(murmuring, chuckling) We were playing a game of Murder in the Dark.

Oh, my God!

♪ ♪ (sighing): Oh, good, you're here.

There was somebody by the library.

You trying to throw me under the bus to shift the blame?

I have a theory.

There are scratches on the floorboards.

♪ ♪ BECKS: We're not alone.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (thunder claps) (whimpers) (click) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (gasps) Stay back!

I'm telling you!

We're with the police!

You shouldn't be in here.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Hello, mate.

Hello, ma'am.

Come on, Luna.

Good girl, good girl.

Could you hold her for me?

(sighs) Come on, Judith.

She's not picking up.

Don't worry.

Listen, um, is it strange that we're both here, you know, at the, at the same time?

Brendan, we're in the middle of a murder investigation.

Yeah, I know, but it's just that cops talk.

What?

Oh, word travels fast, I see.

SUZIE: Something like that.

(chuckles) (murmurs) Oh.

Um... No.

Sorry.

Could I...?

(police radios running) JASON: Hello, hello, hello-- who's this, then?

BECKS (in distance): Don't come any closer!

You both look amazing!

HECTOR: Dear God, don't!

Yes, yes, thank you, Jason.

Has Alice gone to get Jessica?

JUDITH: The others are downstairs.

They know we're here!

Believe me, they know we're up here.

BECKS: Did you kill him?

Did you kill Freddie?

HECTOR: What?

No, of course I didn't.

I didn't kill anyone.

This is my house!

I'm Hector Bly.

You've been spying on us.

Not on you, on the house.

On my belongings.

Look, I'm not going to hurt you.

Let's put this down, shall we?

I haven't hurt anyone.

JUDITH: Sit down.

Even if you're telling the truth, this is all still highly illegal.

Of course it's not illegal.

TANIKA: She's absolutely right-- it's against the law to record guests in a privately rented accommodation.

Mr.

Bly, meet D.I.

Malik.

(grumbling) Tanika, our ghost has been found.

HECTOR (sighs): Look, this camera's on Ulrich, the bear.

This, on the armor, the French cabinet was a wedding present, and that painting's an original.

I was led to believe you were somewhere in the Highlands, sipping whiskey.

It was a little white lie.

I was going to speak to you later, obviously.

I can't believe you've been sat up here the whole time, watching us.

(sighs) A few months ago, some drunken louts smashed my medal cabinet.

I thought, "I'm not having it."

It's all perfectly aboveboard.

Mr.

Bly, you're aware there's a murder investigation going on inside your house that you're now a viable suspect for?

I didn't even know the chap!

Look, if I was going to murder a guest, which I wouldn't, I've had a lot worse groups than this one, believe you me!

We're going to need the files from last night.

Please download them.

(grunts) But I'll still need you to come to the station, answer some questions.

ALICE: This way, please.

HECTOR: I must say, this is a complete affront.

(sighs) And I shall be sending you a bill for that attic door you both busted.

Trust you lot to be so heavy-handed.

If the door hadn't mysteriously locked itself, Mr.

Bly, we wouldn't have had to break it.

(scoffs) Why would you rent your house out if you don't want guests?

This place has been in my family for 300 years.

You think I want to be the one who has to sell it?

This should have all the footage from yesterday, until a few minutes ago.

Thank you.

Uh, Hector.

Uh, a quick question for you.

Oh, questions, questions.

Have you, by any chance, seen a copy of this book in the last day?

Never seen that book before in my life.

Thank you.

How long will this take?

You want me to sit in the back, like a criminal?

Well, it would be a bit cozy if you joined us up the front, wouldn't it?

(chuckles) Mind your head.

(clears throat) (Hector coughs) It could be worse.

I don't know why they have to do this.

(car doors close) It's always such a performance.

(engine starts) A complete waste of taxpayers' money.

Absolute... (engine revving) ♪ ♪ I've already told DC Hackett, my lawyer won't be able to get here until the morning.

TANIKA: We're more than happy to wait.

JESSICA: Right, well, I'll see you then.

SUZIE: Oh, come on, Jess.

(sighs) Can I call you Jess?

No.

Right.

Um, well, I was just going to say that, you know, it could get messy, mixing personal with professional.

Especially since you were having an affair with the victim.

How on earth do you jump to that conclusion?

TANIKA: You requested a receipt for a hotel room booked under Freddie's name on the night of the reunion-- and you told us that you didn't see him that evening.

I wasn't having an affair with Freddie.

JUDITH: So, how do you explain the receipt?

It's complicated.

I'm not denying I asked for it, but... SUZIE Oh!

(chuckles) It's awkward, idn't it?

I mean, sometimes people do stuff.

They don't want to be seen by anyone or caught.

And that's it, idn't it?

You might not have been having an affair with Freddie, but you knew that he was having an affair.

JUDITH: And why would you ask for the receipt, unless it was useful to you for another reason?

(sighs) Things have been rough at work.

There was a partner position opening up.

It's competitive, so I had to bring something big to the table.

What does that have to do with Freddie?

His wife's company developed a hybrid solar generator system.

Say what now?

It's amazing for the environment, and it would have brought in a ton of money.

I saw him with that woman at the hotel, by accident, and it was like it just fell into my lap.

I'm hardly proud.

Of blackmailing your friend?

I'm assuming that's what you did.

JESSICA: After a little push, Freddie agreed to help.

But the contracts weren't signed yet.

I mean, why would I do him any harm before the deal was done?

You stalled us by a day.

You're not students anymore.

I need you all to grow up and start cooperating.

(staircase creaks) That means you, as well!

(sighs) JESSICA: Look, there is something else you should know.

The woman, the one Freddie was having an affair with, her name's Sasha Hill.

JUDITH: Hill, as in... Ryan's ex-wife.

Good Lord.

And that's all I know.

Promise.

♪ ♪ Hm.

(Suzie sighs) A moment, Judith?

How can I help?

Don't think it went unnoticed that you and Becks found that room together.

Solid teamwork, that.

When Becks specifically wasn't supposed to be investigating.

It was entirely my fault, I assure you.

I coerced her.

Becks has already been seen to withhold information.

If the CPS heard about her involvement, it could jeopardize a conviction down the line and mean no more investigating for you.

At all, ever.

I know you don't want that.

It would never come to that.

I promise.

But it so easily could, if you carry on as you have been.

You have to take this seriously.

I will.

We will.

BRENDAN: Guv.

I've managed to track down Sasha Hill.

She's in Singapore for work, been there the last week.

Right, well, let's see what Ryan has to say.

(scoffs) Yeah.

I think we'll take this one.

Oh.

Please, you go ahead.

That told us, didn't it?

Us?

I wasn't even involved.

Oh, I'm guilty by association now?

Where's your van?

And why is Luna here?

Ta.

You will not believe who I bumped into at speed dating.

♪ ♪ Have you got news?

We actually have more questions.

Did Freddie ever talk to you about his marriage?

About him and Marie?

Not really, why?

Did he seem happy?

Yeah.

(chuckling): I mean, he wouldn't shut up about the new job.

But he talked about Marie.

Their daughter, Ellie, too.

(breathes deeply) They were taking her to Disneyland in the summer.

Sorry, it's all just a bit... I can't get my head around it.

Why are you asking about Marie?

BRENDAN: Well, new evidence suggests that Freddie was having an affair in the months before his death.

Did you know anything about that?

What?

No!

I thought Freddie was happy.

He adored Marie-- are you sure?

Ryan, the woman he was having an affair with was Sasha Hill.

Sasha?

And Freddie?

Your friend was having an affair with your ex-wife, and you knew nothing about it?

Do I look like I knew?

Oh, you think I knew-- and what?

Killed him for it?

Sasha and I married at 23, but we were divorced by 27.

I haven't even spoken to her in about a decade.

(sighs) It all got a bit messy when she came for a piece of my foundation.

We heard you and Freddie were rivals.

Well, yeah.

We competed over everything at uni.

Including girlfriends.

I guess.

(laughs) But that was all a very long time ago.

And you don't think Freddie was trying to provoke a reaction?

I think you know enough about Freddie by now to know that if he wanted a reaction, he'd have been pretty vocal about him and Sasha.

Tell me I'm wrong.

♪ ♪ I believe him-- I don't think he knew about the affair.

Mm, I'm inclined to agree.

Every lead, it's all a bloody dead end with this lot.

All this lying and cheating.

It's exhausting.

TANIKA: Let's hope Hector Bly's camera footage sheds some light.

Mm.

♪ ♪ (birds chirping) I can't believe it.

I knew I heard footsteps upstairs, but the idea that he was there the whole time's... (footsteps approaching) There are some croissants here, if you want one.

Okay.

Jess, we should talk.

Una wasn't trying to throw you under the bus.

Plus, I'm the one who passed that information on.

I'm going, this afternoon.

I know it'll make me look guilty, but I already do.

Thanks to you both.

RYAN: Pot, kettle, black.

I was telling the truth.

Everyone seems really keen on that.

I'm not upset you told the police.

Someone murdered Freddie.

Of course, you should tell the police.

But you didn't tell me!

Freddie and Sasha-- how could you keep that quiet?

Well, I didn't think you cared.

It's the principle.

Do you know how stupid I feel?

Knowing that you and Freddie have this little secret behind my back?

I'd say we're all feeling a little betrayed here.

Get in line-- your ego's the least of our worries.

UNA: Can we just talk this out?

How did you skate under the police radar?

What, one quick chat and they're not interested in you?

JESSICA: And eavesdropping on conversations that don't concern you.

You seem really interested in what's happening to us.

It's not Una's fault.

JESSICA: Oh, don't defend her.

I know you were listening, too.

You're not as perfect as you think you are.

I don't think I'm perfect.

JESSICA: I'm done.

I'm going.

♪ ♪ (sighs) I'm going to call home.

♪ ♪ TANIKA: And this is all of it?

Every frame.

And we think we can pinpoint the moment of Freddie's death.

(mouse clicking) Look, here.

Una is in the frame at 21:21 and 34 seconds.

(key taps, computer chirps) That's where she hears Freddie shout.

It also means Una's alibi checks out, so that's a good start.

Well, this is even better.

There's a camera in the entrance hall, pointing at the bear.

(mouse clicks) Becks passes it seconds before the shout, and immediately afterwards, her and Jessica enter frame and head towards the stairs.

(key taps, computer chirps) BRENDAN: So, that leaves Ryan and Oskar-- anything?

Look at this camera.

(mouse clicking) Wait for it.

(key taps, computer chirps) TANIKA: 21:21 and 34 seconds.

So, Oskar.

You might stop enjoying this so much now.

(mouse clicking) (key taps, computer chirps) JASON: 21:21 and 34.

TANIKA: Well, that's all of them.

ALICE: Yep.

Yep, they were all on camera at the time of death, or immediately afterwards.

What about Hector Bly?

Well, there's a camera blind spot around his secret room, but we did a sweep of his computer to check his alibi, and he was playing internet chess at the time.

Yeah, it's called Blitz Chess.

It's super-fast.

Every move is recorded on the server.

He didn't have time to leave his desk during the match.

That's impossible.

So, if it wasn't any of our houseguests, and it wasn't Hector Bly, then who killed Freddie?

♪ ♪ I don't understand.

We've already been over this.

You know where we were and what happened.

OSKAR: And you said we're on camera, so it can't be one of us.

TANIKA: Our problem lies in the fact that two of you saw another person outside the library.

JESSICA: But if the evidence suggests there wasn't, then surely that's the most likely option.

It was dark-- I don't think they know what they saw.

We didn't just imagine someone.

OSKAR: He's right.

There was definitely someone there.

But I don't get it.

You find a secret room, with someone hiding back there, watching us, and you're questioning us?

Surely he was outside the library.

Mr.

Bly has an alibi covering that period of time.

So do we!

Oh, she speaks!

Just because I'm not getting angry doesn't mean I don't want to get out of here as much as you do.

JESSICA: No, you're loving the gossip too much!

RYAN: You're not being helpful.

BRENDAN: Oi!

Enough!

TANIKA: In case you've forgotten, you're all part of a murder investigation.

We are trying to get to the truth.

OSKAR: We've told you everything we know.

There's even camera footage proving that none of us killed Freddie.

How long do we have to wait?

I just want to go home.

I'm already packed.

TANIKA: We're trying to get to the bottom of this as quickly as we possibly can, and for that to happen, we really need you to stay here.

We've given you time.

You were due to check out in two hours anyway.

Stay until then and then leave as planned.

Whatever you need.

I can do two hours.

Okay.

Fine.

(house door opens) UNA: Who's that?

TANIKA: This is Hector Bly.

You've got a nerve coming back here.

This is my house-- where else would I go?

Don't mind me!

(doorbell rings) Oh, come in, it's open.

Oh!

Mrs.

Potts, I've got my quote.

I thought I'd hand-deliver it.

A little example of the personal service you can expect.

How polite.

Oh, now, that's impressive.

Yeah, I've always been good at word searches, me.

But those cryptic crosswords, clues and that, never made any sense.

Oh, it's just a matter of practice.

And patience.

Oh.

Some of it's as simple as words with multiple meanings.

For example, you might write "shark."

Now, you could mean the titular star of the film "Jaws" or you could mean someone who purposefully exploits and swindles people.

Oh, I've not seen the film.

Then there are hidden words.

Well, how do you hide words?

Well, you hide smaller words in larger words or phrases.

♪ ♪ You know, thank you so much for your quote, but I'm afraid I have to go.

(stammering) If I could just have a minute, we could just... No, no, there's somewhere I need to be really quite urgently.

If you could just... What, again?

You've been extremely helpful, but I'm afraid I won't require your services.

Sure, yeah, but... But I will leave you an excellent review.

Yeah... (scoffs) Right, yeah, sure-- I mean, what's the problem?

TANIKA: We aren't going to be able to stall them any longer, and we don't have the evidence to detain them.

Once they scatter back across the country, it's going to make everything harder.

I'm not convinced about Jessica.

Just because she wasn't having an affair with Freddie doesn't mean she didn't kill him.

And I'm still aware that Una lied and has been keeping a very low profile.

Ryan has a viable motive and Oskar threatened the victim.

Keep looking into them.

I need you to double-check everything we've got so far, and any time someone from that house appears on one of Hector's cameras, I want it logged.

As far as I'm concerned, any of them could still be responsible.

We're missing something.

(knock at door) Can we talk?

If you're going to ask me to stay longer, I won't.

I've already said way too much without a lawyer.

I just wanted to check in about what you said about the partnership-- the deal.

I'm sorry, I was eavesdropping.

I had no idea things were so bad.

You said work was good.

It's not easy to just announce something like that.

Freddie had a new job, Ryan's buzzing about his book, you're solving murders.

I couldn't be the only one saying, "Things are a bit awful, actually."

I'm sorry.

I haven't been as good at keeping in touch as I should.

I'm not always the easiest to keep in touch with.

Look, I tried to convince myself I was justified because Freddie was having an affair, but it never felt right.

(sighs) How good are your friends?

Do you really think they can get to the bottom of this?

They always get to the truth.

What's going on?

We need to find Hector as soon as possible.

I think I know what happened to the books.

He did not seem interested in answering any more questions.

Plus, he's a proper weirdo.

I don't think I fancy having a chat with him.

What about our woman on the inside?

After what Tanika said?

It'll barely count as helping us!

We just need to give Becks a nudge in the right direction.

♪ ♪ (whispers): Becks!

(softly): Becks!

(whispers): She's got to be here somewhere.

Kitchen?

♪ ♪ (sighs) (door opens) (whispering): Let's try upstairs.

Yeah.

Oh!

BECKS: What are you doing?

JUDITH: Looking for you, quietly.

You're going to get me in trouble with Tanika.

Again!

♪ ♪ What's going on?

We need to ask Hector a question, and we thought it might be best coming from you.

He was hardly my biggest fan.

But you're so good with people.

Even Mrs.

Eddingham's obsessed with you!

You're so personable and lovely.

Yeah, exactly!

But he's... (groans) Becks, if you help us with this, we'll tell you all about Suzie's date with Brendan.

(aloud): Suzie's what?

With who?

Come on.

Walk this way.

(ducks quacking) Keep off the grass!

Didn't you even read the house rules?

Oh, sorry!

Sorry.

You're here to accuse me of murder again?

No, it's just, you have a really beautiful home.

Hm.

I didn't have a chance to say before.

(exhales) Anything else?

I had a small question.

Yep?

Your beautiful library.

I was walking around there earlier, and thought, "You know what I fancy?

Reading something a bit gothic."

I don't suppose you have a copy of "Dracula," do you?

You think my house is like Dracula's castle?

Not at all.

I just love that story, and thought I'd pass the time.

Better than burying my head in my phone.

People are too reliant on technology these days.

I don't trust it.

It's in the library, far left shelf, high up.

There's an entire gothic section.

Thank you!

The grass!

Oh!

(gasps) Keep off the grass!

Suzie, so, you just talked about the case?

No sparks?

There wasn't time for anything else.

You know, you really sold this as a more exciting story.

Well, it got you to talk to Hector, didn't it?

And that got us here.

Oh!

Wait, wait, wait.

Here we go-- nah, hang on.

♪ ♪ "Dracula"?

How is that possible?

Did he have two copies?

JUDITH: Not exactly.

Freddie needed a book that was bigger than Ryan's and a title he could easily remember.

For a man who did his PhD in gothic literature, "Dracula" would have been an obvious choice.

He ripped out the pages and used it to hide Ryan's book.

So, why would he do that?

Because I think this book is important, and he needed to keep it safe.

Another nice message from Ryan, exactly like the others.

There's got to be something.

Wait, wait, there's something tucked inside.

What is it?

It says "York University."

It's the front cover of a dissertation.

Oh, this is the essay that got Oskar thrown out of uni.

So, why would Freddie have this?

Well, he was working back at York.

Maybe he found it.

Or he went looking for it.

JUDITH: And brought it with him to taunt Oskar.

Nasty thing to do!

But shoving this in Oskar's face... (exhales) That could have pushed him over the edge.

We need to go and talk to him.

♪ ♪ We found Freddie's copy of Ryan's book.

Oh, that's... good.

This was inside.

JUDITH: It'd been hidden quite strategically.

What are you insinuating?

Freddie brought it back to taunt you about your failure.

That's why you killed him, isn't it?

What are you talking about?

I didn't kill Freddie.

You didn't mind Freddie's outburst about the muddy trousers, but having him mock you about the worst moment in your life?

Nah.

It was all too much, wasn't it?

You snapped.

You killed him and went to great lengths to hide the evidence.

No, no, that's not what happened.

JUDITH: It doesn't look good, does it?

It's evidence that links you directly to the murder victim, and it gives you a motive.

BECKS: Oskar, please, just tell us the truth.

This is the first time I've seen it, honestly.

Even if Freddie was going to show me, he didn't have a chance before he died.

Why would he bother hiding it if he didn't know you had it?

I'm telling you, I don't know.

I'm not going to get blamed for something I didn't do again.

Not when everyone else is waltzing around, behaving terribly.

Jessica blackmailing Freddie.

Ryan playing the nice guy, pretending he doesn't care that Freddie's sleeping with Sasha.

Those gifts?

He didn't even write the dedication.

I did.

Big shot didn't have time, apparently.

And Una, pestering us all to come here and then throwing around the blame behind everyone's back?

(stammers) I don't even know these people anymore.

JUDITH: What happened to get you expelled from university?

They found evidence of plagiarism in the essay, and matched the signature on this cover sheet to the one on my passport, and in their minds, I was instantly guilty.

Did you fight it?

OSKAR: I tried, but when I went to find the original essay on my laptop, the entire folder was gone.

I don't know if someone deleted it or if it was just a computer error, but... (inhales) There was no trace at all.

No proof it ever existed.

Nothing to fight with.

Well, that's convenient.

I swear I'd never seen the plagiarized version before.

You must believe me, surely.

♪ ♪ I, I don't want this.

We will have to tell the police about this.

(sighs): Yeah.

♪ ♪ It's all happening again, isn't it?

No one believed me then, and now no one will believe I didn't kill Freddie.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ What's up?

Something's not right.

Hm.

I know that look.

It doesn't make sense.

We're assuming Freddie hid a single piece of paper, yes?

Mm-hmm.

So, why did he go to such lengths to hide it?

He could have slipped this bit of paper into any book on that shelf, and it would have taken us days, maybe even weeks, to find it.

But he hid it alongside this book.

Well, go on.

Well, it suggests they're only incriminating if they're together.

A clue hidden within a clue.

Here, hold this open for a moment.

Look at the back.

The handwriting doesn't match.

If what Oskar said was true, then the writing in the book is his, not Ryan's.

So, why doesn't it match the handwriting on the back of the cover sheet?

I think someone forged this cover sheet to make it look like Oskar had written the plagiarized essay.

But who?

What if Freddie did it, Oskar found out, and wanted revenge?

Mm, maybe.

But we need to work out whose handwriting this is.

How are we going to get handwriting samples from a group of people who are already on high alert?

Well, if it's one of our suspects, this could point us towards the killer.

But is it enough to implicate them?

♪ ♪ Travel sweet?

Ooh, cheers.

How can I help, Mrs.

Potts?

Well, I know you're busy logging Hector's footage.

Mm.

But I wondered if you could kindly take me through some of it.

Sure thing, but all our suspects are accounted for.

SUZIE (scoffs): Yeah, except this person.

And if it wasn't Hector, who was it?

JUDITH: Well, that's exactly what we're here to try and work out.

JASON: They were mostly in the kitchen and sitting room.

(candy crunching) (mouse clicking) This is when they leave for lunch.

(key taps, mouse clicks) And then... SUZIE: Stop!

(key taps, computer chirps) Who's that?

It's at 4:17 p.m.

That's before the guests came back for dinner.

(key taps) That's Ryan.

He got back early to do the treasure hunt.

Course he did.

(smacks lips) Mm.

Got excited, thought I'd found something.

(chuckles) Could you take us forward to the moment Freddie died?

(mouse clicking, keys tapping) Here we go.

(key taps) (computer chirping, key tapping) Una.

(mouse clicking) There's Oskar.

And Ryan.

(key taps, computer chirps) I think this might be the quietest you two have ever been.

Sorry, didn't mean to disturb.

What've you got?

No, that's it.

What is?

There's no sound.

SUZIE: Judith?

We need to have clearer conversations when this happens.

Could you play that one more time for me, please?

They're all turning towards the noise.

In their witness statements, they all say they heard the shout.

Now, if the shout came from the library, Oskar would have looked down and left.

But on the footage, he instinctively looks down and right.

Oh, that's very clever.

I think I know who the killer is.

We have to get back to the house.

And I need to make a call.

SUZIE: Well, we'd better get our skates on.

Becks said everyone's getting ready to leave.

My van's round the back, Judith.

(engine starts) (siren blaring) ♪ ♪ (tires screeching) JUDITH: Suzie, are you sure this is the right way?

SUZIE: Trust me, Judith.

♪ ♪ JESSICA: We gave them time.

We can't wait here forever.

We're heading to the same station, so it just makes sense to go, too.

I'm not running.

I don't think that.

(trunk closes) JESSICA: Call me if you need anything.

I, I'll message you.

(car doors close and open) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (car bumps) (grunts) SUZIE: Made it.

♪ ♪ You ain't going nowhere.

OSKAR: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, careful!

JESSICA: Are you crazy?

Are you mad?

We know who murdered Freddie.

The police are on their way.

You need to come back to the house.

If you're still suggesting I'm responsible, I... We're not, don't worry.

Here.

JUDITH: Turn it over.

OSKAR: That's not my writing.

JUDITH: The university may have matched your signature, but no one considered that the most insignificant writing on the document could be the most revealing.

Someone framed you, Oskar.

And we can prove it.

(siren blaring, car approaching) (siren and engine stop) Yeah, I'll have that.

Thanks.

(police radios running) TANIKA: How did you get here this quickly?

Yeah, I know a few shortcuts.

(laughs) You are very lucky that the speed camera on Winter Hill is out of action.

(laughs) Is everyone else still in the house?

JESSICA: Yes.

Let's go, now.

♪ ♪ I guess wait there.

(house door opens) You see, people are surprising.

Freddie was surprising.

All weekend, we've been hearing about Freddie's faults, but you were still friends with him.

You wanted to spend time with him.

We were thinking about what Freddie did wrong that could have provoked his murderer.

What we didn't consider is that Freddie died because he did something right.

TANIKA: Last chance for a confession.

You can't still think that one of us did it?

Come on, not this again.

Judith, who killed Freddie?

Ryan.

Uh, would you like to continue, or shall I?

Are you joking?

Absolutely not.

He's also responsible for Oskar's expulsion from university.

(Ryan scoffs) Are you really suggesting I ruined one friend's life and, and then killed another?

We've been over this.

I didn't know about Freddie and Sasha, and why would I frame Oskar?

Well, let's start there.

I don't think you intended to frame Oskar, not originally.

Becks told us how you struggled at university.

In the foreword to your book, you say yourself, it was the toughest time of your life.

(scoffs) How you were suddenly a little fish in a big pond.

And?

SUZIE: When you got to your dissertation, you panicked, and you plagiarized material to get it finished.

(Ryan scoffs) But when it came to actually handing it in, you knew you wouldn't get away with it, so you put your cover sheet on Oskar's essay, forged another, signed supposedly by Oskar, and put that on the plagiarized essay.

It wasn't about framing Oskar, it was about self-preservation.

You knew you'd have to submit something to finish the course, and you couldn't bear the thought of failing.

Faking the signature of someone you knew so well can't have been hard.

You even deleted the essay from his computer.

Well, you lived together.

You certainly had the access.

Oskar was devastated.

He didn't notice the handwriting on the back of the cover sheet that would have exposed you.

♪ ♪ You hired me.

I worked for you.

All these years, you knew what you did, and you said nothing?

RYAN: I didn't... Oskar, I'm sorry.

But this has nothing to do with Freddie's death.

I didn't kill him!

We're getting to that.

JUDITH: Freddie must've been digging around in all your records, presumably looking for something funny to bring back to the reunion: dirt, gossip.

But what he found was the dissertation in Oskar's records.

SUZIE: He brought it back and confronted you, didn't he?

JUDITH: Did he give you an ultimatum?

We've all heard that you were both rivals.

RYAN: What's up?

We're about to go.

You know the unexpected bonus about my new job?

Access to all the records.

Everyone's grades.

The reports.

The disciplinaries.

There's not a shred of evidence for any of this.

You said that you grew out of the rivalry, and I believe you might have, but I don't think Freddie did.

That's why he was sleeping with your ex-wife.

Freddie discovered something huge.

He wasn't going to stand by with the knowledge that you had cheated, framed Oskar, and lied about it.

And it must have been a nice added bonus that he'd get to destroy his old rival's reputation, while restoring Oskar's.

FREDDIE: That's your handwriting on the back, isn't it?

Yeah, I'd recognize it anywhere.

You swapped Oskar's dissertation for yours.

Looks like you've got an apology to make.

(chuckles) You can't be serious.

You can't prove anything with that.

Oh, I bet I can.

I think Oskar would give it a good shot, too.

That lost him his entire degree.

Do you think he's going to be happy knowing the real reason he ended up as your lackey?

I mean, what were you thinking?

♪ ♪ What are you going to do?

Give you the benefit of the doubt.

And a deadline.

If you don't say something by the time we leave, I will.

Let me show you something.

♪ ♪ I'm on camera at the time of the murder.

We all are!

We went back over that footage a million times, and Judith found something we had all missed.

You told us yourself you had extra access to the house that day.

Your treasure hunt.

On the recordings, you move from room to room, all perfectly innocent.

RYAN: That's right.

JUDITH: You spend just over a minute planting a clue in each room except for here, where you spend nearly six minutes in the camera blind spot, right by Hector's secret door.

Why would you spend so much time in this small space unless you'd found something?

Hector's cameras.

There was a man hiding in there.

(laughing): How did I supposedly find his hideout?

He'd have seen me.

Because he wasn't there the whole time.

I reckon you didn't have much of a plan until then.

And with only six of you in the house, you knew that hurting Freddie would be too risky, because the police would know it was one of you, and you couldn't let the news about the dissertation get out, because that would ruin everything that you'd built up.

Your charitable foundation, your... Well, your reputation as an honorable man.

Knowing about the cameras, it gave you the ingredients for the perfect alibi.

You even planted the idea that there was another person in the house first.

The figure outside the library.

OSKAR: But I saw that person-- there was someone there.

Exactly!

JUDITH: You did see someone.

You saw Ryan and Ryan saw you, and he knew that if he corroborated what you'd seen, then you'd both look innocent.

♪ ♪ A shared witness statement and the suggestion of another person in the house who could have carried out the murder, something that ultimately led us to Hector.

♪ ♪ SUZIE: When you walked into the library and saw Freddie... 13... SUZIE: ...you spotted the knife... ...14, 15... SUZIE: ...you took it... ...16, 17... SUZIE: ...and you killed him.

(knife stabs, Freddie grunts) (gasping) RYAN: Very entertaining, but you're forgetting that I was on camera when everyone heard the shout.

You were.

We'd always assumed that it was Freddie who shouted, but, in reality, it could be any man's voice.

Which explains why Oskar looks the wrong way when he hears the sound on the CCTV.

Because the shout didn't come from the library.

It came from you in the hallway.

Freddie was already dead.

JUDITH: You knew exactly where the camera pointed.

And, with your back to it, you shouted.

(shouts) JUDITH: Then you turned to the supposed source of the noise, knowing everyone else would, too.

TANIKA: It's quite an impressive sleight of hand, but the only thing you didn't find was the dissertation cover.

I'm guessing you searched the house when you set the treasure hunt, but you had no idea Freddie would've hidden it so well.

JUDITH: Freddie knew you'd be after the evidence.

He anticipated that you'd try and steal the dissertation cover back.

That's why he went to such great pains to hide it, paired with a sample of Oskar's real handwriting.

He didn't realize how far you'd go to silence him.

(house door opens) COLIN (in distance): I'm here!

UNA: Who's that?

JUDITH: Perfect timing.

COLIN: Nearly there!

Is that... Colin?

Yes, it is.

(room door opens) I'm sorry I took longer than expected, but I've got it.

It was at the bottom of the ottoman.

I think you're right on time-- thank you.

Becks, do you mind if I borrow this?

No.

Suzie, have you got the dissertation?

"Happy Birthday, Becks.

"Here's to another 20 years "of friendship.

"Love, Ryan."

The handwriting matches.

Conclusive proof.

(exhales) ♪ ♪ (scoffs) ♪ ♪ I didn't want to hurt him.

It all spiraled.

You've got to believe that.

But after everything... I couldn't risk the foundation-- everything I built-- being exposed as a cheat and a liar.

And, what?

All as part of Freddie's ego trip?

If there was any other way... I don't know.

What else could I do?

Think of how many people the foundation helps.

It wasn't about me.

It wasn't.

It was only ever about you.

(gasps) (handcuffs clicking) (police radios running) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Mind your head.

I don't understand why I can't keep hosting.

(car door closes) I can't afford the upkeep-- I'll lose it.

We've been over this, Mr.

Bly-- hidden cameras are illegal.

JUDITH: You might not be able to host anymore, but why don't you open it up?

Let people see it, wander the gardens.

Charge a modest fee for the pleasure.

You could even officially install cameras that way, too.

Well, something to think about, but the public, uh, not sure how I feel about that-- more people.

Well, you're lucky that none of this lot want to press charges.

I still think the courts would side with me.

Uh, Tanika.

Can I ask you a favor?

This case has got me thinking, and it seems I could do with a bit of help.

And I'd much rather ask my friends than a stranger.

Might you and your team be free this evening?

Whatever you need, Judith.

You've certainly helped us enough.

♪ ♪ Come here.

(exhales) I can't... I don't know what to say.

I think it's going to be a while before any of us know what to say.

I know it's not exactly like we're close anymore, but we've been through so much.

I really don't want to lose contact.

Me, neither.

You're always welcome at the vicarage.

Just text me.

I'll take you up on that.

(footsteps approaching) We haven't been the best at keeping in touch, but let's at least make the effort.

(softly): Oh, for goodness sake.

UNA: So, what's next, now that you can properly contest the plagiarism?

I guess I can finally appeal the university.

Mm.

There's a lot of paperwork in my future.

I can sort it.

I know exactly the person you should call.

You'll have your degree within a week and an apology-- make that a public apology.

Just a degree will do for now.

I hate how everything's turned out, but I'm so pleased for you.

I just hope I can salvage the foundation.

With Ryan gone, it's not going to be easy.

With you, it'll be in good hands.

(chuckles) ♪ ♪ JASON: Watch your fingers, mate-- steady.

I thought you said you'd done this before.

BECKS: What?!

You had me on the board!

SUZIE: Yeah-- no.

Well... (sighs) You could have picked a better photo.

Well, I think it's lovely, and it wasn't the same without you.

Oh, here comes the hero of the hour.

Ta-da!

I should have put my cassock on, made my entrance more dramatic.

Oh, I think your timing was dramatic enough for everyone.

I'm just very glad to have been helpful, and very happy to have you home.

TANIKA: I can safely say I didn't enjoy having to keep things so formal on this one.

You did everything you had to do.

I'm just sorry it caused you extra stress.

You're worth the trouble, and... Welcome back.

Yes!

(chuckles) Hey, you.

Oh, look, um, we should talk.

Oh, Brendan, it's too soon.

No.

No... When am I going to meet your folks?

Well, they live on the Isle of Man.

(laughing): No, wait, let me guess.

"It's not you, it's me"?

That's not where I'm going, I... What I'm trying to say is, I'd just appreciate it if you didn't tell... Brendan.

There's no reason to be embarrassed.

You know, putting yourself out there, dating and all that, it's not for the fainthearted, is it?

(both chuckling) I mean, it's a brave thing.

Mm.

But don't worry.

I'm not going to tell anyone from your team.

Thanks.

Mm?

But I'm afraid that ship may have already sailed with those two.

♪ ♪ Course it has.

(sighs) ♪ ♪ Thank you for your help.

I don't think anyone else could've got to the bottom of that mess.

It was all so... Well, you couldn't have known it was him, Becks.

All that time, the shame and guilt festering.

The man who got into that police car isn't the man you went to university with.

Yeah, I know, I just can't believe he kept lying.

Right up until the net fully closed in.

It'll take a bit of time to process.

Of course it will, but we'll be there to help.

In any way we can.

I was always told that time doesn't define friendship, and I think that's particularly relevant to us.

So, if you and Brendan aren't going to be a thing... SUZIE (softly): Stop.

...which I think is a shame, by the way... (Judith chuckles) ...how did the rest of the speed dating go?

SUZIE: Do you really want to know?

JUDITH: Mm-hmm.

You'd better buckle up, ladies.

Because first, there was Greg.

"How do you feel about Christmas jumpers in this weather?"

BECKS: Ooh!

SUZIE: And then he went on and on about Glastonbury.

Didn't stop for breath.

Oh, and then there was Josh.

He's obsessed with avocados.

When you come to me, don't talk about avocados.

(all laughing) ♪ ♪ (click) ♪ ♪ Precision is everything!

ISLA: You're out of control, Ferdy.

(Isla screams) Oh, here they come, the specters at the feast.

We keep our heads down and our mouths shut.

JUDITH: The answer to this puzzle lies somewhere in those woods.

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