
Episode 3
Episode 3 | 44m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Bergerac follows a new lead that brings him into direct conflict with Arthur Wakefield.
With the team building a case against Mia and Tomos, Bergerac goes rogue with a new lead that brings him into direct conflict with the powerful Arthur Wakefield. Bergerac will have to use all of his fabled skills to save a woman in jeopardy, who could hold the key to the whole case. But just as Bergerac seems to be making progress, a dangerous and unholy alliance is formed that could ruin Jim.
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Episode 3
Episode 3 | 44m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
With the team building a case against Mia and Tomos, Bergerac goes rogue with a new lead that brings him into direct conflict with the powerful Arthur Wakefield. Bergerac will have to use all of his fabled skills to save a woman in jeopardy, who could hold the key to the whole case. But just as Bergerac seems to be making progress, a dangerous and unholy alliance is formed that could ruin Jim.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipARTHUR: Jesus, no.
[shouting] She's gone!
Someone's taken Lily!
Cate was killed while attempting to stop an abduction.
Have you shown them the letters?
This has noth-- This has nothing to do with the damn letters.
You think it was one of the staff?
I want them gone.
All of them.
BERGERAC: John Blakely's alibi was logged.
But later, when I was pitching John as a suspect to the team, you didn't mention you'd just filed an alibi for him.
Maybe we could talk about you coming home?
I'd like that, Dad.
We can make her happy.
We love her.
Where I come unstuck is the quarter of a million pounds you tried to extort from the family.
There was no ransom.
BERGERAC: Doesn't make sense.
I don't think they killed Cate.
MARGARET: I've been asked by the Wakefield family to make a statement.
"Words cannot convey the relief we feel having dear Lily back, "and to know that major progress has been made "into the investigation into our beloved Cate's murder.
"As you can imagine, this has been "a very difficult time for the family.
"Firstly, we'd like to thank everyone who has sent "messages of condolence and support.
"We really have been overwhelmed.
"But most importantly, we'd like to thank the police, "and in particular, DCI Bergerac."
There it is.
MARGARET: "It was his tenacity and diligence "that brought Lily home and led to this arrest.
"Nonetheless, we are still grieving, "and so as I'm sure you'll understand, "we would ask for privacy at this time."
- Thank you.
- [reporters clamoring] ANCHOR: Returning to our top story... [tense music] [theme music] PETE: That has to be some kind of record.
I mean, Cate's only been dead, what, 60 hours?
Well, I mean, killing someone and getting away with it, it's almost impossible today.
You know?
CCTV everywhere.
There's mobile phone tracking.
There's unbelievably sophisticated forensics now.
Yeah, but from what you told me, none of those are how you found the murderers.
No, no.
Yeah, it was more, uh... instinctive.
And I think that's why I'm second-guessing it now, because there are holes in the theory.
Wait, do you mean their alibi?
No, there's definitely holes in their alibi.
No, I mean holes in the police's theory about them killing Cate.
I'm confused.
It was your theory.
But now you think that somebody else killed Cate who may or may not have also been attempting to take the baby?
Maybe we shouldn't be discussing the case.
Sometimes when we are discussing the case, we're not discussing the case.
Why did you go back to work?
Because.
I was ready.
[sighs] Because, well, grief was defining me.
Because I was a mess.
Because I needed to prove something to myself.
To Kim.
When did you last have a drink?
About 58 hours ago.
- How's that going?
- How's it going?
It's torture.
You don't look like someone who's being tortured.
Where is Kim in her process of grief, do you think?
- Have you tried talking to her?
- That-- It's pending.
Okay, say they did it, Mia and Tomos.
Walk me through what happens next.
Uh, well, we put together a case and we take it to court.
Well, sorry, the team investigating the murder do.
My job is to find the ransom money and tie up the abduction charge.
Well, that feels less consuming.
So, more time to think.
So, what, you think my doubts aren't actually doubts?
That I'm artificially prolonging the case?
If you have found who did it, then... the end is in sight.
With no support, a conversation about your dead wife pending, and not even three full days into sobriety.
I-- I just want you to think about what that would mean.
[pensive music] So the magistrate has denied bail for Mia and Tomos because they're such obvious flight risks.
Where are we with the timeline?
On the night Cate was killed, Mia says they were at home all evening.
We can trace them through two receipts and CCTV up until 1603, and then we lose them.
So we need to keep looking.
Or we should consider other possibilities.
CROZIER: Nah, we're not there yet.
Here's a question.
They don't have a car.
How did they get to the house the night they took the baby?
- The bus, Mia said.
- Okay, let's pull CCTV from all buses whose routes go towards the Wakefield house an hour before Cate was killed and away an hour after.
Contact the minicab companies.
Circulate Mia and Tomos's picture.
Half a Lager-Top for the first person that puts them at or near the house the night she was killed.
I set you up beautifully there.
- You did?
- Yeah.
I said we should consider other possibilities.
And then I looked at you so you could stand up, rip down Mia and Tomos's photo, and say what you said yesterday.
It would have been brilliant.
Yeah, that was just me thinking out loud.
Oh, no, don't go back on this now.
I didn't sleep a wink last night.
Look, it's them.
Yeah, you know how I know?
Because the alternative is batshit.
Well, you won't want to see this, then.
[intriguing music] One of the letters we intercepted going into the Wakefield's house, sent a day before Cate was killed.
"Allein!
Weh, ganz allein."
It's German.
"Alone, alas, all alone."
It's from an opera, Elektra, by Richard Strauss.
Thank you, Google.
Has Barney seen it?
He said, "Well, families get sent weird shit."
He's right.
Yeah, but they're usually straight up abusive, not cryptic like this.
Uh, just check it against Mia and Tomos's handwriting.
I have to find this ransom money.
Uh, listen, can I just grab a-- a copy of that?
I'm heading over to the Wakefields' to ID Tomos.
May as well, uh, run it past them.
[intense music] ♪♪♪ [breathing heavily] [tense music] Uh... [inhales] It's hard to-- He had a scarf around his mouth, and, um... Which one of these is Tomos?
I can't tell you that.
No.
Of course.
I know that it's one of them, I'm just not sure exactly which.
No worries.
Thank you anyway.
About my money, Inspector.
Mia and Tomos didn't have it with them when I arrested them.
And it wasn't at their property, so we're assuming it's with an accomplice.
Well, whoever made that phone call, um-- I said this, didn't I?
He didn't have an accent, so even with whatever he used to change his voice, - he was English.
- But look, at some point, the money will enter into circulation, and when that happens, it gets flagged in our system and we can move in.
But you haven't actually charged Mia and Tomos - with Cate's murder yet?
- My colleague Barney Crozier is leading the murder investigation.
They're putting a case together.
I expect they'll have some news pretty soon.
Er, just something I wanted to ask you about.
Um... This was sent to you the day before Cate's murder.
"Alone, alas, all alone."
That's a quote, right?
Yeah, it's from Elektra by Strauss.
Any idea why someone would send you a message like this?
- No, none at all.
- BERGERAC: You sure?
You've no idea what it's alluding to?
No, which one would assume is the whole point of a threatening letter.
I didn't say it was threatening.
Thanks for your time.
♪♪♪ CHARLIE: I barely know Arthur Wakefield.
Not my circle at all.
Construction.
Cement.
Dust.
Laborers.
Okay, so who does?
Who can I talk to?
Don't you all go to the same club and light cigars with £50 notes?
- [Charlie scoffs] - You know, dress up a poor person as a fox and chase them through a forest?
Oh, you mean the Jersey Club.
Yes, that's exactly what we do.
Wednesdays, after bingo.
Okay, and Arthur's a member there too, yeah?
Great.
Thank you.
How-- how's Kim?
You can ask her yourself.
She'll be back for lunch later.
I've insisted she has her lunch here now.
Do you know what she usually has?
A sandwich out of a machine.
She told me that.
She said those words.
Well, I need to check this club out.
I need to speak to someone who knows Arthur.
Not looking like that, you aren't.
- I'm wearing a suit.
- [Charlie scoffs] If one can call it that.
What?
- You could go.
- What?
Well, you speak the language, you understand the customs.
Look, I just need some background on Arthur.
Yesterday, I was trying to steal your daughter, now suddenly I'm going undercover?
Besides, I thought you had your killers.
No, there's been a development.
Could have been a development.
But Kim said the plan was for her to spend some nights at home now.
No, that's still the plan.
It's just a question of when.
I'll-- I'll talk to her.
It's fine.
So.
The club.
Quid pro quo.
I sniff out some dirt, help crack the case, burnish your somewhat tarnished reputation, and this afternoon, you and I will be given a private tour of St.
Bernadette's.
No.
We discussed this.
I discussed it.
You had an attack of the vapors.
I'm sure they wouldn't mind.
They love to throw open the doors for old girls.
But, equally... you could press your nose up against the window of the Jersey Club like some Dickensian waif.
♪♪♪ I'm sorry about Cate.
What-- Oh, yes.
Thank you.
JOHN: Bad news.
Whoever did kill her will get away with it.
- Righty-o.
- Don't do that.
Please, please.
Please don't walk away from me.
Just one minute.
I need to talk to you about Bergerac.
[sighs] Thirty seconds.
Okay.
Thank you.
Um... You see, he's not interested in accuracy.
He doesn't want to find who did it.
He just wants to find someone.
He-- he falsified evidence against me.
He ruined my life.
Look, you could-- you could see for yourself.
John Blakely.
Uh, there's a Wikipedia page about me.
They won't let me edit it.
It-- Sorry.
This is coming out wrong.
Um, how about, um, we sit down and I tell you what he did?
Because he-- he's corrupt.
No, please.
He's ruthless.
Please, listen to me.
He will lie to you.
He will lie to you!
[intriguing music] Right.
Keep it nice and informal.
Just a quick catch-up, a bit of gossip.
And then when the moment is right, you lead the talk towards Arthur Wakefield.
There used to be a little terrace there that caught the sun.
It's been absorbed by the car park.
Which would suggest they're increasing their membership.
You're not the only detective in the family, you know.
Why must things change?
♪♪♪ [overlapping chatter] Good lord, it's Charlie Hungerford!
Nigel?
I can barely see you through the haze - of toupee glue and Viagra.
- [chuckling] Well, you'll join us, won't you?
Well, why not?
It must be six o'clock somewhere.
Thank you.
Can't believe it.
You don't look a day over 35.
You really must do something about those cataracts, darling.
We were so sorry to hear about Rachel.
Ah.
We soldier on, don't we?
Your health.
Well, what's the gossip?
♪♪♪ DICKIE: And remember Bobby Guthrie?
[phone buzzing] - Liver transplant.
- Hardly surprising.
He said, "Anything under 12% is breakfast wine."
While I remember, I'd like to pay my condolences to Arthur Wakefield.
Oh, God, yes.
Ghastly business.
Is he in the spa?
I saw his car outside.
Actually, that's mine now.
How on earth did you get him to part with it?
Or is he currently still in the boat?
- [Nigel laughs] - People change.
Mmm.
Or in your case, they don't.
Will you excuse me, boys?
Little girls' room.
♪♪♪ Oh, I see.
Bergerac.
The son-in-law.
- Dear me, Charlie.
- It's Richard Nash, isn't it?
Uh, I'm really sorry about this.
I know it's a little unconventional.
It's really important I speak to someone about Arthur Wakefield.
- Well, I can't help you.
- Wait in the car, James.
- No, I think I should-- - I've got this.
As Kim would say.
Hence the new school.
Forgive the subterfuge, Dickie, but this is important.
What happened to Arthur's daughter-in-law, it's possible he was the target.
I know.
I know.
And in his own home.
But the police don't have a clue.
This isn't their world.
So can you think of anyone who'd want to hurt Arthur?
I'm sure he's put some noses out of joint over the years.
Could any of them be behind this?
Allied Cirocel.
It was an engineering company that Arthur bought back in 2009.
Look it up, but you won't see his name anywhere near it.
Well, what happened?
Was there an issue with the sale?
No, Charlie.
That's all you're getting.
And it wasn't from me.
Understood.
Bless you, Dickie.
[car alarm chirps] Ah, here we are.
Allied Cirocel.
Sold in 2009 to a company called Loctex.
"Researchers at Allied developed "a breakthrough non-lithium battery, the Cirocel battery, "which is now used globally.
"Upwards of ten million sold last year alone."
And they were bought by who?
By Loctex?
What does it say about them?
Nothing.
Nothing, that's all there is.
Uh, go back to the first company, Allied Cirocel.
Who owned them?
Here we are.
Jonathan Robson.
Oh!
He invented this magic battery.
- Mmm.
- But died 2010.
Jumped off the roof of his old office building, leaving a wife, Linda, and a daughter, Ellie, aged ten.
Do me a favor while you've got the phone out.
Look up the plot of Elektra.
I don't need to.
Elektra is a character in Greek mythology, condemned to a life of poverty after her father, King Agamemnon, is murdered, and so wreaks revenge on his killers.
And that is the benefit of a world-class education like St.
Bernadette's.
Great for pub quizzes, then.
[seabirds squawking] - [knocking at door] - BERGERAC: Hey, hey!
Dad!
Great.
I need some money.
[chuckles] No, listen, it's pointless carrying my toothbrush and stuff with me every time I go back home, so why don't I just keep some here?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Um, um, yeah, about that.
You know those, uh, people that we arrested?
- Mm-hmm.
- Um... I don't think they did it.
So, uh-- so the case goes on.
Just means that I won't be at home much.
- Right.
- I'm really sorry.
I-- I know that staying here isn't perfect.
KIM: It's not that, it's just... we were gonna talk, weren't we?
Um, yeah, we will.
- You keep saying that.
- No, I don't keep saying it.
I mean, I've said it once.
It's for you too, Dad.
The conversation.
You need it too.
You got me all worked out, haven't you?
No.
Sorry.
You're right.
[gentle music] Right, in the meantime, let's do lunch.
Tomorrow.
How does that sound?
Yeah, sure.
That'd be nice.
Um, I should probably... Yeah.
No, go for it.
Uh, I-- I'll call you about tomorrow.
Bye, love.
Bye, Dad.
♪♪♪ Oh, God, what is that face?
I hate that face.
On the night of Cate's murder... - Yeah?
- Tomos said he took in a package for a neighbor, so I checked it out, and, um... Yeah, it tallies up with the timecode from the courier.
You are shitting me.
Did he see Mia?
Over Tomos's shoulder, asleep on the sofa.
Well, that's back to a square fucking one.
We're obviously still charging for the abduction.
Oh, whoop-de-do.
That's not even my case.
Speaking of which, where is Golden Balls?
[phone buzzing] Hey.
It wasn't Mia and Tomos.
They've got a solid alibi.
You were right.
But your absence is getting commented on.
Barney wants a team meeting to discuss new leads.
I'll have to raise the letter again.
Uh, give me half an hour on that.
I've got some traction.
Um... Listen, do the Wakefields know about Mia and Tomos yet?
No.
I was gonna head over after the meet with Barney.
Don't tell them just yet.
Arthur's hiding something.
Knowing that Mia and Tomos are in the clear for murder might make him clam up even more.
Arthur's hiding what?
Does the name Ellie Robson mean anything to you?
Or Jonathan Robson.
Ring a distant bell?
No?
What about Allied Cirocel?
It's Jonathan Robson's company.
It was bought by another company called Loctex.
The weird thing is, they didn't exist before or after this transaction.
They appeared out of nowhere, bought Allied Cirocel, and then disappeared.
Like Brigadoon.
Then one of Jonathan Robson's innovations, the Cirocel battery, started to feature in your marketing.
What's that phrase you use?
"Power need not corrupt"?
I bought Loctex.
And with it, the catalog of patents, innovations, plans, back of the beer mat ideas.
Oh, and the, uh-- the debt that came with their purchase of Allied Cirocel.
BERGERAC: The thing is, a couple of years later, Jonathan Robson committed suicide.
Correlation doesn't imply causation, Inspector.
Jonathan Robson was clearly a brilliant man.
He was also a very troubled man.
But his intellectual property was paid for, some might say handsomely.
Though some might not.
Which brings us back to this.
I believe this came from Ellie Robson.
Jonathan Robson's daughter, hence the references to a murdered father and an avenging daughter.
It is a bit oblique, though, isn't it?
Coming out of the blue, I can't imagine it'd make much sense.
It feels to me more like a theme.
So, how many have there been?
Two or three a year for the last five years, that's all.
That's all.
Do you still have them?
No, we do not.
We threw them out.
Ellie Robson is a fantasist.
She's trying to make sense of her father's death.
Now, if I'd thought for one minute that she was involved in Cate's death, I'd have told you.
BERGERAC: It is not up to you to decide what is or what isn't relevant or who is or who isn't a credible suspect.
You have your suspects.
They're literally in bloody custody.
We haven't been able to charge them yet.
And until we do, we have to pursue other leads.
So this is important.
Rightly or wrongly, she believes that you ruined her father, and that is a motive.
What, to kill Cate?
Oh, come on!
To hurt you.
[tense music] - So what are you gonna do?
- What am I gonna do?
She's a suspect.
I have to look into it.
But moving forward, let's just assume everything is relevant.
Clear?
[door slams] Well, you wanted them to know about the letters.
Now they do.
I wanted them to know because if it was Ellie Robson, then you're the target, meaning there's every chance she'll come back to finish the job.
Ellie Robson didn't kill Cate.
We know who killed Cate.
And in the meantime, a question here, a question there, that's all it takes.
And as far as Bergerac is concerned, this isn't even about Cate anymore.
He's never gonna give up.
What is it?
There was a man here earlier.
Yeah, Kara showed me the letter.
I said grieving families get sent weird shit.
And you're right, but it turns out there's this whole other story with this Robson guy whose daughter has been basically harassing Arthur for years.
Where I get confused is, what does this have to do with the ransom money?
No, it doesn't, but I was literally in the room with Arthur, so I just thought I'd check it out.
And all this, you did this just because you were literally in the room with your laptop and your printer?
Well, no, I wanted to give you something tangible.
I didn't want a repeat of what happened with John Blakely.
You know, when I foolishly went after him, not knowing he had an alibi, even though his alibi had actually come through to this team.
Yeah, uh, no, that's... No, uh, good.
Always good to be sure.
I buy this.
I think she could be a real person of interest.
- Great.
- To the murder inquiry, which is why I will go and have a chat with her.
- Give me a minute, I'll come.
- That's all right.
I'll take Kara.
You got ID on the Robson girl?
Oh, look at that.
It's all in here.
This is great stuff.
Thank you, Jim.
Kara!
With me.
[phone buzzing] How did she do that?
[majestic music] [church bell chiming] Thank you so much for being here very nearly the time we agreed.
See?
They're not the Midwich Cuckoos after all.
- Mrs.
Hungerford?
- CHARLIE: Ah!
So lovely to meet you.
Rose Parsons, head of English.
Thank you so much for arranging this at such short notice.
This is my son-in-law, James.
Can I just say how sorry we were to hear about Rachel?
Some of her teachers are still on the faculty here, and I know they all thought the world of her.
So did we.
Now, once I've finished showing you around, I was hoping you might linger a moment.
Someone mentioned that Rachel was in a production the school did of Romeo and Juliet.
That's right.
She played the nurse.
Well, I had a bit of a trawl through the archive, and you'll never guess what I found.
An actual video of the production.
I had a quick look.
She has the audience in fits.
I thought we could watch it, or at least as much as you have time for.
Honestly, she's absolutely glorious.
Oh, goodness.
That sounds... fun.
- What do you think, James?
- Yeah... - Yeah.
- Wonderful.
- Shall we?
- Yes.
I hear Kim is very musical.
Remind me to show you - the new recording studio.
- Actually, sorry, I've, um-- I've left something in the car.
[tense music] You cover the back.
She might be expecting a visit.
Okay.
[doorbell chimes] [knocking] [knocking] - Miss Ellie Robson?
- Yes?
Detective Inspector Barney Crozier.
- Do you mind if I come in?
- Of course.
♪♪♪ [indistinct TV chatter] [grunting] [dramatic music] [panting] Ah, fuck.
- [knob jiggling] - No, no!
Right.
Miss Robson!
[thud] - [car door slams] - [car engine starting] ♪♪♪ Kara!
[distant thumping] - [groans] - Kara!
Kara!
- [distant thumping] - Kara!
Look.
Even I would struggle to see my dead daughter happy and healthy in glorious Technicolor, but we're here for Kim.
And so we go back in there, and we smile, and we gaze in awe at all the world-class facilities, and then we say, "Oh, no, must dash," and we go home and scream into a pillow.
I am doing my best.
I am trying to give Kim stability and solidity.
That's why I'm back at work.
But, just... [inhales shakily] ...sometimes it's just a lot.
Today was fun.
I enjoyed being useful.
I could forget, just for a minute.
So I see the attraction.
But... it's a mirage.
You understand that, don't you?
KARA ON RADIO: DC Molloy to all ranks.
Urgent assistance required.
[suspenseful music] Suspect Ellie Robson, female, 25, made off heading towards the A11.
[siren wailing] She had the home advantage.
Suspect vehicle heading northwest on Vallee de Saint Pierre, taking a left-left into Sandy Brook.
BERGERAC ON RADIO: DCI Bergerac on Rue de Mans.
♪♪♪ Shit, where did she go?
DC Molloy to all ranks.
Suspect's current location unknown.
Please be on lookout for female, 25, in a gray Nissan Micra, 132285.
What direction was she headed when you lost her?
Could she be heading to the Wakefields'?
No, opposite direction.
She could be heading to the port.
She might be trying to get off the island.
I know where she's going.
All units, head to Marshal House on Val Plaisant.
♪♪♪ LOUIS: Just... help me out here.
The detective in charge of investigating your daughter-in-law's murder, you want us to, what, expose him, undermine him?
Right, the murderer is already in custody, so this sudden interest in my business-- Of which, by the way, there is nothing amiss, okay?
Nothing.
It's irrelevant.
It's a fishing expedition.
Yes, but look at the optics, Arthur.
Bergerac is popular.
He's admired.
Whereas him, you know what he did.
Yeah, but what if he didn't?
What if what he said was true, and Bergerac really did try to falsify that evidence?
What if we're talking a whole career of corruption and criminality?
Oh, and there's one other thing to consider.
Remember... I'm on the board of directors of your fucking newspaper.
I think that covers everything.
[exhales] [siren whoops] [tires screeching] ♪♪♪ We're gonna need paramedics and a fire service.
- She's gonna jump.
- Wait, what?
How do you know?
I found her.
[sobbing] [uneasy music] Ellie?
[Ellie sobbing] Ellie.
Ellie?
My name is Jim.
I'm a police officer.
[Ellie sobs, coughs] This is where your dad died.
Isn't it?
I know who he is.
I know what you think.
- Arthur Wakefield-- - I didn't kill Cate.
- Then we don't have a problem.
- I just sent the letters.
Yeah, well, the letters aren't that big a deal.
I wanted to do more.
Well, yeah, I'm sure, but you didn't.
I wanted to set dogs on him.
That would've been too much.
This rage... [laughs] It's all I am, top to bottom.
Everything stopped when my dad died.
I-- I may as well have jumped off with him.
I can't-- [sobs, laughs] Why don't you tell me what happened?
[exhales] Arthur knew about the battery.
He'd seen the plans somehow.
But he paid my dad a pittance.
Do you know how much money Arthur made off Dad's battery?
- How much?
- Ten million.
The-- the shame my dad felt for getting tricked like that.
[laughs] And he watched us struggle.
And it tore him apart.
[sobs] After he-- Uh, my mum tried getting lawyers, but they said Arthur had it all sewn up tight.
[sobs] So, yeah.
Ten years later, I sent him these pathetic little letters.
I know a bit about how you feel.
You lose someone you love, it's a line through your life.
Everything's before or it's after.
They're different worlds.
And I know a bit about the shame that your dad felt too.
In fact, I'd say I'm something of an expert there.
But, look, he wouldn't want this.
Just as I wouldn't want this for my daughter.
The waste of his life.
The waste of yours.
That is when Arthur Wakefield really wins.
Aren't you cold?
[laughing] I'm absolutely freezing.
[hopeful music] ♪♪♪ He is winning, though.
Arthur Wakefield.
Look at him.
Well, let's see what we can do about that.
[Ellie grunts] ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ - She'll be here.
- [Arthur sighs] Julian.
God, I'm so sorry about Cate.
Did you get the flowers we sent?
Uh, no idea, but thank you.
Oh, um, sorry.
This is John, he's, uh... here to help us with, um... Uh, sorry for your loss, Mr.
Wakefield.
Thanks.
And who's this?
[chuckles] That's my daughter, Lily.
Oh, hi, Lily!
You're beautiful.
Yeah, she's a-- she's a monster.
[both chuckling] Actually, Dad, do you mind just taking her for a minute?
- Yeah.
- I'll take her.
No, no, no, please, don't worry.
She might be sick on you.
You wouldn't do that to me, would you, Lily?
- Hmm?
- Well, if you're sure.
Right, good.
Okay.
Here you go.
Here we go, here we go!
Oh, oh!
Oh, oh!
Yes.
Hmm.
Er, s+he's here.
CHLOE: Gentlemen.
I hear you have a story for me.
Time now is 8:19 p.m.
Also present is Miss Robson's solicitor, Mr.
Pat Davis.
Miss Robson, you understand why we're speaking with you?
Because I sent the letters to Arthur Wakefield.
All of them.
So you're admitting to harassment?
No, I'm admitting to sending some letters with opera quotes in them.
Though some early ones had lines from the Discworld novels.
- Okay, let's talk about intent.
- [knock at door] - [door opens] - When you were sent-- For the purposes of the recording, DC Molloy has just entered the room and handed me a file and a mobile phone.
- The intent's irrelevant.
- How can intent be irrelevant?
PAT: Because, correct me if I'm wrong, but having bad thoughts about someone isn't illegal.
- "With intent" quite lit-- - Uh, sorry, Ellie, these photographs were on your phone.
They're of the Wakefield house.
They include images of the exterior, the main entrance, the interior rooms, hand-drawn floor plans of all floors.
Where did you get these, Ellie?
Did you take them?
Where did you get these images, Ellie?
- Did you take-- - Cate sent them to me.
Why would Cate Wakefield send you these?
I met her about seven months ago at a charity event.
I hadn't planned on telling her about my dad, how Arthur defrauded him out of all that money.
It-- it just came out.
She couldn't believe it, and she said she wanted to help me.
- Help you do what?
- If there was any proof that Arthur had committed fraud, she said it would be on his laptop.
She had this plan.
The family were gonna be at some opera thing.
The baby was with the nanny.
There was no CCTV.
So I was supposed to sneak in the house, grab the laptop, and get out.
Were you inclined to make use of the information that she sent you?
I was inclined.
I'd love to be the sort of person that can just do that, but... I'm not.
The time is 8:21 p.m.
Interview suspended.
What is it?
Uh, the photographs Ellie says that Cate sent her, there's no record of them on Cate's phone.
Plus, the number Ellie has saved as Cate Wakefield is not Cate's official number.
So how do we know Cate sent them?
Go back through the exchanges.
The stuff she references, the things about the Wakefields, the house, it's stuff only Cate would know.
Okay, so Cate's got a second phone.
Yeah.
Now, look at this.
The last text that Cate sent to Ellie.
"Well, if you won't expose Arthur, I will."
So the Allied Cirocel stuff, Cate was gonna take it to the press?
Say she was, and say Arthur found out.
What do you think he'd do to stop her?
♪♪♪ [footsteps approaching] ARTHUR: What's happening?
You need to see this.
BERGERAC: Mia and Tomos Alves have been charged with the abduction of Lily Wakefield.
However, evidence has come to light that excludes them from the investigation into the murder of Cate Wakefield.
But we have several other lines of inquiry that we are currently pursuing, and we would like to assure the public, and in particular the Wakefield family, that whoever killed Cate will be brought to justice.
[reporters clamoring] ♪♪♪
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