- Last night, something very sad happened.

Charlotte and Iris and Emily may not be with us anymore but they're all together with their mummy now.

- Was it depression?

Or anxiety?

- [Speaker] A combination.

- Come on.

Kate!

- Come on, kids.

- I mean, it's Tom that matters.

He fricking adores you.

- Is that right?

- I don't want to.

- Just give it to her!

Give it to her.

(car crashes) (fire crackles) - Kate!

They're not answering!

- See here?

They've all been injected with something.

Look at this.

Pine needles in Emily's pajamas, in her feet.

- What did she do?

(Jess moans) (solemn music) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (children laugh) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (engine rumbles) - Yeah!

(solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) - We met on a bus.

Er, number 19.

Pissing down with rain.

Top deck, left-hand side.

I saw her there every morning for... It must've been weeks, before I talked to her.

Sorry, er, am I... Is this going back too far, or is this?

- You can tell us whatever you like.

Whatever you think's relevant.

- I asked her out.

We went to some real divey bar.

You know sometimes when you're with someone and you have to work at it and it's awkward and you run out of things to say?

We never ran out of things to say.

It was easy with Kate.

- Tell us about the girls.

- They were beautiful.

(Tom sighs) (Tom sniffles) She loved them.

Please don't think she didn't.

- She had issues, after Charlotte was born?

- I got her help.

Counseling and anti-depressants.

My mum moved in for a bit, so... As Charlotte got older, Kate got better.

She was... - Could you tell us about the car crash?

- She was only just over the limit.

- Yeah, but the thought of going to court must've been weighing heavy.

- She knew it was only a fine.

- And a one-year ban.

- Yeah.

It wasn't great, but it wasn't... Even on the day, she was good, wasn't she?

- You wouldn't have known.

- We do bath time together, normally.

Um, then read a story, or whatever.

But it was late, so Kate said we'd skip the bath and she'd put them to bed.

- So how long before you went upstairs?

- 10 minutes, maybe 15?

I unloaded the dishwasher, locked up, switched out the lights.

- We can stop whenever you want, Tom.

- No, no.

She'd closed their eyes.

Tucked them up with their teddies and everything.

(cries) They were already dead.

- Did she say anything to you?

- And there was nothing that sparked it?

An argument?

- I've been going over and over it, I, but there's nothing.

There's just... (solemn music) There's nothing.

- You know, if you want to see the girls, we can arrange that.

- (sniffles) No, I don't think I... - Ruth, it's fine.

You stay there.

Stay there.

- Has he said why?

- No, I don't, I don't think he knows.

Sorry.

(water splashes) (brush scrubs) (cloth scrubs) (door clicks) (solemn music) Did she say anything at the end, Tom?

- I have to look my best for her, don't I?

- Yeah.

(solemn music) - According to the multitudes of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin, for I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me.

In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our frail bodies that they may be conformed to his glorious body who died, was buried, and rose again for us.

To him be glory forever.

Amen.

(person sobs) (person continues sobbing) - Thank you.

- Goodbye.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- I'm just gonna talk to this lady.

- Aye.

- Hi.

You okay?

- Not really.

- I'm, um, I'm Jess, one of Kate's friends.

- I'm Sasha.

- Sasha.

From teacher training?

- Er, yeah, that's right.

- Yeah, she talked about you.

- Did she?

- Yeah, she'd have been glad you came.

- Thanks.

- Listen, did you, um... Did you see she had it in her, to do something like this?

- No.

Did you?

(person sobs) - It's okay.

It's all right.

I've got you.

- Puts on a good show, doesn't he?

- In you come.

Come on, now.

Here we go.

- It was nice to meet you.

- Yeah, you too.

(tense music) (engine rumbles) (tense music continues) (tense music continues) (church bell chimes) (gentle music) (crowd chatters) (solemn music) (solemn music continues) (doors thump) (solemn music continues) - Do they always come to funerals?

- Yeah.

It's just protocol.

(crowd chatters) - Tom, I'm so sorry.

- You're such a baby.

- Elliot.

Pack it in.

- What you meant to do?

- Oh, Christ.

- [Jess] Who's that with Sandra?

- She really picks her moments, eh?

- Come on.

- I'm not sure it's possible to sum up three lives.

Three beautiful, vibrant, smiley little lives.

I didn't know how to do it.

I didn't know where to start, so I... Erm, I wrote a list, sorry.

"Oh, dear."

Those were Emily's first words.

I think probably, erm, because we were trying so desperately not to swear in front of her.

And when you have a baby for the first time, it gives you an awful lot to swear about.

(crowd chuckles) Iris knew all the words to "The Greatest Showman."

And, after watching it for the hundredth time, so, unfortunately, did we.

If Charlotte ever saw a bee, a sleepy bee, she'd call it.

She'd insist that we saved it.

And she wasn't satisfied until she saw it fly away.

(solemn music) (Tom cries) (solemn music) (solemn music continues) She always had to watch them fly away.

- Come on.

Come on, son.

Come on.

(solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (children sing indistinctly) (children shout) - Say hi.

- Hi.

(child laughs) - Go ask Dad to film it, he'll take it.

- Okay.

Can I film it?

- [Tom] Yeah, course you can.

Just give me a sec.

- [Child] Yay!

(solemn music) (projector whirs) (crowd murmurs) - Jess.

This is, erm, Luke.

- Hi.

- All right.

- And, er, this is, this is Steve.

- Hi.

- All right.

Nice service.

- Aye.

Nice.

- Yeah.

It was lovely.

- Hi, Tom, how are you?

- Hi.

Fine.

- I'm sorry for your loss.

- Your drunken behavior shouldn't waste police time.

Apologize to Steve.

- For what, Dad?

I've not done anything.

- Being a pain in the arse.

Sorry, Jess.

- It's okay.

- It's the fire.

- No.

Bollocks!

He's been like it since birth.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- Oh, my God, it's unbelievable.

I heard she put a lock on their bedroom door.

- Jesus.

God, as a mother, you just can't imagine it.

Jess.

- 'Cause do you know what, as a non-mother, I can totally imagine it.

- That's not what I meant.

Come on!

- How old is he?

- He's 28.

In a few months.

Why, is Steve pissed off?

- He'll get over it.

- Wait till he hears he's moving in.

- Don't be drinking it.

(crowd murmurs) (crowd continues murmuring) - Are you okay?

- Didn't even get a mention at her own children's funeral.

Now they're cutting her out.

Like a cancer.

(solemn music) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (wind chimes clink) (solemn music continues) - Bastards.

(cloth scrubs) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) Take your bag off.

Hi.

Er, Jessica Milner.

M-I-L-N-E-R.

(kids shouting) - Lovely.

Please take a seat.

- Yeah.

Thank you.

Er, boys.

Boys!

Quietly.

It's a doctor's.

Don't fight.

Don't fight.

- Get off me!

- Shh!

- Jessica?

- Yeah.

Erm, Elliot, I'm not gonna be long, all right?

Just watch your brother.

My partner's gonna join us.

- My friend died.

(machine beeps) - Three going back in today.

Watch for the flash.

And that is them all in.

- All right?

- Yeah.

- What round is this for you?

- Er, second.

- Best of luck.

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

- Have a little lie down for 10 minutes.

Cup of tea?

- I'm fine, thanks.

- She'll have a milk, no sugar, thanks.

(door thumps) (visitor knocks) - Hey!

(gentle music) - I'm so sorry.

- I was expecting it.

We both were.

You know, it's just our first time.

- Oh!

Come here.

- I'm gonna get snot on you!

- It's okay.

(gentle music) - Three of them, Steve.

(Steve kisses) - I think you just need to focus on all the positive things.

- Like?

- Like... Your carbon footprint.

- Wow.

- No kids, no emissions.

- You're really scraping the barrel there.

- You have full control of your bladder.

You've got it so good.

I don't know what you're moaning about.

- Cheers.

Thanks for that.

- Kate?

- You know what I mean.

- [Carol] The girls are asking for you.

- Yeah, thank you, Carol.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

- [Carol] Kate!

- What are we supposed to do with this?

Stick it on the fridge?

- It's the second time this week, Dylan.

- Steve-oh!

- He lost his bike.

- I lost my bike, Steve-oh!

- Lost a lot more than that by the looks of it.

- When did you lose it?

- Lose what?

- The bike, Dyl... Jesus!

- Nice kicks.

Can I keep 'em?

- You know what, mate?

You have 'em.

My treat.

You not getting a bit old for boozing in the forest?

- [Dylan] Says who?

- [Speaker] Dylan.

Please.

Just put the trackies on.

- [Dylan] I'm doing it.

(tense music) (tense music continues) (tense music continues) - [Speaker] When was the last time you saw her?

- [Speaker] I saw her... I saw her on that night.

- What was she like?

Was she well-liked at school?

- Yeah, she was loved.

- [Detective] You and Kate, you were close?

- [Jess] Yeah.

She was my best friend.

- [Detective] So you would've talked quite a lot?

- [Jess] All the time.

- What about?

- Work.

The kids.

- Charlotte?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I was there through all of that.

Her cerebral palsy diagnosis.

Everything.

- Did Kate talk about her marriage at all?

- Just normal stuff.

You know, like she's messy, Tom's tidy.

That kind of thing.

- But nothing big?

- Not really.

- They seemed happy?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

(laughs) I can't lift you!

Come on.

Do you need help?

- No.

- Okay.

- (gasps) I'm sorry.

I'm sorry!

- It's all right, it's okay.

(both laugh) - I love you.

- I love you too.

- No, I mean it.

I mean it.

- Are you gonna be sick?

- Maybe.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah, for sure.

- Okay.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Look.

This is gonna be right here.

- I don't want to feel like this anymore.

- Oh, dear God.

Look at the state of this!

- Piss off!

- See what I have to put up with?

You're all right, sleep it off.

(kisses) Night, night.

(light clicks) (Kate cries) - [Detective] So, on the night of the ceilidh... (child pants) (bird calls) (child pants) (tense music) (tense music continues) (tense music continues) (tense music continues) (bird squawks) (tense music continues) (tense music continues) (tense music continues) - Here you go.

- Thanks.

Look, here's one.

- Oh my gosh.

Is that her?

- We were off our faces all the time.

Couple of pills, couple of pints.

(laughs) You could do a night out with a tenner.

- Yeah.

That was Kate.

- What did she say when she talked about me?

- That you were best mates.

You shared a flat, right?

- Mm.

That was the last time I saw her.

We fell out.

- Oh, I didn't know that.

- Yeah.

- About what?

- Erm.

- Sorry, no.

It's none of my business.

- Er, no, no.

It's fine.

Er... I'd split up with my boyfriend.

First boyfriend.

He was an arsehole, but I was heartbroken.

Kate was out one night.

Tom was there and, er... - How are you?

- I'll be fine.

- I know, but how are you?

- Said I was better than my ex.

I was gorgeous.

Like he knew everything I needed to hear.

- It's an entirely one-sided process.

All Steve's gotta do is wank into a cup.

Biggest problem he's got is aiming straight.

For you, it's all drugs and scans and- - Yeah, it messes with you.

- Of course it does.

- I look back and it's so obvious.

I should've seen through it.

- Talk to Steve.

- How?

- Exactly like this.

Just exactly like we're doing now.

Tell him what you're feeling.

Tell him what you want.

- He just... He didn't like us being friends.

(solemn music) (solemn music continues) I keep thinking, if I hadn't let him get in my head, if I'd been a better friend... (Jess sighs) Easy to look back now, I suppose.

- Yeah.

(no audio) - Sandra tell you about Luke?

- [Jess] Yeah.

- He's a personal trainer, apparently.

'Course he is.

Wanker.

Does she even think about the boys?

Even once?

Does she not think they've been through a lot recently?

- I had sex with Tom.

I was drunk.

And it was just once.

(Steve sighs) - When?

- After the first IVF.

I was angry.

- You were angry?

- Not angry.

- With who?

- No, I didn't mean that.

- No, that's what you said.

- Sad.

I meant sad.

- I was sad.

- I know.

- I was sad, too.

- I know, I'm sorry.

But everyone is saying this is Kate.

And I know her.

She wouldn't do this.

And I... It was, it was controlling.

The sex, it was controlling.

I feel like he manipulated me.

And I don't know, I... I haven't told the police but I think I should, shouldn't I?

'Cause it might be relevant, mightn't it?

And... Steve, you have to tell me what to do.

- We think he did it.

We think Tom killed them.

So... (plate clatters) (door slams) (Jess sighs) (solemn music) (solemn music continues) (singer vocalizes) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (door clicks) (Steve sighs) - Did you drive?

(sheets rustle) (sheets continue rustling) (solemn music) (birds chirp) Now, remember I told you this might sting a little bit, Lew, okay?

You're so brave.

Just a little.

It's only gonna sting a little.

Just a little bit.

Okay.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Look, done.

Done, done, done, done, done.

Good boy, you're so brave!

Now we're just gonna put the jungle plaster on.

That wasn't so bad, was it?

So brave.

Ready?

(phone rings) Okay.

Okay, right.

Ready, steady, go.

You were so brave, you were so brave!

Right, go get cereal.

Go.

Go find your brother.

Tell him he can get some for you, okay?

(water splashes) (water continues splashing) - Did you wait till the embryos went in before you told me?

- Steve.

- "We had sex on or about the 15th of September, 2018.

There was a domineering element to the sex, which unnerved me.

He pushed my face against the door.

There was never any discussion about it afterwards, and it never happened again.

I didn't discuss it with my partner or anyone else, although, from some things she said, I felt that Kate may have known."

Are you happy with that?

- Yeah.

- If you'd just have a quick scan through and sign it for me.

- [Jess] Sure.

- We'll have to let Steve know.

- I've already told him, so... - Rough day, eh?

(upbeat music) (singer vocalizes) - What I done now?

- I found your bike.

Out near the Kendricks' house.

- Didn't find my Nikes, did you?

- Any idea how it got there?

- Knows!

- Were you having a party?

- 80 quid, those Nikes cost.

- All your little pals on the nox, were they?

What night was that?

- No comment.

- Look, this isn't an interview.

You don't have to say no comment.

(tense music) Here.

Was it the night of the fire?

Did you see something?

(door thumps) (phone rings) - [Kate] I don't want to feel like this anymore!

(Kate cries) (solemn music) - Hello, Jess.

- Hi.

- [Carol] Hello, love, it's Carol.

Sorry to be a pest.

Tom's been struggling to get hold of you.

Are you still okay to collect him from Callum and Ruth's?

Let me know.

Bye.

(car rumbles) (car continues rumbling) - Are you warm enough?

- I'm fine.

(car rumbles) - Have you told the police about what happened with us that time?

- Why would I tell them that?

- Don't you think it might matter?

- Have you told them?

- No.

(water drips) (no audio) (no audio) - Do you want the electric blanket on?

- [Tom] Don't fuss, Mum.

(no audio) (no audio) - Carol.

- Oh, so... I knew a bit of what Kate went through, you know, with Charlotte.

Baby blues and... It was different back then, though.

No one really talked about it.

- Well, we don't know that's what it's about.

Not for sure, do we?

- I don't know what to say to him.

- [Dylan] Can I smoke?

- Er, not in here.

Sorry, Dylan.

Do you mind if we call you Dylan?

- It's my name, so... - We'd like to record this, if it's all right with you?

- Whatever.

(book thumps) (water splashes) - [Detective] How far away were you?

- Eight meters, maybe.

- And it was dark.

- Yeah, but there was light from our fire, so... (solemn music) - It's, er, it's hot.

- Thanks.

- Which one of the girls was it?

Did you see?

- Emily.

- You're absolutely sure about that?

- My little cousin's in her class at school.

- She must've said something at the end, Tom.

- She was running.

She fell, and he caught up with her.

- What do you want, Jess?

(tense music) - [Steve] Who did?

- Her dad.

(tense music) (phone rings) - Hi.

- [Steve] It's him.

We have a witness.

Jess?

- Yeah.

- Where are you?

- I'm, er... I'm in the car.

I'll call you back.

- You off?

- Just need to pick the boys up.

- She loved you so much, you know that?

She wasn't in her right mind, at the end.

That's all I can think.

She wouldn't have done this to us if she was in her right mind.

- Yeah.

(ominous music) (ominous music continues) (ominous music continues) - Love to the boys!

(ominous music continues) (ominous music continues) (lighter clicks) (ominous music continues) (siren wails) (ominous music) (Emily grunts) - Mummy, no!

No.

(siren wails) (solemn music) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (solemn music continues) (no audio)