🏘️ Beyond Paradise (2023) - Season 4 Episode 4
The ocean doesn't lie, but people do. In Episode 4 "Tides of Deceit", a seemingly straightforward trespassing case unravels into a complex web of double lives, forged timelines, and tidal alibis. Humphrey maps out the suspect's movements against Devon's shifting tides, realizing every minute counts. Who slipped through the cracks... and who planned the perfect cover-up?
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• Tidal timeline analysis: matching alibis to rising/falling water levels
• Suspect's hidden life: two identities, one devastating truth
• Margo's witness interview: sharp questioning breaks through a stone wall
• Humphrey's breakthrough: classic whiteboard moment that ties it all together
• Signature Beyond Paradise puzzle: logic, local knowledge & emotional payoff
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Crime Drama / Mystery Procedural / Ensemble Serial
• Original Network: BBC One (UK) / BBC iPlayer / International Syndication
• Season: 4 | Episode: 4 | Title: "Tides of Deceit"
• Setting: Shipton Abbott, Devon, UK | Language: English
• Runtime: ~58-60 minutes
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to British crime drama recaps on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Could the tide alibi hold up? 👇" Turn on notifications 🔔 for Episode 5!
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The ocean doesn't lie, but people do. In Episode 4 "Tides of Deceit", a seemingly straightforward trespassing case unravels into a complex web of double lives, forged timelines, and tidal alibis. Humphrey maps out the suspect's movements against Devon's shifting tides, realizing every minute counts. Who slipped through the cracks... and who planned the perfect cover-up?
🔹 Episode Highlights:
• Tidal timeline analysis: matching alibis to rising/falling water levels
• Suspect's hidden life: two identities, one devastating truth
• Margo's witness interview: sharp questioning breaks through a stone wall
• Humphrey's breakthrough: classic whiteboard moment that ties it all together
• Signature Beyond Paradise puzzle: logic, local knowledge & emotional payoff
🔹 Series Info:
• Format: Crime Drama / Mystery Procedural / Ensemble Serial
• Original Network: BBC One (UK) / BBC iPlayer / International Syndication
• Season: 4 | Episode: 4 | Title: "Tides of Deceit"
• Setting: Shipton Abbott, Devon, UK | Language: English
• Runtime: ~58-60 minutes
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen to British crime drama recaps on Spotify, Apple Podcasts.
👉 Enjoying the series? Hit LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and comment: "Could the tide alibi hold up? 👇" Turn on notifications 🔔 for Episode 5!
#ShowTVMovies #BeyondParadise #BBC #TidesOfDeceit #S04E04 #CrimeDrama #BritishTV #BingeWatch #CozyMystery #ShiptonAbbott
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimer: This video is shared for promotional, review, and informational purposes only. All rights to "Beyond Paradise" belong to BBC Studios, Red Planet Pictures, and associated producers. This upload complies with Fair Use guidelines (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act). No copyright infringement intended.
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00:17What do we do with a donkey sailor?
00:23They ain't going in.
01:24One morning in the month of June, down by a rolling river, there a weary tribe of chance to stay
01:31and he beheld his lover. Her cheeks were red and eyes were brown, her hair and ringlets hanging down. She
01:38had a lovely face without a frown, just as the tide was flowing.
01:58Gotcha. Have you done it? Ye of little faith.
02:13Oh, sorry, sorry.
02:14Oh, gosh, sorry.
02:15You didn't turn to stop, stop it!
02:18Oh, wait, wait, wait, got it.
02:26Holy shit.
02:30Oh, God!
02:39Oh, yeah. Stop, cock.
02:43That's a good idea.
02:45We need to call a plumber.
02:50I'll call one now.
02:55Humphrey.
02:56Yeah?
02:56In the past hour, you've stapled yourself to a cupboard, fitted a letterbox upside down and now flooded the kitchen.
03:04I'm sensing your mind is elsewhere.
03:07Sorry.
03:09Oh, don't be sorry.
03:12Just talk to me.
03:16I've got your mum shadowing me at the station as part of her induction into the police panel.
03:23But worse, I've got Mr Smith pressing for who I'm going to lose, and I haven't even told anyone they're
03:28under review.
03:29When do you have to make your decision?
03:32End of the week.
03:35Maybe honesty is the best policy.
03:38Just tell them what's going on.
03:40It's an impossible situation.
03:42They'll understand.
03:59Big night, was it?
04:01No.
04:02Oh, looks like it.
04:05If you must know, I was chatting with Agnieszka.
04:09Oh.
04:10She's here now, then?
04:12Online.
04:14She was a bit upset.
04:16She lost her job.
04:17Don't tell me any more.
04:19I can guess the rest.
04:21Morning, sir.
04:22Morning.
04:23Yes, morning.
04:25Talking of imaginary women, the fish market was buzzing this morning.
04:30Someone spotted the mermaid who shipped an abbot last night.
04:33Oh, where?
04:35Jeff Simmons swears he saw her up by Tidelined Seaweed Farms.
04:39Oh, I'd love to see a mermaid.
04:41Just because people believe it doesn't make it true.
04:44Oh, what do you think, sir?
04:51Sir?
04:51Hmm?
04:52Someone's seen a mermaid?
04:54This is usually where you start getting carried away by a bit of local nonsense.
04:58Yeah.
05:00Is everything all right?
05:02You seem a bit stressed.
05:05Oh, no.
05:08I've got...
05:10I've got some...
05:12Well, I've got something to tell you all.
05:18Yes, Anne will be joining us today.
05:21Morning, team.
05:22As part of her role in the police committee.
05:24Now, don't worry.
05:25I want you all to carry on exactly as you would if I wasn't here.
05:30And the more I know about what you actually do, the more I can support it.
05:34I'll need a desk.
05:36Oh, we've got a spare one here.
05:40Thank you, Kelby.
05:48That's very helpful.
05:49Yes.
05:50Thank you, Kelby.
05:51You won't even notice I'm here.
05:55Might explain the DI's stress.
05:58So, what's on the agenda for today?
06:00Tideline farms.
06:01Someone sabotaged their seaweed lines.
06:03That's where they saw the mermaid.
06:05Excellent.
06:05They're on their way.
06:06Um, yes, Anne.
06:07Margot will show you the ropes.
06:08While we, uh, we three, will, uh, go and see what happened.
06:13Oh.
06:23Kelby is questioning the staff, but before we start this investigation, can we agree that
06:28the mermaid of Shipton Abbot didn't sabotage Tideline farms?
06:32Okay.
06:33Our job is to keep an open mind, Sergeant.
06:35It's all just old fisherman's tales.
06:38Silly superstition to wind the grockles up.
06:42Talking to Tideline, this is where they started.
06:45The council was given a grant to restore these old workshops, then rent them out at a reasonable
06:50rate to help new business.
06:54Tideline's took off within the first couple of years, so we moved to bigger premises.
06:59Sabotaging a seaweed farm seems a bit extreme, don't you think?
07:03I mean, it's hardly controversial.
07:05Depends who you ask.
07:07How so?
07:08Some reckon it's saving the planet.
07:10Soaks carbon, replaces plastic, feeds cows.
07:13Others say it ruins the view.
07:15Kills fishing and tourism.
07:17And Tideline?
07:19Just want to expand, grow the business, create more jobs.
07:22Apply for it twice before, both times blocked.
07:24Locals weren't having it.
07:26How big are we talking?
07:28270 acres.
07:30Off limits to fishermen, paddle boards, swimmers, the lot.
07:34That's about what?
07:36200 football pitches?
07:39And one of the locals aren't happy.
07:50We used to sneak into these tunnels when we were kids.
07:53Bit of music, couple of ciders.
07:56No one knew we were here.
07:58Is this a confession to breaking and entering?
08:06They run underneath this entire building.
08:09These nets were found this morning.
08:11Weighed down with stones to pull the seaweed out of the sunlight.
08:15If they'd succeeded, we'd be facing a failed harvest.
08:18That's not all.
08:20I got this.
08:27Stop your expansion plans or face the consequences.
08:30It was shut through our office door.
08:32I found it this morning.
08:33Any CCTV?
08:35Private security?
08:36No.
08:37Regretting that now.
08:39We've got a final appeal hearing about the expansion tomorrow, 10am, with Marine Management and the Council.
08:46I can't believe someone hates what we're doing this much.
08:49I put everything into this business.
08:52Word is, we might finally get approved.
08:54Someone clearly doesn't want that.
08:56Yes, or something.
08:57Do you know of anyone in particular who's against the planned expansion?
09:02Honestly.
09:03Half the town.
09:04I'm scared.
09:05This isn't grumbling in some parish newsletter.
09:10This is malicious.
09:12It feels like there's a target on my back.
09:17Oh, I'm really sorry.
09:19I'm late for a meeting.
09:20Will you let me know what you find?
09:21Okay.
09:22Yeah.
09:25Kelby, can we get this sent to the lab, please?
09:27Prince, if we're lucky.
09:28Sir.
09:29Find anything?
09:30The Tile Line crew found the nets at 5.30am.
09:33Last clear check was 6pm yesterday, so sabotage happened overnight.
09:38All right, all right.
09:45Well, now.
09:49What's this?
09:52I've seen one like this before.
09:54Let me guess.
09:56You collected yourselves at school.
09:57I collected yourselves at school.
09:58Bet you were popular.
10:06She was moving fast below the surface.
10:10Saw her long tail, flashing electric blue in the sea sparkle.
10:16Could only be one thing.
10:18A mermaid.
10:24How close?
10:26Right below me.
10:27Popped up again well past the lines.
10:30Tail.
10:31Arcs.
10:32Down she goes again.
10:34Blink.
10:36Then gone.
10:37Just like that.
10:38It's extraordinary.
10:39Yeah.
10:41Magic, it were.
10:46I know what folks say.
10:48Jeff be proper amazed.
10:50I know what I saw.
10:52What were you doing out so late?
10:54Night fishing not so odd.
10:56Toy was right.
10:57Sleeping all right?
10:59On any meds?
10:59Mixing anything home-brewed?
11:03Did you see any other boat?
11:05Nah.
11:06Just me.
11:08And her.
11:10The mermaid of Shipton Abba.
11:15You tell me what else can swim through Sea Sparkle, and then just vanish.
11:24You ever pull one of these up in your nets?
11:27Can't say I am.
11:28Hard-looking thing, isn't it?
11:32Mind if I borrow one?
11:33I don't care.
11:34You upsell.
11:35Super.
11:36You know, mermaids have been spotted throughout history.
11:39As long as humans have sailed.
11:42On ship sailed by a load of lonely men drinking cheap rum, which pretty much describes Jeff Simmons, too.
11:49Only 5% of the oceans explored, Sergeant.
12:03The sea hides all manner of strange things.
12:08Please leave your message after the tone.
12:11Hello, me again.
12:13Could you call me back as soon as possible, please?
12:16Thanks.
12:16Bye.
12:22Ooh.
12:23Everything all right?
12:24If I strangled a builder, do you think Humphrey would arrest me or let me go?
12:29Ooh.
12:30Well, I'm sure you could convince him to let you off.
12:33Good to know.
12:35So, how'd it go with your mum?
12:37How does she take the travel news?
12:39Weirdly well.
12:41It's suspiciously calm.
12:43Calm's good, isn't it?
12:45You'd think, but mum's got layers.
12:48You never really know what she's thinking.
12:50Even worse, since the whole Archie thing, her head's all over the place.
12:54Well, we're going out for a drink tonight, so I'm sure she'll tell me how she feels about it.
12:58She could use a good night out.
13:00You're good for her to have a proper laugh.
13:01Couldn't we all?
13:06How can I help you?
13:07Two cappuccinos, please.
13:08Thanks.
13:11Er, Coast Guard just confirmed only Jeff's boat was near a tideline.
13:16So he was the only one out there by the seaweed farm.
13:19Apart from the mermaid.
13:21Right.
13:21And a unicorn did my taxes.
13:24Very well.
13:26Let us set mythical sea creatures aside.
13:28Where's our motive for damaging those lines?
13:31That's a lot of fishing grounds to lose if the expansion goes ahead.
13:34So, that would suggest it has to be someone from the fishing community.
13:38Hmm.
13:39Er, Margot, anything back from the lab about our letter?
13:43Er, just about.
13:44I believe no fingerprints were found.
13:46Er, just the exclusion prints that were taken, which were Diana Cooper's.
13:51Mm-hmm.
13:52People was pretty standard.
13:54Same with the ink.
13:55Anyone with a home computer could have done it.
13:57You were listening to my phone conversation.
13:59I thought you were here to observe.
14:02Jeff Simmons could have dropped off the letter last night before he went out on his boat.
14:05Well, yeah, yes, but then why draw attention to yourself?
14:08I checked through his finances.
14:11Er, looks like he's applying for more DEFRA fishing subsidies.
14:14There.
14:15So, he's got financial problems.
14:18Diana Cooper's expansion threatens his patch.
14:21And why the mermaid story?
14:23A misdirection.
14:24It had to be him.
14:26His was the only boat in the area.
14:27But he may have been in the vicinity.
14:30But it doesn't mean he's responsible for that damage.
14:34Would you say it was called again?
14:35Ah, now that.
14:41It's bioluminescence.
14:42Or sea sparkle.
14:44It's a chemical reaction.
14:49Any movement?
14:57Whoa.
14:59It sets it off like a flare.
15:01Now, it must have been close to the seaweed farm.
15:03Because he says the mermaid appeared and vanished in it.
15:08Fishing folk round here obsessed with the mermaid of Ship the Nabbit.
15:12Yeah, what is that story exactly?
15:18Well, the story goes that the mermaid once fell in love with a local fisherman
15:23until she saw that he was taking too much from her seas.
15:29So, she conjured a storm and told him she'd help him back to the shore, but actually lured him onto
15:36the rocks.
15:37His boat was ripped to shreds.
15:40His boat was ripped to shreds.
15:41His boat was ripped to shreds.
15:41And there he met his end.
15:43Some swear she's real.
15:46The spirit of the deep.
15:47Revenge with a tail.
15:49Oh, buts.
15:51The warning is implicit.
15:53Disrespect the sea and face the consequences.
15:56It was a very interesting hat.
16:01How are we done?
16:03Now, Diana mentioned public opposition, but no names.
16:08Sir, looks like word spread beyond the fish market.
16:12Hashtag mermaid's revenge is trending online.
16:15Mermaid's revenge.
16:16We should find out where that originated.
16:18There's something about this whole thing that doesn't quite ring true.
16:22If you're looking at opposition, try Dr. Mary Rhodes.
16:25She's a marine conservationist.
16:27She writes to the council every week about the seaweed farms.
16:30She's tireless.
16:31Slightly exhausting.
16:33Someone who's against the expansion and an avid letter writer.
16:37Very interesting, Anne.
16:39Let's see what she has to say.
16:52Good morning.
16:55Oh.
16:57If you want to talk, you can be of help.
17:00Two hands.
17:01One picker each.
17:03Maud!
17:03Can you sort these people, please?
17:05Okay.
17:08Oh, sorry.
17:09Ah.
17:13Use your wrist.
17:15Let it do the work.
17:16You'll get it.
17:21Have you been doing this long?
17:23Ever since my husband died last year.
17:26Sid loved the sea.
17:29We scattered his ashes out near Shipton Abbot Island.
17:36I don't get out much.
17:38Mary and my lovely granddaughter, Lacey, they thought this might be good for me.
17:44Mary and I go back to the picket loans in 84.
17:48Ah.
17:48Hm.
17:50Her bark's worse than her bite.
17:52So not by much.
17:58Tidelines talks green.
18:00But it's industrial farming.
18:03I mean, 9,000 boys, lights on all night.
18:08Their biggest mistake was shutting out the community.
18:10If they hadn't done that, we might have been able to help.
18:15You'd stop for a bit.
18:16Sorry.
18:17I have asthma.
18:19Had it since I was a kid.
18:21Not at all.
18:25Diana.
18:27I sent this note last night.
18:30It's pretty threatening.
18:32Yeah.
18:32Pretty unequivocal.
18:34We gather you like to write a letter?
18:36Yes, I do.
18:38But I prefer the handwritten touch.
18:40Anyway, I wasn't in Shipton Abbot last night.
18:43Where were you?
18:44At Hawke's Hut.
18:45Up on Maneuthon Rock.
18:47Couple of miles down the coast.
18:49Some eccentric built it.
18:50Said he saw mermaids from up there.
18:52Ha ha!
18:52Maud's husband bought it years ago.
18:55She lets me use it.
18:56It's great.
18:57Great place for monitoring the seals.
19:00Anyone with you?
19:01No.
19:02Just me.
19:03A flask.
19:05And no phone signal.
19:07Lifts.
19:09Ever see one of these?
19:12No.
19:13It's not local though.
19:15Could be tropical.
19:17Maud's husband was a shell collector.
19:20Why don't we ask her?
19:21Maud?
19:23Have a look at this.
19:24Do you know what that is?
19:25It was found tangled in the nets that we used to sabotage the seaweed farm.
19:31No idea.
19:37Curious isn't it?
19:39Tropical shell caught in Devon fishing nets.
19:42Perhaps it drifted in on a current.
19:45Dropped off a passing boat.
19:47Oh look.
19:49Old, washed up netting.
19:51Just like what was used in the sabotage.
19:54Hmm.
19:55So our environmental warrior.
19:57She clearly has a motive, access to materials and no alibi.
20:02Supposedly alone in a hut famous for mermaid sightings.
20:06But how does she get out there?
20:08You know this whole mermaid legend thing.
20:12Feels like someone's using it to put us off the scent.
20:15Kelby?
20:16Sure.
20:17Can you request Dr. Rose council letters and compare them to Diana's please?
20:22On it sir.
20:22Also, we've traced that mermaid revenge hashtag.
20:27Started with a group called Stop Stealing Our Seas.
20:30Last month they staged a paddle out protest led by local surfer Elijah Moore.
20:37Right.
20:38Good to know.
20:39Thank you Kelby.
20:42Oh.
20:43Shipped it out of the police?
20:45Anne speaking.
20:46How can I help?
20:47Oh.
20:48Yeah.
20:49Just a moment.
20:50It's for you.
20:51Hmm.
20:56Anne-chan.
20:59Anything I can help with?
21:01There is actually Anne.
21:03The inspector wants to check our letter with some from Dr. Rhodes.
21:07Could you get us some from the council?
21:09Absolutely.
21:10I'll give it a try.
21:11We'll just go back.
21:14It'll take two minutes.
21:18Oh now come on.
21:19Hello.
21:19It's Councillor Lloyd here.
21:21Yes.
21:22Could you put me through two council complaints?
21:26It's Angela I think.
21:28What was that Nishka's last name again?
21:31Why?
21:32Don't you know?
21:34Yes.
21:34Norwid.
21:35N-O-R-W-I-D.
21:36Letters.
21:37Letters.
21:38Doing a search?
21:40Just seeing if she's as pretty as you say she is.
21:46All I'm getting is cats in hats on skateboards.
21:52What are you talking about?
21:54Ah, that's cute.
21:56A kitten and a teacup.
21:58You must have typed it in wrong.
22:01What?
22:02That's weird.
22:03You're not kidding.
22:05Who dresses a cat in sunglasses?
22:07No.
22:09Jeff Simmons, the fisherman.
22:11His bank records show he made a purchase for custom alloys from alloyluke.com.
22:17What?
22:18What's wrong with that?
22:20Have you seen his truck?
22:22It's ancient.
22:23So why buy flash aluminium alloys?
22:27Unless.
22:28Unless.
22:30Unless.
22:31No.
22:31I wouldn't.
22:34But maybe he did.
22:47There.
22:53See you next time.
23:01You'll stop stealing RCs.
23:03Paddleboard protests certainly stirred things up.
23:06Good stunt, Elijah.
23:08Got people talking.
23:09It weren't a stunt.
23:09People are angry.
23:11They don't want tideline farms wrecking this coastline.
23:13Those are lovely.
23:15Maori fishhooks keep me from getting lost at sea.
23:18Found them in New Zealand.
23:19Different shops.
23:20Same day.
23:21Kind of one of those weird life things.
23:25Your latest campaigns cash you too.
23:27Mermaid's Revenge.
23:28Fits the local folklore.
23:31Jeff Simmons swears he saw a mermaid last night.
23:34Hard to say what Jeff saw.
23:36But if the myth fits the moment, good campaigns ride the current.
23:40Unless it stops being a myth.
23:42Diana Cooper received a threat this morning.
23:44We don't do threats.
23:45Mermaid's Revenge sounds like a call to arms.
23:48Could one of your followers have taken things too far?
23:50We're not responsible for what random people do.
23:53And Diana Cooper's no saint.
23:55She's trying to privatise a coastline that people depend on.
23:57Yeah, but she is a person.
23:59You're scared.
24:06Where were you both last night?
24:08New Key.
24:10Surf Comp.
24:11Stayed at the Neptune.
24:13Got back this morning.
24:14Mm-hmm.
24:16I stayed in McGram.
24:17Pizza and a film.
24:31Okay, thanks.
24:33These fins?
24:35Or...?
24:36Oh, that's it!
24:37Yes, print one of those off, please.
24:40These are freediving fins.
24:42Freediving fins.
24:44So, maybe Geoff didn't see a mermaid.
24:46He didn't.
24:47He saw a freediver wearing these.
24:50In the bioluminescence, I suppose if the two fins were together, it could look like a tail.
24:56Mermaid-ish, even.
24:58I must say, the whole visual case pricey is very helpful.
25:04Even if it was a freediver, how do you haul weighted nets offshore without a boat?
25:10Well, um, paddleboard.
25:12Surfboard.
25:13Not with that weight.
25:15You'd flip.
25:16If they were a freediver, they could dive down and pick up the stones one at a time.
25:20Uh, Kelby, um, check Lacey and Elijah's alibi, please.
25:24Maybe he freedives too.
25:26Sure.
25:26Yeah, but still.
25:28You see, that is not the most puzzling question.
25:32You see, Geoff says the mermaid was there one moment and gone the next.
25:37So, if it wasn't a mermaid, but a freediver posing as one, how on earth did they vanish
25:44in a sea that lights up every move?
25:47Perhaps Geoff lied.
25:50Blinked.
25:50Or both.
25:52Speaking of Geoff, I saw him pocketing a fat water cash off of some bloke.
25:56I followed and saw him get into a brand new truck.
26:00Hm.
26:00New truck.
26:02Easy cash.
26:03I thought he was meant to be broke.
26:05Needed extra subsidies.
26:06He's being paid for something.
26:08Yes, agreed.
26:10Perhaps it's time we reel in our fishermen.
26:14You know, Humphrey, I think I'll join you if I may.
26:17Yeah.
26:18I mean, being stuck round here all day rather numbs the brain.
26:21Yeah.
26:25Let's just drop the mermaid story, shall we?
26:28Who's paying you to sabotage the seaweed lines?
26:32No one.
26:33Then how would you afford the new truck?
26:36The Coast Guard confirmed yours was the only boat in the area.
26:41Look.
26:42I don't care what you say.
26:44I know what I saw.
26:47She was there.
26:48And then she weren't.
26:51Couldn't it have just been a diver, Geoff?
26:54Wearing these?
26:55No chance.
26:56It were real.
26:58Magic.
27:02She moved like she were part of the sea.
27:06Got me thinking.
27:08Maybe the sea sent her.
27:11A warning.
27:13Like the story says.
27:17What were you drinking?
27:25Or maybe I'd have better rum.
27:29Hm.
27:30Why do you think the mermaid was a warning, Geoff?
27:33You've been taking a bit too much from the sea recently, is that it?
27:38Disrespect the sea and face the consequences.
27:47Look, I lands a few sea bass now and then on the sly, who doesn't?
27:52Sells up north a good price.
27:54Cash and hand.
27:55Off the books.
27:56Enough for a new truck.
27:58Oh, yeah.
28:00I've been stretching the pennies a while now.
28:03So, the late night fishing, the new truck, the cash,
28:06all from poaching sea bass off the books?
28:09Hm.
28:13I swear on me mum's grave,
28:17I saw a mermaid.
28:22And I never touched that seaweed farm neither.
28:30Two oat milk lattes.
28:31Oh, thanks.
28:37You still think you're the victim, don't you?
28:41No one wants this expansion.
28:43You should just drop it.
28:44Right.
28:45That's enough.
28:46Not in here.
28:57Are you okay?
28:59Do you want to sit?
29:01I'm fine.
29:03I'll get your usual.
29:07So, what happens now Jeff's admitted to poaching but not to sabotage?
29:11Well, he's still a witness to a crime.
29:13His interview recording needs to be transcribed and filed.
29:16Can I do anything?
29:17Oh, it might have to wait until tomorrow.
29:21Margot, perhaps Anne might be able to help with some of our information grouping.
29:25Oh, that sounds interesting.
29:26Otherwise known as filing.
29:28What time did he arrive?
29:30Happy to help.
29:33From what I've seen of your filing so far, it's in need of some good reorganisation.
29:39And what time did he leave?
29:41So, Jeff is adamant he's not our culprit.
29:44But if it wasn't him, then the free diver theory still holds.
29:49Are you sure?
29:49So, what about Elijah?
29:51You know, young, confident surfer?
29:53Or Lacey, both good with the paddleboard?
29:56It can't be.
29:57Elijah was in Newquay.
29:59Hotel confirmed it.
30:01Lots of witnesses.
30:02And Maud said Lacey was at home watching before heaven with her.
30:07My nan's obsessed.
30:09Right.
30:10So, that leaves Mary.
30:13Oh, sir.
30:14I got her council letters and helped me.
30:18Listen to this one.
30:19If you don't drop the expansion, I will be forced to take matters further and you may regret the consequences.
30:26That sounds like a warning shot.
30:28Yeah.
30:28Same tone.
30:29Similar words.
30:31Mary's got a record too.
30:33A couple of charges.
30:35Some arrests.
30:36All protest stuff.
30:38Goes back a fair way to the 80s.
30:40Yeah.
30:40But her asthma?
30:41She couldn't freedive.
30:43And whoever it is, it still begs the question.
30:45How did they get away without lighting up the sea?
30:48Maybe she really was a mermaid.
30:50How is our only suspect still a mermaid?
31:01How someone can be the most infuriating and yet the most amazing person at exactly the same time is a
31:11mystery.
31:12Can I be honest?
31:14Always.
31:16I didn't get it.
31:18When I met you both for the first time, I couldn't see how you fit together.
31:24No?
31:25Mm-mm.
31:25Wow.
31:26I suppose you're not alone in that.
31:28Took Mum a while too.
31:29But now, you're so loved up and so perfect for each other, it makes me want to vomit.
31:36Oh, I'm sorry we make you feel that way.
31:39No, don't be.
31:40It's lovely.
31:41I'm just jealous.
31:43Are you?
31:44Nah.
31:44You know me.
31:45One man band or one woman band.
31:48Does that still work?
31:51One...
31:53You know you never told me what happened with you and Archie.
31:56Didn't I?
31:57No.
31:58Nothing to tell.
32:00It was a thing then, it wasn't.
32:02Same old, same old.
32:03Well, something must have happened.
32:06Yeah, it did.
32:09Me.
32:11You know, opening up and letting someone in isn't as scary as it sounds.
32:17You think?
32:19Well, did you ever talk to him about Zoe's dad?
32:25Sort of.
32:27Oh, I hate it when you do that.
32:29Do what?
32:30Look at me like a disappointed teacher when I forgot my homework.
32:38What happened to you was terrible.
32:42And I've no idea how you got through it.
32:46How you picked up the pieces and...
32:49Not only survived, but brought up Zoe the way you did to be the most amazing person that she is.
32:57And I know that you loved Zoe's dad.
33:01But it doesn't mean you can't be in love again.
33:03It didn't.
33:09The thing is, he's still here.
33:15He smiles at me every day, the second Zoe walks into the room.
33:22So whoever I'm with, I end up hating them for not being him.
33:29Archie never stood a chance.
33:33Well, I suppose the trick is, not hating Archie for what he's not,
33:38but finding a way to love him for what he is.
33:43What?
33:46That went quite deep there.
33:48Did he pay you to say that?
33:49Of course.
33:49How much?
33:50Thousands.
33:51Good, because it's you around.
33:53You know, if you told Archie any of that, he'd get it.
33:59No, that's way too scary.
34:01I double dare you.
34:05I'll think about it.
34:06But if I do a dare, you've got to do one too.
34:09Like what?
34:10I'll think of something.
34:11When you get another drink.
34:13I am.
34:19I don't know why I'm doing a dare.
34:21You haven't even done yours yet.
34:22No, you have to go first, it's the law.
34:25Says who?
34:26Me.
34:26And I'm a detective sergeant.
34:28And what would Humphrey say?
34:30That his wife is so boring, she won't go skinny dipping.
34:36Take that back.
34:37No, you take it back.
34:38I haven't got it.
34:44Well, last one to get their kit off is a kipper.
34:47What?
34:48I don't know, I don't know.
34:49It just came out.
34:50Ready?
34:52Ready?
34:53Oh, they might be my mermaid.
34:56It is his half.
34:58Ha!
35:05Ha!
35:06Ha!
35:08Ha!
35:09Ha!
35:10Ha!
35:13Yeah, he said two pencils in the permanent.
35:20Oh, my mouth up.
35:29You're freezing.
35:31You're freezing.
35:37Mr and I went for a swim.
35:43You're a lot skinny, Jiffin, though.
35:47Oh, that's what I used to do before.
35:50OK.
35:56Do you think I'm boring?
36:00Definitely not.
36:03Sometimes I think I am.
36:06Not just tonight, but always.
36:08Like I've flattened out.
36:15Sorry.
36:36Good news.
36:39Agnieszka is coming to visit.
36:42Visit?
36:43In person?
36:44Yeah.
36:45Thought she'd lost her job.
36:48She has.
36:48So how did she afford the flight?
36:51Tell me you didn't send money to someone you've never met.
36:54So what have I had?
37:01I've been digging online.
37:02I've been digging online.
37:03Find anything?
37:04No.
37:04Which is worse.
37:06One social media account.
37:08No photos.
37:08Just cats.
37:10And now he's sending her money.
37:11Oh.
37:14Shall I have a word?
37:16Best leave it with me.
37:41Good morning.
37:42Good morning.
37:42Good morning, Anne.
37:43Good morning.
37:44Good morning.
37:46Ann.
37:48Have you spoken to Martha this morning?
37:52How did she seem to you?
37:54She's fine.
37:55Why?
37:56Well, she said something last night.
38:00About thinking she was boring.
38:04Well, then it's your job to help her realise that she's not.
38:10My job.
38:12Right.
38:15Yeah.
38:16Uh, sir.
38:17Uh, there was a bit of a crowd at the council offices this morning.
38:22Protests against Tideline?
38:24Oh, yes.
38:24The final appeal.
38:25It should be over by now.
38:26And yet...
38:28What time is this?
38:29We are still no closer to identifying our mermaid.
38:33Free diver.
38:33There we go.
38:35Diana Cooper's missing.
38:39Diana told staff she'd be in early for the appeal.
38:42But when they turned up at nine, the office was empty.
38:46They figured she'd already gone to the council meeting, but she never showed.
38:51Well, she wouldn't miss that willingly.
38:53It's too important.
38:54Yeah, well, I checked and the appeal was dismissed when she didn't show up.
38:58Well, car's still here.
39:00No forced entry, no struggle.
39:02Yeah, they use key cards here.
39:05Should show her entry and exit times, just waiting on the data.
39:09Hmm.
39:10She was mid-email.
39:12And didn't finish it.
39:14Why leave your phone?
39:15Either she was planning on coming back, or didn't get a chance.
39:21Something interrupted her.
39:23What's that sound?
39:29Oh, got the key card log.
39:31Uh, she swiped in at 8.10.
39:34Out, 8.37.
39:37So where'd she go after that?
39:39And did she have a choice?
39:42Sir?
39:47Looks like she was a regular.
39:48Maybe she stopped there this morning.
39:51Kelby, can we get this unlocked, please?
39:53Sure.
39:57Margot?
39:58Sir, we've checked our house, friends, hospital, nothing.
40:02No sign of dying or at all.
40:28That looks delightful.
40:30My fail-proof hangover remedy from Java.
40:35The raw chili is the key.
40:39Uh, I think I'll be cured out of beer.
40:43Uh, October 12th?
40:46Can't wine festival, Torquay.
40:48Okay, um, 17th, 18th?
40:51Uh, might be seeing Nigel.
40:53Can you shift it?
40:54I mean, my parents are dying to meet you.
40:56Thanks, Zoe.
40:58I'll check.
41:03Paradise might be wearing thin.
41:05Oh.
41:08Oh.
41:10Oh.
41:15I'll be out back.
41:18How are you feeling?
41:22I'm here about Diana Cooper.
41:24She's missing.
41:25Missing?
41:25She was just here, right after I opened.
41:28How was she?
41:29Mmm, stressed about her appeal.
41:31Well, there was something yesterday.
41:33A nasty exchange with a surfer.
41:36In here.
41:36Young guy.
41:37Dark hair.
41:39Sounds like Elijah.
41:41Anything else from this morning?
41:43Even small.
41:44She was on her phone, mentioned someone...
41:47Uh, Dr Rhodes?
41:49Hounding her about the expansion.
41:52You're sure?
41:53Yeah, positive.
41:54Why?
41:55Diana was dead set on going to the appeal.
41:58Then she vanishes right before it.
42:02Things aren't always what they appear.
42:07If anything more comes up, call the station.
42:10Of course.
42:13Yep.
42:17Yep.
42:17I'm on my way.
42:30Where's Anne?
42:34Margot?
42:37No idea.
42:39Uh, sir.
42:40A text came in at 8.33am.
42:43Unknown number.
42:44If you want the truth about the sabotage,
42:46meet me at Hawke's Hut, 9am.
42:488.33.
42:498.33.
42:50She swiped out at 8.37.
42:52So that's where she was going.
42:54And we all know who uses Hawke's Hut.
42:57Hmm?
42:58Hmm?
43:15Dr Rhodes.
43:17Where's Diana Cooper?
43:20I haven't seen Diana.
43:21Why?
43:22Why?
43:23What's going on?
43:23She's missing.
43:25She didn't show up for the appeal.
43:26She received a message from an unregistered number asking her to meet someone here.
43:31And here you are.
43:34You think I kidnapped her?
43:36Harmed her?
43:37The letters you wrote to the council were pretty threatening.
43:39I was simply considering action against Tideline Farms.
43:44You've got a record?
43:45Yeah, but not for violence.
43:47I'm a peaceful protester.
43:48So why are you here?
43:50I told you yesterday, this is my base.
43:52I was here all night.
43:54I promise you.
43:55I have no idea where Diana is.
43:58Mind if we check in there?
43:59Be my guest.
44:07That sound.
44:09I've heard it before.
44:18Sid made that.
44:19Maud's husband.
44:22It's too hard for Maud and Lacey to come up here these days.
44:25So I keep it as a memory of him.
44:37Anything?
44:41Tanya's not here.
44:44So where is she?
44:55She sells seashells by the seashore.
45:03Jeff admitted to the poaching, but stuck to the mermaid tail.
45:08Mary Rhodes was just in the wrong place.
45:11Elijah and Lacey both have alibis.
45:15What are we missing?
45:17Mary fishhooks.
45:19Mary fishhooks.
45:19Found him in New Zealand.
45:20New Zealand.
45:25New Zealand.
45:33It's a power shell, only found in New Zealand.
45:37Sacred to the Maori, for remembrance, grief.
45:40This, this isn't protest.
45:43It's personal, driven by loss.
45:47Look, to keep things sustainable, the law says that power can only be harvested by free divers.
45:55Elijah and Lacey.
45:57But both have alibis.
45:58Elijah may be, his alibi was verified.
46:02But Lacey told us she was with her grandmother, Maud, which we accepted because we couldn't see a motive.
46:07But if she had a motive, then it could be a lie.
46:11Which means Maud must also have lied.
46:13To protect her granddaughter.
46:15So what if?
46:16Maud knew that the shell we found in the nest was Lacey's, so she told us they were together.
46:22No idea.
46:23But it wasn't true.
46:25Jeff is convinced that he saw a mermaid.
46:27But what I think he actually saw was Lacey, a free diver, avoiding him.
46:32The bioluminescence and a lot of rum did the rest.
46:35But how did she get away without being seen in bioluminescence?
46:38Look who I found stuck in the stored car boot.
46:41The door slammed down.
46:43I couldn't open it.
46:45Wind must have blown its shouts.
46:48That door's always been dodgy.
46:50I tried shouting for a while, but I got a bit tired.
46:54We're so sorry, Anne.
46:56We couldn't hear you.
46:57We thought you'd left and gone home.
47:00Precisely!
47:01We assumed that Lacey swam away somehow.
47:04But what if she never actually left?
47:07Lacey had swum out to the seaweed farm to free dive for stones to weigh the net down.
47:14When Jeff appeared, Lacey tried to flee underwater,
47:17but realised her movements were lit by the bioluminescence.
47:21So she did something only a free diver could.
47:24But she stayed still.
47:27Held her breath for several long minutes.
47:31An ingenious vanishing act.
47:33We thought she swam away, but she disappeared by staying exactly where she was.
47:39So what if Diana did the same thing?
47:42What if the text about Hawke's hut wasn't for her?
47:46It was for us.
47:48A distraction.
47:53The power was for Lacey's grandfather.
47:55Remember?
47:56He collected shells.
47:58Made wind chimes with them.
48:00When I was by Diana's window this morning, I heard wind chimes.
48:04The same as the ones at Hawke's hut.
48:06I couldn't quite place it before.
48:09It was so faint.
48:10He used to sneak into these tunnels when we were kids.
48:15The tunnels below the offices are perfect hiding spots.
48:18And not just for teenage parties.
48:21When written threats and sabotage failed to scare Diana off,
48:24Lacey turned to more drastic measures.
48:27Lacey grew up here before Tideline Farms took over the old fishing warehouse.
48:32She knew his secrets.
48:34Like the mermaid of Shifton Abbott, Lacey set her musical lute.
48:44Diana took the bait.
48:47Followed the sound of wind chimes.
48:49Beautiful.
48:50Alluring.
48:53Lacey didn't want to harm her.
48:55Let me out.
48:57Just trap her.
48:58Please, let me out.
48:59Like a fish in her net.
49:02She sent the text.
49:04Then swiped Diana's key card to make it look like she left.
49:07So Lacey and Diana both banished by staying put.
49:10Lacey wove us a mermaid's tail.
49:12So we chased a lure while the truth waited.
49:15Hidden in the depths below.
49:17Go!
49:18Go!
49:30Let's try down here.
49:31On that way?
49:32On that way.
49:33Let's go.
49:34There's a door.
49:35Diana!
49:36Help!
49:37Do you hear that?
49:37I don't see it!
49:39Diana!
49:41Diana!
49:53I think you dropped this.
50:03I thought I was gone for good.
50:09Your grandfather loved the sea.
50:13Loved collecting shells.
50:17He scattered his ashes just past the seaweed farm.
50:20And the shell is for him.
50:23Is that why he did all of this?
50:35Picnics on the boat.
50:38Grandad diving for shells.
50:43That stretch of water was ours.
50:47I meant to take this to where we scattered his ashes.
50:56I'm not against the seaweed farms.
50:59But the expansion?
51:01I checked the map.
51:07We wouldn't be able to visit Grandad again.
51:10And it's not just me.
51:12It's everyone.
51:13The sea is our life.
51:15And Diana?
51:15I didn't want to hurt her.
51:17You just needed her to miss that meeting.
51:19If she couldn't get approval for the expansion, well...
51:22It couldn't happen.
51:27They promised Gran...
51:29...that they'd always be together at the end.
51:33Tideline farms would have made that impossible.
51:42Drink?
51:44Yeah.
51:45Great.
51:46First round on me?
51:50Sorry.
51:51Another time.
51:53Bye, sir.
51:55Sir?
51:55Same.
51:56A few things to tie up here.
52:12Humphrey, could I have a word?
52:14Um, if it's about Martha and I've had an idea, it's all in hand.
52:16Oh, no.
52:18That's good.
52:19No, it's, er...
52:22It's delicate.
52:23Okay, can it wait then?
52:23I'm a bit snowed under.
52:24It's about James Smith.
52:26Right.
52:27Well, if James Smith has another demand of me, I'd like a hazard warning first.
52:31And, you know, maybe a siren.
52:32And if this is about me hurrying up and firing one of my team due to an impossibly small budget,
52:36then kindly tell him I've tragically perished in a free paperwork avalanche.
52:44No, I'm sorry.
52:47I had no idea.
53:08I can't wait to bring Agnieszka here.
53:10She'll love it.
53:11Proper English pub.
53:14Kelby.
53:15Look, this is awkward.
53:16But I've been wanting to have a chat with you about Agnieszka.
53:22What about her?
53:24I'm...
53:24I'm just concerned it's moving a bit fast.
53:29Why?
53:30There's hardly anything about her online.
53:34Just cats.
53:35So she likes cats.
53:37It's not a crime, is it?
53:38No.
53:38It's just...
53:42Something feels off.
53:45I've seen this kind of thing before.
53:48What kind of thing?
53:49Someone online says all the right things.
53:53They find your soft spots and use them.
53:57Think I'm easy to trick?
53:58I mean, just a bit trusting.
54:03Agnieszka listens.
54:05Really listens.
54:07She doesn't treat me like a child.
54:08Then stop acting like one.
54:11There.
54:12That's it, isn't it?
54:13No, no, no.
54:14Kelby, I didn't mean that.
54:15You've never seen me as an equal.
54:17Not once.
54:19I'm just the idiot you've got to keep an eye on.
54:21But that's not fair.
54:22No, what's not fair is you deciding what's best for me before I even get a say.
54:30At least Agnieszka believes in me.
54:33Which is a lot more than I can say for you.
55:00So that's what your cryptic text was about?
55:03A swim.
55:04Not just a swim.
55:07It's getting in.
55:09Why?
55:10Because you're not boring.
55:13We're not boring.
55:15But what if people see?
55:17Take a risk.
55:18Isn't that the fun?
55:25Woo!
55:26Look at that!
55:44Archie?
55:46Archie?
55:48Esther.
55:50Archie?
55:52You're Dan?
55:54Um...
55:55Hey.
56:09No, not in your revenge.
56:12Oh, I'm just thinking.
56:14We haven't laughed enough lately.
56:18I'm sorry.
56:20These evaluations have got me so...
56:23Distracted.
56:24Yes. Yeah, that too.
56:27You're always...
56:29Holding everything together and you make it look so easy.
56:33I just don't want to lose sight of you.
56:37Of us. The real us.
56:41Who love an adventure.
56:45I mean, I...
56:49Oh, no.
56:52Oi!
56:53Oi! Oi!
56:57Oh, quick!
56:58Oi! Oi!
56:59Come back!
57:00No, no, come back here!
57:01Come on, good boy!
57:03Got a biscuit!
57:05Biscuit!
57:06A man was drugged and painted green and covered in ivy.
57:09Looks like you're a green man.
57:10It wasn't anyone from here.
57:11I've got a present for you. It's an eviction notice.
57:13He wants to build 30 houses here.
57:15Are you suggesting Mr. Oucham assaulted his own worker?
57:18He's capable of that.
57:18You seem to know a lot about him.
57:20My brother.
57:22They've assaulted my groundsman and now this.
57:24How long before they kill someone?
57:25You came to the house the other night.
57:26I'm sorry, I didn't realise you had someone there.
57:28Agnieszka's supposed to be flying in today.
57:30I don't know what you're thinking.
57:31That she's catfishing you out of your savings.
57:33You understand that tomorrow is the absolute deadline.
57:36I must have your decision.
57:37I just didn't know what you're thinking.
58:06I don't know what you're thinking.
58:06You
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