- [Stella] You snap the band on your wrist, when your thoughts and feelings overwhelm you.

- [Katie] I'm sorry, I want to remember, I really do.

- I know everything.

- What are you talking about?

- Paul confessed Katie.

There's no need to cover for him.

- You need to get your story straight.

According to her, there's been no affair just some kind of sexual assault.

Jesus, Paul, what did you do to her?

- When I Peter, I already had a boyfriend.

My boyfriend was Tom who became my husband - [Stella] And you never told him what happened?

- [Rose] No.

- [Nancy] Who are you?

- Excuse me ma'am, the divers might have found something.

- [Peter] Where's mommy sleeping?

- [Nancy] In there.

- In his own mind, he believes he has the right to decide who lives and who dies.

- Peter?

(suspenseful music) (door opens) - Stella.

(gunshot fires) (tense music) Help me, I don't wanna die.

(Stella grunts) (Stella breathes heavily) (door closes) (Stella breathes heavily) (eerie music) - Stop shaking.

Start again, steady hand.

(ambient music) Is this your phone?

- Yeah.

(ambient music) (water pours) (water splashes) (woman grunts) (ambient music) (car engine starts) (ambient music) (water splashes) - The child locks are on.

- I don't understand what's happening.

What are you doing?

- Just stay still.

(tense music) - Where are you taking me?

Are my babies all right?

- Yes.

- And Tom?

- You mean the drunk sleeping on the sofa?

He's dead to the world.

- Why are you doing this to me?

What is this?

- You went to the police Rose.

- I didn't.

- You sat with a police officer probably for hours and put together that likeness of me.

- This doesn't even look like you.

- You've made my life very difficult.

- You're not him, are you?

- No, I'm not him.

- Well, then you have nothing to fear.

Please take me home, please.

It wasn't me, perhaps it was that other girl the one who survived.

- The caption said it was nine years ago, it was you.

- No, it wasn't me.

The thought that you could be him, that you could be the man, it never crossed my mind.

- Have you forgotten what happened between us?

- No, I haven't forgotten.

But that doesn't mean, you were just trying things.

Doing things, it was just something that happened too much to drink, it was a lifetime ago.

I'm married, I'm a mother now.

Maybe it was some other girl, some other girl that you were seeing.

- [Peter] There was no other girl.

You were the only girl and you've betrayed me.

(tense ambient music) (door opens, closes) (Rose cries) (tense ambient music) (Rose cries) (Rose screams) - No, get off me.

No, no, no.

(Rose cries) - Nancy.

Time for breakfast.

- [Nancy] I'm coming daddy.

- Nancy.

- What are they doing?

- Looking for him stupid.

- What?

- They must think he's around here.

- Oh my God, seriously?

This is the last time I'm sleeping over at yours.

(car door opens, closes) (car engine starts) - Right-handed professional decorating sheers 29 centimeter overall length, 17.5 centimeter cutting blade, just under seven inches.

- How long were they in the water?

- I'm assuming since the night of the 20th.

- We can examine for trace and contact evidence, blood, fingerprints, fibers, but it will be degraded after that amount of time under water.

- They were quite deep in the silt.

Start with the fingerprints and see if anything else can be cleaned.

We need to fast track them.

(tense ambient music) (steel door opens) (car door closes) (tense ambient music) - Where'd you put Rose?

- She's not here yet ma'am.

- I have her mobile number.

You called her place of work?

- Mh.

(steel door closes) (tense ambient music) (car door opens) (phone beeps) - [Voicemail Speaker] You have one new message.

- [Stella] Rose, this is detective superintendent Gibson.

We were due to meet today.

Please ring and let me know when you'll be here.

I do have further questions for you.

It's essential that you come in today.

Please call me.

- Her first appointment at work was at eight this morning.

She didn't turn up, no word from her either.

Several patients have not received their radiology treatments, the department and the hospital have been trying to reach her.

This has never happened before.

No reply from home.

- See if the hospital human resources has a next of kin number for Rose.

When was the last time that you saw her?

- She left in the early hours of the morning.

- [Stella] What time?

- I'm not sure, I was sleeping.

- So how do you know?

- [Tom] She left me a note.

- Do you still have that note?

- Yeah.

- [Stella] Please keep it safe.

- Why, what's this about?

- [Stella] Where are you Tom?

- I'm in the park.

- [Stella] Go home, meet me there, I'm on my way.

(police sirens) (tense music) Are you aware that Rose was due to see me today?

- Yes, I am.

- And do you know why?

- I think so.

- How does she normally get to work?

- She drives.

- And her car is gone?

- Yes.

- Anything strike you as unusual this morning Tom?

- Maybe one thing, I'm sure it's nothing.

- Go on.

- Her bite guard was over there on the side.

- Her?

- Bite guard.

She wears it at night to stop her from grinding her teeth.

Normally when she wakes, she puts it in this wee box at the side of the bed.

And at night she rinses it and puts it back in.

- And this is her handwriting?

- Yes.

- Her normal hand?

- Yes.

Should I be worried?

- Why are you here?

- Just to look after you while your daddy answers some questions.

- Look what I found.

It's sad isn't it?

- It's very sad.

- You weren't aware of her getting out of bed?

- I wasn't in bed with her.

- Where were you?

- I slept on the sofa.

- Why?

- We'd argued.

- What about?

- She told me she was coming in to see you, that she had already spoken to you once before and she told me why.

And what she told me, explained something that is always, that I never understood before.

- What was that?

- A period at university when suddenly she wouldn't talk to me, see me at all for three months.

Then one day, she called, we started seeing each other again, and we got married soon after.

- How did you feel when she told you why she'd withdrawn?

- So upset, angry.

- Violently angry?

- No, no, never.

- Angry enough to make her leave you?

- No, I don't think so.

- [Receptionist] Can I help you?

- I'm Paul Spector.

- Yes, I've been expecting you, take a seat.

(phone rings) This is the case file you need.

(typing on keyboard) - We're going to need a number of recent photographs of Rose.

- There's quite a lot to choose from.

- [Stella] When was that taken?

- [Tom] That was last year.

That was just last week.

(knock on door) - Come in.

- Assistant T Constable Burns is here ma'am.

- Right.

Stay here Tom, I'll be back.

Contact Control by radio, this is Rose Stagg's car.

So I could get the details.

We need to get the family out of there Jim.

Conduct an initial visual search, open all doors, access all rooms, cupboards, voids.

She might still be in there somewhere.

- Stella, you shouldn't be here.

- This isn't a voluntary missing person.

- How do you know?

- It's an abduction.

The house is a crime scene.

- If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers, where's the pack of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

- That's the best so far.

- Did you learn that at school?

- No from Peter Piper.

- Really?

- Mommy's friend.

- Your mommy has a friend called Peter Piper?

- Yes, he was here last night.

- We made a decision to say that the likeness was from nine years ago.

And I think we have led him straight to Rose.

- Oh.

- And I called him Peter too.

- [Jim] Common enough name.

- Why would we be interested in the likeness from nine years ago?

Because of a precursor crime.

Something that happened in the past that seems to presage the current crimes, like a woman being strangled into unconsciousness by her boyfriend.

Maybe he did that with every woman that he met, but what if he only did it once?

How difficult would that be for him to work out?

- Rose never reported it.

The boyfriend was never interviewed, charged.

As far as he knows, it's always remained a private matter.

- Until now.

We have made it public.

We should have aged enhanced the picture and used that instead.

- There's been a development ma'am.

- Get in.

- It's from the daughter, from Nancy.

- Go on.

- It seems there was someone in the house last night, someone who said he was a friend of her mother's.

Nancy watched them going off, crossing the street together.

Someone who said he was called Peter.

(eerie music) - Can I help you?

- I'm here to see a patient, Annie Brawley.

(car door closes) - Why is he here?

- I'm giving the case to Eastwood.

- When did you decide that?

- If the task force investigates this, the media will be all over it.

We don't need that extra pressure.

- I'm sorry, that's ridiculous.

- She's been missing for less than 12 hours.

It's important we appear not to be overreacting.

- Jim.

- You can't see past the killer.

I want all lines of inquiry looked at, marital, extramarital, depression, suicide.

- The child said that there was a stranger in the house last night, a stranger who called himself Peter.

Rose's life is at risk and it's my fault.

- Vasquez will keep you briefed on any developments.

(phone rings) - Gibson.

- [Larkin] Ma'am, it's Larkin.

We've found a receipt for the sheers amongst Annies papers.

I've obtained a Duke of consent.

- I'll meet you at the mortuary.

- I've read the case notes.

And I know the background and in truth.

A female therapist would have been a better option.

But I don't believe one was available.

And honestly, there's no one better qualified than me.

Now, it's possible that your daughter may react unfavorably to my presence, a male of a certain age.

It could trigger an emotional reaction.

So if you would stay close by, at first at least.

(tense music) (knocks on door) (tense ambient music) (door opens) Annie.

- Yes?

- I'm Paul Spector, can I come in?

- Of course.

(door closes) (tense music) I feel so guilty.

- Tell me why.

- There's just guilt, shame.

- What have you got to be ashamed of?

- I subscribed to a website, I created a profile.

- Sort of website.

- An adult website.

I just thinking, what if he saw me on there and what if he chose me because of that site?

- Did you post pictures of yourself?

- A couple.

But nothing very revealing.

- Okay.

- But also... A video.

- What kind of video?

- Suggesting that I might be all for bondage.

Domination, that type of thing.

It also said that I had a high threshold for pain.

I actually said that.

I didn't know.

It was just...

It was just a fantasy, a game.

- There's a world of difference Annie between what consenting adults choose to do in the bedroom and the violent sexual assault that you suffered.

Nothing you did, frankly nothing you could ever do would ever make you responsible for the events of that night.

Just turn to him and him alone.

- When did you last see Rose?

- I bumped into her at the market on Sunday.

We had coffee.

- Is it out of character for her to takeoff?

- You think that's what happened?

She just took off?

- Possible.

- It's also possible that this could all be our fault.

- Why do you say that?

- Doesn't it occur to you that she might have been taken by him?

- Why would he do that?

- I don't know, to silence her.

What if we've exposed her to danger from that man by getting her talk to you about the past?

- Are you keeping a journal?

- It's my diary from before.

The idea is, it's supposed to help me remember more about what happened to me.

- And has it helped?

- I've not read it yet.

- Well, maybe it will help but maybe it won't.

We all know people who live too much in the past.

Too much history, too much remembering can ultimately destroy the present and the future.

- Thanks.

It's been really useful.

- Good.

- It's getting too long, it's annoying me.

- Use that hairpin to put it back.

- This is for something else.

A friend gave it to me.

- A friend?

- Yeah.

- I can arrange for a hairdresser visit if you like.

- Really?

- Of course.

- Well then, yes please.

- I'll see you the day after tomorrow.

(calm ambient music) (door opens, closes) - [Voicemail Speaker] You have one new message.

- [Sally] I'm at the schools gate to pick up Liam and Olivia but Olivia isn't here.

Why is your phone always?

(phone beeps) - Hello?

- Sally, it's me, what's going on?

- [Sally] I'm calling the police.

- Why?

- [Sally] Olivia has been taken.

- What do you mean taken?

- [Sally] Your little tramp of a girlfriend.

- What?

- [Sally] Katie.

She told Ms. Selma that I asked her to pick up Livy, pick up Livy and leave Liam to wait for me.

I'm calling the police.

- Don't do that, I'll deal with it.

- How the hell can you do that?

You're in Scotland.

- Actually, I'm not.

I'm here, I'm in Belfast.

- [Sally] What?

When did that happen?

- Now, today, I'm back.

I've got her number.

- [Sally] I bet you have.

- I'll call her, just wait.

(phone dials) (phone rings) - These are the same size, make and brand as the pair that we pulled from the water.

The direction of force is more or less at a perpendicular angle to the skin.

And here we have abrasions that look like they've been caused by the handle of the weapon.

A kind of hilt mark injury.

- You said that the maximum depth of the wounds was nine inches, but these scissors have blades that are under seven inches.

- Yeah, because of the compression of the body with force, the depth measurement can be greater than the length of the blade.

There's nothing to indicate that these aren't the murder weapon.

(bell chimes) (tense ambient music) (phone rings) - [Sally] Have you found them?

- Not yet.

- [Sally] Paul.

- Wait just a little longer.

I'll call you as soon as I do.

(suspenseful music) - You have a funny name.

- Katrina?

- No, like my name is Spector.

- Banedetto, it's Italian.

- Do you get teased at school?

- A bit.

Is this it?

Is this really your favorite place?

- Yeah.

- Do you remember that necklace you had?

The one with a beetle on it.

- Daddy gave it to me.

- Where did he get it?

- I don't know.

It was a present for trying hard at school.

- Do you still have it?

- I lost it.

- How?

- It disappeared.

- When?

- I don't know.

Daddy.

- Hey, there you are.

- When did you get back?

- Today.

It's getting late, we need to get you home.

Wait for me there.

Say goodbye to Katie.

- Bye, Katie.

(soft instrumental music) (machine whirs) (door opens) - Hello.

(door closes) - Straight upstairs, please.

- I want to be with daddy.

- It's late, upstairs and into your pajamas now.

- I'm hungry.

- Upstairs.

Where were they?

- In the park.

- When did you get back?

- Just this afternoon.

- What is wrong with that girl?

Why does she want to hurt me?

- It's not you she wants to hurt, it's me.

- [Olivia] Daddy, are you coming?

- The things she said to you, they're teenage fantasies.

There was no attack, no near rape or whatever.

- Olivia saw you.

She got out of bed and she saw you.

- What did she see?

- You and Katie on the door.

- That's probably one of her dreams.

- Jesus.

- We're gonna ask her about it together.

Now or in the morning.

Talk to her about it.

- Ask her?

You have no idea, do you?

Ask her.

- Sally.

Anyway, you won't be here in the morning.

I want you gone, not at this house, no.

- And what do I say to Olivia?

- You'll think of something.

(tense music) - Did you have fun with Katie?

- It was okay.

- What did you talk about?

- Skin stuff.

- She likes to ask all the questions, doesn't she?

- A lot.

- What did she ask you?

- About Scotland.

- What else?

- My necklace, the one that got lost.

(tense music) - I have to go darling.

- Why?

- I have things to do.

- When will I see you see again?

(eerie music) (country music) ♪ Cover up your lips that made me mine ♪ ♪ Break every rule for you ♪ And I dance to the blues like a crazy fool ♪ ♪ If you were mine, if you were mine ♪ - Sally.

I don't think I can have this baby.

- What?

- I cannot.

Don't sit down.

- What do you mean can't have the baby?

- What do you think I mean?

- Sally, you can't do that.

- Why not?

- You're a neonatal nurse.

- We're not Catholic.

- My mother was Catholic.

What?

The woman that killed herself, abandoned you.

The police were here earlier.

- What do you mean?

- Knocking on all the doors, talking to all the men in the neighborhood.

- What did you say?

- I told them you were in Scotland.

- Is that all?

- I wanted to tell them that I'd lied for you.

- But you didn't.

- I tried.

I tried really hard in Scotland.

- I know.

- You were cold, distant.

- I was ill, I had food poisoning or something.

- You made no effort Paul.

You held me down on the floor.

If you were mine.

(tense ambient music) - [Announcer] This morning, a spokesperson from the nearby hospital said Mr. Monroe who is in intensive care remains in critical condition.

The hunt for the Belfast strangler, one of his victims was the daughter in law of Morgan Monroe continues.

(indistinct chatter) (door opens, closes) (Katie speaks in foreign language) - Do you read this in Italian or the translation.

Midway upon the journey of our life.

I find myself within a forest, dark for the straightforward pathway had been lost.

- I warned you once before, this is your last warning.

- Why?

What are you gonna do to me?

- Do it, do it.

Do it, kill me.

(Katie grunts) (Katie chokes) (Katie coughs) - You don't think I'm the killer at all or you wouldn't be here.

- You hurt me.

- It's nothing compared to what I'm gonna do to you if you don't stop playing games.

- I'm not playing games.

- Dancing in front of me, writing songs about me.

Stripping on the stairs.

You're playing games, stupid childish games.

- Don't call me a child again.

- You're 15 years old.

- I'm 16 now.

- You're still a child.

- I'm not a child.

- Don't shout.

- You're a liar.

You told me you couldn't trust yourself around me.

You said I was beautiful.

- I was with your head.

(Katie spits) - You pig, I hate you.

- Then stay out of my life.

- I can't, with all that I know about you.

- You know nothing about me.

You're suburban school girl, with a load of sensational fantasies, running around their head.

- I'm much more than that.

- No, you're a little virgin dreaming of her first.

Okay, if that's what you want.

(Katie moans) - What are you doing?

Paul.

(Katie whimpers) (Katie breathes heavily) (ambient music) What are you doing?

- Consider it a test.

- What?

- Your bones aren't tight and your wrists are small.

You should be able to get out easily enough.

While you struggle why don't you ever think about what you want to do next?

As Camus says, life is a sum of all your choices.

Choose your next move carefully, Katie.

(phone rings) - Gibson.

- [Larkin] It's Larkin ma'am.

- Yes.

- We've heard from the recording officer at the labs.

They've managed to lift a partial print from the scissors.

We've run it through the system and found a match.

- Hang on.

(tense ambient music) Go ahead.

- Paul Spector.

- How are you spelling that surname?

- S P E C T O R. - Spector.

(tense ambient music) Call Spector.

Apparently we talked to him in connection with the Sarah K murder.

- Yeah.

Identified himself in the CCTV footage in the Botanic gardens, came in voluntarily.

- I want every detail on that interview, was it taped?

- Yes ma'am.

- Find the audio tapes.

I want to hear them.

(tense music) - [Interviewer] Where were you last night Mr. Spector?

- [Peter] Last night, why?

What happened last night?

- [Interviewer] Just answer the question.

- [Peter] My wife was working at the neonatal unit.

- [Interviewer] And you?

- [Peter] I was with the children.

- [Interviewer] All evening and all that?

- [Peter] Fed them, bathed them, put them to bed.

- I know this face, I've seen him here.

I was waiting for the case.

We were going to a press conference and he was walking down the corridor on his own.

Straight towards me.

How can that be?

(eerie music) (car boot closes) (eerie music) Spector was asked to account for his whereabouts on the nights of the attacks took place, but not on any other night.

To see whether his recall was as good.

- He came in voluntarily.

Why would he do that if he's the killer?

- For the thrill.

To parade himself under our noses, to make us look stupid, to demonstrate a superiority and utter contempt for us.

Do I have to go on?

Did you interview his wife?

Did you check those alibis face-to-face?

- No, ma'am, on the phone.

He seemed like a good guy, bright, likable, helpful.

He let us take his prints, his DNA.

He didn't seem like he had anything to hide.

A married man, a father of two, a bereavement counselor.

- Jesus, Glenn, what have I been saying about such individuals since day one?

They frequently appear to be charming, intelligent, charismatic.

The key word is appear.

They have to be probed, wrong-footed, challenged.

And why has nobody followed up with the list of children's homes that he gave?

- I need a word.

In private.

(tense music) (door opens, closes) (tense music) (car engine starts) (tense music) - As SIO, you have to sign off every action, you know that.

Now, if you weren't happy, you should've raised another action to have further inquiries made.

Call morning prayers for 7:00 AM.

I will need to brief the chief at nine.

- Ma'am, excuse me.

There's been a call on her old private number.

It rang twice then rang off.

The call was made from Rose Staggs mobile phone.

(rock music) - Well?

- He was amazing.

- Tell me everything.

(rock music) (phone rings) - It's Rose Staggs number ma'am.

(phone rings) - Gibson.

- [Peter] Stella.

- Yes.

- [Peter] Hi, nice to hear your voice again.

- Is that you Peter?

- Yes.

- [Stella] Why are you calling me?

- Because I'm looking up at the sky.

Stella, shining star.

It's a beautiful night, made me think of you.

- [Stella] What have you done with Rose?

- Who?

- Rose Stagg, Rose McGill.

You must want me to know that you have her or why would you be using her phone?

You wrote that you feel protective towards children.

Rose has two.

A boy of 15 months and a girl of six.

Her daughter particularly is missing her.

What are you going to do?

- Stella, I don't know what's gonna happen to me, to you, to anyone else in this world.

All I know is, no one can hide with death.

- Peter.

Peter.

(tense ambient music) (car door opens, closes) (woman mumbles and sobs) (ambient music)