"Round the back!" "Let's go!" "Hey!" "He's right there!" " Come on!" " Over there!" "Come on!" "He's round the back!" "Come on!" "I've got it!" "..gonna marry her." "I found her!" "I found her!" "She was already dead!" "She was already dead!" "It wasn't me!" "It wasn't me!" "It...it wasn't me!" " Stay there." " Jesus." "Possible ABH." "Female victim." "She's been here a while." "No blood." "No sign of a struggle." "What do you think, she fell, hit her head?" "Heart attack?" "Hello?" "What's got a one-inch knob and hangs down?" "I don't know." "What has a one-inch knob and hangs down?" "A bat." "Your mother's got me on this diet." "My pee smells of stewed cabbage." "Oh, yeah?" "That's nice." "Listen, what is it, Dad?" "I'm at work, all right?" " What's got a nine-inch knob and hangs up?" " I don't know." "What has a nine..." "Natural causes, then, sir?" " You want to call Borough, let them handle it?" " No." "You think this is a crime scene." "Yeah, I do." "Call it in." "And, er...call Phil Hendricks." "Ow!" "Ow!" " Ow, that's my neck, Phil!" " Shut up." "You're mashed out on midazolam." "With a sedative that strong, I can do anything I like." "Now, I just bend your head a few degrees this way, apply pressure to these points here to kink the artery, and it's good night, Tom Thorne." "So she wasn't strangled, then?" "That's what I've been trying to tell you." " It's a bit elaborate, isn't it?" " Yeah." "If it wasn't for the midazolam, the tranquilliser, I would have said ischaemia." "I presume that that was the idea, make it look like a stroke." "Natural causes." " What, a stroke?" "She's only 28." " You see it." "Smokers." "On the pill." "So the only suspicious indicators we've got are these bruises and the sedative, yeah?" "Yeah, looks like a left-hander." "If she's the only one that we found..." "How many have you missed?" "What have you got for me?" "What is this, the Pussycat Dolls?" "We circulated the indications to pathologists in the southeast on Tuesday." "Came up with two further matches." "Madeleine Vickery, deceased February '09." "Christine Owen, died April." "That's three dead girls and all looked like strokes." "Looks like a stroke, quacks like a stroke." "How do I know it isn't one?" "We don't, but even if I dig up Madeleine and Christine, the bodies are 12 and 14 months old." "So, no use to us." "But all three are under 30." "All three died of ischaemic strokes." "Oedema in the same places." "Upper neck, both sides." "A bit deeper on the left." "So, our guy's left-handed?" "We picked up a partial print from the Carlish flat." "Puma, size nine." "But not from the guy who tripped over her, right?" "No, he wears a ten and he's a thief, not a multiple killer." "So he must be trained, medical." "There'll be more." "Why not?" "He's careful." "There's no sexual assault, no heat." "All three girls were found in their flat." "There was no forced entry, no sign of a struggle." " He's there and he's gone." " Sounds like the fucking angel of death." "Yeah, wearing size nine Pumas." "I'll take care of you." "Hello, Alison." "Are you OK?" "Are you in any pain?" "I can't see!" "I can't see!" "I'm going to help you, Alison." "I'm going to take care of you now." "Don't worry." "I'm here." "Shh." "You're sleepy." "# Satan is real" "# Working in spirit" "# You can see him and hear him in this world every day" "# Satan is real" "# Working with power" "# He can tempt you" "# And lead you astray..." "I attended service at a little church in the country not long ago." "A prayer was led by an old country preacher, who then raised his hands as everyone stood and sang My God Is Real." "A warm breeze through the open windows brought in the smell of new-mown hay in a nearby field and the singing of birds could be heard in the moment of silence..." "Er..." "Alison Willetts, 23." "That's good work." "Well done." "Holland, sir, David." "Dave." "Yeah, I knew that." "Actually, it weren't me, really." "Hospital called it in as suspicious a week ago." "Didn't seem like much of a priority then." " Want some free advice, Dave?" " Sir?" "Take the credit." "Come on." "I suppose she's lucky, this one, Alison?" " Oh, so a coma's lucky in Dave world?" " Luckier than dead." "Yvonne?" "Where am I going?" " Third floor, Neurology, ICU." " Look after this one for us, will you?" " Hi." " You all right?" "Jesus." "Over there." "Should be all right." "Thanks for taking the time to talk to us, Mr Ramsey." "Sir, can I have your full name, please?" "Now, you're the one who found Miss Willetts, aren't you?" "Yeah, I found her passed out in the car park." "I almost left her, I was so late for work." "I just, er..." "I thought she was drunk." "No, you did great." "She probably wouldn't have survived if it wasn't for you." "What part of the States are you from, Josh?" "The Canadian part." " What time exactly did you find Miss Willetts?" " Oh..." "Oh..." "Oh, it's too bright." "Turn the light off." "Light hurts." "Oh, my God." "Am I in hospital?" "I'm OK, right?" "I'm alive?" "Alison?" "Are you a doctor?" "Oh, you don't look like a doctor." "Alison, can you hear me?" "Yes." " Alison?" " You're the deaf one." "Alison, um..." "My name's, er..." "Tom." " Tom Thorne." "I'm a police officer." " You've got kind eyes, Tom." "Can I ask you some questions about what happened to you?" "I...don't remember." "Why are...are you looking at me like that?" "What's wrong with me?" "Oh!" "Oh!" "What happened to me?" " Tell me!" "Tell me what happened to me!" " What's going on?" " Is she all right?" " Tom!" "Why can't you hear me?" "Why?" "I'm talking to you!" " Alison." "Everything's all right." " Please!" " You're in a hospital." " Please help me!" "You've been unconscious for over a week." " Please help me." " But you're awake now." "I'm your doctor." "My name's Anne." "I'm going to be looking after you, OK?" "OK." "So, we had her down as a straightforward stroke at first." " You know she was found in the car park?" " Yeah." "Yeah, we presumed that she'd collapsed on her way to AE, but then one of my housemen saw bruising, oedema around her neck ligaments, which came up as bright white patches on her MRI scan." "Sorry, are you pissed off with us?" "Yeah, well, we called you a whole week ago." "It's been a week." "Yeah, I'm sorry about that." "What's wrong with her?" "She can see me and hear me." "Yes, yes, she's got locked-in syndrome." "The damages to the ventral part of the pons." "It's characterised by complete paralysis of all voluntary muscle function in the body, apart from those which control eye movement." "So, her brain works, she can hear you, she can understand everything, but she can't move." "It's like waking up in your own coffin." "Her, um..." "A friend reported her missing." "Have you heard from the family at all?" "Her mother died and so her father remarried and moved to Palm Springs." "When I called him to tell him the news, he actually asked me if it was worth him coming to visit." "So..." "So, you know, she's got a lot to come to terms with without some six foot something..." "Three." "..detective standing over her bedside." " The thing is, Doctor, um..." " Coburn." "Coburn." "We've got three girls just like Alison." "Same bruising, same indications, only they're dead." "So if there's any chance that she can communicate, you know." "Well, if she does communicate, it's gonna be minimal." "And there's no guarantee that she'll remember anything." "It's very unlikely that she's gonna regain any motor function." "She'll succumb to an infection and she'll die in that bed." "So, I really hope she's not your only line of inquiry." "You have to excuse me." "Yeah, perhaps you could come down to AE." "That's really all I can tell you." "I..." "I found her." "I handed her over to Dr Bishop and he...he took her up to ICU." "I really have to get back to work." "Good luck with this." "Shit." "Please move it now." "Mr Ramsey." "Josh." " Get off me!" "Get off me!" " Hey, calm down!" "Calm...calm down!" "Well, he is left-handed." "And he does take size nines, apparently." "According to his entry visa," "Mr Ramsey hadn't entered the country till six months after the murders began." "Yeah, could hamper a conviction, couldn't it?" "Yeah." "Holland's what, 12?" "Give him a break." "Oh, rookie with an instinct." "I should have known he'd be up your street, Tom." "Henry'll be going nuts." "Is, er..." "Henry your partner, Mr Ramsey?" "He's my dog." "Right." "So, I'm free to leave?" "Just one minute, please." "He said that she was wearing something white, like a slip or something, when he found her." "Not the clothes she'd been wearing, sir." "The hospital toxicology report shows midazolam in Alison's system before she was sedated in ICU." "Also the bruising around the vertebral artery is consistent with that found on Susan Carlish." "Well, he's made his first mistake, Tom." "He's left one alive." "The only thing is she's not the chattiest of witnesses." "Dave!" "Found another size nine!" "Everybody's laughing at me." "Except Thorne." "He just looks right through you." "Well, you can't blame him." "Not much of a first-team debut, was it, Dave?" "Yep." "Thorne's first time out, cracks the Pretty Boy Killer." "Mine?" "Make a big mess of." "Well, you've heard how he done it, ain't you?" "Come on." "Everyone knows that." "Tom just shook Frank Calvert by the hand." "He looked into his eyes and he just knows this is the one." "This is the guy that's killed those six gay men." "This is the Pretty Boy Killer." " Bollocks." " Bollocks?" "It's the rock the church was built on." "If only they'd listened to him back then, right?" "They listen to him now." "Mr Thorne." " Hello." " Hi." "Um..." "listen, I, er..." "I thought we could go together." "You know, if you didn't have any other plans." "Yeah, sure." "So, you think this is gonna help, having the stuff around her?" "Oh, yes." "Yes, it's still her." "I mean, she'll be tempted to think that her life ended after the attack." "Or that that's when it began." "But it's not about who she was." "It's about who she is." "Don't touch anything!" "It's, er...still a crime scene." " Sorry, yes." " It's OK." "Um...it would be really useful to have the...the music, though, the iPod." " Right." " And the collage of the photos as well." "Right." "How about that one?" "Who's that?" "Oh, that's on-off Oliver." "He was away on a golf weekend when it happened." "We checked." "He came to visit." " Do you want that?" " Yeah, thanks." "Very tidy, isn't she?" "God, I was such a mess at this age." "Scent." "Perfume." "That would be good." "And, um...diaries." "Maybe a little cuddly toy." "God, they're thin walls, aren't they?" "Yeah, chewing gum and cardboard." " So, did no one hear anything?" " I don't think so." "We think she let him in." "And he attacked her in here." "Saturday night." " Sedated her and then just left her for dead." " Right." "Then she comes to 24 hours later and manages to find her way to the Great Eastern." "Well, a minor arterial tear can lead to a transient stroke." "Before the tear becomes a complete dissection, which would obviously then result in a massive ischaemia, but between the first and the second..." "Yes, she...she could have staggered to the Great Eastern Hospital." "How would she have been, though?" "I mean, reeling around?" "Knocking things over?" "You're right." "This place is too tidy." "I mean, look at all these flats here facing the road." "It's a nice Sunday evening and no one sees anything." "A girl in her nightie falling down the street." "And why didn't she call out or phone someone?" "Maybe he drugged her here and took her somewhere else." "Then how would she have got to the hospital?" "I don't know." "Alison's belongings, once they've finished in there, I'll bring them over to you." "Thanks." "Personally?" "Yeah, yeah." "I'm very hands-on." "So, Tom, what do you see when you look at Alison?" "That boy Oliver, he took one look at her and he, you know, hasn't been back since." "You've been a few times." "Why?" "What do you see?" "A witness?" "Pulled all the hospital CCTV footage." "Alison's not there." "And there's no sign of her at any of the pedestrian approaches." "I hate to admit it but I'm beginning to like your theory." "Someone brought her in." "They've got ANPR over there." "I've got silly bollocks running every plate in and out." "You'd better." "Without seeming like a tit here, Tom..." "What?" "Why try and kill someone and take them to AE?" " Maybe he changed his mind, eh?" " We've all been there, haven't we, eh?" "You wake up Sunday morning, you regret the girl you did the night before." "Though normally, I send mine off with the taxi fare home, not a dissected vertebral artery." "How many of this lot have got medical expertise?" "Or the imagination for something like this?" "There's no sexual element, is there?" "Ah, now, just because he's not fiddling doesn't mean it's not sexual." "ANPR printouts from the hospital." "These are the registration plates in and out, 30 minutes either side of when Alison was found." "Seen his name, haven't we?" "Bishop, head of ICU." "Yeah, he was the first to treat her." "But look at this." "That's good work, Dave." "Let's go and talk to 'em." "Is that your BMW in the car park, Dr Bishop?" " Mm?" " The car park." "Is that your BMW?" "You mean the BMW that's sitting in my parking space?" " Muddy feet on my nice carpet." " Were you driving there last..." "I'll speak with Orthopaedics myself." "What's the extension?" "Yeah, OK, thank you." "Sorry." " Were you driving there last Saturday night?" " On Saturday." " On Saturday night?" " Yes." "Erm...yeah, I was out with some friends so, no, I got a cab, and I think I got in at about 11." "What did you do when you got in?" "You make any calls?" "No, I try not to call people after 11." "Husbands tend to get upset." "I don't know, I watched some shitty TV, probably, and tried to get some sleep." " Why?" "What did you do?" " Any shitty TV in particular?" "Yeah, game shows and soft porn." "Is...is he really writing this down?" "I'm sorry, I'm confused." "I thought you were here to talk about Sunday night, when Alison was admitted." "I mean, you were on site here when she was found, yeah?" "Um...yeah." "Yeah, fortunately for Alison, I was bleeped half an hour before, so she was lucky." "God knows what AE would have done with her." "She came in with a GCS of 3." "Pupils were reacting only." "So I intubated her, sedated her, took her for a CT, and her brain was just a little tight." "So I ordered an MRI and then had her prepped to be sent up to my ICU." "Would you like me to slow down?" "She was lucky, then, wasn't she?" "I mean that you were here on Sunday night." "Do you know, if you need to verify any of this, you can do so with my colleague Dr Coburn." "Anne." "I think, actually, you..." "you've met, haven't you?" "The benzodiazapine that you administered, it was midazolam, wasn't it?" "Er...yeah, well, that's the way we do it here, Doctor." "Works a treat." "Can impair memory, if you..." "She's divorced, actually, you know, Anne." "She tell you?" "No?" "Her husband left last year." "You see, the funny thing is, the hospital has no record of calling you on Sunday night." "There's no record of...of a page or...or a bleeper." "We're done." "Er...you're rude." "I was perfectly happy to talk to you about a patient." "But now you and my biographer seem to be treating me as if I've got something to hide." " This is a murder investigation, Doctor." " Is it?" "Oh, Christ." "Now just get the fuck off my carpet, would you?" " Thanks for your time." " You're welcome." "Good luck with the book." "Holya Souza." "Helen Doyle." "Kate, um..." "Doubleday." "Rita Badwage." "All under 30, all reported missing since we found Alison Willetts." "Girls go missing all the time." "Doesn't mean he's got them." "No, they don't." "You take out the users and the ones with a reason and girls don't go missing." "They stay at home." " What, no pain, really?" " Just enough." " You up for something yourself?" " I don't like pain." "It hurts." "Are you in any pain?" "Don't you remember me, Alison?" "Of course you do." "I'm Jeremy." "I'm the doctor who treated you when you first arrived." "May I touch you?" "It's all right, Alison." "Don't...don't worry." "Don't panic." "All right, look, it's...it's your decision." "But I'd be inclined to close these for her." "I don't remember you, Jeremy." "I do remember this, though." "That's it." "This lady potato crashes her moped." "The doctor comes up to Miss Potato's boyfriend, the hunky swede." ""The good news is she's alive." ""The bad news is she's going to be a vegetable for the rest of her life."" "So, er...what's so special about Alison, do you think?" " Here we go." " Come on, humour me." "There are signs of struggle on her scans." "Some bruising on her lower jaw." " He might have held her down." " Get off." "He must have held her for a while if he was gonna bruise her, mustn't he?" "Maybe." "Some bruise easier than others." "I, for one, am like a Spanish nectarine." "So, could that have happened when he drove her to hospital?" "Why would he take her to the hospital?" "I don't know, maybe, you know, she woke up and he just freaked out." "Couldn't stand her looking at him." "I've been down the Mile End Road, Tom." "It goes to Stepney Green, not Damascus." " Come on, let's get one more, yeah?" " I'm too tired, I'm too old." "And it's never just one more." "Oh, come on, you bender." "It could be your last night on earth." "What are you gonna do, go home to your osteopaedic pillow?" "Come on." "Oh, shit!" "Oh, sorry, mate!" "Oh!" " I'll see you later, yeah?" " Yeah." "See you." "There you go." "I'll be right here." "I'll be right here for you." "It's OK." "You're safe now." "You're safe now." "Night-night, Sleepyhead." "Hey." "Hey, mister." "My name's Angel." "You should go home." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Yeah, OK, yeah." "Tell them they'll have to go round." "Morning." "We've got a witness." "Somebody saw him." "Just pulled up in a car and dumped her." " Kind of a buzz, isn't it, Dave?" " It's a fucking rush, sir." "Yeah, they just need a bit more light." "She one of your missing?" "Helen Doyle." "This one didn't wake up." "You know, for a careful guy, he doesn't mind taking risks." "She's only been gone a couple of hours." "What's that?" "Is that where he injected the midazolam?" "I thought he put it in her drinks." "That's where you'd stick a cannula." "Would you just keep back there, please?" "What, for an IV?" "Helen Doyle." "Worked in one of those office buildings on the Westway." "Last seen Thursday night at Bar Samba in Chiswick." "So, he's had her for two days." "It's like you said." "He drugs 'em, takes 'em somewhere, plays with them a little while." "Then it's the old heave-ho out the car door." " Where's this witness?" " He's over here." "He's old." "Didn't see much." "Says he thought the bloke was dumping rubbish." "He said he was wearing a baseball cap." "Average height, build." "Dark car." "Says it was nice." "Hi." "This car, was it nice like..." "like a Merc or a Rover 75?" "They all look the same these days." "It was dark." "I thought he was just chucking rubbish out." "At least that's what he said." "Right, now, exactly what did he say?" ""It broke," or..." ""They keep breaking."" " What?" " I thought he was chucking an old Hoover." "They keep...breaking?" "Is that it?" "Alison wasn't a mistake." "She was the first one he got right." "I like what you've done with the place." "They keep breaking." "Madeleine, Christine, Susan, Helen." "Four dead girls." "And you." "Why didn't he kill you, eh?" "Do I look alive to you?" "I think he brought you here." "So why would he do that, eh?" "I don't know." "Your mates, they said, er..." "they said you lost your coat in the bar, but we found it in your flat." "So he...he brought it round, didn't he?" "Yeah, if you say so." "You let him in." "Come on, show me, just..." "Anything, just show me that I'm right." "He drugged you with midazolam in whatever drink were sharing, and then he took you somewhere, 24 hours, just you and him." "He didn't want to rush you like the others." " He wants to get you right." " Get me right?" "You're full of sedatives but you must have felt it, eh?" " His hands on the back of your neck." " No." "Don't do this!" "Searching till they find what they're looking for." " No!" "Stop it, Tom!" " Arteries on the back of your neck." "The blood pumping in your head and then what?" "I don't remember!" "This?" "Nothing?" "Tom!" "Tom, what are you doing?" "You're scaring me!" "Then he brought you here, and do you know why he did that?" "Cos you didn't break." "You survived." "And when he realised that, he had to move fast." "He had to get you here." "Keep you breathing, because he didn't have all this." "You couldn't breathe on your own." "So, he had to be quick." "What did he do?" " He had to stop on the way, didn't he?" " Oh, God." "Put breath into your lungs." "His breath." "His mouth on yours, cos he had to keep you alive." "That's right." "He was desperate for you to survive because you're not a mistake." "He wanted you like this." "Locked in." "He wants you like this." "Do you understand me, eh?" "He wants you like this." "Tom, stop this right now." " Pathetic." " Fuck you!" "She's in distress." "This is not the right way to go about this." "What do you want from me?" "I can't remember!" "He broke another one tonight." "Helen." "He didn't mean to kill her either, put an IV in her arm." " Alison..." " .." "Broken, or worse like you!" "I'm gonna catch him and you've got to remember!" "You've got to remember!" "Find a way to tell me!" "Do you understand?" " Stop it!" "I've tried to!" " You've got to find a way to tell me!" "Tell me!" "Do you understand?" "Tell me!" "Fucking find a way!" "Tell me!" "Yes!" "Yes." "I..." "I did that, didn't I?" "Thank you." "Oh, God." "It's an emergency." "In there you have absolutely no idea what you're doing!" "She needs calm." "This all takes a lot of patience." "You have completely destabilised any progress we've made." "What the hell are you doing?" "Yelling at my patients?" "I want the name of your superior." " Good luck with that." " I'll make sure you never see Alison again." "Oh, why?" "Cos she's yours, is she?" "She just communicated with me." "She blinked." "Isn't that what we want?" "Isn't that what she needs?" "She blinked because she was terrified of you." "Do you understand?" "Listen, he wants her like this." "He killed another one last night, and it's my job to stop him before he does it again." "That allows you to act like a prick, does it?" "Because what you do is serious." "Now, listen, what we do is very serious, and we had to go to university to learn how." "Oh, shut up." "Prick." " I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to upset Alison." " Well, you did." " Yeah, but I didn't mean to." " But you did." "We can go on like that for an hour." "What do you want?" " I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to upset her." " OK." " Or you." "Especially you." " Me?" "You didn't upset me." "You didn't upset me, cos it kind of worked." "She's communicating now." "Sort of." " Three blinks for yes." "One for no." " That means I can interview her." "No." "No, no, no, no." "It doesn't." "Tom, she doesn't remember anything about the attack or the attacker." "It's a blank, OK?" "And I'm glad." "I'm glad that it's a blank for her sake." "On leaving the train, please remember to take all your belongings with you." "What?" "What else?" "I'm gonna come right back to you, mate." "All right, so we've got him going into the Great Eastern just after three this morning." "But he goes out again at 4:15, not 5:30." "That gives him an hour and a half to do Helen Doyle and dump her." "He's a dodgy bastard." "He's got the medical nous." "Dr Jeremy Bishop." "Do we like him for it?" "Jeremy?" "You mean my Jeremy?" "Oh, come on." "I mean, I know he's a wanker and everything, but..." "Yeah, but not that type of wanker, huh?" "It's as though he's a walking efit, and he plays the role, doesn't he?" "Well, it's true he does have to be the centre of attention." "Even if that means being a suspect in a murder inquiry?" "Probably, yes." "Um...my scans are down here." "So if you just bung the kettle on there." "I'm gonna find these images for you." "You don't seriously think that Jeremy's responsible, do you?" "No, I don't." "But he is a wanker." "Oh, God, Tom, I'm sorry." "Do you know what?" "I didn't get any milk." "Um..." "I've got some wine, though." "Oh, you're on duty, aren't you?" " No, I'm not on duty." "I clocked off hours ago." " Oh, OK." "I've got to warn you, though." "I do get drunk quickly." "Oh, really?" "I thought policemen were very good at holding their drink and all that." "I get drunk quickly but I can keep drinking for hours." "Um...so, look, this is it." "The functional MRI scan." "So, can you see?" "It captures imaging patterns which correlate specifically to stimuli, thoughts and ideas in the brain." "Look, they're here." "This particular patient, he was categorised as braindead for 16 years." "He was fully conscious and no one even knew it." "Sorry." "Am I boring you?" "No." " Don't." " Why?" "Because my daughter's standing right behind you." " Hello." " Oh, hello." " I'm, um..." " Tom." " You were mentioned." " Was I?" " You were mentioned." "You're, er..." " Rachel." "This is Rachel, my daughter." "Hi." "So, er...how long were you planning to stand there?" "Till the kettle boiled." "Well, it's..." "it's nice to meet you, Rachel." "Kevin?" " Ma'am?" " Just come and have a look at this." "Mail room thought it was suspicious." "Can you open it for us?" ""Dear Tom." ""Sorry." "They're dead," ""and it's down to me."" "I don't understand it." ""I never..." ""wanted to hurt anyone..."" "..but they keep... ..Breaking." "Could you give us five minutes, Claire?" ""I feel like you know me." "I think about you and it feels special, like a sex thing." ""I know about Frank." ""I know about all your stories." ""I'd like us to be able to talk about it." "Can I come and see you, Tom?"" "# When the end of the world rolls around..." " Where's Tom?" " He comes and goes." "# I'll be proud" "# I can say" "# I love you..." "# You grow nearer" "# And dearer" "# And sweeter" "# As the days..." "Get off me!" "Get..." "It's OK, Tom." "It's OK." "I'll take care of you." "I need you to see, Tom." "I need you to see." "You know I'm trying to save them, Tom." "I only want to save them." "Come in, Tom." "The water's warm." "Maybe they'll see it this time, Mr Thorne." "They don't look dead, do they?" "You're sleepy." "You're mine." "You're mine." "Sleepyhead." ""I know all your stories." ""I'd like us to be able to talk about it."" "There's four bodies now." "He's after Frank's crown." "Alison, was there like a window in there?" "Could you see out of a window?" "Did you see him at all?" "Can you see him?" "You two and your secrets." "It's all lies." "I'm trying to save you." "That's three dead girls and all looked like strokes." "Her brain works, she can hear you, but she can't move." "It's like waking up in your own coffin." "Now, you're the one who found Miss Willetts, aren't you?" "Yeah, I found her passed out in the car park." "Do you remember me, Alison?" "Of course you do." "I'm Jeremy." "I'm the doctor who treated you when you first arrived." "Dr Jeremy Bishop." "Do we like him for it?" "You see, the funny thing is the hospital has no record of calling you on Sunday night." "If you need to verify any of this, you can do so with my colleague Dr Coburn." " She one of your missing?" " Helen Doyle." "Oh, God!" "You've got to remember and find a way to tell me!" "Tell me!" "She just communicated with me." "Do you understand?" "She blinked." "Alison wasn't a mistake." "She was the first one he got right." ""Dear Tom." "Sorry." "They're dead, and it's down to me."" "Tom just shook Frank Calvert by the hand." "He looked into his eyes, and he just knows." "This is the guy that's killed those six gay men." "Sleepyhead." "They're on their way." "Tom!" "Breathe, Tom!" "Tom." "Breathe!" "Tom!" "Where are those fuckin' paramedics?" "!" "Can you name the last six prime ministers?" "Brown, obviously." "Blair." "Major." "Thatcher." "Callaghan." "And... was it Heath or Wilson?" "Eh?" "Heath or Wilson?" "Heath, right?" "Come on, Tommy." "It was Harold Wilson." "1974 to '76." "Lib-Lab pact." "And all that." "Tom?" "Tommy?" "Hey." "Hey, you're all right." "You're in a hospital." "You've been here two days." "What's that?" "He was there, Dad." "No, no, no, I can't hear you." "Sorry." "I couldn't do anything." "Couldn't move." "Oh, you did everything you could, son." "You sent them a text so they knew where to find you." " Did they get him?" " Listen, I'm gonna take you home." "Your mam'll take care of you." "She'll soon sort you out." "Tommy, don't try and get up!" "Don't!" "Don't!" "Jesus Christ!" "Your heart stopped!" "Sorry, sir." "Rest now, please." "You let them catch him, eh?" "You let them do it." "Yeah." "Dr Strohm wants to see you." "Yeah, sure, I'll just scrub up now." ""Dear Tom." ""Sorry." ""They're dead," ""and it's down to me." ""I don't understand it." "I never wanted to hurt anyone." ""But they keep breaking." ""I feel like you know me." ""I think about you and it feels special," ""like a sex thing."" "Tom." " Are you OK?" " Yeah." "I'm sorry, Tom." "He mentions Frank Calvert in the note." "Jesus." "You don't know about the note, do you?" ""Dear Tom." ""I know about Frank." ""I know all your stories." ""I'd like us to be able to talk about it." ""Can I come and see you, Tom?"" "Tom, this changes everything." "He's hurt one of us." "And we're gonna get this fuck." "Ringside seat this time." "It's great to have you back on board." "I'm just getting this lot up to speed." "There's four bodies now." "He's after Frank's crown." "Yeah?" "How did you work that out?" "The dead girls are all in white." "Well, doesn't that sound like some sort of copycat to you, Tom?" "Frank Calvert killed six gay guys and his three girls." "Whoever wrote that note doesn't want to kill anyone." "He wants them alive." "Locked in." "I tell you what, Kevin, if you want to run with this, that's up to you." "Knock yourself out." "Yvonne, my office." "I want to be brought up to speed on this new profile, all right?" "Oh, sorry, have I missed something here?" "You've been out for 36 hours, Tom." "Ruth felt that I should..." "Where are your shoes, Tom?" "You shouldn't be here, Tom." "You can go back to hospital or I'm putting you in a hotel." "The Assistant Commissioner wants you looked after." "Oh, aye?" "What do you have in mind, then?" "Two weeks at Champneys spa or an overnight at the Travelodge?" "I'm fine." "The hospital said you'd be out for two weeks, rest for six." "I made Tughan investigating officer." "Yeah, temporary." "But I'm back now, aren't I?" "Kevin thought you were followed home from Dr Coburn's house." " He's got Dr Bishop's under surveillance." " Nah." "I interviewed Bishop." "I can't see it." "Well, so did Kevin, yesterday." "For a man who wears an expensive watch, he's pretty sketchy on his time." " What have you got on your feet?" " Eh?" "Oh, yeah." "I borrowed them." "You need a break." "You can have a week in my timeshare in Tenerife." "Kev isn't getting it." "This guy doesn't want to kill." "He wants to lock them in." "That note as good as said it." "I think you're wrong." "I'm not alone." "He's killed four times." "That's what he wants." "Dead girls." "And you'd be dead too." "2:53am. "Send help." Christ, Tom, if you'd not sent that message, where would you be?" "I didn't." "He did." "He had no intention of killing me." " Well, why attack you, then?" " I don't know." "To show that he could." "Oh, you see, this is you, Tom." "You get an idea in your head, and everyone else is stupid." "I want focused, not fixated." "I'm not going anywhere." "DI Thorne would like a role in your investigation." "How do you feel about that?" "Well, I can use all the help I can get." "Well, you can stay on, but you're taking orders, not giving them." "# The only two things in life that make it worth living" "# Is guitars tuned good and firm-feeling women" "# I don't need my name in the marquee lights" "# I got my song and I got you with me tonight... #..supposed to be that way" "# You're supposed to know..." "# It don't matter anyway..." "What?" "Dr Anne Coburn to see you, sir." "Is she not dangerous?" " So, here you are." " You shouldn't be here." "You shouldn't be here." "You should be lying in a hospital bed." " Oh!" " What is it?" "Let me see." "Look at me." "You..." "look terrible." "I'm fine." "Wow." "Were you robbed as well?" "Eh?" "Oh, no, that was always like that." " That's very funny." " No, it's not." "You think that's appropriate after what I've been through?" "It's very inappropriate, and, um..." "I'm sorry, Tom." "I'm gonna go." "You need to get some rest." "Can I get you anything before I leave?" " Do you want a cup of tea?" " I want you to stay here." "Tonight." "Please." "# But it don't matter anyway..." "OK, yeah." "# If I can't be there..." "Did I do it wrong?" " Action!" " OK." "It probably looked innocent enough, but perhaps someone saw him talking to her or taking her coat." "Alison had been with her friends all evening..." "She does not look anything like me, does she?" "I mean, she's at least a ten, and I'm an eight, probably a six by now." "Oh, I love that dress." "Alison, I'm sorry." "That is so insensitive." "Shall I turn it off?" "No." "Leave it." "We believe she was drunk." "I want to know." "It was only after Alison returned home" " that the assailant came to her door." " I let him in." "Stupid bitch." "He used the pretext of returning her coat to gain entrance." "Tom said he found my coat." "The coat was found at her home address." "Alison would have been incapacitated by now." "It may have looked like she'd been drinking too much and he was assisting her." "He touched me, didn't he?" "Why can't I remember?" "There is always a sexual element to his attacks." "He tends to prey on women in their 20s." "In addition to the horrific injuries suffered by Miss Willetts, this man has killed..." "What is Tughan talking about?" "There was no indication of anything sexual." " No, it's good." " His last victim was Madeleine Vickery, 24." "He's messing with him, trying to get him to justify himself, make a mistake." "Jane's doing well." "What's with the deep-throat whisper?" "Oh, I get it." "You slapper." "You could have been lying dead in that stupid fucking flat." "No one would have known about it till the Wine Rack on the corner went out of business." " Yeah, were you worried about me?" " Worried about you, Teflon Tom?" "Murdered Monday, comatose Tuesday, shagging on Wednesday." " I thought I was dead, Phil." " Yeah, I know." "And you were worried about me, weren't you?" "Come on, admit it." "Tosser." "Bullshit." "This man is known to frequent bars where young people gather." "God's sake." "What are we meant to do, lock them up?" "A car was seen, a dark saloon car, possibly a BMW." "Rachel, was that the girl your mum was treating?" "Did you see a car fitting this description leaving her building?" "If anything you've seen tonight jogs your memory..." "Oh, look at him." "He's gorgeous." "All calls will be treated with the utmost confidentiality." "Here come the crazies." "Right, if that guy so much as farts in the bath, we've got him." "This man is dangerous and sexually predatory." "It hurt...hurts." "The pattern of his attacks indicates a man driven by what police psychologists suggest is a desire to hurt and sexually dominate women." "It..." "Leonie, they're lies." "This is all lies." "I'm trying to save you." "Save you." "Red." "Yes." " I..." "I love?" " What?" "Hold on, hold on." "Yes, "I love." L." "Purple." "O. Yes." "Yellow." "N." "Lon." "I love Lon." "Pink." "D." "Lon." "I love London." "I love London." "What's that?" "Is that something he said to you?" "No." " Is it a T-shirt he had on or..." " I'd tell you if I knew." "I don't remember." "I'm herding cats in here." "I know it's tough." "I know you're scrabbling around for memories." "Anything you've got." "I'm blinking for wheels here, pal, while you're making doe eyes at Dr Love." "I thought she was looking peaky." "Alison, you know these words you've told us, these two, are they one word or two, huh?" "Van." "Say." "Is it two words or one?" " Huh?" " I don't know what it means, Tom." " I just heard it." " Is it a name or a place?" "Alison, come on, van say." "You're the detective, Tom." "Please work this out." "You know this other word you spelt out." "Bright." "Bright." "Was that like a lamp?" "Was it a window?" "Huh?" "Alison, was it like a window in there?" " Did you see out of a window?" " I can't see him." "If you need anything..." "Heart rate's gone up." "Listen, let's give the DynoBox a try." "We tried it yesterday." "She's not used to it yet, OK?" "But it reads her eye movements so... ..Let's give it a go." "Elephant?" "Elephants." "OK." " You all right, Mr Ramsey?" "How you keeping?" " OK, you know." "This place." "Drunks and girls with black eyes." "Weekends are worse." " I told you I was gonna be sick!" " Dr McGann to Obstetrics, please." "Dr McGann to Obstetrics, please." " You all right, sir?" " Yeah, I'm fine." "Thanks for coming to pick me up." "Thought you'd be busy." " I am." "I mean, we are." " What?" "Mr Tughan was wondering if we could, um..." "Crimetime, there were 2,000 calls so it's the follow-up." "So he was wondering if we could..." " Follow them up?" " Yeah, yeah." "Focus on recent incident dates and geographic reoccurrences." "We?" "What, like you and me?" "No way." "Anyway, I've been poorly." "Everyone knows that." "Everyone knows you're not gonna stay away." "That's why he's putting you on Crimetime." "You still think he's trying to keep the girls alive, don't you?" "Worked on Alison, didn't it?" "He's not gonna stop now." "Question is, when did it start?" "There must have been a time before." "I mean before Alison, before Christine, before Madeleine even." "Sir?" "Yeah, OK, Crimetime." "We can follow it up." "We, sir?" "What, are we like BFFs now?" "First you're wearing my Puma Sky II Hi Tops and..." "Shut up, you wanker." "Hey, you won't be laughing when I sell your trainers on eBay, will you?" "Thanks, Tom, really." "I'm gonna need you." "No problem." "You looked taller on the telly." "So did something in the Crimetime programme jog your memory, Miss Byrne?" "I mean, this happened to you over a year ago." "How come you didn't go to the police then?" "I thought it was a dream." "I'm into dreams." "I keep a dream diary." "Right." "So, you wrote it down, then?" "No." "Funny, that." "I know it was November." "They'd just opened the Starbucks opposite the tube." "They sell off their sandwiches half price at the end of the day." "I thought I had too much coffee cos I came over funny." "Then I was at my own front door, just like in a dream." "There and then here." "Yeah, and that was that." "Nice." "Well, thank you, Maggie, you've been really..." "He must have followed me, because suddenly someone was helping me in the door." "I was out on the street." " Yeah?" " He had my keys." "I suppose I fell." "And I was on the floor." "But I couldn't feel the tiles cos I was lying on a thing, like plastic." "And I was being sick." "But I thought, "That's all right, cos there's a plastic sheet."" "It was a dream, wasn't it?" "Next thing I know, Pascal was licking my face." "Pascal?" "Maggie, listen to me." "Listen." " Maggie, can you hear me?" " Maggie, stay with me." " What can you see?" "It's just a dream." " I'm not trying to hurt you." "I'm trying to save you." " Can you see him?" " No, I can't see him." " Why can't you see him, Maggie?" " He could have hurt me but he didn't." "He brought me back to life." " He so sweet." "He's talking to me." " Maggie." "Crying." "Telling me he's scared." " Maggie, can you hear me?" " All he wanted was to help me." " It will be over soon." " Try to remember." "Did you see anything?" "Did you see him?" "Did you see him?" "No." "I don't like this." "You're playing with me." " It's all right, Maggie." " It was a dream." "I want you to go now." "Did he take anything?" "I mean, is anything missing?" "No." "I'd have known." "I mean, if something was missing, I'd have known it wasn't a dream, wouldn't I, dummy?" "I gave him a gift." "In the dream, I mean." "He was so upset and worried about stuff." "He was ever so grateful in the dream." "So, I told him this is what I do when I was worried." "I tell my worries to my worry dolls, you know." "Perfect little things." "Here we are." "It wasn't a dream, was it?" "We should get them together." "Get Maggie down to the Great Eastern." "Anne said parallel association can sometimes prompt memory so if we get Maggie talking, it might trigger something in Alison." "All right, so I'll type it up and tell the guv... guv." "I'll just..." "I'll call it in, whatever." "You arrested someone who was halfway round the world when these killings began." " Is that a feeling you want to get used to?" " It proves what you've been saying." "We wait, understand?" "Keep it to ourselves until we know what this is." "Get Maggie down to the hospital." "Yes, sir." "Holland." "He's gone down-market this time, sir." "Needle tracks." "We're thinking prostitute." "My Crimetime broadcast is really working." "We're squeezing him." "He's a celebrity now." "He can't cruise the fancy bars any more." "A dead homeless teenager and that's actioned progress, is it?" "If he kerb-crawled her, chances are Vice'll have it on file." "And the other punters must have seen something." "A car, a BMW perchance." "Have you enough to pick Bishop up?" "Forty grand a day, that's what this is costing." "They want an arrest for the money." "You need to make choices, Kevin." "Pick him up or pick on someone else." "Great." "Dead girls in white gowns." "Remind you of anything, Phil?" "Cos I've got a long memory." "You two and your secrets." "I told you, I've got a nose for these things." "What's that?" " It's an ECG pad." " So, he's had her on a heart monitor?" "IV units, infusion pumps, cardiac monitors." "This guy's got a regular ICU somewhere." "Listen, you...you call me as soon as you've done the initial, yeah?" "Shouldn't I be calling Kevin?" "Well, he's the boss now, isn't he?" "I'll see you up there." "What if he finds out?" "Look, I'm not talking about a poxy postmortem." "He's taken my Calvert files." "He thinks it's a copycat, OK?" "He's wrong." "Well, you just keep your head down." "Cos if this guy doesn't get you, Tughan might." "Tom Thorne." " A name I always liked." " Gina, you're looking good." " Aren't you going to buy me a drink?" " You're joking, aren't you?" "By the looks of things, you can buy me one." "You haven't come here to make trouble, Tom, have you?" "Leonie Holden." "She's 18 years old." " Not one of mine." " She's dead." "Found her body washed up yesterday." "The guy you've been reading about, she's his fifth." "There are a lot of pretty girls out there and sometimes they become dead girls." "No, I need your help on this, Gina." "Just ask around for me." "Take me to where these girls work." "I can't go to Vice on this one." "I don't know any of the new faces, do I?" "Please come with me." "But that's not what I mean." "Why are they putting you with him?" "Sophie, we're following leads." "Crimetime comes out with like 600 people." "Nobody trusts Tom Thorne." "Your dad said he was a drunk." "My dad?" "My dad sat behind a desk for 25 years looking for three stripes." "Now he talks like he's fucking RoboCop." "I know what I'm doing." "Really, Dave?" "You've got onion on your hand and you're wiping your eyes." "Why do you think Tughan put you with him?" "He could have had me watching CCTV." " Mm-hm?" " He assigned me to Thorne." "This is how you repay him?" "By keeping secrets?" "Now, I hope you're a better cop than you are a cook, David Spencer Holland." "If you need me I'll be in my boudoir, peeing like a racehorse." "Hey, Mr Tughan, it's Dave." "I need..." "Dave Holland." "I need to talk to you so I was wondering if we can meet." "I just want to go over something we found today." "Er...yeah, Thorne found." "It's just one of the Crimetime follow-ups." "I think it's significant." "I didn't really feel comfortable..." "I'm sorry to trouble you so late, Mrs Calvert." "I don't normally let people into my house." "They get too much of a kick out of it." "I'm not here for kicks." "I need to talk to you about your ex-husband." "The man attacking these women, he wrote us a note, and it mentions Frank." "I tried to warn you all way before." "I screamed and shouted." "That's all I was, right?" "A screamy alky bitch." "If you'd got in there then, you could have stopped him killing my girls." "I'm sorry." "We made mistakes." "That's why I'm here." "I'm sorry to hear about James." "But I really need see his personal effects." "There's not much left of my son." "James killed himself, Mr Tughan." "Let's not mealy-mouth here." "He put himself under a train." "I buried a coffin full of mush." "If you lot had listened to me..." "I told you Frank was abusing our son, but you weren't interested." "If you'd got him then..." "Christ!" "Did something happen to James... ..towards the end?" "Was there any new friends?" "Anyone take an unnatural interest in him?" "He was hanging out with all sorts, the last few years." "They loved having a bit of Frank Calvert's son." "I told him I didn't want to see him." "I didn't even give him my new address." "This man, Jeremy Bishop, was he a friend of James from back then?" " I don't know." " Think about it." "Think about it?" "Back then?" "You think I ever think about anything else?" "OK, Teresa." "Shh." "# The bars are all closed" "# It's four in the morning" "# Must have shut 'em all down" "# By the shape that I'm in..." "So, er...how many girls have you brought here, then?" "Oh, not many." "Not many women pass the Gary Grill test." "Where's Rachel tonight?" "She's with her dad." "He's probably talking to her about Kasabian and, um...contraception." "She seems great." "She's a nightmare." "She terrifies me." "She just..." "she's got so much hope, you know?" "How about you?" "No kids?" "Did you ever come close?" " I don't know." "Maybe." " OK." "Well, which?" "You don't know, or maybe?" "Once nearly." "I was seeing this girl and she wanted to, but I was working this case and some kids died." "After that, you know." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Oh, shit." "Listen, I'm sorry, I need to get this." "Hello." "Yeah?" "Look, Chloe, my mum said no bars." "You're not at a bar, Rachel." "You're at your dad's, all right?" "That, my friend, is the up side to divorce." "OK, ladies, come through." "How you doing, all right?" "Sorry, come back after the Olympics, love." " Rache, wait there!" " Let's go." "I'm sorry." "Tughan, he's over my shoulder the whole time." "Look, he's shitting himself." "He wanted this case." "Now he's got to deliver." "Ah, he knows something." "Never trusted him." "Never." "I'm a triple threat, pathologist, poof, pal of yours." " What have you found?" " Not a lot." "She had high levels of oxygen in her blood so she might have been hooked up to a mast." "There were some PM10s in her lungs." "You know, some other trace element." "Zinc oxide, copper." "They reckon she worked out east so that's no surprise." "The whole place is a construction site right now." "Helen Doyle lived the other side of town too." "Picked up the exact same thing, only much lower concentration." "Her exposure was recent and brief." " He's taking 'em east." " Thanks very much." "What, is that it?" "Are you just gonna leave me here drinking on my own?" "What's the matter, Phil?" "This all getting to you?" "Cos it's getting to me, you know." "Why is Tughan so interested in Calvert?" "Are you not just the tiniest bit worried about it?" "Cos I am." "We survived that, remember?" " Huh?" " Yeah." "Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing if he found out." "Cos it stains us." "We'll just get this guy and then we'll talk about it, yeah?" "Phil." "Phil!" "Just forget about it, yeah?" "Cos I'm fucking tired!" "Let's get out of here, yeah?" "Come on, we'll talk about it." "Phil!" "Was he gay?" "Frank?" "I always thought that was the real reason he killed homosexuals." "You think he was that picky?" "That man obliterated everything." "He'd have cut the sun out of the sky if he could." "Frank told James he'd kill anyone who betrayed his secrets." "Now they're all dead or forgotten." "But not Frank Calvert." "He'll never be gone." "I want you to leave now." "Don't I know you?" "OK." "Her name's Leonie." "She worked around here." "She's 18." "This way." "Oh, it's all right." "You told us your story before." "You can tell us again." "Hi." "You must be Maggie." "My name's Anne Coburn." "I'm Alison's doctor." "I..." "I told her to expect you." "Hey, Maggie." "You've got to do this." "Don't be scared of the freak." "Her name's Leonie Holden." "That's her real name." " No." " No, I don't." " Do you think she worked round here?" " Maybe a few nights ago." " Do you know where she lives?" " Yeah, it's a squat in Cranmer Street." "That's great." "Thanks for your time." "She was here two nights ago." "She didn't get any business and she went home." "The girl says it was a squat in Cranmer Street." "That must be what dying feels like." "It wasn't bad, like when you're in a bath and you sink your head back in the water." "It's in between this and that." "Is that how it felt for you?" "How it felt?" "I don't know." "I can't feel a thing." "They're the last feelings I'll ever have and I can't bloody remember!" "He's going to save me." "He's talking to me, like a rhyme." "Same thing over and over, like something you say to a kid." "Her squat's got to be around here someplace." "He must have picked her up on her walk home." "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Van Say?" "Was it one word or two words?" "Was it his name?" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" " Avancez!" " Let's go round the back." "You should go." "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Listen, you'd better go." "Go on now, go on." "Shit." "Avancez!" "They don't look dead, do they?" " Tom!" " Gina!" "He...he's here!" "Hey!" "Aah!" "Oh!" " How long have you been there, then?" " Too long." "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "Oh, you look gorgeous." "Avancez!" "Avancez!" "We'll get prints, we'll get DNA and we'll have him in 24 hours." " Where's Gina?" " The hooker?" "She's in AE." "Kitson's taking her statement." "You can always question Margaret Byrne again, the second survivor." "She's there with Alison Willetts." "Tom and Dave found her from Crimetime responses." " Well, it's nice of you to join us." " Sorry, ma'am." "I wasn't warned." "I was at the archives in Ealing." "If Thorne had told me what he was doing, if he'd bothered to tell his IO the little things like witnesses, evidence..." "Tom found this on his own." "You've got 40 detectives working shifts." "Take this and use it, but don't blame the man for finding something you couldn't." "No, no!" "Get off of me!" "Leave me alone!" "No!" "Leave me alone!" " Ma'am?" " Ma'am's gone." "Talk to Pops." " I'm sorry about before." "I didn't..." " Oh, Maggie, she can't see you there." "If you stand here in front of her." "Jesus." "Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude or unkind." "I just wasn't expecting... you." " You all right?" " Yeah, I'm OK." "I just need to get some air." " I need to go down to X-ray to intubate." " Mary, could you go up to Neurology?" "Could we have a duty cleaner to reception, please?" "A duty cleaner to reception." "He's coming down in the lift." "Security to Triage, please." "Security to Triage." "Can you stay with me?" "Somebody get the medics!" "I need some help now!" "Someone get me a doctor!" "I've got severe lacerations to the neck!" "Someone get me a fucking medic!" " Maggie!" "Maggie, squeeze my hand!" " Doctor, quickly!" "Stay with me, Maggie!" "Ready?" "Now I'm going to sit you up." "One, two, three, go!" "Cover it!" "I found her through there!" "Through there!" "I found her there in the toilet!" " In the toilet!" " You're gonna be all right!" "Two doctors, please!" "This is an emergency!" "She's lost a lot of blood!" "Night-night." "Sleepyhead." "Miss Calvert?" "Ringside seat, Mr Thorne." "Why didn't you come to me?" "I would have helped you back then." "Tom, this is not a ghost story." "Francis." "Only my mum still calls me Francis." "Rachel!" "It can't be, Alison, because he's dead!" "I killed him!" "I know who did this." "Her brain works." "She can hear you, she can understand everything, but she can't move." "It's like waking up in your own coffin." "There's four bodies now." "He's after Frank's crown." "I'm Jeremy." "I'm the doctor who treated you when you first arrived." "Have you enough to pick Bishop up?" "Pick him up or...pick on someone else." "Alison, was there a window?" " Elephant." " Could you see out of a window?" "They don't look dead, do they?" "Tom just shook Frank Calvert by the hand." "He looked into his eyes and he just knows." "Why is Tughan so interested in Calvert?" " What if he finds out?" " He thinks it's a copycat, OK?" "He's wrong." "I'm gonna save you." "Gonna help you, Alison." "Do I know you?" " Jesus." " Someone get me a doctor!" "Squeeze my hand." "I found her in the toilet." "Night-night." "Tom." "Tom." "Come here." "No, no, no, come here." "Keep the pressure on." "Where's the fucking doctor?" "Let's get out of here." "Come on." "Holland's got it." "Holland's dealing with this." "Go on." "Keep relaxing." "One, two, three." "All right, go, go, go." "Go." " Let's sit down." "Sit down." " Hold her arm." "Cover it." "Tom, I know what you're thinking." "This has nothing to do with you." "It's not your fault, OK?" " Tom, look at me." "Talk to me." " You don't understand." "I know who did this." "The Great Eastern hospital... ..the assault and subsequent death of Miss Maggie Byrne." "All officers report to..." "They said her name." "They just said "Maggie"." " Alison, it's OK." "It's all over." " No." " You're safe." " He was here, you dopey twat." "He's killed that poor girl, hasn't he?" "She wasn't much older than me and she smelled like my gran." "It's OK, Ali." "You're safe." "Fuck "Ali"." "Ali's a trippy-dippy bohemian bitch, lives in Muswell Hill with her boyfriend who works for Friends of the fucking Earth." "I am no Ali." "I was never an Ali." "And I am never getting out of here." "Er, Miss Calvert?" "Mr Thorne." "Tom, isn't it?" "Sorry, your erm..." "Your door was open." "I just wanted a chat." "Be down in a second." "Actually, you haven't met my little angels, have you?" "Come on up." "Come on." "They're just having a nap." "Ringside seat, Mr Thorne." "Tom." "So this is what they've done with the place, eh?" "I had a hope for a..." "adventure playground." "Or at least a garden of contemplation." "So, what did you want me here for, Tom?" "A sigh for old times?" " OK." "There's Maggie Byrne." " Ah." "OK?" "And there she is, going into the toilets." " I need to talk to you, ma'am." " Talk fast." "I know who's doing this." "I've heard that before." "OK, pause it." "We found these photographs in the room where the girls were killed." "Oh, Jesus." "I got another note." "This one written in a dead woman's blood." "More personal than a text message, I suppose." ""How did you feel, Tom, when you killed him?"" "No one else knew, Phil." "Only you." "Jesus." "It's going to be OK." "No one's heard." "I'm glad you called me." "We may not have much time." " I've been trying to call you all morning." " I'm not taking calls off you any more." "I don't want the privilege of your information." "I never told anyone what you did." "But maybe I should have done." "Cos maybe then I wouldn't be like this." "I understand, Phil." "You know, seeing those girls..." "Yeah, you saw them once." "Once." "I had them laid out three days, side by side in that mortuary." "I don't do dead kids any more, Tom." "And the men that Calvert killed." "They were men like you, weren't they?" "Going to the same bars, the same clubs as you." "I can understand, Phil, you know." "What do you understand?" ""How did it feel, Tom, when you killed him?"" "Come on." "Just get in." "You were the only one who knew!" "OK, you know what to say." "Yeah?" "DC Thorne here." "I'm outside the house of a suspect." "Yeah, we interviewed him yesterday but I'm here for the follow-up and the door's open." "I don't like it." "Could you send back-up?" "Soon as you can, yeah?" "I'm gonna go in now." "You wanted to talk about it and I never would and I'm sorry about that, but Phil, just tell me, come on." "Tell me." "You killed Maggie." "Tell me." "You killed them all, didn't you?" "The profiler thinks this guy's impotent or sexually confused." "Phil Hendricks never seemed confused about his sexuality to me." "He fits the Calvert connection!" "He was there." "Calvert was killing gay men." "This could be some sort of queer revenge." ""He fits the Calvert connection"?" "He was the attending pathologist." "What the fuck are you going back there for?" "Tell her, Dave." "Tell her what you saw." "It's all a bit fuzzy." "Erm..." "Just fucking tell her what you found on the fuck..." "Just tell her what was written in blood on the toilet wall where you found Margaret Byrne." ""How did you feel, Tom, when you killed him?"" " Phil, just say it!" " Get up!" "Say it, Phil." "Just tell me." "Fuck!" "Thorne killed Calvert." "And Hendricks covered up for him." "He made it look like suicide." "Hendricks killed those girls." "He killed Margaret Byrne." "He wrote those words, in her blood, on the wall and then Thorne wiped them away." "That's two cases solved for the price of one." "That should appeal to your bottom line." "I want proof." "Phil Hendricks' DNA on these girls, these girls' DNA on Phil Hendricks." "Oh, I'll get Hendricks." "For the girls." "And for covering Calvert up." "And then we're going after Tom Thorne." "Yeah, you're right." "It did fuck me up." "I met him, you know." "James Calvert." "I never told him who I was." "Most of the time, he was surrounded by all these freaks." "And ghouls." "All feeding off the thrill." "You shouldn't have done it, Tom." "You shouldn't have killed him." "Frank fucking Calvert." "I shouldn't have lied for you." "Cos then he wouldn't be a ghost, would he?" "He'd just be some sad ponce sitting in a prison cell." "Cos the living can't haunt you." "Frank Calvert destroyed everything..." "and everyone... he came into contact with." "But it was only after I met his son..." "I realised that you really, really destroy someone." "You make them live with something that they can't possibly live with." "And that's what he did to us." "If it's not you, Phil, who is it?" "Hey?" "Help me here." "I'm sorry, just..." "Who can it be?" "Who is it?" "Don't lie to me, OK?" "You were not at your dad's last night." "What?" "Do you think we don't communicate?" "Well, what's the problem?" "It was safe." "We didn't...go to a bar or anything." " I'm not actually stupid." " "We," Rachel. "We." Who is he?" "I mean, how old is he?" "How long have you known him for?" "Ages." "Er...we were just out, you know." "You were out all night long." "You've never done that before." "What..." " Have you?" " We went to a hotel." " You what?" " It was my idea." " Oh, my God." " We didn't do anything." "I wanted to but he wouldn't." "He says he wants to wait." "Rachel, you are 15 years old." "OK?" "15 years old." "You don't get to go to hotels with boys that I don't know." "With boys I do know." "With any kind of boy!" "But Mum, like, he's different." "Like, J's..." " I mean, you'd...get him." " No, I wouldn't "get" him." "OK, I can't trust you any more." "So when you finish school you come straight to the hospital, straight to me." "If you're staying with your dad, then he will collect you from the hospital." " Got it?" " Yeah." " Can I go?" " Yeah." "Rachel." "Wait, wait, wait." "Rachel, your phone." "What's that?" "Did he give that to you?" "Come here." "I'm not your baby any more." "Yes, you are my baby." "You'll always be my baby." "Have you found my Boyzone CDs yet, Kevin?" "Now, that really would be incriminating, wouldn't it?" "Shouldn't have to do it like this, Phil." "You were one of us." "Was I?" "You saw it, didn't you?" "And you told them." " You did the right thing." " Is it true?" "Oh, for Christ's sake." "What's the point?" "What..." "It's meant to be about..." "You lot are just playing fucking games!" "You know what, Dave?" "You should get out, cos it's no fun." "It's my fault Maggie..." "It's your fault too." "I've been watching you, you know, for Tughan." "I told him what you were doing." "I've told him about Maggie." "I told him...everything, really, and I..." "You know, and I've been watching him too." "You know, the way he does things." "I'm not like him." "And I'm not like you, either, sir." "You scare me but..." "I think I know what you want." "But..." "Tughan..." "I think he's capable of anything." "What the fuck...?" "Is it Phil Hendricks did we miss?" " Tughan thinks so." " It's not Phil!" "I told you." "I thought it was, but it's not Phil." "I don't suppose you've anything as vulgar as evidence?" "Then who?" "Come on, give me something." "Nobody else knows." "Nobody who's alive, anyway." "What, Tom?" "What does he know?" "Remember what you were like after Calvert." "I'm not gonna let you go back there." "I pulled you out of that hole." "Work it out." "Tom, look at me." "This is not a fucking ghost story." "Must go now." "I have to pick up the little 'uns." "Right, well, thanks for your time, Francis." ""Francis." Only my mum still calls me Francis." "Frank." "Frankie." "I've even got the blue eyes." "Well, thanks for coming in, Mr Calvert." "Oh, no worries." "I suppose one white van looks very much like another." "Kids." "You have...any kids..." "Mr Thorne?" " No." " Oh, well." "Plenty of time." "See ya." ""First she was humiliated on stage" ""and then, despite her public cuddling with Gerard..."" " Where's your dad?" " Er, he's on his way." " Well, then, let's get a cup of tea." " No, no." "Bugger off." "I'm busy." "We're erm..." "learning all about how Jennifer Aniston deals with her fame." "Oh, OK." "I don't even have to go downstairs." "He's coming up to get me." " How is she?" " She's OK." "Thanks for reading to her, Rache." "You were great." "Listen, I..." "I was thinking." "Why don't you invite J to the house tomorrow?" "If he's that special, I'd really like to meet him." " Yeah?" " Yeah." " Are you sure you'll be OK?" " Yeah." "Right." "Have a good night, darling." "Call me if you need anything, yeah?" "I need your help." "You've got the wrong man." "Then why did we find photos of him in the room where the girls were killed?" "What?" "Oh, what, you didn't know that, did you?" "Ruth didn't tell you?" "I met him, you know." "James Calvert." "Kev, you've arrested the wrong man." "OK?" "To be honest, Tom, I really don't give a shit." "Because we both know what he's hiding." "And Phil seems very keen to talk. 15 years." "That's a long time to keep another man's secrets." "That would drive anyone mad." "Was it a righteous kill, Tom?" "Did it feel good?" "Listen to me!" "You're really losing it, Tom." "Mind you, you lost it years ago." "Why didn't you come to me?" "I was your partner." " I would have helped you back then." " You..." "It's all right, Ruth." "It's OK." " Tom's just gonna beat me up." " You've got the wrong guy!" "Look, he's still out there and you're pissing around!" " Go home, Tom." " Just listen to me." "No." "No, Tom!" "Not this time!" "Get out!" "So I tried to call you a few times, but...you weren't picking up and I...got..." "I killed someone." "15 years ago." "Put a gun to his head and I shot him." "The only reason I'm telling you now is because other people know." "Whoever's killing these girls... he knows." " Well..." "Sorry, why?" " Because he deserved it." "I can't remember." "Remember when she was in Friends and every girl in the world wanted to look like her?" "Sheila came by last week." "She told me they were gonna postpone their wedding until I'm better." "..Rachel haircut but my mum wouldn't let me." "She had this voice on her." "They all have that voice." "Like Dad, when he calls and says they've got my room ready in Californialand." "And then Rachel..." "I'm beginning to recognise that sound." " They were supposed to..." " The sound of a lie." "It's easier with strangers." "Well, they never knew you before." "Was it a good relationship?" "You and Ollie." "I suppose not." "I mean, you were out on the pull that night." "Why?" "I forgot." "Not that kind of girl." "Do you wish you hadn't asked him to stay away?" "D'you want me to ask him back?" "Is there...one... like...someone you think about?" "Jennifer Aniston must have thought that when she met Brad." "And Vince." "And Gerard." "And..." "That's my bracelet." "Oh, my God." "That's..." "That's my bracelet." "Why have you got my bracelet?" " Who's that?" " We're having a good conversation, me and Alison." "About boys." " About you." " No!" "No, stay away from him!" " Are you OK, Alison?" " No, Rachel, listen to me." " What's wrong?" "What are you looking at?" " No." " She's looking at you." " No, you keep him away from me!" "Keep him away from me!" " I see you." "What's the matter?" " Oh, God!" "We need to...get somebody." " Rachel!" "Leave me alone!" "Christ!" " No." " No!" "Don't!" " I'm going to save you." "Hold still." "Oh!" "It's him!" "I remember now cos he was at the bar." "I saw him." "And then he came to my door." "He had my coat." "I was happy." "I was happy to see him." "We talked." "Why did I talk to him?" "Oh, you let him in." "You stupid bitch, you let him in." "You trusted him." "She trusted him." "She knows him." "He gave her my bracelet!" "We were having a drink." "Oh, my God." "Rachel!" "And his hands...on me." "He's got her now." "Feel it, Alison." "Remember." "So they can stop him." "Feel it." "Feel it." "It's the only way they'll hear you." "Come on, Alison." "I remember now." "His hands around my neck." "Talk to me." "Talk to me." "Look at me." "190 over 105." "I remember him now." "You have to listen." "You have to help her." "Oh..." "No." " Shh..." " Tom." "Sleep now, Alison." "You sleep." "Fella goes to work on a building site." "Foreman asks him, "Can you make tea?" Guy says, "Yeah."" "Foreman asks, "Can you operate a fork-lift truck?"" " The guy says..." " "How big's this fucking teapot?"" "Yeah, that's it." "You know all my jokes now." "Dad, I..." "What is it?" "It's normally me who calls you first thing in t'morning." "Er, no, it's nothing." "It's just erm..." "Just fancied a chat, that's all." " Another time, yeah?" " Tom." "It's Rachel." "I just called her dad." "She's not with him." "She texted him to say that she was with me." "She was at the hospital last night with Alison," " but no one's seen her since." " We'll find her." " No, Tom..." " What?" "Hey." "There was this boy!" "She's been seeing this boy and I..." "I keep trying to ring her but she's not answering!" "It's all right." "Come on, we'll find her." "We'll find her." "Come on." "Alison." "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "Alison?" "Tom, they've sedated her." "Seven milligrams of ventanol and 50 of propyrol." "8:15 last night, her blood pressure was off the chart." " Rachel had already gone." " Alison, come on!" " She won't be able to respond!" " She is responding." "Alison, can you hear me?" "Alison, come on." "She's responding." "Alison." "Tom!" "Oh, my God, this is Rachel's." "It's broken." "It's her bracelet." "The one the boy gave her." "Alison." "Alison." "Rachel was here last night, wasn't she?" "Was she with a man?" "Was a man with her last night?" "Alison, did he hurt her?" "Was it the same man that attacked you?" "Tom..." "What the fuck?" "Why are there policemen standing outside?" "How could he get in here?" " Call me when you get this, will you?" " Tom, answer me!" "This should never have happened!" "Is that the incident room?" "It's er..." "It's DI Thorne here." "I'm trying to get in touch with DI Tughan." "Rachel Coburn was abducted last night from the Great Eastern." " Slowly, slowly, slowly." " She's 15 years old." "About 8pm, we think." "Just give the message to him, will you?" "I need your help, Alison, OK?" "Alison, go slower." "It's not making any sense." "What's that? "Night," yeah?" "Last night she was here, yeah?" "Come on, Alison." "What's his name?" ""Night-night," yeah?" "What the fuck...?" "It doesn't say anything." "Why...?" " "Night-night, sleepyhead"?" " What?" " Is that what he said to you?" " Tom, what's that?" ""Night-night, sleepyhead"?" "No, Alison, it's not possible cos it can't be him." "No one knows that." "Did he wash you, dress you in white and say, "Night-night, sleepyhead"?" "It's easy." "Much easier than you think." "No, it can't be, Alison, because he's dead." "I killed him!" "You..." "Fuck!" "Tom!" "What is it?" "What is...?" "Alison, please, you have..." "So, what have you got?" "Have you found him?" "There he is." "Where does that corridor go?" "Forward it." " There he is." " Where's he gonna go from there?" " There he is." "Where's that?" " It's a service lift." "Right, I want every exit from the service lifts, 20:04 onwards." "OK?" " Where is he?" " I checked 'em all." "There's no sign of him." "He must have gone to the basement." "We don't use it." "There's no cameras down there." "I came home yesterday." "Then I knew you'd seen it." "I could tell by the look in your eyes." "I could not have them knowing." "They wouldn't have understood." "My angels." "They don't look dead, do they?" "I thought you'd be quicker." "I thought you would stop me." "I had all the time in the world." "They're at peace, Tom." "And as they went, I whispered to them... like I always do." ""Night-night...sleepyhead."" "Can you open the door?" "Anne." "Where's Rachel?" "Who's that?" "Look!" "Look!" "You know, I've been answering your questions all fucking night." "I'm just asking you one." "Why have you got that picture on your wall?" " We'll sort it out later, mate." " Him!" "That picture." "Rachel?" "Rachel!" "Rachel." "Rachel!" "Can you hear me?" "James Calvert." "Come on!" "Ra..." "Rachel, come on!" "James Calvert is dead." "Rachel!" "Speak to me, Rachel." "Exactly." "So how come he's on your fucking witness board?" "I couldn't save her." "Go on!" "I couldn't save her." " That's Josh Ramsey." " That is James Calvert." "Finally." "I couldn't save her." "I couldn't save her like I saved Alison." "I couldn't do it." "She..." "She was lying there..." "All I wanted was to save them from what he did to us... to me, to my sisters." "Anne-Marie, Samantha, Lauren." "Course you did, James." "And was there anyone else you were trying to save?" "Josh Ramsey." "Canadian tourist." "Last seen the 16th of October on CCTV, Tooting High Street." "That's the day before James Calvert was apparently found under a train 100 yards away." "So, after Frank Calvert topped himself," "James was sent to Canada to live with his aunt for four years." "He and Josh became friends there." "Josh Ramsey." "Tell me about him." " Did you try to save him?" " I thought Josh was my friend." "And he tried to touch me." "So you killed him." "And you took his identity." "I thought that I could start again." "And then I'd see someone... and they'd remind me of my sisters." "A..." "A softness." "And the way they would look at me." "And I..." "I knew that I had to save them." "I tried to explain it." "I wrote to you." "I knew..." "I knew Tom would understand." "After all, he..." "After all what?" "James?" "Tell me about Tom." "James." " Tell me about Tom." " Tom saved me!" "He saved me..." "What?" "James." "I'm sorry." "James, I'm sorry, I interrupted." "You said Tom saved you." "How did he save you?" "I used to follow Dad when he came to get my sisters." "He...never took me." "Not after I told on him." "And I'd watch them." "Not spying." "I wanted to make sure that they were safe." "That..." "That..." "That he wasn't doing that stuff to them like he did to me." "But they never came out, not that day." "It was so quiet." "And then Dad came to the door and he..." "He knew that I was there, but he wasn't angry." "He smiled...at me." "Asked if wanted... if I wanted to come in to... to... to make up." "It's OK, James." "Don't you wanna join us?" "Your sisters are asking for ya." "Come on." "Come in." "And you believed him." "We believed him." "He told me to call them." "Give them a shout, James." "They're..." "lying down." " Lauren?" " Lauren?" " Samantha?" " Samantha?" " Anne-Marie?" " Anne-Marie?" "I thought they were sleeping, so I tiptoed in cos I didn't wanna wake them and I didn't wanna make Dad angry." "I went with him." "He..." "He took me into my sisters' room." "And he laid me on the bed and he told me that it'd just be like old times before my sisters, before my mum stopped him seeing me." "That's right...son." "Just you and me." "Like it was before." "And he picked up the pillow and I could..." "I could see the gun." "There was a gun?" "James, are you sure Frank had a gun?" "He asked me if I remembered what he used to say to me when he put me to bed." "You remember, Jamie?" ""Night-night."" "Night...night." " Er, Mr Calvert?" " I could hear someone coming in the door." "Thorne, isn't it?" "Then I could hear him speaking to Tom." "So he was alive?" "James, answer me." " This is important." " He saved me, you see, from him." "So your father...was alive when Thorne arrived in the house." "Is that right, James?" " Is that right, James?" " You don't understand." "He saved me." "What does that mean?" "Tell me what happened." "Shh." "Did he shoot him?" "Tell me, James." "What are you seeing?" "Did he shoot him?" "What did he do?" "Tell me what you're seeing!" "Tom." "Just tell me..." "James." "Tell me what Tom did." "You hate him, don't you?" "Just tell me what Thorne did..." "to your father." "He...saved..." "You fucking shady little bastard!" "Don't you fuck with me!" "Don't you waste my fucking time, you fucking nonce!" "Fuck!" "Why protect him?" "If you tell them what he did, what you saw... a 12-year-old boy - then they'll take pity on you." "You didn't stand a chance." "You had a father like that." "Then your sisters." "And then to see that and to know that the man responsible for that was a police officer!" "I just wanna make things right!" "It's not too late..." "James." "Because he wears the same badge I do." "Talk to me, James." "Talk to me." "Talk to me." "James." "Talk to me." "James." "Someone get a medic!" "He's bit off his fucking tongue!" "Get a medic!" "There was one...once." "We were on a training day." "He was in my group." "He poured tea for everybody..." "but he smiled at me." "And I wanted to smile back." "He smiled and..." "I didn't." "And now...now I'll never make love under the stars." "I'll never...run down a grassy hill or swim with the fucking dolphins." "You don't live like that just in case you die tomorrow." "We did need each other, didn't we, Tom?" "You were the only one who didn't pity me." "You understood." "And..." "I gave you something to care about." "Oh, at least for a while." "Cos..." "I'm not that special, am I?" "My father came yesterday." "All the way from Palm Springs with the new teeth...and the new wife." "You say "tomayto", I say..." "Well, I didn't say very much, actually... because it was you I needed to talk to." "And...now that we've talked," "I think I understand what happened." "I never...skipped through the flowers." "I didn't even go to the gym much." "I just...made up the numbers." "That was my life." "And...it was OK." "But this...isn't my life." "So, Alison..." "you're sure this is what you want?" "Night-night, sleepyhead." "You did everything you could, son." "You let them catch him." "This is you, Tom." "You get an idea, and everyone else is stupid!" "I want focused, not fixated." "I'm a triple threat - pathologist, poof, a pal of yours." "He looked into his eyes, and he just knows." "This is the one." "Remember what you were like after Calvert." "I'm not gonna let you go back there." "You're really losing it, Tom." "Mind you, you lost it years ago." "You wanted to talk about it, and I never would." "I'm sorry." "But, Phil, just tell me, come on." "Please tell me!" "It's not that bad, you know." "It's just whisky with cream." "Yeah, I know." "I know what it is." "To Maureen Thorne, a matriarch, fine musician, militant republican and lover of sickly sweet after-dinner liqueurs." "She was a good woman, your mother, you know." "She was always good to me, anyway." "Listen, thanks for coming, Phil." "You know, I appreciate it." "It would have meant a lot to her, as well, so...thanks." "Come on." "Have a drink with me, eh?" "A proper drink." "We were friends." "You fucked it up." "Sorry for your loss." "Date:" "May 7th." "St Pancras." "Victim: female, young, 20 to 30." "Method: hands only." "Weapons just for show." "Take your time." "One of them will feel right." "Remember that feeling." "The first time." "How strong you felt." "You were as strong as me." "Something beginning with B." "Now, pick one, because if you don't... ..I will." "Wash your hands before you touch anything." "Bedtime in five minutes, OK, Charlie?" "Er..." "Stop." "Please." "My, my husband's just outside." "You can have me, but not here." "Upstairs." "Nice holiday, sir?" "What are you doing here?" " Sarah Chen." " No, I know who you are." "I just wanna know what you're doing here." "You'd have made DI a lot quicker if you'd stayed in the Fraud Squad." "Ruth Murray. 28." "A prostitute." "She lived and worked in King's Cross." "Just over there." "Convictions for soliciting." "She was barely covered." " Right, so, what does that tell you?" " He wanted us to find her?" " You all right?" " What are you doing here?" "Not get two weeks' compassionate, no?" "Nobody else knows." "I'd like to keep it that way, all right?" "She was strangled, I think." "Some skin under her nails, but don't get too excited." "Most of it is probably hers." "You get that, you know." "You see it." "They scratch at their own necks, trying to stop constriction, caused in this case by the killer's hands." "Pretty good nails, though, so maybe she scratched him, too." "What about that bruise there?" "That could be caused by his knees if he kneeled over, or hands around the neck." "Any other injuries?" "Straight to the point." "There's traces of some fluid here." "On the face." " Semen?" " It isn't semen, no." "I'll have a better idea when I get back to the lab." "What do you think, sir?" "Could be anything, couldn't it?" "Saliva, sweat, tears." " It's on her forehead." " Could be his." " His?" " Some good detective work for you." "Ask Vice what they know about her." "Ask around here, as well." "Ask some of the girls, OK?" "Yeah?" "Yeah, look, if I wanted the piano, I would have bought one, all right?" "It'll go lovely in your new flat." "I don't care, Dad." "I don't..." "Hey, hey, where you going?" "Kerbside delivery." "Another 50, and we'll take it upstairs." "Oh, shit." "Sir, I've been trying to get through to you." "So no sign of the kid, then?" "No." "It's a Charlie Turay." "Five years old." "The initial from the house-to-house is that the deceased is the mother," "Karal, from Sierra Leone." "Dad's dead." "It's a traffic thing two years ago." "No weapon used." "No forced entry." "Back door's locked." "Likely came in the front, and did it then and there." "There's no evidence he's been through the house." "I'll see you back there." "It's anger, right?" "He knew her." "Well, let's hope so, eh?" "Charlie?" "Charlie?" "It's all right." "He's gone, mate." "My name's Tom." "I'm a policeman." "Come on, Charlie." "You can come out now." "You're safe." "That's it." "Good lad." "Come on." "Mind yourself." "OK." "Yeah, that's it, that's it." "Good lad." "You OK?" "I'm gonna take you outside, OK, but I need you to close your eyes." "Really tight." "All right, mate." "You keep them closed, yeah?" "All right, that's it." "All right." "OK." "Good boy." "I need some help here." "Thanks." "But I don't..." "Hello." "This is DC Roberts." "Sir, Margie Knight." "A colleague of Ruth Murray's." "Says that Ruth was working down from her at St Pancras that night." "Thinks that Ruth caught a punter." "Gave us a pretty good description." "But we've been checking CCTV, and so far no joy." " What time did she see her?" " About six." " Check an hour either side, OK?" " Sir." "Did you get anything from Phil on the fluids found on Ruth's face?" "Hm, you were right." "It's tears." "Not much chance of DNA for that." "Crying on the job, eh?" " What are you thinking?" " Do you think the boy saw anything?" "He's not saying anything." "But even if he didn't see anything, he would have heard it, wouldn't he?" "Then why is he still alive?" "Did the killer get interrupted and scared off?" "He would've torn through the floorboards if he had to, wouldn't he?" "Er..." "Guv?" "You gotta see this." "This is St Pancras CCTV." "I was looking for Ruth, but I found this." " What are they doing there?" " This changes everything." "Both these women were murdered." "Both came in through St Pancras." "Ruth Murray died from slow sustained squeezing on the artery." "Minimal internal damage." "A simple strangle." "No weapon used." "Karal Turay, no weapon used." "Cricoid cartilage crushed." "Thyroid cartilage unrecognisable." "Hyoid fractured." "Back of her skull shattered as he beat her head repeatedly against the floor." "With Charlie 10 feet away." "So I guess we can assume that this guy wasn't weeping buckets when he killed Karal Turay." "So I guess it's a coincidence." "Methods are way different." "Motives are different." "No, no." "Both cases, you have the same impotent desire, the same end." " He can't fuck her, so you kill her." " It's different." "Ruth's is some sad perv." "Karal is..." "That's personal." "That's vicious." "Probably someone from her background." "What about St Pancras?" "They were both there." "Along with 30,000 other people!" "Look, it's, it's not enough." "All that connects these two is bad luck." "170 murders in London." "Say half are women. 85." "Say a quarter of them are strangled." "And say 70% of them are below the age of 30." "That's 15 women." "Add in St Pancras." "No sexual assault on either..." "Thinking, are you, Tom?" "Or have you outsourced that these days?" "What do you think, sir?" "Coincidence or connected?" "It's not a coincidence if there's a pattern." "You were at the train station, weren't you, Charlie?" "Why did you go up the escalator?" "He's completely shut down." "Is it because you like trains?" "Do you like these trains, Charlie?" "Now, I've gone through all the unsolved murders and attempted murders in Greater London in the last three years." "There were four killings in one day last August in Southwark and Lewisham." "But as far as I can figure out, two of them were stabbings, both of them gang-related, one was a hit-and-run." "The other one was an armed robbery in an off licence." " Double-check those stabbings." " I've triple-checked it, sir." "Well, just keep looking." "Tom, he's asking for you." "You all right, Charlie?" "How's everything at the foster home?" "Where's Mummy?" "Erm..." "Oh, you're thinking?" "Sorry." "I thought you were planning on jumping!" "What are you still doing here?" "I'm not paying overtime, you know." "Hm." "I'm going out to forget about Charlie and his mum tonight, so I can come back tomorrow, and think about them again." "What about you?" "I'll see you tomorrow." "I heard you were difficult." "# Sweet dream, you've passed me by" "# My time passes slow" "# This fire that burns in my mind" "# Follows wherever I go" "# If hell's down below" "# I'm a bird on a wire" "# I've never felt so alone" "# Burning in the devil's fire" "# This highway we're riding on" "# It never turns home" "# The darkness just swallowed my pride" "# Leaves me to die on my own #" "How did you get in here?" "Front desk said you were working late." "For a change." "Yeah." "What do you want?" "Had a bit of a busy day, you know." "Something about these two women is bugging me." "What?" "It's not one of your hunches, is it?" "Cos we all know where they can lead us to, don't we?" " Can I take another look?" " No, you can't!" "I'm not doing those kind of favours for you any more, Tom." "Don't you understand?" "How many more times?" "I fucked up and I said sorry, all right?" "!" "I thought we were through this!" " We've missed something." " Yeah?" "What did we miss?" "You know?" "Hey, look, if you wanna get a look into their entrails, you're gonna have to come back tomorrow." "I've been up and down every unsolved murder in the last ten years." "I've widened the premises - Luton, Chelmsford, Bromley, the suburbs." "Every pair of unsolved murders on the same day, and there's nothing!" "Murder in the suburbs, technically, isn't murder at all, is it?" "It's a justifiable reaction to aesthetic deprivation and golf!" "I need your help on this, Phil!" "Please." " Only unsolved murders you said?" " Yeah." "Why?" "Well, the police are capable of charging the wrong man, you know." "In January, maybe February, two women both stabbed the same day." "One of them was done and dusted." "They charged a guy before I'd even finished my postmortem." "Yeah." "February 15th." "Jana Lovik. 22." "Stabbed outside a cinema in Ealing." "Single stab wound." "The blade penetrated the heart." "And the other victim?" " Fiona Hutchinson." " What?" "25." "Found Thames Barrier Park." "23 separate knife wounds." "Partial decapitation." "Case still open." "No arrests." "So, one a vicious attack." "The other a single knife wound." "One savage, one not." "Just like those two in there." "Knives used." "Similar." "Neither ever found." "They charged Jana Lovik's boyfriend." "Arrested him Stansted Airport the same night." "Always the boyfriend." "Lazy bastards!" "Who was the arresting officer?" " Tughan." " Oh, you're joking!" "I suppose it's not impossible to get from Woolwich to Ealing in that kind of time." "Why would he do that?" "Not he." "They." "Two killers." "Two pairs of victims." "Same method." "Same day." "That's the pattern." " Serial killers don't work together." " These ones do." "Look at the state of this place since I've been gone!" " How you going?" "You're looking well." " Good to see you." "Get yourself a tie, young man." "You're a police officer." "Mickey, how's the kids?" "Youngest one well?" "Good." "Fantastic!" "The Lovik case is done and dusted!" "It's as tight as a camel's arse!" "Pavel Krzinsky, the boyfriend." "We've got him on remand." "I have a steaming row in front of 20 witnesses, immortalised on CCTV." "And ten minutes later, she's found dead in the alley." " It's always the boyfriend." " Not always." "In this case it was." "He says he left her outside the cinema, and when he came back she was dead." "Oh, no." "Oh, no." "My girlfriend's been stabbed." "What shall I do?" "Call an ambulance?" "No, I tell you what, I'll get on a squeezy jet at Stansted in case someone thought it was me that done it!" "Even his brief was blushing!" " I don't think he did it." " Of course not." "For you to be right, I have to be wrong." " Tom's got a theory." " Yeah, I heard it." "You said double-trouble." "Oh, Venables and Thompson." "Brady and Hindley." "Harris and Klebold." "Ant and Dec, Robson and Jerome, Donny and Marie," "Mike and Bernie fucking Winters!" "You got any evidence, Tom?" "No." "No, course not." "You don't need evidence." "You're Tom Thorne!" "Pavel said he thought she was seeing someone else." "Bollocks!" "It was all in his head." "The cinema manager said he did see someone." "Said he looked scared." "No, he said he looked nervous." "We looked into it." "It was a dead end." " This guy?" " Yeah, that's him." "Mr Nobody Knows." "Is that it, Ruth?" "Is that why you dragged me all the way across London?" "But this isn't your e-fit." "This is a guy we think killed a prostitute at St Pancras four days ago." "This is your e-fit." "Kevin, you're head of SCD1 West." "It's your jurisdiction." "This is your call." "My call for what?" "I'd like to re-interview Pavel Krzinsky." "Sir." "I don't have anything to hide." "We know you were arguing with Jana because you thought she was seeing someone else, yeah?" "I know she was." "I told him." "Bollocks!" "We looked into it." "There wasn't anybody else." "Why are you so sure she was seeing somebody else?" "She wanted to break up with me." "I didn't want to lose her." " So you killed her?" " Mr Tughan." "Sorry." "Do you recognise this man, Pavel?" "He showed me that." "I don't know him." "See, the thing is, there was no defence wounds on Jana, which would suggest it was someone she knew, which is you..." "I don't know this man." "OK." "So you had a fight, you went away and then you came back." "Why was that?" "I wanted to say sorry." "To make it all right." "People were saying you were shouting in her face, saying... .."Zitzka"?" "What's that?" "Whore." "I didn't kill her." "Zitzka." "I must remember that." "It'll come in handy." "What about their other friends?" "People at the church?" "We looked into all of that." "She wasn't seeing anyone else." "She wanted to get away from that jealous fucker." "By all accounts, she was a good decent girl." "She worked, slept and prayed." "What about the people at work?" "Tom, the man who did it is right there." "She worked at a hotel, yeah?" "Do you mind if I dig around?" "If you like." "You know, I can't imagine it." "To lose it that much that you take another human being's life." "But it does happen every now and again." "Thank you." "Fiona Hutchinson." "Her run took her east past the Albert Dock and back here." "Every Sunday." "Same time, same route." "So it could have been a chance encounter or he scoped her." "You look like shit." "Thank you." "Do you have a problem with the way I look?" "Not if you turn up on time." " You are with us, though, yeah?" " Where was the body found?" "Just down there." "No witnesses." "Three degrees on a dank Sunday in February... not exactly a tourist Mecca." " What about the CCTV?" " The entrance, the café." "Very little of the park's covered." "We've got her coming in." "That's it." "We're hardly likely to have her coming out, are we?" "Her body was discovered just here." " Twelve, thirteen, fourteen..." " Twenty-three stab wounds." "Yeah, but only fourteen to kill her." "The rest were postmortem." "We ran background checks on all the staff." "It turns out that the hotel manager guy was interviewed two years ago." "Get this - for a series of sexual assaults." "Someone's gaining access to the hotel rooms." "The investigating officer was 100% convinced it was two guys working together, and that the hotel manager was the rapist." "And Jana Lovik was murdered while she was working." "Maybe this is him." "Sean Bracher?" "He doesn't match the e-fit." "Then he's the other guy." "It's a team, right?" "Thorne wants me to tag him." "You interview him." "Maybe he'll panic." "Lead us to his partner." "What do you reckon?" "You up for it?" "Bracher could be our psycho." "We can do this the other way round." "I don't mind doing the interview." "No." "I'm fine." "Just make sure that tracker works." "I thought you had the guy." "Er, Jana's boyfriend." "It's been suggested Jana was seeing someone." "Someone from work?" "Was she a bit naive?" "A bit needy?" "Look, I didn't take advantage of her, if that's what you're trying to say." "But you did sleep with her?" "You're sure this is all necessary?" "Jana's death was a...horrible thing for us all here." "We're just trying to...put it behind us." "All right, Mr Bracher." "That's been very helpful." " That's it?" " Mm-hm." "Please...call me... if there's anything else I should know." " Will do." " All right." "Martin, we may have a problem." "Martin?" "Time for some spring cleaning, Martin." "There are witnesses." "Oh, and keep your eyes open this time." "I want you to get the full experience." "Can't have any witnesses, Martin." "Yeah, sorry." "Just work's been a bit mad." "Aye." "Right." "You won't believe what she's kept." "There's all your old school reports." "Loads of photos." "Of you and your mum." "Something to remember her by." "Well, I do remember her, Dad." "Every time I look at that bloody piano you sent me!" "You and her were the musical ones." "I wasn't musical, Dad." "I used to listen to records, remember?" "Hank Williams and all that." "The place was always full of music!" "I've got Sky now." "Thank God." " Where shall I put this?" " What?" "You've forgotten, haven't you?" "That I was coming round." "Yeah, yeah." "I'm sorry." "We've had a lot on our minds." "Seen the paper?" "Come on, I'll take over." "Isn't surveillance a bit above your pay grade?" "I wanna get a proper look at Bracher." "What time's his break?" "Not for another hour." "Come on." "Back to the little wifey." "Police!" "Can you let us out, mate?" "Thanks!" " Fuck!" " Come here!" "Get here!" "What are you doing?" "I'm just gettin my stuff!" "Sean Bracher, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Karal Turay and Fiona Hutchinson." " Who?" " Who lives here?" "I did the loop!" "I did the loop!" "Oh, hang on." "Did you see me do the loop?" "All right?" "You got Chas." "Where's Dave?" "He didn't turn up for work this morning." "He saw his mug in the paper and did a run for it." "I bet he knows where he is." "I don't think he does." "Don't do this to me, Tom." "He's claiming he went to Palmer's flat to get a computer drive." "Says Palmer was helping him fiddle the hotel books." "Said he wanted to get there before we did." "Get the discs." "So what's on 'em?" "Accounts, spreadsheets, hotel invoicing." "Just like he said." "All right." "So he's on the fiddle." "Doesn't mean he's not a murderer." "Do one loop, and then tickle this next body." "No!" " OK." " How is she?" "Sir, they've just told us, she's in ICU." " Critical, but not life-threatening." " OK." "TSG unit's arrived at the station, sir." "You two go down and brief them." "Is he down here?" " Yeah." "Up there." " Meet me at the car." "I'll meet you." "Charlie?" "You OK?" "We're gonna take you somewhere, OK?" "Somewhere a bit safer." "Are you coming?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "Miss?" "I'm the one...you're looking for." "I did it." "I killed her." "It was me." "I'll take it." "It's OK." "Drop the gun, and get down!" "Put your hands behind you head!" "Hands behind you head!" "I said put your hands behind your head!" "Come here!" "Right." "What was the plan, Martin?" "Hm?" "What, he'd do one, and then you have to follow?" "Is that it?" "Why don't you tell us about Jana, Martin?" "Hm?" "I killed her." "It was me." "Did he tell you to kill the others, too?" "We could always ask him." "We've got him next door." "What?" "Yeah, he's here, Martin." "He's just over the corridor." "He's been asking for you, as well." "Do you wanna see him?" "Come on, Martin." " What the fuck is he up to now?" " Let's go and see him." "Don't worry, he can't hurt you here, mate, OK?" "Open up." "Don't." "Don't!" "Martin, tell 'em!" "Tell 'em I've got nothing to do with this." "Fucking tell 'em!" "I ain't supposed to be here!" "This ain't right!" "It's not him." "It's not him!" "Martin!" "Tell 'em!" " He's out there." " Fucking tell 'em!" " And you're never gonna get him!" " Tell 'em I didn't do anything!" "Martin!" "Tell 'em!" "Cos you didn't give yourself up to us to confess." "You wanted protection." "And I can't protect you unless I know who I am protecting you from." "We release him and we stay on." "We let him go to work, go home." "As normal." "That's how we get his mate." "When he thinks it's safe, and that the pattern stays the same." " Karen was missing in 1997." " What's that got to do with this?" "I never told anyone your secrets, Mart." "Ruth Murray died from slow sustained squeezing on the artery." "Minimal internal damage." "A simple strangle." "Karal Turay, back of her skull shattered as he beat her head repeatedly against the floor." "It's a coincidence." "Methods are way different." "Motives are different." "It's not a coincidence if there's a pattern." " Tom's got a theory." " Yeah, I heard it." "You said double-trouble." "Oh, Venables and Thompson." "Brady and Hindley." "Harris and Klebold." "Ant and Dec, Robson and Jerome." "Donny and Marie." "Mike and Bernie fucking Winters!" "You got any evidence, Tom?" "No, course not." "You're Tom Thorne!" "What are you doing here?" "I'm not paying overtime." "I'm going out to forget about Charlie and his mum tonight, so I can come back tomorrow, and think about them again." "Listen, thanks for coming, Phil." "You know, I appreciate it." "We were friends." "You fucked it up." "Sorry for your loss." "Think the boy saw anything?" "Then why is he still alive?" "Did the killer get interrupted?" "He would've torn through the floorboards if he had to." "I've been up and down every unsolved murder in the last ten years." "I've widened the premises - Luton, Chelmsford, Bromley, the suburbs." "Every pair of unsolved murders on the same day, and there's nothing!" "Only unsolved murders you said?" "Yeah." "Why?" "The police are capable of charging the wrong man." "Jana's death was a...horrible thing for us all here." "We're just trying to...put it behind us." "Martin, we may have a problem." "Two killers." "Two pairs of victims." "Same method." "Same day." "That's the pattern." " Serial killers don't work together." " These ones do." " Fuck!" " Come here!" "What are you doing?" "I'm just getting my stuff!" "Sean Bracher, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Karal Turay and Fiona Hutchinson." "I'm the one...you're looking for." "I did it." "I killed her." "It was me." "Did he tell you to kill the others?" "Martin!" "Tell 'em!" "Fucking tell 'em!" "It's not him." "It's not him." "He's out there." "And you're never gonna get him." "You got something to tell me, son?" "Shh." "His name is Charlie." "He's a witness." "He's just staying here for a few days, all right?" "Just till we find him somewhere safer." "His mum was murdered." "Someone tried to get him last night." "Oh, Jesus." "Your mate's still out there, isn't he?" "Martin?" "I'm your friend, Martin." "I'm gonna take care of you." "That's what friends do." "So what will you do for me?" "Martin?" "Hey?" "DI Thorne has entered the room." "I killed Jana." "I killed the prostitute." "You tried to kill the boy." "Yes, we know that." "Last night, you tried to kill Charlie, OK?" "So who is your mate going for, hm?" "Was it another witness?" "Is that the way it works?" " Charlie saw him, so who saw you?" " Martin, give us a name." "Oi!" "Look at me." "It's all right." "Do you wanna go and get us some coffees, yeah?" "Why did you come to us, Martin?" "Why give yourself up like that?" "I told you." "I killed those two girls." "And I tried to kill that boy." "Yeah, but it's not two girls, is it?" "It's four." "Four dead women." "OK, two, four." "Lock me away for four." "You'd do that?" "Admit to murders you didn't commit?" "What's he got on you?" "Please, just lock me away!" "Why?" "Cos you think you'd be safe inside?" "Safe in your cell?" "Maybe until we catch him." "What if he's in the same nick as you, eh?" "On the same wing?" "He stabbed Fiona Hutchinson 23 times." "He smashed Karal Turay's head in." "What's he gonna do to you, eh?" "Do you think anyone's gonna come running when they hear you, Martin?" "I told you what I did." "You can't let him..." "Help me get him, Martin, and I promise you you will never see him again." "Cos you didn't give yourself up to us to confess." "You wanted protection." "And I can't protect you unless I know who I am protecting you from." "So will you give me his name, Martin?" "What's his name?" "I killed Jana Lovik, I killed that prostitute and I tried to kill the boy." "OK." "It's good news." "We had an e-fit in the paper yesterday and a front-page photo of the charged killer today." "No, make that double-killer." "You know we didn't actually catch this guy, don't you?" " He gave himself up." " Don't split hairs, Tom!" "He's only in here because being locked up doesn't scare him." "His mate does." "And he fucked up last night, but his mate didn't." " There's another body out there." " You don't know that." "Say we tell the press that he didn't fuck up, that he killed Charlie Turay last night." "You're Palmer's mate." "You read that your accomplice was arrested." "What do you do?" " Go to ground." " Yeah, and we lose him." "Until he decides that it's safe, and he starts this all over again." "But if you read that he did the job, that he's still out there... then the pattern continues." "He'll know we've got Palmer as soon as he starts looking for him." " Not if we release him." " For fuck's sake, Tom!" "Come on." "We release him, and we stay on him." "We let him go to work, go home." "Just as normal." "That's how we get his mate." "When he thinks it's safe and that the pattern stays the same." " He'll do a runner." " Where to?" "Not to his mate's!" "He's more scared of him than he is of us." "And if he does do a runner, he'll run back here." "Like he did last time." "Ruth, it's your call." "Come on." "We've done it before." " What time does Palmer start work?" " 9:30." "Come on, Ruth!" "Make a decision, huh?" "Or let the clock do it for you!" " Sir?" " Yeah?" "We may have another one." "Victor Perks." "Fifty-eight." "Vic, apparently, lived alone." "Edale Road, just up there." "Didn't mix much with the neighbours." "Seems he was a bit of a drinker." "Last seen alive 4pm yesterday." "That's an hour before Palmer tried to kill Charlie." "OK, bag it up." "Christ!" "Close range." "Powder marks in the wounds." "He fell over there." "Shot in the knee." "Crawled over to here." "Then our man entered a magazine into him." "So that's one victim each." "Yeah?" "Same day within an hour." "The pattern, both male, both shot." "One nice, one nasty." "One couldn't do it and one could." "Yeah, but a five-year-old boy and a 58-year-old man?" "The rest of the victims were of similar profiles, similar ages." "What's the connection?" "Palmer tried to kill Charlie because he was a witness, yeah?" "Yeah, so what did he see?" "Sir, Vic Perks was a copper." "Victor Perks was a former detective CID." "32 years' service in an East London borough." "Oh, put..." ""In 1992, he received the Queen's medal for distinguishing service."" "Gotta get Ruth with us on this." "Cause of death was?" "Multiple gunshot wounds penetrating the heart, lungs, spleen, trabecular artery." "Preliminary examination at the scene suggests 17 entry wounds." "OK." "Print it." "Take it." "Wait, Sarah, not you." "Dave, you take it." "She's known you longer." "And, hey, hey, nice and calm, yeah?" "Are you sure you really want this, yeah?" "Palmer released?" "I'm gonna get this fucker." "He killed one of us." "Come on, it's bollocks." "He's just another dead body to you." "Don't give me that police solidarity thing." "You didn't know Vic Perks." "Do we need a reason?" "I know you when you get like this." "And you better be sure you're right." "If you're lucky, they'll say no." "Charge Palmer." "Charge Palmer." "Then bail him." "He's out." "You got what you wanted." "You said Palmer would be at work by 9:30." "Well?" "Are you sure you can trust Palmer?" "No, I'm not, but he's not going anywhere." "For all he knows, his mate's watching him right now, just like we are." "So this is the safest place he can be." "You know how much this'll cost?" "I could do all this with a pair of binoculars and a thermal vest." " Your shoes, sir." " Marvellous." "They look good." "This had better fucking work." "Palmer's here." "At least he won't have to pay his phone bill." "So he calls Manchester." "That'll be his sister, right?" "Mm." "Oh, God!" "We've got ourselves a hoarder!" "Christ!" "Some poor bastard's gonna have to log this lot." "So he calls the same number six times in the last week." "Five seconds, one second, two seconds, three seconds." " Sarah?" " Mm?" "Vic Perks was calling Martin Palmer." "Palmer didn't just know about Vic." "He set him up!" "The psycho might have pulled the trigger but Palmer told him where to find him." " Where is he now?" " Still at the hotel." " What was he doing calling Palmer?" " We pulled a voicemail." "If Vic did leave any messages, Palmer deleted them." " Why don't we just go ask Palmer?" " Cos I'm asking you!" "We have a timeline." "'96 to '98, Perks was working CID Lewisham for two years, while Martin Palmer was doing his GCSEs at Lovelock Road School." "That's good work." "Well done." "Palmer was 14." "Do we really think that psycho killed Perks, because of something that happened at school?" " Well, he could have picked him up." " He didn't have a record." "He was 14." "If he didn't have anything to charge him with, it would have been wiped off the database by now." " Why don't we just ask the fucker?" " I will ask him, Dave!" "But right now, we leave him where he is." "Do you understand?" "I've got 60 coppers on this." "And I don't want you or anybody else screwing it up." "We need both these guys." "Not just Palmer." "Yeah, well, just call me if there's any movement." "Do you understand?" "Yeah, I'm at the school now." "All right." "Martin Palmer, left us in '98." "Am I allowed to ask what this is about?" "No." "Sorry." "Thanks." "What does "TS" mean?" "Oh, TS?" "This letter here." "It says TS." "What does that mean?" "It seems that our young Master Palmer got himself temporarily suspended." "Here it is." "Just a week." "No reason given." "It can't have been that awful." "What sort of things would get you suspended for a week, then?" "Fighting." "Maybe truancy." "Smoking, of course." "What about this boy?" "He was suspended on the same day for two weeks." "Do you know him?" "Leonard Bardsley." "Len." " Are you Bardsley?" " Yeah." "DI Thorne." "Miss Evans said I'd find you here." "I'm looking into a former pupil from here." "Martin Palmer. '93 to '98." "You were in his year, yeah?" "Year above." "What, did he top himself like his mum?" " And would you care?" " Not really." "There was an incident in '94." "You were both suspended." "What was that about?" "We had a scrap, that's all." "It must have been a hell of a fight." "Both suspended." "And one expelled." "Who was expelled?" "There he is." "Stuart fucking Nicklin." "Did Nicklin do that to you?" "I knocked Palmer's teeth out." "Nicklin bit my fucking nose off." " Why did he hit you?" " He always hits me." "Not after today he won't." "So what will you do for me?" "So what will you do for me?" "Stuart Nicklin." "Look away, Martin." "You never know who's watching." "Have you got him?" "You can't find him, can you?" "So where is he?" "How do I get him?" "I don't know." "He can't be found." "Other people have looked for him." "Other policemen." "Vic Perks, he was looking for Nicklin, was he?" "He called me." "Said he wanted to talk about Stuart." "He was waiting outside my house." "He asked me if I'd seen him." "And what did you say?" " Stuart was inside watching me." " Don't look at me!" " Then what?" " I told him I'd meet him." "Somewhere we could talk." "He said Greenwich." "But you didn't go, did you?" "You told Stuart about him." "He saw me with him." "Why was Vic Perks looking for Nicklin?" "He hasn't got a criminal record." "You don't understand." "I hadn't seen Stuart since we were kids." "So why did he come back?" "It's Polish book." "It's really creepy." "It's Polish porn!" "It's not porn, it's poetry." "It's Polish poetry." "Oi, Martin!" "Where are you going?" "Jana loves her Polish porn, don't you, Jana?" "He's such a weirdo!" "Look at how he walks." "Hello, Mart." " Stuart." " It's been a while." "Where had he been?" "It's not..." "He doesn't talk like that." "He says..." "He tells me what I have to do." " What did he want?" " You know what he wanted!" "Come on, Martin." "You don't do all this cos he beat up Bardsley for you." "Has he got something on you?" "Do you know what it's like to be really scared of someone?" "Just help me." "I want it to end." "I will help you, if you just keep doing what you're doing, all right?" "Or you're on your own." " Who are you?" " I'm Karen." "So we've nothing on Stuart Nicklin between 1997 and now?" "Nothing." "He just disappeared." "No driving licence, no bank details." "He must have changed his name, but Palmer can't help us with that." " So he's been hiding somewhere?" " Or planning something." " Maybe he's been abroad." " We circulated his name." "Dental records from school via Interpol." "Nothing back yet." "All right, darling, that's what we don't know." "What do we know?" "He's got a hold over Palmer and he's extremely violent." "So he may have been doing this for the past 13 years." "Well, Vic Perks retired 13 years ago, just after Nicklin did his disappearing act." " Been through all his files?" " That could take a month." "I want every scribbled bit of paper, every note he made, every newspaper clipping, you go through his phone records." "Do you understand me?" " Dave, you go with her." " Sir?" "Is this him?" "Good as we'll get." "It's a digital age-up of the primary school photo." "Good." "I want this circulated, eh?" "Get this out on the street." "Gotta bring him in." "Come on, then, Charlie!" "That's it!" "Come on!" "He beats one man..." "Hey, hey!" "What's going on?" "He's..." "He's got the makings of a grand little player." "About as good as you were when you were his age." "I don't remember you playing football with me at eight o'clock at night." " What's with the specs, eh?" " We went to the cinema today." "Dad, I said not to take him out." "There's no harm done." "It's time for bed, all right?" "You can choose a story, yeah?" "Charlie, come here." "Come here." "I've got something for you." "It's a midnight feast." "Come on." "Let me show you." "Now, don't say anything to your uncle Tom." "Because...he'll want one for himself." "Now, where is it?" "Yes, here it is." "Now, then, that is for you." "What happened?" "Charlie!" "Hey!" "What's up, lad?" " What happened?" " It were only a chocolate bar." " Really?" "All right." "Thanks." " Yeah, well?" "They tested the chocolate bar from Karal's house." "No prints." "No DNA." "How does that make any sense?" "He butchers Karal, then he charges through the place looking for the boy." "Why didn't he kill him?" "I don't know." "He wiped it and then gave it to Charlie?" "You didn't see him freak out when he saw it." "No chocolate wrapper at the Fiona Hutchinson killing." "Have you been down there?" "The wind off the river, it could be anywhere." " What about Vic Perks?" " Er...nothing yet." "What time's your detail of Palmer's flat?" "2am." "Graveyard shift." "Why don't you take a break, eh?" "Get some fresh air." "Thank you, sir." "Down at the tunnel where Vic Perks was discovered." "See what you can find." "You all right with that?" "Want me to give Dave a call?" "No..." "No problem." "What are you calling me out this time of night for?" "How can somebody kill like this and leave no trace, huh?" "I mean, no DNA, no prints, nothing." "You just shave your body, cover your hair, wear gloves." "Basic food hygiene stuff, you know." "We found all this at Vic Perks' house." "What is that?" "Every case he ever worked?" "No, it's just one case." "Jesus." "Karen McMahon." "Some girl that went missing." " Who are you?" " I'm Karen." "Hello?" "Oh, fuck, Dave!" "Sorry!" "Why are you here?" "We didn't feel comfortable with you being out here by yourself." " I don't need protection." " All right." "How about some company?" "I'm telling you, this is a waste of time." "Fucking Tom Thorne!" "I'm not." "Are you?" "Teacher's pet!" "Scared of a little competition, are you, Sarah?" "You're not competition!" "Oh, yeah?" "That's funny, cos I've just found his precious chocolate bar wrapper." "So Karen McMahon, this 14-year-old girl goes missing in 1997." "What's that got to do with this?" "I don't know." "But it meant something to Vic." "Nicklin killed Vic Perks for a reason." "Something that Vic knew or saw." "Or Vic was another sad old copper with an obsession for killing." "Sounds like you're writing my obituary there, Phil." "Well, I need to get this back to Forensics." "And I've got half an hour to kill before I'm on at Palmer's." "Wanna get a quick drink?" "Hm..." "Maybe this isn't a good idea." "What's not?" "Second interview with Martin Palmer." "August 28th, 1997." "Present, DC Perks and DS Davis." "Tell us what you saw one more time, Martin." "I saw Karen get into a blue Vauxhall Cavalier." "Were you alone, or was Stuart Nicklin with you?" " I was on my own." " Really, Martin?" " Why are you covering for him?" " I am not." "It's a bit of a coincidence, don't you think him not being around?" "You know what he's capable of." "Tell me what Stuart did to Karen." "I don't know!" "Just stop covering for him, and tell me what he did to Karen!" "I told you!" "How many more times?" "Karen got into a blue Vauxhall Cavalier." " And they never found her body?" " No." "It's what Perks has been looking for all these years." "You think Nicklin killed her?" "It's not too late to go and ask Palmer, is it?" "Shit!" "It's gone two!" "Sarah..." "Don't you ever fucking knock?" "DS Chen approaching Palmer's HA." "Don't shoot." "You're late!" "Piss off, Dev!" "I said I was running ten minutes late." "Hey, Mitch." "Is he in there?" "Thanks." "Taxpayer pizza, is it?" "No." "It's my money." "I paid for it." "You can't smoke in here." "Smoke alarm." "Why are you looking at me?" "Eat your pizza." "So is this what you do?" "Sit around, stare at the wall waiting for the phone to ring?" "It sounds as if you know what that's like." "We found your tears on Ruth Murray's face." "Do you cry on all of them?" "I don't have to talk about it." "Oh." "Why not?" "You must like doing it." "Too personal?" "Why are you doing this?" "I have no idea." "I'd like to go to bed now, please." "Mm." "Right." "Go and get me a coffee, would you, Mitch?" "A decent one." " Get yourself one, too." " Oh, thanks." "He's asleep." "I'll be fine." "She's nothing special!" "We're the special ones!" "You and me." "Why don't we just get rid of her?" "You and me." "You let me down, Mart." "I tried." "You didn't tell me he was so little." "My hand was sweating." "They caught me." "No, they didn't." "I saw you." "I always knew you were chicken-shit, Mart, but..." "I didn't think you'd sell me out." "No." "I thought blood was thicker." "I didn't..." "I didn't tell 'em anything." "This is their idea." "You told them about Vic Perks." "That copper." "You told them my name." "Now they're all over me." "I knew told anyone your secrets, Mart." "I never told a soul." "But you..." "You told them all about me." "Please!" "Please what?" "Please don't kill you?" "Is that what you think?" "Don't!" "Please, Stu." "Christ, Mart!" "You really think I'd kill you?" "After everything we've been through?" "I am so sorry." "This isn't for you." "It's for her." "Let's fuck her up." "Let's fuck her up." "Control, this is Sarah Chen." "He's in the flat, armed." "Repeat, in the flat." "Shit!" "It's OK." "Sarah, Sarah, Sarah!" "Sarah, Sarah, Sarah!" "He's gone, he's gone." "Sarah!" "What happened?" "I" " I-I went to the bathroom." "And he was pretending to be asleep." "He was..." "He..." "He opened the door." "That's not true!" "She left it open!" "Were you here on your own?" "Where the hell were you?" "Come on." "Sit down." "Did you see him?" "Sarah, did you get a look at him?" "The fucker tried to kill me!" "He tried to kill me!" "That one!" " Shh." "All right, all right." " No!" "I didn't!" "I didn't!" "Please!" "All right!" "Shut up!" "I want this place locked down, all right?" "You bring him out!" "He's coming with me!" "Sarah, you're coming with us!" "Get him out of here!" "Tell me about Karen, Martin." "Karen McMahon." "You told me about her." "I want answers, Martin!" "Do you understand me?" "Karen's dead." "She got into a car, and nobody ever saw her again." "Bollocks!" " Stop this, please!" " Answer him!" "Karen got into a blue Vauxhall Cavalier." "Don't fuck with me, Martin." "Stuart Nicklin killed her, didn't he?" " Was she his first?" " No." "We met at the pond." "The three of us." "What pond?" "Where?" "!" " Was she Stuart's girlfriend?" " No." "Yours?" "Is that why he killed her?" "Cos he doesn't like sharing you?" "Karen got into a blue Vauxhall Cavalier." "He killed her, didn't he?" "He killed them and you covered up for him." "Why?" "No, that's not true." "She got in a car." "Into a blue Vauxhall Cavalier." "You want him out there, cos he thinks he'll get you off the hook." "No!" "I'm not..." "That's not..." "How did Nicklin get into that flat tonight?" " She let him in!" " Don't fucking lie!" "You knew he was coming, didn't you, eh?" "You left that door open for him, because you'd planned it." "Tell me!" "Why are you letting him do this?" "Don't fucking hurt me!" "Don't you fucking..!" "Sarah, stop it!" " Sarah!" " I hate you!" "There's been no sightings of either subject." "Central 5,000 have been cleared, and are providing us with full incident support." "Every dead body that comes in from now on, it's my fault." "You took a gamble." "It didn't come off." "He was the bait." "Without him, we've got nothing." "When Tom Thorne shows up, tell him to give me a call." "How do I get Nicklin without Palmer?" "I don't want her on the job." "Sarah Chen." " She's all right." " Trust me, she's not up to it." "And he said you killed Karen." "What do you think?" "You know the truth." "We need to talk." "Is this about you and me?" "Grow up, Dave!" "All I've ever asked of you is that you play straight with me, Tom." " With respect, it's none of your business." " Really?" " Sarah knows where they are." " What the fuck is she doing?" "You should go home, because you're no use to me." "You don't belong here." "Are you ready to find out what it's like?" "They can only kill when they're together." "Find out what that kid saw." "When you were hiding, did you hear two men talking at all?" "Are you sure?" "There could have been two voices..." "Tom, I think he's given you the best answer he can." "No lies any more." "You killed him." " Karen got into a blue..." " Stop this!" "Do you wanna see her?" "Somewhere a young lad could dig a grave and not be seen." "It's not somewhere where you're gonna walk your dog." "It's got to be undeveloped land." "He doesn't want me there." "No, I'll be all right." "Phil!" "Phil!" "Two pairs of victims - same method, same day, that's the pattern." " Tom's got a theory." " Yeah, I heard it." "You said double-trouble." "Do you have any evidence, Tom?" "Not he, they." "Two killers." " Serial killers don't work together." " These ones do." "Martin, we may have a problem." "Do you think the boy saw anything?" "And why's he still alive?" " I killed her, it was me." " Did he tell you to kill the others too?" "Martin, tell 'em!" "Fucking tell 'em!" "It's not him, it's not him." "He's out there... ..and you're never gonna get him." "We release him and we stay on him." "We let him go to work, go home, just as normal." "That's how we get his mate." "When he thinks it's safe, and that the pattern stays the same." "I can't hang around here all day looking after some bloody kid!" "His mum was murdered." "Victor Perks, 58." "Vic, apparently." " Vic Perks was a copper." " He can't be found." " Other people have looked for him." " Vic Perks was looking for Nicklin?" "So, we've nothing on Stuart Nicklin between 1997 and now." "No, nothing - no driving licence, no bank details." "He must've changed his name but Palmer can't help there either." "I always knew you were chicken-shit, Mart." "You told them about the cop." "Karen McMahon, this 14-year-old girl goes missing in 1997." "What's that got to do with this?" "It meant something to Vic." "He was killed for a reason." "I want answers, do you understand me?" "Karen got into a blue Vauxhall Cavalier." "Stuart Nicklin killed her, didn't he?" "Was she his first?" " No." " Don't fucking lie!" " Did they get him?" " No." "Was this an accident?" "Did Palmer do this?" "He freaked out and I skidded off the road." "I have to report to Gold Group in two hours." "It seems I'm getting a minder." "Tughan?" "They need a safe pair of hands, which rules me out." "It was a good plan, Ruth." "It drew Nicklin out." "Then we fucking well lost him!" " How?" "I released Palmer." " Palmer isn't the problem." "But he fucking well is now!" "D'you know what I think?" "I think in some fucked up way, which I cannot even begin to comprehend, this is what you want." "You wanted him out there." "Well, now you've got it." "Is there any news on Chen?" "Yeah, she's been admitted for observation." "How close are you to her?" "How do you mean?" "Well, have you noticed anything about her, anything unusual, anything like that?" "We've all been a bit edgy, boss, but, I don't know, I haven't noticed anything in particular about DS Chen, no." "He's out there... ..and you're never gonna get him." "You look like shit, Mart." "I thought you'd never get here." "Right, listen up." "There's been no sightings of either subject, but it's only been three hours." "Central 5000 have been cleared, and are providing us with full incident support from Cobert Square, under our command." "TFL have given the Nicklin e-fit and Palmer's picture to every tube worker and bus driver, and we are pulling in all the feeds from the stations." "Well, get on with it!" "Did you know he was a cokehead?" "What?" "Technical support turned up coke all over Palmer's bathroom." "You didn't mention that to Ruth when you persuaded her to let him out on the streets." "What's up, mate?" "You don't look pleased to see me." "What is it, Martin?" "That copper..." "told me what happened." "Karen." "You know what happened to Karen." "He said you killed her." "He said you killed Karen." "What do you think?" "Huh?" "You know the truth." "They're fucking... with my head." " Everyone's telling me..." " This is what they do, Martin." "They get inside your head." "Chisel their way in and they try to break us." "And you always let 'em!" "Just say it." "Say what?" "Karen..." "Karen got into a blue Vauxhall Cavalier, August 27th, 1997." "Right here, 13 years ago, Martin." "That's the truth, mate." "OK." "Every dead body that comes in from now on, it's my fault." "You took a gamble, it didn't come off." "If it came off every time, it wouldn't be a gamble." "He was the bait, Phil." "Without him we've got nothing." "You know what - why don't you just throw yourself in?" "I'm not sticking around listening to you whine." "When Tom Thorne shows up, tell him to give me a call." "How do I get Nicklin without Palmer, eh?" "You know the answer to that, don't you?" "Karen McMahon gets us Nicklin." "No one gives a toss about some girl that went missing 14 years ago, do they?" "We've got every copper in London looking for these two." "Full technical, central 5,000, the lot." "You know it won't work." "You'll never find them that way." "Karen McMahon gets us Nicklin." "Vic knew that too." "He did - that's what got him killed." "We get to that, we get to Nicklin and Palmer." "So, what, you live rough?" "Beg?" " Rough?" " Yeah." "So, are you ready, Mart?" "Are you ready to find out what it's like... to be Stu?" "For fuck's sake, Dave!" "So, were you gonna ignore me all day then?" " Listen, last night..." " Guess what, Dave?" "Last night was pretty busy and I gotta tell you, you weren't the most memorable part, OK?" "Yeah, well..." "We need to talk about all of that anyway." "Why, what's he said?" " Who, Thorne?" " Uh-huh." "Nothing." "Nothing." "He said that Palmer freaked out, he lost control of the car." "I can't figure out why you were in the car in the first place." " You'd just been attacked by the guy." " That's all he said?" "Yeah." "Why, what else is there?" "Nothing." "Nothing." "Look, come on." " Sarah?" "Sarah?" " Uh-huh?" "Come here." "Look at me." "We need to talk." "Is this about you and me?" "You and me?" "Grow up, Dave." "How can you be sure?" "Well, he's not here for the fucking boat race, is he?" "Got a light?" "Look, here, this is all Nicklin." " That is still way too much ground to cover." " We don't have to cover all of it, do we?" "Think about it, he was 15." "He's not gonna bury someone under his patio, is he?" "We gotta find somewhere where a young lad could dig a grave and not be seen, and it stay undiscovered for the next 13 years." "It's not somewhere you're gonna walk your dog, like a park." "It's gotta be undeveloped land, like scrubland." "Yeah, spell it." " Dave?" " Hold on." "Listen, I want you to do a search on every bit of undeveloped land in this area." "Anything that might not have been touched in the last 13 years, like scrubland or waste ground, OK?" "All right." "All right?" "Got it." "Is this it?" "She's all yours, mate." "I don't want her on the job." " Who?" " Sarah Chen." "She's all right." "The doctor OK'd her." "She had an option, she came back to work." "And we need all hands on deck to clear up your mess." "Trust me, she's not up to it." "Yeah, but it's not your call, is it?" "Sir?" "We've got a fresh one." "Whisky, Lima, 5-4-2-4-0..." "Keep coming." "Mind yourself at the top here." "Claude Geitner, he's 42, he's a Swiss national." "He worked in the City." "His wife said he drove out at 6:45, but we can't find the car, keys are missing." " What about a phone?" " Switched off." "But if it's used, we've got a lock on it." " Is the vic one of ours?" " Could be, yeah." "Characteristic excess - meaning his brain's been bashed to bone meal... there's not much else to go on." "Tide's pretty much washed everything away." " But it could be Nicklin, yeah?" " Yeah." "It's the right location." "So, they're back together again." "What do you wanna do now?" "Sir!" "Wait." "Did we find anything at the crime scene?" "You were in Palmer's bathroom when Nicklin got there, weren't you?" "Yes." "Well, a tech report found coke all over the bathroom." " Really?" " Yeah, really, and Palmer never snorted coke in his life." "So, you know what, you should just go home because you're no use to me." "You don't belong here, d'you understand?" "Cos we would've had both those guys in custody if you hadn't been such a fuck-up!" "Sir..." "Please!" "I mean, you're really pissing me off, man!" "You knew, didn't you?" " You knew and you didn't tell me." " What?" "You knew she was using during the job, and you didn't tell me." "Yeah." "I hope she was a good fuck, Dave." " How did you know?" " I didn't." " Outgoing call from Geitner's phone." " What?" "Get a trace on it." " Who are they calling?" " Number's coming through now." "It's here." "They're calling here." "Patch it through to my office." "And get me a location!" "Hello." " Martin..." " Go, go, go." "Go!" "Martin?" "Locking onto signal." " Martin?" " Yeah." "He's at the hotel." "It's the hotel, they're at the hotel!" "Shit!" "The girl from the reception desk only stopped screaming five minutes ago, and she said it was Palmer." " Just Palmer?" " That's what she said." "It makes no sense." "This has Nicklin written all over it." "But it's Palmer's turn, isn't it?" " And maybe he's learning." " Phil?" "No, I'm at the hotel." "Yeah, I'll be right there." "Kev, I need an hour." "What, with Phil Hendricks?" "Now?" "Please." "It's all ours, Mart." "Whatever we want, we just reach out and we take it." "Yeah?" "Cos they can't stop us now." "I'm fucking proud of you." "What you did today is fucking hardcore." "Nice." "Yeah." "When I hit him, it was..." "Can't find the words." "No need, mate, no need." "It's what I've been telling you all along, innit?" "Yeah." "Tell me about Karen." "Forensics got DNA off the chocolate wrapper from the Vic Perks murder." " That was Nicklin's murder." " Yeah." "But it's got Martin Palmer's DNA all over it." "Palmer's." "No one else's." "Karen got into..." " A blue Vauxhall Cavalier." " Yeah." "You killed her." "They're at each other's murders." "You think Nicklin was at the Bracher murder?" "It makes sense." "I mean, Palmer may have done it, but Nicklin was pushing him on." "They can only kill when they're together." " No!" " You had one of them in custody." "Any one who can tell us that is dead, all right?" "No, they're not." "Karen got into a blue..." "Stop this!" "Nicklin killed Karal." "Palmer couldn't kill Charlie." "Tom..." "You have got to find out exactly what that kid saw." "Yeah." "No lies any more." "It's true." "Ahh!" "I had to, mate." "I had to." "She was coming between us." "My mum said there used to be a big house up that hill." " Really posh." " What happened to it?" "Oh!" "D'you wanna see her?" " Hey." " What's going on?" "I've been trying to reach you." "Tell me, Dave." "I'm on my own here." "They've done another." "Who?" " Our old friend, Sean Bracher." " Bracher?" "Yeah." "Live and online about 30 seconds after you walked out the door." "I didn't walk." "He doesn't want me there." "Thorne will be coming for you next." "No, I'll be all right." "Right." "Yeah, right." "Fucking boys' club!" "Forget about this place for a bit." "Sarah..." "Sarah?" "Shit!" "Now, where is he?" " Can you see him anywhere?" " No." "Shall we try his office?" "OK, you wait here, Charlie." "Won't be a minute." " Hello." " Nice to see you." "I'm so glad you're doing this." "Thank you." "What is all this about?" "We just need a quick chat with the boy." "It won't take long." "What can I get you - tea, biscuits, coffee?" "Listen, help yourself, feel free." "Do you want to use the phone?" "Ring Maureen if you like." "You don't know?" "Maureen passed away two weeks ago." "I had no idea." "Seems like Tom didn't think to mention it." "Anyway..." "Mummy?" "Hello, Charlie." "My name's Kevin." "Very nice to meet you." "This is Charlie's mummy, everybody." "Isn't she pretty?" "We've been keeping this picture for you." "Can I give it to you now?" "Good boy." "Charlie?" "Thanks, Kev." "Palmer, M." "Attempted murder, right?" "Just there and there." "Cheers." "Hey, Charlie." "Shall we go and sit down, eh?" "Tom." "Sorry." "Can I have a quick word?" " Can it wait?" " No, no, it'll take seconds." "Just come here." "You didn't tell me that your mother had died." " I've got..." " All I've ever asked of you is that you play straight with me, Tom." "I think I deserve that." "With respect, it's none of your business." "Really?" "It never occurred to you that it might've made a difference?" "It doesn't affect my work, does it?" "I meant to me." "I've gotta get on." "Hey." "I know you told me this before, I just wanna ask you again, OK." "I just want you to have another look at this man." "Are you sure you haven't seen him?" "Are you sure?" "What about this man, Charlie?" "Did you see him at all?" "Take your glasses off, come on." "Look at it closely." "Have you ever seen him before?" "You said there was one man that night." "You sure about that?" "Sure there wasn't two?" "Were there two men or one?" " One, I already told you." " Yeah, I know." "You said you only saw one man, Charlie, but d'you think you could've heard two?" "Did you hear two men talking?" "When you were hiding, when you were hiding, did you hear two men talking at all?" "Calling to each other?" "You sure?" "There could've been two different voices." "Tom..." "I think he's given you the best answer he can." "Are you tired?" "Yeah, me too." "Let's go and see my dad, Charlie." "Come on!" " Where's the boss?" " Uh..." " I dunno, why?" "What have you got?" " We may have something." "A witness has come forward from the hotel." "Says she saw Palmer take Bracher's car." "Who was running the tracker?" "Sarah Chen." "Uh..." "I've got it." "Sir!" "Sir!" "I think Sarah knows where they are." "You what?" "Dad, will you just look after Charlie." "Phil, stay with me dad, stay with me dad." "They're in Bracher's car." "Sarah's got their tracker." " I pinged her mobile." " She's still got the tracker?" " Yeah." "She's gone after them." " What the fuck is she doing?" "What do you think?" "She's trying to make it better." "Can I look at your glasses?" "Do you know how they work?" "Shall I tell you?" "Circulate this number, OK?" "I want everyone looking for DC Chen's car." "When we were at the film, did you take the glasses off and look at the screen?" "What it is really, is two different pictures, so that when you put the glasses on, it's a kind of trick." "It plays with your eyes." "The two pictures kind of join up, and become one picture, that looks as if it's right in front of you." "D'you see that?" "Where was she when you last pinged her?" "About two minutes ago, going northwest on Capstock Road." " Where is that, show me." "Show me!" " There." "That's bang in the middle of the murder zone." "It's a dead end." "Where does it go?" " Shit!" "Look where it leads to." " Scrubland." "I bet that's where Karen McMahon is buried." "That's where they're going." " She's right behind them." " Phil!" "Phil!" "Stay here." "Oh!" "Ah!" "Martin!" "Martin!" "This is the wrong place." "No, it isn't." "It didn't look anything like this." "Well, you went away, Mart." "You left it." "You didn't take care of it." "That's what happens when people forget things." "They rot." "They get lost." "They go under." "We're nearly there, Mart, look." "Don't you see?" "She's nothing special." "We're the special ones - you and me." "Why don't we just get rid of her?" "Are you sure about this, Mart?" "We could just leave her be." "She won't mind." "Everything stays the same." "I wanna see her." "All right." "Oh!" "Oh!" "Ah!" "Get off!" "Get off of me, leave me alone!" "Ow, Martin!" "Get off of me now." "Get off, Martin!" "Get off of me!" "Don't touch me!" "You think I want that with you?" "Not in a million years." "You're disgusting." "I hate you." " Don't touch me." " You're an idiot, Martin." "You're disgusting." "Never in a million years!" "Backup are on their way, sir." "Let's get in here." "Here!" "Palmer talked about the pond." "That's right in the middle." "Dave, you go that way, circle round, yeah?" "Martin, what are you doing?" "Put your hands up where I can see them." "Put your hands where I can see them." "Get up." "Slowly." "Put your hands on your head." "Do it!" "Where's Nicklin?" "Where is he?" "Shit!" "Phil!" "Phil, the pond was over here." "Karen's gotta be buried around here somewhere." "Tom!" " That's her." " Probably." "They can't be far." "We've gotta find them." "I knew it." "Not them, him." "This is Stuart Nicklin." "Right here with Karen." " Nicklin never killed anyone." " What are you talking about?" "Martin Palmer killed Stuart Nicklin 13 years ago." "This is him, this is Stuart Nicklin." "Stuart was inside watching me." "He killed him, he took his personality." "One man, two personalities... one dominant aggressive, the other passive." "Do you know what it's like to be really scared of someone?" "Martin Palmer needed Stuart Nicklin, so he became him." "Two, four." "Lock me away for four." "As Nicklin, he was able to kill Karal." "As Palmer he couldn't kill Charlie." "Vic Perks must have worked out Nicklin was dead." " That's why Vic Perks went to meet him." " He went to meet Palmer, Nicklin showed up." "Shit, Sarah!" "Where is he?" "Call him." "Stuart." "Oh!" "Martin." "This isn't you." "I know you couldn't kill Charlie... and you don't want to hurt me." "It's been Nicklin making you do all this." "Always somebody else's fault..." "isn't it, Detective Chen?" "Why are you doing this?" "I have absolutely no idea." "Please, please." "Please, Martin." "Stay there." "It's OK." "It's OK." "Come on, Martin, just drop the gun and then we can talk." "Talked to you already." "I asked you to protect me." "You didn't listen." "Yeah, I know." "I'm sorry." "You're sorry?" "You said you'd help me." "You promised." "I was just bait." "All this." "This is all your fault." "Yes, it is." "It is." "And I'll always live with that, yeah?" "So..." "You're gonna have to." "Sarah, no!" "He looks happy enough, doesn't he?" "I think he is." "It'll take time." "Yeah." "We don't think it's a good idea for you to see him any more." " No, no." " For now, anyway." "Maybe in the future, we'll see." "Yeah." "Thanks a lot." " Are you all right, son?" " Hm?" "Here." "He'll survive." "Kids can grow through stuff you wouldn't believe." "Yeah." "It'll all come right in the end." "You're an optimist, aren't you, Dad?" "Well, someone has to be." "I mean... you can't go through life fearing the worst, thinking there's gonna be something coming around the corner, knocking you down, can you?" "You can't go through life thinking like that..."