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00:05Dear Hortense, my boyfriend snores and I haven't got a good night to sleep in the morning.
00:08Dear Hortense, I've got a problem with my mother-in-law, or should I say...
00:13Dear Hortense, how can I get my son to sleep?
00:15Dear Hortense, dear Hortense...
00:17Dear Hortense, dear Hortense...
00:18Should I get to talk to you?
00:20I don't know.
00:20We'll talk to you.
00:24Time to not under attack, you damn thing.
00:34Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
00:39Merci, dear.
00:46Dear desperate daughter-in-law, may I suggest an alternative course of action?
00:53Divorce your wetters, but... and kill two birds with one stone.
00:57Dear Peeping Peter, I sense this neighbor is keen for you to notice me.
01:05So bake some chicken colombo and take it over there without delay.
01:10Bonne chance.
01:13Today's letter's for you, ma'am.
01:15Ah-ah.
01:15Merci, Kim.
01:16Cris.
01:20Gae-en.
01:33Oh, I see you.
01:41Ah-ah.
01:43Bye-ah.
01:51Commissioner, thanks for coming.
01:53Catherine, what a picture, like a young Grace Kelly.
01:58You do exaggerate, Mr. Busset.
02:00Merely appreciative of beauty when I see it.
02:03I've been meaning to thank you.
02:05Without your admirable journalism, a community initiative wouldn't have happened.
02:11Let's meet us.
02:14For a chance, our guest of honor.
02:18Simply stunning, like a young Grace Kelly.
02:23It all looks wonderful, Anton.
02:25Only what you deserve for your dedicated service to this island.
02:29One last favor, s'il vous plaît.
02:31I want to change my final column to this one.
02:35It's already gone to press, I'm afraid.
02:37Oh, don't be afraid. Just make it happen.
02:40Oh, come on, Bernie.
02:42I'll do 24 years of marriage.
02:46Count for nothing.
02:47Mm-hmm.
02:58After 30 years solving this island's problems, our beloved Agony aunt is retiring.
03:05And so, please, put your hands together to show your gratitude for this wonderful woman.
03:17Thank you to all of you, my esteemed readers, for entrusting me with this precious task for so many years.
03:26But now I'm looking forward to spending more time with my daughter, Esmi.
03:40Let's see if, for the first time in his life, that imbecile was true to his word.
04:02Good morning, Esmi.
04:03How was the party?
04:05Good item.
04:06Me at Earth's.
04:08That's weird.
04:11Maman?
04:15Maman?
04:19No, Maman?
04:26We done.
04:28Fifteen more minutes.
04:31Right.
04:32Are we going to talk about anything today?
04:41Um...
04:44Nope.
04:47Well...
04:49No.
04:57Yes, Thomas?
05:00It's work.
05:03It's work.
05:07Oh.
05:09So, I take it therapy's going well, then?
05:12Um...
05:13I mean...
05:14Sitting in front of a total stranger, talking about her feelings...
05:18It's just not for me, you know?
05:20But you were kidnapped by your own brothers or almost killed.
05:24Look, I'm here now, aren't I?
05:26The best thing for me to do is just forget it ever happened.
05:30Sounds healthy.
05:31Look, I'm English.
05:32Yeah?
05:33That's what we do.
05:38The deceased is Hortense Leroux.
05:41She writes an Agony Yacht column for the local paper.
05:44Agony Yacht?
05:45That's a blast from the past.
05:48Good morning, boss.
05:50Sarge.
05:50Paramedic say Madam Leroux was poisoned.
05:53Who found her?
05:54Her daughter Esme, who had plans to go on a walk with her mother.
05:57And the housekeeper, Kim Woods, who was just starting her shift.
06:01This way.
06:03So, the victim.
06:05She has a few tiny red spots on her finger.
06:09Which leads me to believe that the poison came from something she touched.
06:15So, she sat down for breakfast.
06:19Boiled egg and toast.
06:21Read her column where someone writes in about a friend's betrayal.
06:27And dear Hortense replies with avoiding revenge.
06:32Let sleeping dogs lie.
06:34So, if she was retiring, this would be her last column?
06:38Tragic coincidence?
06:40Tragic, certainly.
06:42Coincidence, not so much.
06:44Does this look discolored to you?
06:51You think the poison is on the paper?
06:53Possibly.
06:54Where did this come from?
06:55We'll check with the housekeeper.
06:57Hmm.
07:06Egg and soldiers.
07:08In the Breakfast Hall of Fame.
07:09That's right up there.
07:10Dipping a piece of buttered toast into a gooey yellow egg.
07:14Heaven.
07:15You're fine, sir.
07:29This egg's harder than Vinnie Jones.
07:31Dipping a soldier into that would be impossible.
07:39Sir, normally when you spot a detail, I think, my lord man, you will definitely come back to this.
07:44But right now, I'm kind of struggling how this could possibly be relevant.
07:50Everything's relevant, Officer Robs.
08:03And the paper is delivered every day?
08:06By a boy called Clayton Powell.
08:08Can you get a hold of him, please?
08:10Yes, ma'am.
08:13It's terrible, terrible news.
08:16Anton Buzet, editor of the San Marie News and Hortense's ex-husband.
08:21D.I. Wilson.
08:22I've heard a lot about you.
08:24So, what's the latest?
08:26Well, we're working on the theory that Miss Leroux was poisoned.
08:29What?
08:30Deliberately.
08:31How could anyone do that to her?
08:34She was truly adored.
08:36So, how did she seem recently?
08:38Anything out of the ordinary?
08:40Well, she had mixed feelings about retiring, naturally.
08:44There was something at the party.
08:47I want to change my final column to this one.
08:50Do you know why?
08:52No.
08:53Can we see the original letter?
08:54The B&S study.
08:55Okay, so, um, talk me through her morning routine, please.
08:59Um, well, she was up with the lark, made breakfast.
09:02Boiled egg and soldiers, yeah?
09:04Clayton would deliver the paper.
09:06Then she would like to read her column over breakfast.
09:09And the egg, how long did she cook it for?
09:12Oh, I'm not sure.
09:15Do you know, love?
09:16Dreaming it, Cecil?
09:18She liked it to be perfect.
09:20Yeah.
09:20That's who she was.
09:21Deep breaths, darling, deep breaths.
09:24Here you are, Esme.
09:26Look here, Inspector.
09:27Why the focus on eggs?
09:30Can I suggest that you concentrate on what is actually important?
09:33Finding the person who did this.
09:35I'm merely trying to establish the facts, Mr. Bousset.
09:38I mean, as a journalist, it surprises me you don't appreciate that.
09:42Whow, whow, whow!
09:44Whow, whow, whow!
09:46I'm sorry, the little man doesn't like strangers.
09:49Sensible chap.
09:56She really liked purple.
10:04So what's with the egg thing?
10:08Look, Hortense was the sort of woman who liked everything just so, right?
10:12Even down to how she set out her breakfast.
10:15People are funny, aren't they?
10:17Yes.
10:18People are.
10:19It's still bothering me why that egg was hard-boiled.
10:23Maybe she got distracted, overcooked it.
10:26She had an egg timer, which she clearly used.
10:28And even if she had overcooked it, she could have made another one.
10:33Now you say it, it is a little odd.
10:36You know, I used to think these letters were fake, but people actually write in with their
10:41problems.
10:42And according to the housekeeper, she replied to every single one, felt like it was her
10:47duty.
10:51Whow!
10:54Seems she kept every single letter as well.
10:57This is the letter she wanted to publish last minute.
11:00Dear Hortense, I've suffered a great betrayal by a friend.
11:04Well, that's different.
11:06What is?
11:07Well, all these other letters are signed anonymously.
11:09But this one is signed by Sophie Martin.
11:13So Sophie Martin wanted her friend to know she'd written this letter.
11:18Why?
11:19To send a message?
11:21Or a warning?
11:25Yes, let's go.
11:31Okay, so that's Clayton and here's the tea.
11:34He picked up the papers from Mr. Purdy's newsagent at 7 a.m.
11:38There are various papers in the stack, the St. Marie News only being one of them.
11:43He then cycled straight here, delivered the newspaper to Madame LaRue at 7.15 a.m.
11:50And did he actually see her pick it up?
11:52He did, just like always.
11:54I mean, now she came inside and sat at the dinner table to read the paper.
11:58Do we know how many St. Marie News were in his stack?
12:01He said six.
12:02And none of the other people who get the paper are ill.
12:06But if so, assuming it was a targeted attack, how did he get the one poisoned newspaper to Hortense?
12:12Maybe they intercepted Clayton on the way, knowing he'd be coming to Madame LaRue's house first.
12:18Clayton swears he did not meet anyone en route.
12:21The only thing of note, his bike had a bust-up with a pothole and all his papers fell out
12:26his back.
12:27But even if the killer had poisoned the first paper in the stack, they're all jumbled up now, right?
12:33Which means they couldn't guarantee that the poisoned paper would get to Madame LaRue.
12:40A one in six chance.
12:42Don't like the sound of those odds, do you?
12:53Hortense LaRue, St. Marie's favourite agony aunt, poisoned apparently by her own column.
12:59So, who would want to murder her?
13:02Other meddling in people's lives would make you some enemies.
13:05I read that she moved from Paris to St. Marie 30 years ago with her baby daughter, Esme.
13:12Anton Busset, Esme's stepfather.
13:15They met in 1996 when she started her column at the St. Marie News.
13:20Then there's this.
13:22Now, why would Hortense be so keen to publish it?
13:25It was posted on St. Marie, so likely the author lives here.
13:28So, our priority, find Sophie Marta.
13:36Copy that, sir.
13:38There were letters at the house.
13:39Looks like she kept them all.
13:41Might be worth checking those two?
13:43Yes, where would you put that on the priority list?
13:46I'm thinking maybe three or four.
13:50We've got it, Sarge.
13:51Soon as we check through the victim's form.
13:53Can't help feeling Sophie is key to all of this.
13:56Making progress already?
13:58Oh, Commissioner.
13:59Well, you know, it's early days.
14:02Madame LaRue was highly regarded.
14:05Only last night, Catherine and I attended a retirement party.
14:08As such, the island will be watching our investigation keenly.
14:13Ah, excellent.
14:15I'm assuming you've met Anton Bousset.
14:18We've had the pleasure.
14:20He won't miss an opportunity to put pressure on us.
14:24Or rather, me.
14:26Let me know when you're ready to talk.
14:30So, let's keep things as professional as we can.
14:35Of course.
14:36Dear Wilson, a word.
14:45How are the counseling sessions going?
14:47Oh, um, extremely useful.
14:50Yeah, we're really getting to the heart of the matter.
14:54Is that so?
14:55Hmm.
14:56What I've heard is directly to the contrary.
15:00You haven't said a word.
15:02I thought that was confidential.
15:04Inspector, take it seriously.
15:07Look, I'm just not into the whole going over the past stuff.
15:12The effects of trauma don't just magically go away.
15:16You've got to work through it.
15:19I know.
15:20Because I did.
15:24You had therapy.
15:26And like you, I had dogs.
15:30Men of my age, we eat them too.
15:32Back on with things too.
15:35Give in to it, Inspector.
15:38You may be surprised.
15:41Okay.
15:42But I assure you, I am completely, totally, 100% fine.
16:00We've got a situation.
16:02What have we got?
16:05Sorry.
16:26Working overtime, mate.
16:29Any leads?
16:50Let's go.
16:52Let's go.
17:08Morning campers, gather round, I have a breakthrough.
17:17Right, so, this stamp was conveniently hidden beneath this St. Marie stamp.
17:22The original stamp is from France.
17:27Hmm, so what does that mean?
17:29That it was posted from somewhere else first?
17:31Maybe Sophie meant to post it from somewhere else, but didn't for some reason,
17:34then brought it to St. Marie to post. Why? Who knows?
17:37My stamp man in Kentish Town is on the case, and he's gonna-
17:39And three. You alright, sir?
17:44Yeah, why?
17:45You seem a little energetic.
17:47Oh, that's the coffee. I've had three already. That's my fourth.
17:53Bad night?
17:55Uh, no. I was just up, looking into this. Any update on Sophie's whereabouts?
18:01None on the island, and no mention in the victim's contacts either.
18:04Post-mortem's in.
18:07Hortense was poisoned, as we thought. Contact poison.
18:11Cone snail venom, in fact.
18:14Cone snail? That's new?
18:16Yeah, I mean, they live in the shallow waters around here.
18:18I mean, you're worried about them as a kid.
18:19If it's in a cone, leave it alone.
18:22The toxin paralyzes the victim first, then they die a painful death.
18:28Nice.
18:29So whoever did this wanted or tends to suffer.
18:33It says here that the poison was only on page 35 of the newspaper.
18:37Which means we're looking at one hell of a gambler.
18:40Somehow poison one page in one paper of a pack of six.
18:44Then pray to the gods of vengeance that that paper is delivered to its victim.
18:48Risky as anything.
18:49It's more than risky. It's almost impossible.
18:52Did Hortense touch anything else?
18:53Lab's still testing. They'll get back to us tomorrow.
18:56In the meantime, Officer Rose and I have been working on something.
18:59Yes, uh, the daughter. Esme, eh?
19:01I mean, totally bankrolled by her mummy.
19:04She's never had a job.
19:05She just gets her big juicy allowance every month and, I mean, she's living her life.
19:10Well, it seems Esme might have disagreed.
19:12She'd applied for a job at a publisher's inn Barbados.
19:15Then, plot twist, we find emails from Hortense to the managing director saying Esme was not fit to work.
19:25And that she would sue them if her daughter had a breakdown.
19:28They took back the job offer pretty quickly after that.
19:32So, mummy blew her chances of a promising career.
19:43Must have been a blow.
19:44She was right. I, I wouldn't have coped.
19:48Real life and me somehow never work, so.
19:50What made you apply for the job then?
19:52Anton encouraged me. He helps me with all start settings.
19:57Can't help noticing you're wearing the same clothes as yesterday.
20:00Late night, was it?
20:02My mum just died. I'm allowed to grieve.
20:05Of course you are.
20:08Look, what do you want from me?
20:10You're 31, never been anywhere, everything you own, all paid for by your mother.
20:14It's unusual. Some might say a little controlling.
20:18She wasn't. She loved me.
20:21People get away with a lot under that label.
20:24Papillon. Papillon.
20:26Papillon.
20:26Come away from there.
20:31You need to be careful of those cone snails.
20:33I hear they're deadly.
20:34My mum was always paranoid to get stoned.
20:37Like to keep them close.
20:39A bit like you then.
20:40Please stop this.
20:41A bright new future.
20:42Suddenly, snatched. No.
20:43Stolen away by your meddling mother.
20:45That would have made me angry.
20:46Would that have made you angry, DS Thomas?
20:48Definitely.
20:49Maybe the anger got too much.
20:50Maybe one day you just snapped.
20:51No.
20:53That's not true.
20:58We'll be in touch.
21:03Never underestimate the quiet ones.
21:10Alright mate.
21:11What you got?
21:13For real?
21:19For real?
21:22Curious and curious as they say.
21:24The cloche de Saint-Azure, pardon my accent, was printed in Paris 30 years ago.
21:29Does that mean that this letter is also 30 years old?
21:33We can only assume so.
21:34But if that's the case, why would Sophie Martin wait to send us now?
21:38Maybe she knew Hortense was retiring and this was her last chance?
21:42Well look, for any Sophie Martens who lived in Paris 30 years ago.
21:46Yeah, keep me posted.
21:47Any news from the lad?
21:48No poison found on anything else she could have touched.
21:51So this newspaper was definitely the murder weapon?
21:53It looks like it.
21:55Something interesting though.
21:57No fingerprints found on Hortense's glasses.
22:00Wiped clean.
22:01Hmm.
22:02What would that be?
22:04Right.
22:05Until we know who Sophie Martin is, let's look for anyone with a motive, yeah?
22:09I found something on the victim's phone.
22:11In the trash.
22:12Like my uncle, little Terence always says,
22:14one man's trash is another man's treasure.
22:17Yes we know.
22:17Get on with it, Officer Rose.
22:19Sir!
22:19Sorry.
22:22Go on.
22:23Some anonymous text going back three weeks ago.
22:26You'll get what's coming to you.
22:28You don't deserve to live.
22:29And then just before our retirement party,
22:31wear the amethyst earrings.
22:33They bring out your eyes.
22:35Someone was out for blood.
22:36But who?
22:38A reader with a grudge maybe?
22:40Maybe.
22:41Clearly whoever it is,
22:42was watching the house the other night
22:43while Hortense was getting ready for a big bash.
22:46First thing tomorrow, talk to the neighbours.
22:48Maybe they saw someone hanging around.
22:51Sometimes, you know.
22:59They're just getting ready for a big bash and a background.
23:02Okay, going around.
23:03They're just getting ready for a big bash.
23:10Bye.
23:10Bye.
23:11Bye.
23:13Bye.
23:13Bye.
23:15Bye.
23:16Bye.
23:16Bye.
23:17Bye.
23:19Bye.
23:26you want to give up don't you i'm here when you're ready
23:30look why don't you just ask me something just ask me a question please
23:39what are your feelings about your brother
23:42okay um something akin to anger i'd say you know every time i'm near that guy something happens
23:55it shouldn't and and sadness in fact i'd say mainly sadness i wanted it to work yeah believe me i
24:04i
24:04wanted us to work but you know what we just don't i do not trust that guy and if you
24:16can't trust family
24:17then who can you trust would it be more helpful to talk to him about what happened
24:23i don't know where i'd even start sometimes if talking's difficult writing it down can help
24:30write him a letter
24:36yeah writing him a letter yeah good work
24:42a letter it'd be a waste of time why don't you tell him what kind of brother you wanted
24:50because it's a fantasy he can't be that brother
24:56so i need to just accept it and move on and sir how will you do that unless you're honest
25:03with him
25:04and even more so with yourself
25:08katherine you were at a autentia's party yeah did you know well not really and the family
25:15it's me it's me i'm tumble set oh anton men like him hungry lions looking at you like your tasty
25:25steak at a buffet
25:27oh have you two got history he'd like that do you want another drink oh no thank you
25:34i think i'll have an early night perhaps you should too sir why's that
25:40seeing that you're having trouble sleeping another cold one for me please katherine
26:01i'll speak to him and you take the house over there then we'll get to those letters sound good
26:05cool see you later alligator
26:24come on come on come on
26:33what are you doing nothing what's behind your back
26:36hi cupboard don't lie to me there's a mirror right behind you
26:41i just promise you won't laugh all right i promise
26:46dear hortense does this girl i like if she were a chicken wing she'd be extra hot
26:51all summer we've chilled but now she's gone quiet i'm confused she keeps watching my stories
26:57once she commented with a tomato emoji what does that mean i just want to know where i stand
27:05you're sebastian rose you know this is supposed to be a moment i know that no
27:10well did hortense write back she did she said something about allowing space for roots to grow or something
27:18and happy no because she might be waiting for you you know that's a metal emoji couldn't mean this
27:25girl's interested you can't sit back you got to lean in
27:29yeah it may be all right
27:31the neighbor did tell me something pretty darn spicy
27:34yeah
27:42what are you doing
27:43a game of probability
27:45a killer somehow gets a poisoned copy of the saint marie news into clayton's stack of newspapers
27:51in which there happens to be five other copies of the saint marie news
27:54and from which she pulls one copy of the saint marie news at random and delivers it to hortense
27:59a one in six charts
28:03our only clue
28:05is the egg
28:05why was it hard boiled when hortense likes it to be perfectly dippable
28:10sophie martin
28:11is a very popular name
28:13there were about a hundred sophie martins in paris around that time
28:17look for any connections with saint marie
28:20yeah
28:20we have to find this woman
28:22will do
28:27sorry it's not you it's me
28:29so the beers didn't help then
28:32surprisingly no
28:35and
28:38fill it up
28:40no it's not a good idea
28:41and that's an end of it
28:42okay
28:47sergeant fletcher
28:48we know who's been sending those messages
28:50the neighbor was taking out the bins on the day of the party when he overheard an argument
28:55between kim and hortense
28:58did he hear what was said
28:59certainly did
29:01it's you isn't it
29:02you have been sending these foul messages
29:05who else would know those things
29:06and guess what
29:09hortense said she'd report her to the police the next day
29:17would never do anything so stupid
29:20so why would hortense think it was you
29:22no clue
29:22those texts contain personal details that only someone close to her would know
29:26so how long have you worked with miss larue
29:28oh about six months or so
29:30was she a good boss
29:31madame was a diamond
29:33it's a tragedy that she's got
29:35from what we've heard
29:36she was more dragon than diamond
29:37she certainly gave her daughter a hard time didn't she
29:39well she was a mite overprotective
29:41but she cared
29:42which is more than most
29:44if she was like that with her own flesh and blood
29:46it's not a stretch to imagine she'd do the same to you
29:49perhaps you decided to get your own back
29:52frighten her
29:52but then she found you out didn't she
29:55you'd have faced criminal charges
29:57you'd have lost everything
29:58so I killed her
30:02you've got this all wrong officers
30:03I've been around the block more times than I care for
30:06life's good here
30:07better than I hoped
30:08why would I risk losing that
30:13you know what I said to her
30:15go ahead
30:16report me
30:17any decent investigation team would discover that I didn't send those texts
30:20convenient
30:22what is
30:23well she never got the chance did she
30:24and now here you are
30:25free as a bird
30:34she does have a point
30:35I don't see what she gains from scaring Hortense
30:39well who else
30:41well I'm not overly thrilled about talking to Anton Busset
30:44but if it was an angry reader who sent those texts
30:47then you're gonna have to
30:50sir you're sure you can
30:52keep cool
30:55as a cucumber
31:06so all tens of Leroux didn't mention anything to you about these text messages
31:10ever since the divorce we didn't have the same intimacy you understand
31:14please sit down
31:16no I'm all right standing thank you
31:17any hate mail sent to the office
31:20complaints
31:20people calling in to talk to her
31:22you don't give up do you
31:24oh she's deceptively heavy
31:26is this real gold
31:26can you put that down
31:29I've already said I don't know who was sending these messages
31:32and whoever she is
31:33won't be easily found
31:35she
31:36what
31:36you just said whoever she is
31:39I misspoke
31:40they
31:40unusual for a man in your line of work to misspeak
31:43unusual for a man in your line of work to behave like an amateur
31:47excuse me
31:48let me be crystal clear
31:49stop wasting time
31:51asking obtuse questions
31:53and go about doing your actual job
31:57let me be crystal clear
31:58these obtuse questions are to find out who murdered your ex-wife
32:01sir
32:02but the fact that you can't see that is because your head is so far up your own
32:08well that escalated
32:09look
32:11I get it
32:12sir what you went through
32:14was something
32:15no one should ever have to
32:17well you can't keep pretending
32:19pretending
32:19yes
32:20pretending like you're okay
32:21your judgment is clearly off
32:24because you're not sleeping
32:25and you're not sleeping
32:26because you have this thing with Solomon
32:27hanging over your head
32:29what do you suggest
32:29I don't know
32:31write the letter
32:32whatever
32:32get it off your chest
32:34we have a murder
32:35to solve
32:36alright
32:37fine
32:38I'll do it
32:39thank you
32:45so what are we going to do about Mr. Vercet
32:47he obviously suspects
32:49who's sending those texts
32:51well
32:53we need a
32:54tactical rethink
32:58I have an idea
33:08who knew St. Marie was so high tech
33:11found it in the back of the evidence store
33:14don't think it's been used for a while
33:16you surprised me
33:18it's from 1986
33:20can't beat quality
33:21thanks for doing this Ms. Baudet
33:23a pleasure
33:24I feel like
33:25one of Charlie's angels
33:27now remember
33:28you're there to find out
33:30who Anton thinks
33:31is behind the text messages
33:32but
33:32don't go straight in for the kill
33:33act natural
33:34re-in-check is your code word
33:36if anything goes wrong
33:37it won't
33:38trust me
33:48we're good
33:54the golden goose
33:55has landed
34:00Anton
34:01how lovely to see you
34:03likewise
34:04I was surprised
34:05when you called me
34:08pleasantly surprised
34:09of course
34:09thought a drink would help
34:11take your mind off things
34:13much appreciated
34:17that clown inspector
34:19was at the office today
34:20poking his nose
34:22in where it's not wanted
34:24oh
34:24like a dog
34:25without a bow
34:26what is she after
34:27shh
34:27wait
34:28she knows what she's doing
34:29did the police
34:31have a theory today
34:32oh
34:33they were bothered about
34:34for these nasty messages
34:36Hortense was receiving
34:38thank you
34:40you seem like a woman
34:42of good sense and judgment
34:43I like to think so
34:45this stays between us
34:47a few years ago
34:49Hortense told me something
34:50Esme isn't her child
34:52she took her from Paris
34:54when she was a baby
34:55this is big
34:56sadly the mother wasn't able
34:58to take care of her
34:59a drug addict
35:00I'm assuming she agreed to this
35:03the way Hortense told it
35:05it sounded like she was too
35:06out of it to notice
35:07Hortense couldn't have children
35:09but the authorities
35:11did they not realize
35:13she came here
35:14forged her papers
35:15she was Esme's mother
35:17in all but flesh and blood
35:19and Esme has no idea
35:21no
35:22and I wanted to stay that way
35:24this would break her
35:25so you suspect
35:28it's Esme's birth mother
35:30sending those messages
35:32who else
35:36enough doom and gloom
35:38would you do me the honor
35:39of a dance
35:40oh well
35:41it might be better
35:43if I rain check
35:44no reason
35:45I doubt that very much
35:48come on
35:48sorry Anton
35:49I must rain check
35:54we've lost her
35:55sergeant fletcher
36:00why do you keep saying
36:02rain
36:03check
36:13sorry Matt
36:14yeah I tried
36:15this won't be the last
36:17to hear of me
36:18I'll be calling
36:19your commissioner
36:20qu'est-ce qu'il s'est passé
36:21I was saying the code well
36:23it was a technical edge
36:24I am so sorry
36:28we can now assume
36:29that the friend's betrayal
36:31written about in Sophie Martin's letter
36:32is referring to
36:33Hortense stealing Sophie's baby
36:3630 years ago
36:36which means
36:37Sophie
36:38is Esme's real mother
36:40and finally explains
36:41why Hortense was so desperate
36:42to publish the letter
36:44she knew
36:45it was Sophie coming for her
36:46her response
36:47back off
36:48Esme's mine
36:49well why wait 30 years
36:51to send this
36:52don't know yet
36:53but we will
36:54and
36:55if Miss Martin
36:56is also behind
36:57the text messages
36:58as Anton suspects
36:59you'll get what's coming to you
37:00you don't deserve to live
37:02she's here on this island
37:03with one hell of a motive
37:06but we're
37:17we don't mind Angel
37:18no not at all
37:20such a great loss
37:23if you ever need someone
37:24to talk to
37:25I'm here
37:28you're kind
37:48I've been thinking about what to say
37:50for a while
37:51but I haven't managed to find
37:53the right words
37:54across the street
37:55across the way
37:57it flows
37:59just like a mirror
38:02it seems to show
38:05heaven I'm a thing
38:09yes
38:09merci beaucoup
38:12morning
38:12morning sir
38:14that was the Paris police
38:15my thinking was
38:17addicts are more likely
38:19to have criminal charges
38:20and
38:21there are three
38:22Sophie Martons on file
38:24two for possession
38:25one for aggravated robbery
38:27I've asked them
38:27to send over the records
38:28good work
38:30what's that sir
38:32oh
38:32um
38:34this is it
38:35my letter to Solomon
38:37I've got it off my chest
38:39did it help
38:42uh
38:43yeah it did actually
38:45you know what I realised
38:47I want
38:48no
38:49I need
38:50my space for it
38:54I'm so sorry sir
38:55no no no
38:55it's all good
38:56it's for the best
38:56I just needed
38:58a little time to
38:59accept it
39:00that's all
39:02where is everyone
39:04following a lead
39:06if Sophie Marton
39:07was outside
39:08Madame Rourou's house
39:09that night
39:09it's possible
39:10she followed her
39:11to the party
39:12so we
39:13went through
39:14the photos online
39:15and
39:16look at this one
39:22yes she does look
39:23about the right age
39:24that Sophie will be
39:25an uninvited
39:26guest
39:27the waiter
39:28said she got into
39:29a green VW campervan
39:30and luckily
39:31Martino's the one
39:32garage that fixes them
39:37yeah
39:38talk with the devil
39:39we think we found Sophie
39:41so someone matching
39:42her description
39:43came into the garage
39:44last week
39:45goes by the name
39:45of Calypso
39:46said she normally
39:47parks up by Coral Beach
39:49we need to get there
39:50pronto
39:50you already here sir
39:51you got an eyeball
39:57are you hearing you good
39:58you think that
39:59I'm that shy girl's mother
40:02you're mad
40:03I don't even know
40:04this one you're talking about
40:06then why did you sneak
40:07into the party that night
40:10just passing
40:11fed to a sea
40:12it's not a crime
40:13no
40:14the stalking is
40:16see our theory is
40:17you are Sophie Marton
40:19you assumed a new identity
40:20to come to St. Marie
40:22and enact revenge
40:23on Hortense Leroux
40:24starting with those
40:26threatening text messages
40:28I just like to stay
40:30off grid
40:30that's all
40:31we should be free
40:32to roam
40:32as the birds do
40:34you know we can trace
40:35the sim to the shop
40:36you brought it in
40:36check their CCTV
40:40okay
40:40here's the truth
40:43that woman you're
40:44talking about
40:45Sophie Marton
40:46that ain't me
40:47but
40:48those texts
40:52I sent them
40:54not for the reason
40:54you think though
40:55why then
40:57two months ago
40:58I sent
40:59dear Hortense
41:00a letter
41:02Hortense told me
41:03to cut the mother
41:04out of my life
41:06toxic mothers
41:07shouldn't be allowed
41:08to act that way
41:09she said
41:09a hypocritical
41:10coming from her
41:11I did what she said
41:14you know what
41:15my mother died
41:17alone in her bed
41:19if I hadn't listened
41:20to that loud mouth woman
41:21I would have been there
41:22that must have
41:23made you angry
41:24not enough to kill her
41:25I wanted to scare her
41:27make her suffer
41:29the same way
41:30I've been suffering
41:31talking about this
41:32perfect life
41:34little care for the people
41:36whose life she ruins
41:43miss Jones
41:45no disrespect
41:46but
41:48kind of seems like
41:49you're more
41:49angry at yourself
41:53look
41:53I'm no expert
41:54but
41:55it doesn't help
41:56to
41:57hold on to things
42:12so we're still
42:12having a scooby
42:13how the killer
42:14pulled off this murder
42:15a stack of six papers
42:16and he managed
42:17to poison one
42:18and have it delivered
42:19practically straight
42:19into Hortense LaRue's hands
42:21and let's not forget
42:22about the egg
42:23what happened that morning
42:24to make her ruin
42:25a perfectly good breakfast
42:26sir
42:27hold that thought
42:28I'm late
42:32I'll be back
42:39how do you feel?
42:42um
42:42better
42:44definitely
42:45better
42:46I mean
42:47everything here
42:48is just
42:48you know
42:51gone
42:53what I need to do
42:53now is post it
42:54well done
42:56thank you
42:57now
42:58can we talk
42:59a little more
42:59about your life here
43:00how long have you got?
43:03about half an hour
43:04no I meant
43:12she timed it
43:14why did she take it out?
43:17and the egg
43:18how long did she cook it for?
43:19dreaming it social?
43:20he then cycled straight here
43:22delivered the newspaper
43:23to Madame LaRue
43:23at 7.15am
43:25sorry the little man
43:27doesn't like strangers
43:28there were no fingerprints
43:29found on Hortense's glasses
43:31I wanted to scare her
43:33I wanted her to suffer
43:34the same way
43:34I've been suffering
43:35of course
43:36that's the reason why
43:38why what?
43:39the egg was hard boiled
43:41I can see everything
43:42clearly now
43:47thanks for your patience
43:49I know who the killer is
43:50I know how they did it
43:51those photos from the Paris police
43:53have they come through?
43:54just in
43:55right we need a search warrant
43:56and then we can have
43:57a little family reunion
44:05agony arts
44:06are known for giving advice
44:08to help solve
44:09difficult problems
44:10however
44:11I doubt they've ever been asked
44:13to advise on a problem
44:14as difficult as this one
44:16Hortense LaRue was poisoned
44:18effectively by her own column
44:20but we had no idea
44:22how the killer managed
44:23to poison the newspaper
44:24and get it delivered
44:25straight to her
44:26when the paper boy
44:28took one at random
44:29from his stack
44:31but
44:31with the help
44:33of a hard boiled egg
44:34not this again
44:36we finally cracked it
44:40you
44:41Kim
44:41it was you
44:42who murdered Hortense
44:43me?
44:45no
44:46I told you
44:47I was telling the truth
44:48as Miss LaRue's housekeeper
44:50you knew her morning routine
44:51that she liked to read her column
44:53whilst having her breakfast
44:55you also knew
44:56that Clayton drops the paper
44:58on the porch
44:59at 7.15am
45:00and Papillon
45:01barks to alert Hortense
45:03as he always does
45:05when someone's at the door
45:06so earlier that morning
45:07you went to another news agent
45:09and bought a copy
45:11of the St. Marie News
45:13let's call this
45:14paper A
45:15you then laced the problem page
45:17with cone snail poison
45:19something you knew about
45:21from Hortense's fear
45:22of a dog getting stung by one
45:23my mum was always
45:24paranoid he gets stung
45:26then you dropped
45:27paper A
45:28onto the porch
45:29sometime before Clayton
45:30usually arrived
45:32Hortense must have been
45:33in the middle of
45:34preparing her breakfast
45:36Papillon
45:37parked as normal
45:38so she went outside
45:39to collect the newspaper
45:40she thought had
45:42just been delivered
45:46she went back
45:47into the kitchen
45:48eager to see
45:49if her request
45:50to change her final column
45:51had been carried out
45:52in doing so
45:53she came into contact
45:54with the poison
45:55and subsequently died
45:58a painful death
45:59by all accounts
46:02you then came into the house
46:04through the back
46:06and put on Hortense's
46:08purple gown
46:09a wig
46:10matching her hair
46:11with a purple headband
46:12and finally
46:13the item that was
46:15unmistakably Hortense
46:17her statement
46:18purple glasses
46:20as usual
46:21at 7.15
46:23Clayton delivered
46:24the newspaper
46:24paper B
46:26and Papillon barked
46:27Kim
46:28now dressed as Hortense
46:30opened the door
46:31and waved to him
46:32as Clayton cycled away
46:34he wouldn't have known
46:35that it was in fact
46:36you waving at him
46:37and not Hortense
46:38you then
46:39came back into the kitchen
46:41and returned
46:42Mr. Rue's glasses
46:43wiping away
46:44any prints first
46:46now
46:47we come to the egg
46:48and your ultimate downfall
46:50you see
46:51in your haste
46:53to stage the scene
46:54before Esme arrived
46:55you almost forgot
46:56Miss Leroux's egg
46:56was still boiling away
46:57on the stove
46:58you needed everything
47:00to look exactly
47:01as it should
47:02to fit the timeline
47:03of Hortense
47:04making breakfast
47:05then reading her column
47:07so
47:07you hurriedly took
47:08the now hard-boiled egg
47:10out of the pan
47:11and clumsily
47:12put it in the egg cup
47:13then you left the house
47:15through the back
47:16the same way you came
47:17got into your car
47:19that was parked
47:20around the corner
47:20and drove around the front
47:22to time perfectly
47:23with Esme's arrival
47:26you later
47:29disposed of
47:30paper B
47:31and the wig
47:32at your home
47:33we found these
47:34in the bin on your street
47:36an audacious
47:37yet brilliant plan
47:39but
47:41why go to such lengths
47:44Kim Woods
47:45Kim Woods
47:46isn't your real name
47:47is it
47:48you are in fact
47:50Sophie Martin
47:5230 years ago
47:54Sophie Martin
47:56moved to Paris
47:57from the UK
47:58with her boyfriend
47:59who was escaping
48:00some trouble
48:01back home
48:02she was living
48:03in a commune
48:04in Montmartre
48:04and it's there
48:06she met
48:06Hortense
48:07an ambitious writer
48:10Sophie
48:13was a drug addict
48:15with a newborn baby
48:18you were doing your best
48:19no doubt
48:20but from what we now know
48:21about Miss LaRue
48:23she had a saviour complex
48:25through our undercover investigation
48:27we discovered her secret
48:29Hortense stole your baby
48:32in the night
48:33and went as far away
48:35as she could
48:37to Saint Marie
48:40that baby was you
48:42Esme
48:44you're my mother
48:47Hortense
48:48was my friend
48:50and she offered
48:52to look after you
48:52and yes I was struggling
48:55but I loved you
48:56so much
48:58and then one morning
48:59I woke up
49:00and you was gone
49:01and I didn't sleep today
49:03searching for you
49:05but then you found out
49:07Hortense was here
49:08didn't you
49:09through her column
49:11so all those years ago
49:13you wrote this letter
49:15to dear Hortense
49:17the same letter
49:18Hortense wanted to publish
49:20at the very last minute
49:23for her final issue
49:25I wanted her to know
49:26I was coming for her
49:27then you were arrested
49:29the guy I was going out with
49:31at the time
49:31he told the police
49:33that I was involved
49:34in an armed robbery
49:35and someone got really badly hurt
49:37and it was all lies
49:38I had nothing to do with it
49:41he was not a good man
49:42and I didn't get a chance
49:43to send the letter
49:45they put me away for years
49:48time after time
49:49my parole was refused
49:51and I lost all hope
49:53until one day
49:54I finally got myself together
49:56got myself clean
49:58that day came
50:00and I knew what I had to do
50:03I had to find you
50:05hurt Hortense
50:06for what she'd done
50:08I came to St Marie
50:10first place I went
50:11was a news agent
50:12and I saw the ad
50:13for her housekeeper
50:14it felt like fate
50:16come in
50:18you bided your time
50:20working out
50:21the perfect murder plan
50:22but when Hortense
50:23received your letter
50:25she must have known
50:26you were gunning for her
50:28you read her response
50:31she didn't regret it
50:33nor one bit
50:37Esme I don't expect you
50:39to forgive me
50:39but I would really like you
50:41to understand
50:42that what she did
50:43destroyed me
50:47killing her
50:47was the only way
50:48I could ever
50:49have a relationship
50:50with you
50:52Officer Rose
50:55Sophie Martin
50:57I'm arresting you
50:58for the murder of
50:59Hortense LaRue
51:00you don't need to say
51:01anything
51:01but it may harm your defense
51:02if you do not mention
51:03when questioned
51:04something which you later
51:05are lying in court
51:06and think you do say
51:07may be giving evidence
51:09so your whole life
51:11has been alive
51:14Hortense's love
51:15for you
51:16that was real
51:29you
51:33you
52:16Hey.
52:20Can I help you?
52:24Mervyn, yeah?
52:26Yeah?
52:27Didn't you hear me, Nack?
52:29No, I was sleeping, actually. Deeply.
52:33You're older than I imagined.
52:35Sorry, who are you?
52:38Just one second.
52:39Come on. Just give it up, man.
52:44Finally.
52:45Stupid boy's been holding out.
52:47And all he's got is a pair of sixes.
52:51Amateur.
52:52Is that gambling, Nack?
52:54I don't think you should be playing, then.
52:56Don't sweat it.
52:57It's cool.
52:59Dad said you were a goody-goody.
53:01But I guess that comes with a jab.
53:02Right?
53:03Okay. Stop.
53:04Yeah?
53:05Now, you tell me right now who you are, who your dad is, and what you're doing on my property,
53:09or I'm arresting you for trespass.
53:11And you being a detective?
53:13It's me, Eloise, your niece.
53:18Sorry, what?
53:19Your niece, Eloise, did Dad not mention me to you?
53:25No, no one mentioned you.
53:31Well, I'm sure he was going to.
53:33He's a busy guy, you know.
53:35Locked on his plate.
53:39So, what would you prefer when I call you?
53:42Uncle Marvin?
53:45Uncle Marv?
53:47Just Marv?
53:51What's for breakfast?
53:59Hey, don't touch anything.
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