have any idea what Damon wanted Cal to keep quiet about?
10:44No.
10:44But...
10:45Cal was an expert liar.
10:49Most gamblers are.
10:57Gov.
10:58Damon Grady's mobile provider just sent through his records.
11:01He was on the phone at the time of Ferdy's murder and it's a Marlowe number.
11:05That must have been what he was doing when I saw him outside.
11:07Find out who it was.
11:08Anything new from the evidence log?
11:10Well, the neoprene glove we found by the river had WWC printed on it.
11:15Windeen Water Sports Club.
11:16I've asked for their members list.
11:18I got the old staff records at Ferdy's first restaurant.
11:21Isla D'Souza joined a restaurant as sous chef a few months before Amari's father disappeared.
11:26Was Isla D'Souza responsible for hiring Amari Joseph Extronomy?
11:29I'll look into it.
11:31Any joy from the latest video, Jason?
11:33Still going through it, Gov.
11:34Oh, she's got to be having a laugh.
11:36What is it?
11:38Isla D'Souza wants the go-ahead for a private event at Gastronomy.
11:43Tonight.
11:44But it's barely 24 hours since Cal Merson was murdered.
11:47She's gonna set up a kitchen tent outside.
11:50Shall we pull the plug?
11:53No.
11:54We let it go ahead.
11:55What?
11:56If any of them are working together, this is the perfect opportunity to catch them in action.
12:02We keep eyes on all our suspects, see who they talk to, let it play out.
12:15We're gonna need eyes everywhere tonight.
12:18You could base yourself at the bar, Judith, while Susie and I act as roving spies.
12:22But you'll need a partner.
12:24Well, I could ask Tharius.
12:26He wants to discuss the dig in Wales.
12:28Oh.
12:29But what about Matthew?
12:31I agreed to have dinner with him tonight.
12:33Oh.
12:34Wait.
12:34Matthew's expecting to meet Judith.
12:36But Judith would rather meet Darius.
12:38But we all know a woman who would love to accompany a wealthy widower for the evening.
12:43Oh.
12:44Yeah?
12:44Yeah?
12:45Huh.
12:50I'll be out again tonight.
12:52Oh, we'll be fine.
12:53There's some pizzas in the freezer.
12:54Oh, yes.
12:55Of course there are.
12:57You got a problem with that, Mother?
12:59I have a problem with your wife swanning around like Miss Marple of Marlow while we're stuck
13:06inside these four walls.
13:08I was going to ask you if you wanted to swan around with me.
13:11But, as I happen to be in your bad books.
13:14That was just my little joke.
13:16I'd be absolutely delighted.
13:20Casual or dressy?
13:21Dressy.
13:22Definitely.
13:22Oh, wow.
13:27What are you up to, Vex?
13:30I found something.
13:31The new video on my IDR cameraman.
13:34In this still frame, you can see a mirror.
13:37Reflected is part of the mobile phone.
13:40And a red T-shirt with a logo on it.
13:42It's a stack.
13:43We need to find the owner of that T-shirt.
13:45Oh, and did you all have a match for the number on Damon's mobile?
13:48From the call when Ferdy Blake was murdered.
13:50It's an empty shop in Station Road.
13:52And the weird thing is, they were calling him.
13:55Okay.
13:55Alice and I will check out those premises.
13:57You and Jason head over to Gastronomy.
14:03They've let me go.
14:05I won't be long.
14:13Windeen Water Sports Club just sent through their members list.
14:16Isla D'Souza's on it.
14:17Do you think that glove could have been hers?
14:19I'll have to ask her.
14:24Looks like nobody's been here since it closed down.
14:27Well, if that's the case, why is the bin completely full?
14:36Ladies and gentlemen, please can we have your attention?
14:38Welcome, everyone, and thank you so much for coming this evening.
14:44While recent events have been challenging,
14:47we wanted you, our loyal clientele,
14:51to know that Gastronomy will be reopening as soon as possible
14:55with me as Chef Patron.
15:10What's through there?
15:25You'll need to call this into vice when we get back.
15:32So, Damon was involved in gambling.
15:36Look, this is from last week.
15:40Good spot.
15:43Judith.
15:44Oh, thank you for coming.
15:46I took the liberty of getting you a glass of champagne.
15:49Well, thank you very much.
15:50Well, it's the least I could do after yesterday.
15:52I hadn't seen Matthew in years,
15:55and I'm afraid he's changed rather drastically,
15:57and not for the better.
15:59He's on his way over now, and he doesn't look very happy.
16:02Oh, yes. Bear with me.
16:05I thought we had a date this evening, Judith.
16:07Oh, we did.
16:08But Professor Gift and I have a rather urgent
16:11archaeological assignment to discuss.
16:13Well, I must say, this is incredibly annoying.
16:15I'm sorry, may I introduce Marian Starling?
16:27It's a great pleasure to meet you, Marian.
16:30Oh, pleasure's all mine.
16:32True gentlemen are hard to come by these days.
16:36As our great beauties.
16:39You're too kind.
16:41Well, how about some champagne?
16:43I feel in, um, celebratory mood.
16:47Divine.
16:48If, uh, Judith will excuse us.
16:51Oh, be my guest.
16:54Shall we?
16:57Didn't take him long to jump ship, did it?
17:00So far, so good.
17:03Ooh.
17:05Where is he going?
17:08I'm afraid I've been slightly economical with the truth, Darius.
17:11This isn't purely a social occasion.
17:14Go on.
17:15All our key suspects are here, and might even be in it together.
17:20And you need me to be your partner in crime?
17:23If you don't mind, that is.
17:25On the contrary, I'd be delighted.
17:28Tell me more.
17:30Where's he going?
17:45He's heading for the restaurant.
17:46Come on.
18:00He's heading for the restaurant.
18:18What are we supposed to do now?
18:20Oh, I saw some keys behind the bar.
18:22Oh, yes.
18:23I'll call Judith.
18:24Yeah.
18:28Goodness.
18:29Oh, excuse me.
18:30Oh, it's Susie.
18:32Hello.
18:35Right.
18:37A development?
18:38Yes.
18:39I need to borrow the barman's keys without him noticing.
18:45What if I caused a distraction?
18:48I think you might be a natural at this, Darius.
18:59Help me.
19:00Help me.
19:01Help me.
19:01Help me.
19:01Hurry.
19:02Hurry.
19:02Are you okay?
19:07Just trapped wind.
19:10But thank you.
19:11Thank you very much anyway.
19:14Nice one, Judith.
19:15Oh, I couldn't have done it without Darius.
19:18It turns out he's got an unexpectedly devious side.
19:22Oh, something else you have in common.
19:24Oh, this seems to be the one.
19:49Oh, no.
19:50Quick, quick.
19:52Oh, this one.
19:59Oh, no.
20:11Oh, no.
20:13Wait, wait.
20:14This one.
20:18I'll keep watch
20:19Okay
20:22We're in
20:32That is a lot of money
20:35What are Isla and Damon up to?
20:37Why does this case keep coming back to cash?
20:45The red t-shirt
20:47We seem to have found our covert filmmaker
21:00And we found the red t-shirt in Damon's locker
21:03Along with the cash Isla gave him earlier
21:05I'm not going to ask how you got access
21:07Yeah, best not
21:09If I may add something
21:11Oh, here we go
21:12Has d'Artagnan joined the three musketeers?
21:14Not exactly
21:15But I overheard
21:18This gentleman
21:19Telling this lady
21:20That the police had nothing on him
21:22And that they were in the clear
21:24What does she say?
21:25That they could carry on as planned
21:27Right
21:28Well, I'll update the DI
21:31Come on
21:32Rebecca
21:33I won't need a lift now
21:36Matty's going to drive me home
21:38Yes, I think we could both do with a
21:42Nightcap
21:44Enjoy the rest of your evening, Judith
21:46You too
21:50When Marion knows what she wants
21:51She really goes for it
21:53I almost feel sorry for him
21:55No, don't
21:55I think they're made for each other
21:58I'm so sorry about this evening
22:00It all got a bit chaotic
22:01Well, then let's do it properly next time
22:04And no more pretending that we're meeting to discuss a dig or catch up about an investigation
22:11An evening when we can spend some time together
22:16With a view to
22:18Becoming more than just friends
22:28Life's just so busy
22:31I'm afraid I can't commit to anything at the moment
22:35Of course
22:37It was just a thought
22:41Well, good luck with the case
22:45You do realise he was asking you out on a date
22:48That would have taken so much courage, poor bloke
22:51You took the wind right out of his sails
23:20You took the wind right out of his sails
23:39According to Judith's mate
23:40Our suspects now think they're in the clear to carry on
23:44Isla D'Souza got back to me about the neoprene glove
23:46She confirmed she is a member of the club
23:48But she says she always keeps her kit there
23:50Okay, but back to last night
23:52Let's focus on why she gave Damon Grady all that cash when she knew we were at the event
23:56Well, did his interest in illegal gambling get him in financial trouble?
24:00The red t-shirt identifies Damon as the person behind the videos
24:03Could he be blackmailing her?
24:06Hmm
24:06Or is she paying him off for services rendered as her personal hitman?
24:09We need to talk to Damon Grady again
24:14Mr. Grady?
24:17Recognise this?
24:19You've got some explaining to do, mate
24:23Why were you filming Ferdy Blake in the months before his death?
24:26I got the job through the ex-offenders programme
24:29I thought Ferdy really believed in me
24:32But then I got wind I was going to get dumped the minute the programme was over
24:36So I started filming his rants on my phone
24:39Just in case
24:40But why release the videos after he was already dead?
24:45I owed some people money
24:47Bad people
24:48So I sold some of them to a tabloid
24:51But it wasn't enough
24:52There was a large amount of cash found in your locker
24:54Given to you by Isla D'Souza
24:56She realised that the videos were coming from me
24:59So she offered to pay my debt to stop me selling the rest
25:02Mr. Blake withdrew increasing amounts of cash during the period you worked for him
25:06What was it for?
25:08Ferdie loved gambling
25:11High risk, high stakes
25:13I knew some people that ran an illegal gambling den
25:16I loved the job
25:18And I wanted to get into Ferdie's good books
25:20So I made the introduction
25:22Cal Merson was an ex-gambling addict
25:24Did you know that?
25:27Ferdie bullied him into joining the after-hours poker sessions
25:31Could someone from the den have come after Ferdie and Cal
25:34For her unpaid debt?
25:36Ferdie was loaded
25:37And he wasn't stupid
25:40He'd never get himself into trouble with those guys
25:42And Cal
25:43He got lucky
25:44He won 300k in hard cash
25:47I was an amateur by comparison
25:51The den kept calling to sell what I owe
25:54But I just didn't have it
25:55You were desperate for money
25:56And you knew Cal Merson had loads of it
25:59Killing him would solve all your problems
26:01No
26:02I'd never do that
26:04No
26:04Cal was my mate
26:10If Cal won all that money
26:12Wouldn't the first person to tell be his wife?
26:14Well not necessarily
26:16He might have been afraid of her reaction
26:19If they were saying the truth
26:20And that 300k actually exists
26:22Then Nicky deserves to have that money
26:25But where is it?
26:26I don't think he'd risk hiding it at home
26:29This is all connected to gambling somehow, isn't it?
26:32That must be the reason the £50 note was pinned to Ferdie's body when he died
26:36What if Cal hid his winnings at work somewhere?
26:39The killer got wind of it somehow?
26:41If someone knew that Cal was at gastronomy alone
26:44And suspected the money was there
26:48They could have forced Cal to reveal his hiding place
26:51And then be obliged to kill him
26:58Do you remember when we saw him outside the restaurant?
27:03He said he'd dropped his keys
27:05He looks shifty as hell
27:13I think I know where the money is
27:15Damon Grady claims the cash he received from you
27:18Was to stop him releasing any more videos to the press
27:21That's correct
27:22We now know that Omari Joseph came to work at gastronomy at your invitation
27:26You'd worked with his father years ago
27:27Did you know Omari planned to kill Ferdie?
27:30Not until yesterday
27:31But he would never have gone through with it
27:33Omari's incapable of hurting anyone
27:35I gave him the job here as a way of redressing past wrongs
27:40With Ferdie gone you had what you always wanted
27:41You all did
27:43Are you working together?
27:45Not in the way that you're implying
27:47Mr. Grady also claims that Cal Merson won a large amount of money in an illegal poker game
27:52What do you know about that?
27:54Nothing
27:55I had no idea
28:00So you're saying Cal stashed his money at the restaurant
28:03While the police were still here?
28:06He knew they'd completed their initial search including the cellar
28:09Cal must have hidden the money somewhere and retrieved it unseen
28:13And then sent it down this coal chute
28:16Which is when we saw him
28:17But why would he take that risk?
28:19It was his least worst option
28:21He couldn't take the money home
28:23As a person of interest his house could be searched next
28:26Do you think the money's still down there?
28:29We'll find out soon enough
28:32This should be the door to the cellar
28:36So how are we going to get in?
28:37I forgot to return these
28:47We need to get our bearings
28:50Work out where the coal cellar might be
28:54This way
29:03It's like a labyrinth down here
29:06If I'm right
29:15Yes
29:22This is where the coal chute comes out
29:25And
29:31Whoa
29:33Nice one, Judith
29:38Oh, you don't seem very happy about it
29:40Oh, I keep thinking about Cal's relapse
29:44The stress of keeping all that to himself
29:48What a difference this money would have made to their lives had he lived
29:55Can anyone else smell roses?
29:59Yes
29:59I can
30:02Need to make a fresh start
30:08Judith
30:10What is it?
30:13The roses
30:14The roses
30:15The paddleboard
30:18Cal's fresh start
30:21It all makes
30:22Perfect sense
30:24Don't you see?
30:26We kept asking ourselves
30:28Why someone would choose that night to kill Ferdy
30:31Why take such an enormous risk?
30:34And the answer is
30:36They didn't choose to do it at all
30:38This was never about money or power
30:43It was about love
30:45And betrayal
30:48Are you saying the murderer is Isla?
30:51I'm saying Ferdy
30:53Was never the intended victim
30:56It was Cal Merson
30:59And I believe
31:00His killer
31:03Is here with us now
31:09Nicky?
31:18Come on
31:19Just getting the money
31:21I'm sure I saw a light on the wall here somewhere
31:24Never mind that now
31:25We just need to get out of here
31:30Judith!
31:30Are you okay?
31:31Judith!
31:32Judith!
31:33Judith!
31:35That's all for now Mr. Sousa
31:37DS Perry will see you up
31:38I just want to apologise for not being entirely honest with you
31:42I know I can appear heartless
31:44But that's what years of brutality does to you
31:48And I'm so desperately sad for Nicky
31:50I knew her from the water sports club
31:53She was forced to leave
31:55When they couldn't afford the fees anymore
31:59The members list at the water sports club
32:00How far back did it go?
32:01It's just the current members
32:06I know you're in here Nicky
32:11I just need to talk to you
32:27That's my money
32:28I know
32:30And you deserve to have it
32:38I need that to stop
32:40Tell them to stop it
32:41There's no need to worry
32:42I'm perfectly fine
32:44How could she be fine?
32:46She's locked in a room with a murderer
32:48I'll stay here
32:49Come and get help
32:50Yeah
32:55Nicky Merson's phone isn't online
32:56Its last known location is gastronomy
32:59It's Susie
33:02Alright hold tight
33:03Yeah we're already on our way
33:04Nicky Merson's locked herself in the cellar with Judith
33:07We need to get over there now
33:11I understand why you're so angry Nicky
33:14None of this was about the money
33:17I need you to know that
33:20It was about Cal
33:22Not wanting to share it with me
33:26We always said
33:27If we ever got back on our feet again
33:29We'd emigrate together
33:32But he was gonna go to Australia
33:35With the money
33:37On his own
33:40That was
33:42Our dream
33:45It must have been devastating
33:48How did you find out?
33:51On the morning of the buck launch
33:55I'd come home from an early paddle board
33:59And locked myself out
34:00Cal always kept a spare set of keys in the glove box
34:05And that's where I found his secret phone
34:12He'd sent a text to his brother in Brisbane
34:14Saying he'd won £300,000
34:19Playing poker
34:21And that's when you found out he was gambling again
34:25He told his brother
34:28He booked a flight
34:30For Tuesday
34:32And he wasn't to breathe a word to me
34:34About any of it
34:35That's why you had to act so quickly
34:38I'd stood by him
34:41Through everything
34:45But there were other texts on the phone
34:48Buy-ins
34:51He'd lied to me
34:53About everything for so long
34:56So that's when you made your plan?
34:58For once in my life
35:00I had to put myself first
35:02You understand that?
35:03Don't you?
35:04Well of course I do
35:06You're a kind
35:07Loving
35:08Loyal person, Nicky
35:11And were brutally betrayed by the man you loved
35:14Cal broke my heart
35:21You can still live your dream, Nicky
35:26If we go now
35:49I'm leaving
35:53Stay back
35:54It's okay
35:55Let her go
36:25Mrs. Smith
36:26Mrs. Manson!
36:31Come with me.
36:34We can talk inside.
36:46Can you talk us through what happened on the day of Ferdy Blake's murder?
36:54That afternoon, I left the paddleboard by gastronomy.
36:59I came back on foot.
37:01I knew Cal would be alone at the moment of Ferdy's grand entrance,
37:06be in the kitchen or front of house.
37:08I had to time it perfectly.
37:12I thought the £50 note might implicate Ferdy or the gambling ring,
37:17or at least keep the police busy.
37:20Cal was exactly where I wanted him to be.
37:24All I needed was a knife.
37:26And then Ferdy appeared out of nowhere.
37:30In that moment, I knew it was either him or me.
37:34I wasn't gonna end up in prison while Cal got away with everything.
37:45I only just made it out before Isla raised the alarm.
37:48Then you ran to the river, dropping one of your gloves.
37:51It must have fallen out of my pocket.
37:53I didn't realise till later.
37:57But with Cal still alive, you hadn't solved your problem.
38:01But when he was asked to deep clean gastronomy alone,
38:04it was the perfect opportunity to strike again.
38:09It was my last chance.
38:11I had to stop him getting on that flight.
38:17So I came back to the restaurant with a plan.
38:20And he feared he kept his liquid nitrogen tanks in the store room.
38:24If I could release the gas into the airtight freezer room,
38:27Cal would suffocate.
38:36With everything set up,
38:39I just had to wait for my moment.
38:51Hello?
38:53Hello?
38:55All I had to do was go back to the tank.
38:57And open the vault.
39:05When I got home, I kept calling Cal
39:07to make it seem like I was worried about him.
39:09But you still didn't have the money.
39:11No.
39:12I realised it must be somewhere in the restaurant.
39:17But I couldn't go there to look until you lot had gone.
39:20But Judith was one step ahead of me.
39:23Cal must have hidden the money.
39:25Retrieved it unseen and then sent it down the chute.
39:27And you think the money's still down then?
39:32The police were always going to catch up with you, Nicky.
39:36You do know that, don't you?
39:41I wish I could say I was sorry, but...
39:46Cal got what he deserved.
39:53It's time.
40:06I know how we figured out it was Nicky Merson, but how did you?
40:09It was the scent of a rose cologne.
40:12It took me straight back to her garden.
40:15And the paddleboard.
40:17Nicky confirmed it was hers.
40:19When I got back from the paddleboard in around 10.30.
40:21Suddenly it all made sense.
40:23But her alibi checked out.
40:25Her call to Cal, nine minutes after Ferdi's murder, was a cast iron alibi.
40:31It would be impossible to get home in such a short space of time.
40:36And then I remembered I hadn't swum that day because the river was in spate.
40:41And it would be possible to get home on the paddleboard in the time frame.
40:48So I was half right.
40:50The murder was premeditated.
40:53But the identity of her victim changed at the last minute.
40:57You're a bang on the money.
40:58As it were, Mrs. Potts.
41:00She always is.
41:12Judith.
41:14Thank you for coming.
41:18Another mission?
41:19No, actually.
41:22This is about us.
41:25In answer to the question I so clumsily dismissed last night.
41:31I'd love to spend time as more than just friends.
41:35If it's not too late, that is.
41:41How could it be too late?
41:45This is just the beginning.
41:54Please have a scone. I've made so many of them.
41:57Lovely.
42:01What a wonderful spring.
42:03Bex, this looks amazing.
42:05I'm a vicar's wife. Serving a good tea is a key skill.
42:08Talking of food, what's going on with gastronomy?
42:11Oh, they should be back in business in a couple of weeks.
42:12And it's all changed.
42:13The new menu credits Omari's father as the inspiration behind the brand.
42:17No mention of Ferdy Blake.
42:19Which is as it should be.
42:21English breakfast or Earl Grey?
42:23English breakfast.
42:24Oh, finally. Something we can agree on.
42:28Something else to celebrate?
42:30Tanika's interviews in today's paper.
42:33Now, I'm not going to lie, I thought it would be okay,
42:36but it's bloody brilliant.
42:40Come on then, let's have a look.
42:41Oh, thanks for all your help, Susie.
42:43I think I might have actually enjoyed it.
42:45Not too shabby, girl.
42:47Proud of you, Gov. Thank you.
42:49Oh, and the interviewer said that they were interested in doing some more profile pieces,
42:53so I suggested you three.
42:55No, not my thing at all.
42:56Absolutely not.
42:57No way, I'm doing that.
43:00Maybe you could reframe that more positively.
43:03LAUGHTER
43:05I love you.
43:35I love you.
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