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00:00Bayon Morgon!
00:01What can we do with a donkey sailor?
00:03What can we do with a donkey sailor?
00:05What can we do with a donkey sailor?
00:07Bayon Morgon!
00:32There is no sort ofậy moving.
00:33We Ahhh!
00:46There is no light!
00:48And we're going to try to get some troops to Lie mandatory.
00:50And he came.
00:54Ms Orch Zuo in the background.
00:54So that's Okima- extensions!
01:07One morning in the month of June down by a rolling river
01:12There a weary child had a chance to stay and he beheld his lover
01:16Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown
01:19Her hair in ringlets hanging out
01:21She had a lovely face without a frown just as the tide was flowing
01:39I gotcha
01:41Have you done it?
01:44Ye of little faith
01:46Oh sorry
01:57Sorry
01:57Oh gosh sorry
01:58You didn't turn the...
02:00Stop talking
02:02Sorry
02:04Sorry
02:04Sorry
02:04Oh dear
02:10Oh
02:10Oh
02:22Oh yeah
02:23Stop cock
02:26That's good idea
02:27We need to call a plumber
02:33I'll call one now
02:38Humphrey
02:39Yeah?
02:40In the past hour you've stapled yourself to a cupboard, fitted a letterbox upside down and now flooded the kitchen
02:47I'm sensing your mind is elsewhere
02:50I'm sensing your mind is elsewhere
02:51Sorry
02:52Oh don't be sorry
02:55Just talk to me
02:59I've got your mum shadowing me at the station as part of her induction into the police panel
03:06But worse I've got Mr Smith pressing for who I'm going to lose and I haven't even told anyone that
03:11under review
03:12When do you?
03:13When do you have to make your decision?
03:15End of the week
03:19Maybe honesty is the best policy
03:21Just tell them what's going on
03:23It's an impossible situation, they'll understand
03:42Big night was it?
03:44No
03:45Looks like it
03:48If you must know, I was chatting with Agnieszka
03:52Oh
03:54She's here now then?
03:55Online
03:57Yeah
03:57She was a bit upset
03:59She lost her job
04:00Don't tell me anymore
04:02I can guess the rest
04:04Morning sir
04:05Morning
04:06Yes
04:07Morning
04:08Talking of imaginary women
04:10The fish market was buzzing this morning
04:13Someone spotted the mermaid who shipped an abbot last night
04:16Oh, where?
04:18Geoff Simmons swears he saw her up by Tidelined Seaweed Farms
04:22Oh I'd love to see a mermaid
04:24Just because people believe it doesn't make it true
04:27Ooh
04:29Huh?
04:31What do you think sir?
04:34Sir?
04:35Someone's seen a mermaid?
04:37This is usually where you start getting carried away by a bit of local nonsense
04:41Yeah
04:44Is everything alright?
04:45You seem a bit stressed
04:48Oh
04:48No
04:51I've got
04:54I've got some...
04:55Well, I've got something to tell you all
05:01Yes, Anne will be joining us today
05:04Morning team
05:05As part of a role in the police committee
05:07Now don't worry
05:09I want you all to carry on exactly as you would if I wasn't here
05:13And the more I know about what you actually do
05:15The more I can support it
05:18I'll need a desk
05:19Oh, we've got a spare one here
05:23Thank you, Kelby
05:30Thank you
05:31That's very helpful
05:32Yes
05:33Thank you, Kelby
05:35You won't even notice I'm here
05:38She might explain the DI's stress
05:40So what's on the agenda for today?
05:43Tideline farms
05:44Someone sabotaged their seaweed lines
05:46That's where they saw the mermaid
05:48Excellent
05:48They're on their way
05:49Yes, Anne
05:50Margot will show you the ropes
05:52While we, we three, will go and see what happened
05:56Oh
05:57Thank you
06:06Kelby is questioning the staff
06:07But before we start this investigation
06:10Can we agree that the mermaid of Shipton Abbott
06:13Didn't sabotage Tideline farms?
06:16Our job is to keep an open mind, Sergeant
06:18It's all just old fisherman's tales
06:21Silly superstition to wind the grockles up
06:25Talking to Tideline, this is where they started
06:28The council was given a grant to restore these old workshops
06:32Then rent them out at a reasonable rate to help new business
06:37Tidelines took off within the first couple of years
06:39So we moved to bigger premises
06:43Sabotaging a seaweed farm seems a bit extreme, don't you think?
06:46I mean, it's hardly controversial
06:48Depends who you ask
06:50How so?
06:51Some reckon it's saving the planet
06:53Soaks carbon, replaces plastic, feeds cows
06:56Others say it ruins the view
06:58Kills fishing and tourism
07:01And Tideline?
07:02Just want to expand, grow the business, create more jobs
07:05Apply for it twice before, both times blocked
07:08Locals weren't having it
07:09How big are we talking?
07:11270 acres
07:13Off limits to fishermen, paddle boards, swimmers, the lot
07:17That's about what?
07:19200 football pitches?
07:22And one of the locals aren't happy
07:32Used to sneak into these tunnels when we were kids
07:35Bit of music, couple of ciders
07:39No one knew we were here
07:41Is this a confession to breaking an entry?
07:49They run underneath this entire building
07:53These nets were found this morning
07:54Weighed down with stones to pull the seaweed out of the sunlight
07:58If they'd succeeded we'd be facing a failed harvest
08:02That's not all
08:03I got this
08:10Stop your expansion plans or face the consequences
08:13It was shot through our office door
08:15I found it this morning
08:17Any CCTV?
08:18Private security?
08:19No, regretting that now
08:22We've got a final appeal hearing about the expansion tomorrow
08:2710am, with marine management and the council
08:29I can't believe someone hates what we're doing this much
08:33I'd put everything into this business
08:35Word is, we might finally get approved
08:37Someone clearly doesn't want that
08:39Yes, or something
08:41Do you know of anyone in particular who's against the planned expansion?
08:45Honestly
08:46Half the town, I'm scared
08:49This isn't grumbling in some parish newsletter
08:53This is malicious
08:54It feels like there's a target on my back
09:01I'm really sorry, I'm late for a meeting
09:03Will you let me know what you find?
09:05Okay
09:08Kelby, can we get this sent to the lab please?
09:10Prince if we're lucky
09:11Sir
09:12Find anything?
09:13The Tideline crew found the nets at 5.30am
09:16Last clear check was 6pm yesterday
09:19So, sabotage happened overnight
09:22Right
09:29Well now
09:32What's this?
09:35Haven't seen one like this before
09:38Let me guess
09:39You collected shells at school?
09:40You collected shells at school?
09:40I collected shells at school
09:41I bet you were popular
09:49She was moving fast below the surface
09:53Saw her long tail
09:56Flashing electric blue in the sea sparkle
09:59Could only be one thing
10:02A mermaid
10:07How close?
10:09Right below me
10:11Right below me
10:11Popped up again well past the lines
10:13Tail, arcs, down she goes again
10:17Blink
10:19And gone
10:20Just like that
10:22Extraordinary
10:23Aye
10:24Magic it were
10:29I know what folks say
10:31Jeff be proper amazed
10:34But I know what I saw
10:35What were you doing out so late?
10:38Night fishing not so odd
10:40Toy was right
10:40Sleeping alright?
10:42On any meds? Mixing anything home brewed?
10:46Did you see any other boat?
10:48Nah
10:49Just me
10:52And her
10:53The mermaid of Shipton Abba
10:58You tell me
10:59What else can swim through sea sparkle
11:02And then just vanish
11:07You ever pull one of these up in your nets?
11:10Can't say I have
11:12Hard looking thing innit?
11:15Mind if I borrow one?
11:17I don't care, you himself
11:19Super?
11:20You know mermaids have been spotted throughout history
11:23As long as humans have sailed
11:25On ships sailed by a load of lonely men drinking cheap rum
11:29Which pretty much describes Jeff Simmons too
11:33Only 5% of the oceans explored, Sergeant
11:36Needs to know what's out there
11:46The sea hides all manner of strange things
11:52Please leave your message after the tone
11:54Hello, me again
11:56Could you call me back as soon as possible, please?
11:59Thanks, bye
12:03Mmm
12:05Ooh
12:07Everything alright?
12:08If I strangled a builder
12:10Do you think Humphrey would arrest me or let me go?
12:13Ooh, well I'm sure you could convince him to let you off
12:16Good to know
12:18So how'd it go with your mum?
12:20How does she take the travel news?
12:23Weirdly well
12:25Suspiciously calm
12:27Calm's good, isn't it?
12:29You'd think, but
12:31Mum's got layers
12:31You never really know what she's thinking
12:33Even worse, since the whole Archie thing
12:35Her head's all over the place
12:37Well, we're going out for a drink tonight
12:39So I'm sure she'll tell me how she feels about it
12:41She could do us a good night out
12:43It'd be good for her to have a proper laugh
12:44Couldn't we all?
12:49How can I help you?
12:50Two cappuccinos, please
12:51Thanks
12:53Er, Coast Guard just confirmed
12:56Only Geoff's boat was near a tideline
12:59So he was the only one out there by the seaweed farm
13:02Apart from the mermaid
13:04Right, and a unicorn did my taxes
13:08Very well
13:08Let us set mythical sea creatures aside
13:12Where's our motive for damaging those lines?
13:15That's a lot of fishing grounds to lose if the expansion goes ahead
13:18So, that would suggest it has to be someone from the fishing community
13:21Hmm, Margot, anything back from the lab about our letter?
13:26Er, just about
13:27I believe no fingerprints were found
13:30Just the exclusion prints that were taken
13:32Which were Diana Cooper's
13:34Mm-hmm
13:35People was pretty standard
13:37Same with the ink
13:38Anyone with a home computer could have done it
13:41You were listening to my phone conversation
13:43I thought you were here to observe
13:45Geoff Simmons could have dropped off the letter last night
13:47Before he went out on his boat
13:48Well, yeah, yes, but then why draw attention to yourself?
13:52I checked through his finances
13:53It looks like he's applying for more DEFRA fishing subsidies
13:57There, so he's got financial problems
14:01Diana Cooper's expansion threatens his patch
14:04And why the mermaid story?
14:06A misdirection
14:07It had to be him
14:09His was the only boat in the area
14:11But he may have been in the vicinity
14:13But it doesn't mean he's responsible for that damage
14:17Would you say it was called again?
14:18Ah, now that
14:24It's bioluminescence
14:25Or sea sparkle
14:28It's a chemical reaction
14:32Any movement?
14:40Whoa
14:41It sets it off like a flare
14:44Now it must have been close to the seaweed farm
14:46Because he says the mermaid appeared and vanished in it
14:51Fishing folk round here
14:53Obsessed with the mermaid of Shipton Abbott
14:56Yeah, what is that story exactly?
15:01Well...
15:02The story goes that the mermaid once fell in love with a local fisherman
15:06Until she saw that he was taking too much from her seas
15:11So...
15:13She conjured a storm
15:15And told him she'd help him back to the shore
15:17But actually...
15:19Lured him onto the rocks
15:21His boat was ripped to shreds
15:24And there he met his end
15:26Some swear she's real
15:29A spirit of the deep
15:31Revenge with a tail
15:33But...
15:34The warning is implicit
15:36Disrespect the sea
15:37And face the consequences
15:39That was a very interesting hat
15:44Are we done?
15:46Now...
15:47Diana mentioned public opposition
15:49But no names
15:51Uh, sir
15:52Looks like word spread beyond the fish market
15:55Hashtag Mermaid's Revenge is trending online
15:58Mermaid's Revenge
15:59We should find out where that originated
16:01There's something about this whole thing that doesn't quite ring true
16:05If you're looking at opposition
16:06Try Dr. Mary Rhodes
16:08She's a marine conservationist
16:10She writes to the council every week about the seaweed farms
16:13She's tireless
16:15Slightly exhausting
16:16Someone who's against the expansion
16:18And an avid letter writer
16:20Very interesting, Anne
16:23Let's see what she has to say
16:36Good morning
16:39Oh...
16:40If you want to talk
16:42You can be of help
16:43Two hands
16:44One picker each
16:46Maud!
16:47Can you sort these people, please?
16:50Thank you
16:51Oh, sorry
16:52Oh...
16:57Use your wrist
16:58Let it do the work
16:59You'll get it
17:02Thank you
17:04Have you been doing this long?
17:06Never since my husband died last year
17:10Civil of the sea
17:13We scattered his ashes
17:14Out near Tripton Abbot Island
17:19I don't get out much
17:22Mary and my lovely granddaughter Lacey
17:25They thought this might be good for me
17:26Mary and I
17:28Go back to the picket lounge in 84
17:31Ah
17:33Her bark's worse than her bike
17:35So not by much
17:39Thank you
17:41Tidelines talks green
17:43But it's industrial farming
17:46I mean
17:489,000 boys
17:49Lights on all night
17:51Their biggest mistake
17:52Was shutting out the community
17:54If they hadn't done that
17:54We might have been able to help
17:58Need to stop for a bit
17:59Sorry
18:01I have asthma
18:02Had it since I was a kid
18:04Not at all
18:08Diana
18:11I sent this note last night
18:14It's pretty threatening
18:15Yeah, pretty unequivocal
18:17We gather you like to write a letter
18:19Yes I do
18:21But I prefer the handwritten touch
18:23Anyway, I wasn't in Shipton Abbot last night
18:26Where were you?
18:27At Hawke's Hut
18:28Up on the Newton Rock
18:30Couple of miles down the coast
18:32Some eccentric built it
18:33Said he saw mermaids from up there
18:35Maud's husband bought it years ago
18:38She lets me use it
18:39It's great, great place for monitoring the seals
18:43Anyone with you?
18:45No
18:46Just me
18:46A flask
18:48And no phone signal
18:50Lifts
18:53Ever see one of these?
18:55No
18:57It's not local though
18:58Could be tropical
19:00Maud's husband was a
19:02Shell collector
19:02Why don't we ask her?
19:04Maud
19:06Have a look at this
19:07Do you know what that is?
19:09It was found tangled in the nets
19:10That we used to sabotage the seaweed farm?
19:14No, dear
19:20Curious, isn't it?
19:22Tropical shell caught in definite fishing nets
19:25Perhaps it drifted in on a current
19:28Dropped off a passing boat
19:30Oh, look
19:32Old, washed up netting
19:35Just like what was used in the sabotage
19:37Hmm
19:38So our environmental warrior
19:41She clearly has a motive
19:42Access to materials
19:43And no alibi
19:45Supposedly alone in a hut
19:47Famous for mermaid sightings
19:49But how does she get out there?
19:52You know this whole mermaid legend thing
19:55Feels like someone's using it to put us off the scent
19:59Kelby?
20:00Sir?
20:00Can you request Dr. Rose council letters and compare them to Diana's, please?
20:05On it, sir
20:06Also, we've traced that mermaid revenge hashtag
20:10Started with a group called Stop Stealing Our Seas
20:14Last month they staged a paddle out protest
20:17Led by local surfer, Elijah Moore
20:20Right, good to know
20:22Thank you, Kelby
20:24BELL RINGS
20:25Time's time
20:25Oh!
20:26Shipped an app at police?
20:28Anne speaking
20:29How can I help?
20:31Oh
20:32Yes, just a moment
20:33It's for you
20:34Hmm
20:39Anna-chan
20:42Anything I can help with?
20:44There is, actually, Anne
20:46The inspector wants to check our letter with some from Dr. Rhodes
20:50Could you get us some from the council?
20:52Absolutely
20:53I'll give us a try
20:55We'll just go back
20:57It won't take two minutes
21:01Oh, no, come on
21:02Hello, it's Councillor Lloyd here
21:05Yes, could you put me through two council complaints?
21:09It's Angela, I think
21:11What was that Nishka's last name again?
21:14Why?
21:16Don't you know?
21:17Yes, Norwid
21:18N-O-R-W-I-D
21:20Letters
21:22Doing a search?
21:23Just seeing if she's as pretty as you say she is
21:25Erm, in complaint to the seaweed farms
21:30All I'm getting is cats in hats on skateboards
21:36What are you talking about?
21:38Ah, that's cute
21:39A kitten and a teacup
21:42You must have typed it in wrong
21:43What?
21:45That's weird
21:46You're not kidding
21:47Who dresses a cat in sunglasses?
21:51No, Geoff Simmons, the fisherman
21:54His bank records show he made a purchase for custom alloys from AlloyLuke.com
22:00What?
22:01What's wrong with that?
22:03Have you seen this truck?
22:05It's ancient
22:06So why buy flash aluminium alloys?
22:11Unless...
22:13No
22:14That wouldn't
22:16But maybe he did
22:25No, no
22:30You're not kidding
22:32No, no, no
22:38See you next time
22:39You're not kidding
22:45I mean, I'll see his paddleboard protests certainly stirred things up.
22:49Ugh.
22:50Good stunt, Elijah. Got people talking.
22:52It weren't a stunt. People are angry.
22:54They don't want tideline farms wrecking this coastline.
22:57Those are lovely.
22:59Maori fishhooks keep me from getting lost at sea.
23:01Found them in New Zealand. Different shops, same day.
23:05Kind of one of those weird life things.
23:08Your latest campaigns catch you, too.
23:10Mermaid's Revenge. Fits the local folklore.
23:14Geoff Simmons swears he saw a mermaid last night.
23:18Hard to say what Geoff saw.
23:19But if the myth fits the moment, good campaigns ride the current.
23:23Unless it stops being a myth. Diana Cooper received a threat this morning.
23:27We don't do threats.
23:28Mermaid's Revenge sounds like a call to arms.
23:31Could one of your followers have taken things too far?
23:34We're not responsible for what random people do.
23:37And Diana Cooper's no saint. She's trying to privatise a coastline that people depend on.
23:41Yeah, but she is a person.
23:43You're scared.
23:49Where were you both last night?
23:52Newquay.
23:53Surf Comp.
23:54Stayed at the Neptune.
23:56Got back this morning.
23:58I stayed in the Grand.
24:00Pizza and a film.
24:15Okay, thanks.
24:16These fins?
24:19Or...?
24:19Oh, that's it.
24:21Yeah, so print one of those off, please.
24:23These are freediving fins.
24:25Freediving fins?
24:27So maybe Geoff didn't see a mermaid.
24:30He didn't.
24:30He saw a freediver wearing these.
24:33In the bioluminescence, I suppose if the two fins were together, it could look like a tail.
24:39Mermaid-ish, even.
24:42I must say, the whole visual case pricey is very helpful.
24:47Even if it was a freediver, how do you haul weighted nets offshore without a boat?
24:53Well, um, paddleboard.
24:55Surfboard.
24:56Not with that weight.
24:58You'd flip.
24:59If they're a freediver, they could dive down and pick up the stones one at a time.
25:04Kelby, check Lacey and Elijah's alibi, please.
25:08Maybe he freedives too.
25:09Sure.
25:10Yeah, but still.
25:11You see, that is not the most puzzling question.
25:15You see, Geoff says the mermaid was there, one moment and gone the next.
25:20So, if it wasn't a mermaid, but a freediver posing as one, how on earth did they vanish
25:28in a sea that lights up every move?
25:31Perhaps Geoff lied, blinked, or both.
25:34Speaking of Geoff, I saw him pocketing a fat water cash off of some bloke.
25:40I followed and saw him get into a brand new truck.
25:44New truck, easy cash. I thought he was meant to be broke.
25:48Needed extra subsidies.
25:49He's being paid for something.
25:51Yes, agreed.
25:53Perhaps it's time we reel in our fishermen.
25:58You know, Humphrey, I think I'll join you if I may.
26:01Yeah.
26:01I mean, being stuck around here all day rather numbs the brain.
26:04Hi.
26:09Let's just drop the mermaid story, shall we?
26:12Who's paying you to sabotage the seaweed lines?
26:15No one.
26:16Then how would you afford the new truck?
26:20The Coast Guard confirmed yours was the only boat in the area.
26:25Look, I don't care what you say.
26:28I know what I saw.
26:30She was there, and then she weren't.
26:34Couldn't it have just been a diver, Geoff?
26:37Wearing these?
26:38No chance.
26:39No chance.
26:40It were real.
26:41Magic.
26:45She moved like she were part of the sea.
26:49Got me thinking.
26:51Maybe the sea's her now.
26:54A warning.
26:56Like the story says.
27:00What were you drinking?
27:08Oh, maybe I had a bit of rum.
27:13Why do you think the mermaid was a warning, Geoff?
27:17You've been taking a bit too much from the sea recently, is that it?
27:21Disrespect the sea and face the consequences.
27:30Look, I land a few sea bass now and then on the sly.
27:33Who doesn't?
27:35Sells up north a good price.
27:37Cash and hand.
27:38Off the books.
27:40Enough for a new truck.
27:41Oh, yeah.
27:43I've been stretching the pennies a while now.
27:46So, the late night fishing, the new truck, the cash,
27:50all from poaching sea bass off the books?
27:56I swear on me mum's grave, I saw a mermaid.
28:06And I never touched that seaweed farm neither.
28:13Two oatmeal lattes.
28:15Thanks.
28:21You still think you're the victim, don't you?
28:24But no one wants this expansion.
28:26You should just drop it.
28:28Right.
28:28That's enough.
28:30Not in here.
28:40Are you okay?
28:42Do you want to sit?
28:44I'm fine.
28:46I'll get your usual.
28:50So what happens now Geoff's admitted to poaching but not to sabotage?
28:54Well, he's still a witness to a crime.
28:57His interview recording needs to be transcribed and filed.
29:00Can I do anything?
29:00Oh, it might have to wait until tomorrow.
29:04Margot, perhaps Anne might be able to help with some of our information grouping.
29:08Oh, that sounds interesting.
29:10Otherwise known as filing.
29:12What time did he arrive?
29:14Happy to help.
29:16From what I've seen of your filing so far,
29:20it's in need of some good reorganisation.
29:22And what time did he leave?
29:24So, Geoff is adamant he's not our culprit.
29:27But if it wasn't him, then the free diver theory still holds.
29:32Sure.
29:32So what about Elijah?
29:34You know, young, confident surfer, or Lacey, both good with the paddleboard?
29:39It can't be.
29:41Elijah was in Newquay.
29:43Hotel confirmed it, lots of witnesses.
29:45And Maud said Lacey was at home watching before heaven with her.
29:51My nan's obsessed.
29:52Right.
29:53So, that leaves Mary.
29:56Oh, sir, I got her council letters and helped me.
30:01Listen to this one.
30:02If you don't drop the expansion, I will be forced to take matters further,
30:06and you may regret the consequences.
30:10That sounds like a warning shot.
30:11Yeah, they're the same tone, similar words.
30:14Mary's got a record to a couple of charges, some arrests, all protest stuff.
30:21Goes back a fair way to the 80s.
30:23Yeah, but her asthma?
30:24She couldn't free dive.
30:26And whoever it is, it still begs the question,
30:28how did they get away without lighting up the sea?
30:31Maybe she really was a mermaid.
30:33How is our only suspect still a mermaid?
30:44How someone can be the most infuriating and yet the most amazing person
30:52at exactly the same time is a mystery.
30:56Can I be honest?
30:57Always.
30:59I didn't get it.
31:01When I met you both for the first time, I couldn't see how you fit together.
31:07No?
31:08Mm-mm.
31:09Wow.
31:09I suppose you're not alone in that.
31:11Took Mum a while, too.
31:13But now, you're so loved up and so perfect for each other, it makes me want to vomit.
31:19Oh, I'm sorry we make you feel that way.
31:22No, don't be. It's lovely.
31:24I'm just jealous.
31:26Are you?
31:27Nah, you know me, one man band or one woman band, does that still work?
31:36You know you never told me what happened with you and Archie.
31:40Didn't I?
31:41No.
31:42Nothing to tell.
31:43It was a thing and then it wasn't.
31:45Same old, same old.
31:46Well, something must have happened.
31:49Yeah, it did.
31:52Me.
31:54You know, opening up and letting someone in isn't as scary as it sounds.
32:00You think?
32:03Did you ever talk to him about Zoe's dad?
32:09Sort of.
32:11Oh, I hate it when you do that.
32:12Do what?
32:13Look at me like a disappointed teacher when I forgot my homework.
32:22What happened to you was terrible.
32:25And I've no idea how you got through it.
32:29How you picked up the pieces and not only survived but brought up Zoe the way you did to be
32:36the most amazing person that she is.
32:40And I know that you loved Zoe's dad.
32:44But it doesn't mean you can't be in love again.
32:52The thing is, he's still here.
32:58He smiles at me every day the second Zoe walks into the room.
33:06So whoever I'm with, I end up hating them for not being him.
33:12Archie never stood a chance.
33:16Well, I suppose the trick is, not hating Archie for what he's not, but finding a way to love him
33:24for what he is.
33:29That went quite deep there.
33:31Did he pay you to say that?
33:32Of course.
33:32How much?
33:34Thousands.
33:35Good, because it's your round.
33:37You know, if you told Archie any of that, he'd get it.
33:43Now that's way too scary.
33:45I double dare you.
33:48I'll think about it.
33:50But if I do a dare, you've got to do one too.
33:52Like what?
33:53I don't know.
33:53I'll think of something.
33:55When you get another drink.
33:56OK.
34:02I don't know why I'm doing a dare.
34:04You haven't even done yours yet.
34:06No, you have to go first.
34:07It's the law.
34:08Says who?
34:09Me.
34:09And I'm a detective sergeant.
34:11Hmm.
34:12And what would Humphrey say?
34:13Er, that his wife is...
34:15So boring.
34:16She won't go skinny dipping.
34:19Take that back.
34:20No, you take it back.
34:21I haven't got it.
34:27Well, last one to get their kit off is a kipper.
34:30What?
34:31I don't know.
34:31I don't know.
34:32It just came out.
34:33Ready?
34:35Ready?
34:36Oh, they might think we're mermaids.
34:58Oh, my mouth.
34:59I said two pencils in the pyramid.
35:07oh my mother
35:12you're freezing
35:14you're freezing
35:20Esther and I went for a swim
35:27you're not skinny is everything though
35:30that's what I used to do before
35:33okay
35:39do you think I'm boring
35:43definitely not
35:46sometimes I think I am
35:48not just tonight but always
35:51like I've flattened out
35:58sorry
36:19good news
36:22Agnieszka is coming to visit
36:26visit in person
36:28yeah
36:28thought she'd lost her job
36:31she has
36:31so how did she afford the flight
36:34tell me you didn't send money to someone you've never met
36:38so what if I had
36:44I've been digging online
36:45find anything
36:47no
36:47which is worse
36:48one social media account
36:51no photos
36:51just cats
36:52and now he's sending her money
36:54oh
36:57shall I have a word
36:58best leave it with me
37:22good morning
37:25good morning
37:25Anne
37:26good morning
37:30Anne
37:30have you spoken to Martha this morning
37:34how did she seem to you
37:37she's fine
37:38why
37:39well she said something last night
37:43about thinking she was boring
37:47well then it's
37:48it's your job
37:50to help her realise
37:52that she's not
37:54my job
37:55right
37:58yeah
37:59sir
38:01there was a bit of a crowd
38:03at the council offices this morning
38:05protests against Tideline
38:07oh yes
38:07the final appeal
38:08it should be over by now
38:10and yet
38:10what time is this
38:12we are still
38:13no closer
38:14to identifying our mermaid
38:16free diver
38:18Diana Cooper's missing
38:22Diana told staff
38:24she'd be in early
38:25for the appeal
38:25but when they turned up
38:27at nine
38:27the office was empty
38:29they figured
38:30she'd already gone
38:32to the council meeting
38:33but she never showed
38:34well she wouldn't miss that
38:36willingly
38:36it's too important
38:37yeah well I checked
38:38and the appeal was dismissed
38:40when she didn't show up
38:41well
38:42car's still here
38:43no forced entry
38:44no struggle
38:46yeah
38:46they use key cards here
38:48should show her entry
38:49and exit times
38:50just waiting on the data
38:51hmm
38:52she was mid email
38:55and didn't finish it
38:57why leave your phone
38:58either she was planning
39:00on coming back
39:01or didn't get a chance
39:05something interrupted her
39:06what's that sound
39:12oh got the key card log
39:14uh she swiped in at 810
39:17out 837
39:21so where'd she go after that
39:22and did she have a choice
39:25sir
39:30looks like she was a regular
39:31maybe she stopped there
39:33this morning
39:34kelby
39:35can we get this unlocked please
39:36sir
39:40margot
39:41sir
39:42sir
39:43we've checked our house
39:43friends hospital
39:44nothing
39:45no sign of diner at all
40:11that looks delightful
40:14my fail proof hangover remedy
40:17from java
40:17the raw chili
40:19is the key
40:21uh
40:22i think i'll be cured out
40:24beer
40:27uh october 12th
40:29can't wine festival
40:31talkie
40:31okay
40:32um
40:3217th 18th
40:34uh might be seeing nigel
40:35can you shift it
40:37i mean
40:37my parents are dying to meet you
40:39thanks so
40:41i'll check
40:46paradise might be wearing thin
40:48oh
40:52oh
40:58i'll be out back
41:01how are you feeling
41:03hmm
41:05i'm here about diana cooper
41:07she's missing
41:08missing
41:08she was just here
41:09right after i opened
41:11how was she
41:12hmm
41:12stressed about her appeal
41:14well there was something yesterday
41:16a nasty exchange with a surfer
41:19in here
41:20young guy
41:20dark hair
41:21sounds like elijah
41:23anything else from this morning
41:26even small
41:26she was on her phone
41:28mentioned someone
41:29er
41:31dr rhodes
41:32hounding her about the expansion
41:34you're sure
41:36yeah positive
41:36why
41:38diana was dead set
41:40on going to the appeal
41:41then she vanishes
41:43right before it
41:45things aren't always
41:47what they appear
41:50if anything more comes up
41:52call the station
41:53of course
41:54of course
41:56yep
42:00yep
42:00yep
42:00i'm on my way
42:13where's anne
42:28where's anne
42:31833
42:32833
42:33833
42:33she swiped out at 837
42:35so that's where she was going
42:37and we all know who uses hawk's hut
42:40hmm
42:57dr rhodes
43:00where's diana cooper
43:03i haven't seen diana
43:04why
43:05why what's going on
43:06she's missing
43:07she didn't show up for the appeal
43:09she received a message from an unregistered number
43:12asking her to meet someone here
43:14and here you are
43:17you think i kidnapped her
43:19harmed her
43:20the letters you wrote to the council were pretty threatening
43:22i was simply considering
43:24action
43:25against tideline farms
43:27you've got a record
43:28yeah but not for violence
43:30i'm a peaceful protester
43:32so why are you here
43:33i told you yesterday
43:34this is my base
43:35i was here all night
43:37i promise you
43:38i have no idea where diana is
43:40mind if we check in there
43:42be my guest
43:43thank you
43:50that sound
43:52i've heard it before
44:01syd made that
44:02mord's husband
44:05it's too hard for mord and lacy to come up here these days
44:09so i keep it
44:10as a memory of him
44:20anything
44:24diana's not here
44:27so where is she
44:38she sells
44:40seashells
44:42by the seashore
44:46jeff admitted to the poaching
44:48but stuck to the mermaid tail
44:51mary rhodes was just in the wrong place
44:54elijah and lacy both have alibis
44:58what are we missing
45:01mary fishhooks
45:02found him in new zealand
45:04new zealand
45:16it's a power shell
45:18only found in new zealand
45:20sacred to the maori
45:22for remembrance
45:23grief
45:23this
45:24this isn't protest
45:26it's personal
45:27driven by loss
45:30look to keep things sustainable
45:32the law says
45:33that power
45:33can only be harvested
45:35by
45:35free divers
45:38elijah and lacy
45:40but both have
45:41alibis
45:42elijah
45:43maybe
45:43his alibi was verified
45:44but lacy told us
45:46she was with her grandmother
45:47maude
45:47which we accepted
45:48because we couldn't
45:49see a motive
45:50but if she had a motive
45:52then it could be a lie
45:54which means maude
45:55must also have lied
45:56to protect her granddaughter
45:58so what if
46:00maude knew that the shell
46:01we found in the nest
46:02was lacy's
46:02so she told us
46:04they were together
46:05no idea
46:07it wasn't true
46:08jeff
46:08is convinced that he saw a mermaid
46:10but what i think he actually saw
46:12was lacy
46:13a free diver
46:14avoiding him
46:15the bioluminescence
46:16and a lot of rum
46:17did the rest
46:18but how did she get away
46:19without being seen
46:20in bioluminescence
46:21look who i found
46:22stuck in the stored cupboard
46:25the door slammed
46:26i
46:26i couldn't open it
46:29wind must have blown its shuts
46:31that door's always been dodgy
46:34i tried shouting for a while
46:35but
46:36i got a bit tired
46:37we're so sorry
46:39and we couldn't hear you
46:40we thought you'd left
46:41and gone home
46:43precisely
46:45we assumed that lacy
46:46swam away somehow
46:47but what
46:48if she never
46:49actually left
46:50lacy had swum out
46:51to the seaweed farm
46:52to free dive for stones
46:53to weigh the net down
46:57when jeff appeared
46:58lacy tried to flee underwater
47:00but realised her movements
47:02were lit by the bioluminescence
47:04so
47:04she did something
47:06only a free diver could
47:07she stayed
47:09still
47:10held her breath
47:11for several long minutes
47:14an ingenious vanishing act
47:16we thought she swam away
47:18but she disappeared
47:19by staying exactly
47:21where she was
47:22so what if diana
47:23did the same thing
47:25what if the text
47:26about hawk's hut
47:27wasn't for her
47:29it was for us
47:31a distraction
47:35a distraction
47:36the power was for lacy's grandfather
47:38remember
47:40he collected shells
47:41made wind chimes with them
47:43when i was by diana's window this morning
47:45i heard wind chimes
47:47the same as the ones at hawk's hut
47:49i couldn't quite place it before
47:52it was so faint
47:54he used to sneak into these tunnels
47:56when we were kids
47:58the tunnels below the offices
48:00are perfect hiding spots
48:01and not just for teenage parties
48:03when written threats
48:05and sabotage
48:06failed to scare diana off
48:07lacy turned to more drastic measures
48:11lacy grew up here
48:12before tideline farms
48:14took over the old fishing warehouse
48:16she knew his secrets
48:17like the mermaid of shifton abbot
48:20lacy set her musical yield
48:28diana took the bait
48:30followed the sound of wind chimes
48:32beautiful
48:33alluring
48:36lacy didn't want to harm her
48:39let me out
48:40just trap her
48:41please let me out
48:42like a fish in her net
48:45she sent the text
48:47then swiped diana's keycard
48:48to make it look like she left
48:50so lacy and diana both banished
48:52by staying put
48:53lacy wove us a mermaid's tail
48:55so we chase a lure
48:57while the truth waited
48:58hidden in the depths below
49:00go
49:13let's try down here
49:14on that way
49:15on that way
49:16on that way
49:16let's go
49:17there's a door
49:19diana
49:20diana
49:20do you hear that
49:22diana
49:36i think you dropped this
49:46i thought it was gone for good
49:53your grandfather
49:54love the sea
49:56love collecting shells
50:00you scattered his ashes
50:01just past the seaweed farm
50:04and the shells for him
50:06is that why you did all of this
50:18picnics on the boat
50:22grandad diving for shells
50:26that stretch of water
50:28was ours
50:30i meant to take this
50:32to where we scattered his ashes
50:39i'm not against the seaweed farms
50:42but the expansion
50:44i checked the map
50:50you wouldn't be able to visit grandad again
50:54and it's not just me
50:55it's everyone
50:56the sea is our life
50:58and diana
50:58i didn't want to hurt her
51:00you just needed her to miss that meeting
51:02if she couldn't get approval for the expansion
51:04well
51:06it couldn't happen
51:10they promised gran
51:13that they'd always be together at the end
51:17tideline farms would have made that impossible
51:26drink
51:28yeah
51:28great
51:29first round on me
51:33sorry
51:34another time
51:36bye sir
51:37sir
51:38same
51:39a few things to tie up
51:55humphrey
51:55could i have a word
51:57um
51:57if it's about martha
51:58and i've had an idea
51:59it's all in hand
52:00oh no
52:00that's good
52:02no
52:02it's uh
52:05it's delicate
52:06okay can it wait then
52:07i'm a bit snowed under
52:07it's about james smith
52:09right
52:10well if james smith
52:12has another demand of me
52:13i'd like a hazard warning first
52:14and maybe a siren
52:15and if this is about me
52:16hurrying up
52:17and firing one of my team
52:18due to an impossibly small budget
52:20then kindly tell him
52:21i've tragically perished
52:22in a free
52:23paperwork avalanche
52:25paperwork avalanche
52:28no i'm sorry
52:29i had no idea
52:50i can't wait to bring admishka here
52:53she'll love it
52:54proper english pub
52:57kelby
52:58look this is awkward
52:59but i've been wanting to have a chat with you about agnishka
53:05what about her
53:06i'm
53:07i'm just concerned
53:09it's moving a bit fast
53:12why
53:13there's hardly anything about her online
53:17just cats
53:18so she likes cats
53:20it's not a crime is it
53:21no
53:21it's just
53:25something feels off
53:28i've seen this kind of thing before
53:31what kind of thing
53:32someone online
53:33says all the right things
53:36they find your soft spots and use them
53:40think i'm easy to trick
53:41i mean
53:42just a bit trusting
53:46agnishka listens
53:48really listens
53:49she doesn't treat me like a child
53:52then stop acting like one
53:54there
53:55that's it isn't it
53:56no no
53:57kelby i didn't mean that
53:58you've never seen me as an equal
54:01not once
54:01i'm just the idiot you've got to keep an eye on
54:04that's not fair
54:05no
54:05what's not fair
54:06is you deciding
54:08what's best for me
54:09before i even get a say
54:13at least agnishka believes in me
54:16which is a lot more than i can say for you
54:43so that's what your cryptic text was about
54:46a swim
54:47not just a swim
54:49a skinny dip
54:52why
54:53because you're not boring
54:55we're not boring
54:58what if people see
55:00take a risk
55:03isn't that the fun
55:16like a mermaid she was dressed
55:21the only heart
55:24is such a beautiful way
55:26is for her chest
55:28archie
55:29hi
55:31esther
55:31archie
55:34you know
55:34you're the one
55:36Um, no, not in your revenge.
55:56Oh, I'm just thinking, we haven't laughed enough lately.
56:02I'm sorry, these evaluations have got me so...
56:06Distracted.
56:08Yeah, that too.
56:10You're always holding everything together and you make it look so easy.
56:16I just don't want to lose sight of you, of us, the real us, who love an adventure.
56:28I mean, I love...
56:32Oh, no.
56:35Oi!
56:37Oi!
56:37Oi!
56:40Oh, Greg!
56:41Hey, hey!
56:42Come back!
56:43No, no, come back here!
56:45Come on, good boy!
56:46Go to Biscuit!
56:48Biscuit!
56:49A man was drugged and painted green and covered in ivy.
56:52It's like your green man.
56:53It wasn't anyone from here.
56:55I've got a present for you.
56:55It's an eviction notice.
56:56He wants to build 30 houses here.
56:58Are you suggesting Mr. Auchin assaulted his own worker?
57:01He's capable of that.
57:02You seem to know a lot about him.
57:03My brother.
57:05They've assaulted my groundsman and now this.
57:07How long before they kill someone?
57:08You came to the house the other night?
57:09I'm sorry, I didn't realise you had someone there.
57:12Agnieszka's supposed to be flying in today.
57:14I don't know what you're thinking.
57:15That she's catfishing you out of your savings.
57:16You understand that tomorrow is the absolute deadline.
57:19You must have your decision.
57:20You must have your decision.
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