Season 8 | Episode 1: One for Sorrow

ANNOUNCER: This is Masterpiece Mystery!

This could be just the beginning.

It could be an execution.

ANNOUNCER: "Inspector Lewis" is back.

She was poisoned.

WOMAN: He was always there, just watching her.

(sirens blaring) Put it down.

(explosion) LEWIS: This is what I want to do until the day they carry me out of here.

But you made the decision to retire.

ANNOUNCER: "Inspector Lewis," the final season, beginning tonight on Masterpiece Mystery!

(thunder) (whimpers) (click) No howling horns or screeching brakes, no violent explosions or even gunshots.

Murder is quieter in Oxford.

But a pragmatic, down-to-earth cop named Robbie Lewis and his colleague, the erudite James Hathaway, have made a unique team for almost a decade.

It's hard to imagine they won't be walking around Oxford solving murders anymore.

But tonight, they return to that beautiful city of brains and bloodshed for the final season of "Inspector Lewis."

♪ ♪ That's disgusting!

The police are on their way.

(retching) (sirens blaring) The Victorians, as we know, were obsessed with death.

And this obsession shaped their attitude to nature.

By preserving nature through the art of taxidermy, they were able to create the illusion of immortality to convince themselves they could ward off change.

Are you all right there, Philip?

This damn thing, it's always sticking.

Your room is down here, isn't it?

Shall we have a look?

I'll do you a deal.

You get dressed and I'll make you a cuppa, hmm?

(door closes) But what really captured the Victorian imagination was the grotesque.

The malformed being.

The freak of nature.

Scientists were fascinated by Teratology-- literally "the study of monsters."

Every culture has its monsters.

Its freaks.

Its deviations from the norm.

Perhaps we need them.

Because without these deviations, how would we define ourselves?

(water drips echoing) Did you make a wish?

I did.

It involved gin and a slice of lemon.

But instead... Maddox says it was a bunch of archaeology students found this?

Weighted down and wrapped in these bags.

Not quite the Viking remains they were looking for.

How recent is it?

I'm not sure yet, but I think we can assume it's all from the same body.

Adult male.

Any idea how he died?

We've got a depressed skull fracture with no callus formation and several broken bones.

A beating, then?

Well, not necessarily.

The injuries could've been inflicted post-mortem when they threw the body down the well, in which case you're looking for anything that leaves no skeletal evidence.

And you've really no idea how long he's been down the well?

Robbie, I got here 20 minutes before you did.

I'm a pathologist, not a clairvoyant.

Sir?

I've spoken to the council.

The recycling sacks were issued in May 2012, which means if the body was wrapped in them, it's been here three years max.

There you go.

Always said pathology was overrated.

Shall I give DI Hathaway a call?

Nah, let him have his week off.

He'll be doing... whatever it is James does.

Raving it up in Magaluf, I imagine.

♪ ♪ Sorry I took so long.

I got some of these enlarged.

Oh, that's very nice of you!

I'm Philip, by the way.

Philip Hathaway.

It's me, Dad.

James.

Oh, yes, of course it is!

Oh, dear me.

Well, I hope your mother's seen that hair.

She hates it short.

Mom died 12 years ago, Dad.

I want him out!

Get him out of here!

WOMAN: Philip?

Are you okay?

MAN: Can I have your attention, please, ladies and gentlemen?

Thank you.

My name is Sean Wilkinson, and it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the artist.

Now, let me just say I am extremely excited to be working with such an original talent.

Talika Desai.

(applause) Thanks, everyone.

Well, this is the main piece.

(applause) It's taxidermy meets video art, and it's called "One for Sorrow."

Hope you like it.

Curtains, please!

(explosion) (dramatic music) WOMAN: Ollie.

Selfie time!

Smile.

Let's have a look.

Oh, my God.

Tal!

This is Ollie.

He studies law at Hamilton College.

Ollie, my sister.

It's good to meet you.

You know Sean?

Mmm.

This is all, um... interesting.

You know, different.

Oh!

Give us your autograph now you're famous!

You know this is lame, right?

It's for my vlog.

You are not putting this online.

I'm going to have to go soon, Dad.

But Nell is coming tomorrow, so you won't be, you know... '98?

No, no, not '98.

April 2000.

34 pounds, that salmon!

Do you remember?

Yes, I do.

LEWIS: I thought you had the whole week off?

No, just a few days.

We need to widen the appeal for information.

Focus on groups who might use the area.

Cyclists, students, joggers, that sort of thing.

Shall I get uniform to follow up that thing at The Ark, then?

No, you'd better do it.

The owner won't let uniform through the door.

Is that the taxidermy place again?

Fourth complaint this year.

CS Moody wants it followed up today.

How is our new leader?

I've been summoned to meet him at 10:00.

Yeah, he's all right.

Seems like a decent enough bloke.

I hear Innocent's leaving do was eventful.

MADDOX: I can still see her doing ABBA karaoke.

LEWIS: I can still hear her.

Suffolk Constabulary won't know what's hit it.

From my predecessor.

I'd take it as a vote of confidence.

You're the only one she trusts to keep it alive.

She was obviously trying to tell me something, sir.

Don't bother with the "sir" thing.

It's Joe.

Look, I realize you're busy.

This is just to let you know that you're free to run investigations your way.

I remember what it's like, people breathing down your neck.

You were with the Met, were you, Joe?

South London.

It was pretty full on.

Although Oxford has its own challenges, obviously.

Obviously.

I wanted to ask you.

This guy they've dragged back from retirement-- Robert Lewis.

What do you make of him?

Oh, the loggerhead turtle.

Now an endangered species, but this one, as you can see, was preserved in the 1930s and is therefore a legally tradable item of vintage taxidermy.

Okay, well, it's just the workshop and then we're done.

Well, that won't be necessary.

It's been converted to a private residence now, and my assistant lives there.

I'll just pop my head in.

No, I'm sorry, it's too much!

You come in here without a warrant... (door opens) Oh, Sean, thank goodness.

Everything all right?

She's a police officer.

Well, nobody's perfect.

Sean Wilkinson.

I manage the place.

Has my uncle been able to help?

She's demanding access to the flat.

Spot checks again!

Oh, fair enough.

But I knocked earlier.

She's asleep.

I'm not surprised, the amount she was putting away last night.

But Sean, I... SEAN: Talika?

Sorry about this.

We need in, babe.

Oh, my God.

Talika?

She's cold.

I'm going to have to ask you to stand back.

Talika?

MADDOX: Talika Desai, 23.

Heroin overdose.

Hobson thinks she's been dead for 12 hours.

Give or take.

Oh, hello.

You're back early.

Pining for Robbie?

Always.

What do we have?

No obvious signs of trauma.

We've got old injection scars on her arms, but they're very faint.

She'd been clean for a while.

23 years old.

I know.

She was still clutching the needle.

HATHAWAY: All the old scars are on her right arm, and this new one's on her left.

HOBSON: Yes, I was coming to that.

HATHAWAY: What's this?

This is ink, is it?

So it's a writing smudge.

If she's left-handed, why didn't she use her dominant arm?

You're saying this could be staged?

Someone could have forced the drugs into her?

Well, we can't rule it out, can we?

The owner really didn't want to let me in.

And he's done time, hasn't he?

Years ago, for faking import licenses.

Not quite the same.

MAN: She's been in recovery now for 18 months.

I just don't understand it.

You were her employers, is that right?

Well, I'd like to think we were more than that.

We were... well, maybe not "friends" precisely, but on friendly terms.

She worked here.

I was her agent.

Her agent?

Yeah, for her art stuff.

She was my first client.

Only client.

Yeah, so far.

Jasper taught her a bit of taxidermy, and she put her own spin on it.

That's one of hers behind you.

Is there a big market for this sort of thing?

You'd be surprised.

Three grand, I sold the last one for.

Gastropub in Brighton.

Can either of you think of anyone who might want to harm Talika?

JASPER: No.

Why are you asking that?

You think this wasn't an accident?

(unsteady breathing) SEAN: Can we do this outside?

So how long had you known her?

Since last summer.

We were advertising for an assistant, but the applicants weren't exactly... She was the only one without a pierced septum.

Did you see her leave the party?

I wasn't there.

I gave a lecture in college, and then I went straight home.

Well, we're going to need a list of everyone who was there: boyfriends, friends... No, there was no boyfriend.

She had a sister, younger sister, in the same college.

Talika was a student here?

Yes, she'd started a Ph.D. in something.

Experimental psychology at St. Boltoph's, but um... No, she dropped out.

Sir, CS Moody wants a word.

I'll call him in five minutes.

No, he's not on the phone.

He's here.

No sign of forced entry.

If there was an attacker, they probably used the emergency exit.

Straight into the alley, no CCTV.

Maddox said you needed to talk about something, sir.

Just checking in.

The inventory on this one's going to be interesting.

I usually prefer a pizza myself.

Well, if there is nothing pressing, we really need to talk to the victim's sister, sir.

No, of course.

You carry on.

Are you liaising with the drug squad?

I will be, thank you, yeah.

I've got a mate there.

I'll put a call in for you.

Oh, and um... Make sure you check her finances too.

Okay.

He's aware that we've done this before, isn't he?

LEWIS: He's been on the job three days.

He'll settle in.

Everyone's going to say it was my fault.

I was supposed to be keeping an eye on her.

When did she first start using?

After she graduated.

She had this Ph.D. lined up and it all got too much.

In what way?

She was one of those kids they put in the newspaper on A-Level results day, you know?

Then she comes top in psychology, like out of the whole of Oxford, and her tutor fast-tracks her onto a Ph.D.

I thought she was so perfect.

Who was her tutor?

Vivienne Tedman.

Will I have to see her?

Not if you don't want to.

We already have a formal identification.

Who from?

Some of her colleagues were with the police when she was found.

That guy Jasper?

He was there.

Why?

He was always there.

Just watching her like...

I don't know, just watching.

Are you saying Mr. Hammond had an interest in Talika?

He was leaving her half the shop in his will, so... yeah.

(phone ringing) Excuse me.

Thanks, Sahira.

We'll be in touch.

Stupid girl.

Stupid, stupid girl!

Sorry, it's just... the waste!

Her sister said she qualified top of her year.

She was extraordinary.

I know she had this art thing, whatever it was, but Talika was a psychologist, a true scientist.

There you are!

Everything okay?

This is D.I.

Hathaway.

Ah.

Talika Desai's been found dead.

God.

What, drugs?

Did you teach her as well?

No, I don't work here.

How do you know her, then?

I don't really.

It's just Vivienne said that she'd been having some difficulties.

Sorry, I'm Ian Tedman.

I'm Vivienne's husband.

Ian runs a homeless charity.

They work with drug counselors, so I thought he might be able to help with Talika.

What charity is that?

It's the homeless shelter on Duke Street.

You know, with the mobile library van.

Should I go on my own?

It's just we did say to the care home we're no later than 5:00.

Celebrating 25 years of marriage by having my mother-in-law to stay.

Well done.

She's really not that bad.

She's even better when she's a three-hour drive away.

Thank you.

What's this?

Forensics found this emerald under Talika's body.

It matches exactly this necklace that she's seen wearing in the photos from last night.

But it wasn't on her body and SOCO couldn't find it, so somebody's taken it.

Yeah, but this isn't about a stolen necklace, is it?

Who knows?

But we need another chat with that Sean Wilkinson.

Have a look at this.

SAHIRA: Excuse me!

Sahira's an internet blogger.

She uploaded this video from the party last night.

SAHIRA: Yes, down it!

Come on!

No, I've had loads already.

What is the matter with you?

Why do this now?

SAHIRA: Down it, down it!

Sean conveniently forgot to tell us that he'd had an argument with Talika.

Who is the boy?

MADDOX: Sahira says that it's Professor Tedman's son, Oliver.

First date.

She says that she was too busy operating the camera, she didn't notice the argument, but I mean, he obviously clocks it, doesn't he?

Yeah, we should prioritize speaking to Oliver.

It'd be good to hear what he heard before we talk to Sean.

And Hobson's got the toxicology report.

We can have a whole ten minutes if we get there before 3:00.

Ten minutes more than we deserve, I'm sure.

Oh, sir?

Um, Hathaway.

This woman Nell called.

She says, can you stop screening her calls, and can you get back to her about the fishing rods?

Yeah.

Didn't know you were into fishing.

I'm not.

She died sometime between 10:00 p.m. and midnight.

Her blood alcohol was through the roof, but cause of death, as suspected, was a massive dose of heroin.

Forcibly administered.

LEWIS: Forcibly?

Are you sure?

See how the bruising's small with clear edges?

That tells us it was inflicted shortly before death.

What, so someone held her down?

Was she taking drugs in the run-up to this?

The lab tested her hair.

All they found over the past 18 months were traces of arsenic.

LEWIS: Arsenic?

Not enough to kill her.

Apparently, it's been seen before with taxidermists.

They used to use arsenic soap as a preservative till the '70s, so if you're repairing old pieces, you can end up ingesting it.

That's another reason I'm not coming tonight.

Health and safety.

What's this?

Well, I feel in the interest of thorough police work that we should go and visit her exhibition, but Robert isn't keen.

LEWIS: Yeah, one of us needs to go through Sahira's videos online.

I would be interested to see how much her things are making.

You know, that thing when an artist dies?

Sometimes their work doubles in price.

I wonder what Sean stands to make as her agent.

Is this the exhibition at Easom Hall?

(phone ringing) Mmm.

Oh, I'll go with you.

(phone ringing) I'm going to take that as a yes.

Do you want to talk about your skeleton down the well?

Do we have any usable DNA?

Not yet, but we do have this.

Whoever he is, he had an operation on his femur quite a few years before he died.

That hardly narrows it down.

No, but this does.

The company that manufactured those pins sold them in a handful of countries in Eastern Europe, so I'd put my money on him being from Poland or Estonia.

LEWIS: You're good.

You're very good.

Nell?

No, it was Maddox.

Jasper Hammond didn't go straight home last night.

He lied to us.

And lastly, I got this super-cute top.

My sister got it in black.

I said I didn't want to be in it!

Oh, go on!

Just show us what it looks like on.

SAHIRA: See?

Beautiful!

Hmm?

(car door closes) Mr. Hammond?

(growling) (barking) Gentlemen.

I'm always amazed how these finishing touches bring life back-- the essence of the creature.

We need to speak to you again about the murder of Talika Desai.

Definitely murder now, is it?

You were seen peering through the window at her exhibition.

I see.

You told us you went straight home after your lecture.

But CCTV shows your car parked outside the zoology department all night.

I thought I would be welcome at the exhibition.

But Talika turned me away.

I went to the Admiral, where I had too much to drink.

The barman deemed it necessary to call me a minicab.

Why did Talika turn you away?

Well, she was entering the art world.

Ethical sourcing was important for her brand, and, um... Well, given my history, you know...

Your imprisonment for importing endangered species.

Something I'm deeply ashamed of.

It cost me my professorship and my reputation.

Now it's just the odd pity lecture when my colleagues deign to throw me a bone.

Can you expand on the exact nature of your relationship with Talika, please?

The nature of our relationship?

I was her employer, her landlord.

Friend, would you say?

I said we were on friendly terms.

You were leaving half your business to her in your will.

That's a bit more than friendly.

Who told you that?

My nephew was still getting half, and with Talika's help, he might've held onto it.

Does he know about this?

No, but it was for his benefit.

Sean lost a fortune in property a few years ago.

He needed someone sensible to balance him out.

A recovering heroin addict who you'd known for a year?

It was a business decision.

Hello?

Hi.

Hi-- D.S.

Maddox.

Is Oliver Tedman one of your student volunteers?

Oh, yeah, um...

He's outside somewhere.

Ollie?

He won't be a minute.

Books for the homeless?

That's a good idea.

Yeah, it helps us make contact with people.

The city's full of libraries, but homeless people can't always join them.

You all right?

The police want to speak to you.

Oh, is this, um... Is this about Sahira's sister?

Yeah, she told me what happened.

Yeah, I believe you witnessed an argument between Talika and this man.

Sean Wilkinson.

Do you know what they said?

No, not really.

I mean, they were pretty drunk.

What time did you leave the party?

Just before 9:00.

Yeah, I wasn't feeling very well, so I went home.

Hamilton College?

No, no, to my parents.

I'm sorry I can't be more help.

Okay.

Right, see you later, Bryony.

How did you get those cuts on your face?

I was rugby training this morning.

Yeah, a scrum collapsed.

Do you often go training after you've felt unwell?

Well, I felt better.

I've got a tutorial at 4:00.

Is it okay if I run?

Yeah, sure.

(dramatic music plays in video) Interesting.

Just not sure it's right for my living room.

Well, they seem to like it.

Aren't they sweet, falling in love over the dead things?

Anyway, I wouldn't bring Nell here.

Beg your pardon?

Robbie tells me a young lady called Nell has been enticing you with fishing rods.

Nell is my sister.

And the fishing rods were my father's.

Oh.

You had us all excited there for a minute.

Were your father's?

Oh, God, I'm sorry, James, I had no idea.

No, it's not that.

He's, um...

He's in a home.

He's got dementia.

Well, that's tough.

Nell says it's for the best.

But you don't think so?

I used to give him all my favorite books when I'd finished with them.

I never thought he'd read them.

But then when we were packing up his house, I found them.

And he had.

He'd read them and underlined little bits.

WOMAN: Your turn next.

Who's this girl Sahira?

He's too young for anything serious.

You two weren't much older when...

He's too young!

I'm sorry.

It's just... That family.

It's not appropriate.

So, any progress with identifying the bones in the well?

Well, her DNA's going to be a while, but I've got a different idea.

You know to use the private provider now, not the FSS?

Thank you, I was aware of that.

(whistles) Help yourselves!

And Talika Desai?

Drug squad any help?

No, not even on their radar.

No drug debt, no history of dealing.

But you know, I'm not even sure that this is about drugs.

There's this missing necklace... We can't rule out the drug connection, Robert.

No, but a jeweler that Maddox has spoken to says this necklace could cost 30 grand, so Talika didn't buy it.

Her sister thought it was costume jewelry because it's not a family heirloom... Forensics?

HATHAWAY: We've taken DNA from three people so far: the victim's sister Sahira, her agent Sean Wilkinson, and her employer Jasper Hammond.

Well, Jasper has to be top of that list, surely?

Well, he's a bit strange, but if we arrested every oddball in Oxford, there'd be a teaching crisis.

And his new alibi does stand up.

The taxi firm say that they dropped him home.

Well, the fact he went home doesn't mean he stayed home.

All we know for sure is the murderer was aware of her history with drugs.

That doesn't narrow it down, I'm afraid.

Thanks to her sister, Talika's problem with heroin is all over the internet.

Sahira's most watched video is this one, where she talks about Talika almost overdosing.

Some of the comments down below are just vile.

What are you thinking?

Troll?

90% of the abuse comes from maybe half a dozen of them.

Especially this one, calling themselves "Oscar Wilde."

Seriously nasty stuff, directed at both sisters.

One of you two needs to speak to Sahira, find out if this abuse ever crosses over into real life.

That was to be my next move.

I'm beginning to see your point.

MADDOX: Sorry I'm late.

I went to go and see Oliver Tedman's rugby coach.

Ollie was hurt in the scrum, but the coach isn't sure if he arrived with the cuts.

Deliberately getting hurt-- good way to cover up defense wounds.

No, apparently he's always getting himself hurt.

They actually call him "Stitches."

Yeah, but it's not a motive, is it?

Do you mind talking to Sahira?

We've got an appointment with Sean Wilkinson.

Yeah, no problem.

Oh, Lizzie, do you have a copy of Sahira's witness statement?

Oh, it's on Hathaway's desk.

Where are you even getting this from?

If my uncle had changed his will, he would have told me.

You must have argued with Talika about something.

Oh, no, it wasn't an argument.

She was drunk, I persuaded her to go home.

Can you take us through what you were doing between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and midnight?

I was at the party till 1:00 a.m., when the porters shut us down.

Ask any of the 30-odd guests.

Now, I'm sorry, I did say I'd get this to London by 11:00, so if that's everything?

Yeah, we wouldn't want to keep you.

Great.

Actually, you make a start on your own.

See you down there.

MADDOX: I can talk to the guests, but it won't tell us much.

It's like a wedding, isn't it?

Not an experience I'm familiar with, I'm afraid.

Well, when you're hosting lots of people, people assume that when you're not talking to them, you must be mingling with somebody else.

Her flat's so close, he'd have only needed ten minutes.

Me and Tony managed to sneak off for half... Sir?

The bank got back to us.

Talika was receiving money every month, a lot of money every month, from her old tutor's husband.

Ian Tedman.

27 payments over the last three years, all for 500 pounds, all from Ian Tedman.

Right.

Then in March, the payments stopped.

Talika requested that the bank block any future ones.

What do you think that is?

An affair?

Could be.

Are you all right?

Is there a problem with my work?

No, of course not.

But you knew about this?

Moody wanted to eliminate your position.

I wrote that in your defense.

I don't need you to fight my corner, James.

If my face doesn't fit... No, I simply wrote the truth.

This department needs you.

And your face has never fitted.

It's part of your charm.

Well, if Moody does fire me, you'll have to be the one to tell him about our skeleton in the well.

The right femur contained four pins which are only manufactured by one company.

This company only supplies three hospitals: one in Poland, two in Estonia.

About 1,000 people have had surgery using the pins, but only 32 of them have needed four.

Now, of those 32, only one man's x-ray matched our femur.

Indrek Kalda.

Originally from Estonia, but on our system as using Class A drugs and sleeping rough in Oxford.

He did six months for possession in 2007.

Nice work.

That's what I'm paid for.

(making clicking noises) Sean?

What's wrong?

You know exactly what's wrong!

BRYONY: Yes, Indrek.

He used to be one of our regulars.

He slept here on and off for a couple of years.

Last time would've been summer 2012, I think.

I can check the records for you.

Do you want to sit down, sweetheart?

Were there ever any problems involving him?

Uh, nothing specific.

He had his issues with drugs, but...

He made these shelves, actually.

Is he in trouble?

I'm afraid I'm investigating Indrek's murder.

He's dead?

(sobs) Sorry.

I didn't even know him that well, it's just...

There but for the grace of God.

I was homeless myself for three months.

This place helped me.

Well, you're obviously doing a great job.

I might have some time on my hands soon.

I'd only met her once.

I sat next to her at a college fundraiser.

Then a few months later, we bumped into each other at a bar and it went from there.

I'm not proud of it.

What was the arrangement, exactly?

Well, it wasn't an arrangement.

It was, Ian.

It was what they call a "Sugar Daddy" arrangement.

(sighs) He told me all about it a few months ago when he came to his senses.

Or rather, when she did.

She got bored.

But 25 years of marriage is a lot to throw away.

We're making a fresh start, aren't we?

Hence the anniversary party.

Did you give Talika any jewelry?

No, just the money, why?

Where were you between 10:00 p.m. and midnight on Tuesday?

We were here.

Our son came round about 10:00, and he wasn't feeling very well, was he?

So all three of us were in bed by 11:00.

We'd appreciate it if this relationship didn't get back to Ollie.

It would devastate him.

He's involved with Talika's sister, is that correct?

That won't come to anything.

But all the more reason not to broadcast this.

We don't make those sort of promises, I'm afraid.

LEWIS: Why do these trolls write this stuff about you and Talika?

Some of these are disgusting.

All the big vloggers get it.

It shows people are watching.

And whoever wrote this comment, this Oscar Wilde, have they ever tried to contact you in the real world?

No, it's all online.

There's something else I need to ask you.

Did your sister ever mention a relationship with an older man?

No.

She never mentioned Ian Tedman, her tutor's husband?

Ollie's Dad?

Are you serious?

♪ ♪ "And, for all this, nature is never spent.

"There lives the dearest freshness deep down things.

"And though the last lights off the black West went, "oh, morning, at the brown brink eastwards...

...springs."

♪ ♪ (music playing on computer) Look at this one.

I mean, what's the point?

Performance art not your thing, then?

I don't think it's anyone's thing, is it?

There's hours of this stuff at Talika's flat.

Don't feel you have to stay.

I don't mind.

Tell you what, why don't I get us a couple more coffees?

(sighs) For God's sake.

(door opens) Well, this one's a bit dark.

What's it meant to be?

Hold up.

That's him.

That's Indrek Kalda.

Our body in the well.

What is this?

I don't know, but it's not art.

(groans) I think we've just watched Indrek Kalda's murder.

(grunting) (phone ringing) Hello?

Hello?

(dial tone) Come on, we'll get you cleaned up.

Hey, Dad!

Hello, sweetheart.

Oh...

I won't be a sec.

I'm just going to fix myself up.

At least he remembered me.

Did he have a better night?

I woke up at 3:00.

He was sobbing.

This isn't my fault.

I didn't say it was.

You're not the one who was round there every day.

You're not the one he was calling in the middle of the night.

I'm not far away.

You should've asked for my help.

You knew he was ill, James.

But it's easier to pretend nothing's wrong, isn't it?

Leave it to me to pick up the pieces yet again.

I finished it this morning.

I hope you like it.

Here.

Thanks.

It's beautiful!

It's lovely.

It's perfect, Bryony.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Good.

(phone ringing) Hello?

Hello?

(dial tone) (grunting) (barking) My God.

I've seen some of this footage before.

She used it in her exhibition, just a few seconds of it.

Talika knew who killed Indrek.

Maybe it was Talika?

No, it could be a woman behind that mask.

But why then put it on display?

MOODY: You need to find out where that room is.

The obvious link is drugs.

She was an ex-junkie, and you say he spent six months in Mountford for possession?

It could be an execution.

Talika was an addict, not a drug pusher.

I want you to focus on Indrek.

Speak to people in the building trade, Eastern European community, homeless people.

Okay.

We should talk to Ian Tedman.

Talika might've mentioned something during their affair.

Hold on.

Is there any update on the missing necklace?

Or this "Oscar Wilde" person trolling Sahira?

Dead ends on both so far.

HATHAWAY: We should focus on the connection between Talika and Indrek, surely?

Keep an open mind.

Find that room.

Sir?

I keep saying, it's "Joe."

I'd like a word.

One week in and I'm swamped.

Superintendent Innocent asked me to come back because she valued my experience, but if you have a problem with my work... Not at all.

Anywhere.

You helped us through a difficult patch.

But you made the decision to retire.

And I need to make sure there are opportunities for officers coming through.

Younger officers?

Well, I didn't say that.

Look, there is nothing to worry about.

No decisions have been made yet.

I'm just looking at the team as a whole.

VOICEMAIL: You have four new messages.

SAHIRA: Ollie, this is pathetic!

At least call me back so I can talk to you.

I need... (Ollie stops message) How's your dad?

Going back up there at lunchtime.

It's good that you're spending time with him, though, eh?

Yeah.

Although he forgets I've been to see him most of the time.

He still enjoys your visits, though?

He seems to.

Well, that's all that matters.

Life's just a series of moments.

That's all there is.

Tell Moody I charge extra for that level of philosophical insight.

MADDOX: This was the summer of 2012?

MAN: Yeah, yeah.

We did a few days laboring near Cowley.

And did he talk much about himself?

Not to me.

But there were a couple of other Estonian guys on the job.

He seemed to know them.

Great, okay.

I'm going to need you to write down the details of the company that you were working for.

There you go.

Uh...

It's easier if I tell you and you write it down.

Yeah?

At the time you were having your relationship with Talika, we believe she may also have known this man: Indrek Kalda.

Yeah.

He came to our shelter, I think, but I didn't know his name was Indrek.

And Talika never mentioned him?

Not that I remember.

Did she ever volunteer at your charity?

No.

Thank you.

We did have a lot of students, but not Talika.

JOAN: Ian?

They need you to sign for these chairs.

Sorry, do you mind if I...?

Go ahead.

Indrek used to help out with odd jobs at the homeless shelter.

You'd think that would make him more memorable.

God's sake.

What?

Jasper Hammond.

This simply isn't necessary, Sean.

It's just a bunch of ill-disciplined children.

And it was children making the phone calls, was it?

He found this last night.

SAHIRA (from video): I think I know what happened to my sister.

His name's Jasper Hammond.

And he's not just weird.

He's, like, creepy weird.

I think he found out that she was seeing someone else, and he flipped.

I mean, he's got a criminal record.

There were rapists in Mountford, murderers.

I just forged a few import licenses!

Obviously, we'll ensure that's taken down.

You served your sentence in Mountford?

From the second of March to the first of September 2007.

184 days.

Did you cross paths, by any chance, with an Estonian man called Indrek Kalda?

No.

You were inmates at the same time.

It's a big place.

Oh, excuse me.

Good morning, Mr. Magpie!

I'm not usually superstitious, but given the circumstances... LEWIS: Does it strike you as unusual that Jasper was looking at Sahira's videos?

James?

Do you mind talking to Sahira yourself?

Not at all.

You go and have lunch with your dad.

No, it's not that.

I just want to check something.

So your followers, or whatever you call them, are destroying private property?

They're subscribers.

And they're just trying to show their support.

You made a public accusation.

I don't think you understand how serious this is.

I'll take the video down.

Well, his name's out there now, isn't it?

You don't have the facts!

Well, that's because you won't tell me anything!

Like, why are you even asking me about this Indrek guy?

I can't get into details.

Well, she never mentioned him.

But she never mentioned Ian Tedman either.

I told her everything.

I thought she trusted me.

Look, I know I said that I didn't want to see her, but can I change my mind?

Sahira?

Please tell him that I'm sorry.

I've been held up at work and I won't be able to make it.

No, no, no.

I understand that, but it's unavoidable.

Thank you.

Morning.

Why would you write such vicious stuff about yourself?

To keep people interested.

To drive traffic to the site.

I don't know!

But people started leaving comments, saying nice things, defending me.

But the comments you wrote about Talika...

They were just little digs to make it more convincing.

People talk about Talika enough already.

What do you mean?

Everything she did was exceptional.

I mean, even her drug addiction turned her into this amazing artist.

You're jealous?

I just wanted people talking about me for once.

(explosion on film) (dramatic music) ♪ ♪ It's all here.

Her entire exhibition is about Indrek's murder.

LEWIS: "One for sorrow, two for joy.

"Three for a girl, four for a boy.

"Five for silver, six for gold.

Seven for a secret never to be told."

I haven't heard that since I was a little kid.

Look at Indrek's shirt.

He is the secret never to be told.

Well, that's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?

Well, and she's used it here.

And there's this piece called "Ding Dong Bell."

"Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well."

Talika knew where Indrek's body was.

Moody's right, you know.

We need to find that room.

Lizzie.

Don't worry, there's nothing wrong.

I like to support my sergeants on the ground, and if they're very lucky, I bring them lunch.

Wow, thank you.

I'm having these a bit too much at the moment.

I'm not very good at cooking when I'm on my own.

What is it your husband does again?

Engineering.

He's got another two months left in Canada.

Lewis and Hathaway keep threatening to get me a cat.

What, crazy cat lady?

Can't see it myself.

Any luck with Indrek Kalda?

No, no, not yet, but I've found a few people who vaguely remember him.

But I'm just about to ask if anyone here...

Sorry, I just need to... That bloke there, he just got a book from the library, but I'm pretty sure he can't even read.

I'm sure he just took something out of it.

Well, come on then.

I need the exercise.

Oi!

Darren!

I'd stay there if I were you.

What?

Is this about Indrek again?

What did you take out of this book?

What?

I've never seen it before.

What are you, the book police or something?

Okay, as you are aware, I am Sergeant Maddox, Oxford Police.

And I am conducting this search because you just lied to me regarding a packet you took out of that book.

Got any sharps?

No comment.

A packet that I believe... ...contains drugs.

Where did you get this from?

No comment.

Did you get it from that library?

MOODY: You go.

I'll deal with this.

I'm arresting you on suspicion of the possession of Class A drugs.

Oh, no.

You don't have to say anything... MADDOX: Bryony, Ollie.

It could be anywhere.

Why cover everything in sheets?

We've got Bryony Willet and Oliver Tedman downstairs.

You should talk to them.

I just made an arrest.

LEWIS: And you weren't aware that there were drugs in them?

BRYONY: No.

How's it going?

She's blaming Ollie.

Says he served Darren.

Well, he's doing the same.

He's blaming her.

We've found three library books with coke stashed inside, and they've just moved on to the properties now.

Oh, and there's this.

Bryony's front door.

Five locks, a reinforced bolt, and a golf club by her bed.

Thank you.

LEWIS: How did Oliver come to volunteer with you?

BRYONY: His father, Ian Tedman, set up the charity.

LEWIS: For the tape, D.I.

Hathaway has entered the room.

And did you never suspect that Oliver was using the library to sell drugs?

BRYONY: No, I had no idea.

I thought he was there to help.

Why have you got so many locks on your front door, Bryony?

What are you afraid of?

Uh...

Nothing.

I'm just being careful.

I'm on my own with a young child.

You see, I think you keep something in your flat which makes you afraid.

I don't know whether it's cash or drugs or both, but we will find it.

LEWIS: If you're selling drugs, you're dealing with some pretty dangerous people.

We need you to cooperate so we can keep you safe.

It had nothing to do with Ollie.

Are you admitting to selling cocaine from the library?

I was just trying to provide some security for my son.

By exploiting the people you're there to help?

Well, no one was there to help me!

Friend's floor one night, back of my car, showering in the leisure center before job interviews.

Every day, I imagine it happening again, but this time with Max.

I won't let it.

How long had you been doing this?

18 months.

I didn't go looking for it, but when the opportunity was there... What do you mean, "the opportunity was there"?

Who were you working with?

I'd like a solicitor now, please.

Bryony, did you ever meet Talika Desai?

Did she ever show you a video?

I'd like a solicitor now, please.

What's happening, Ollie?

Why did you arrest him?

Bryony's been dealing coke from the van.

What?!

Seriously.

She's admitted it, hasn't she?

Can't comment.

Can't comment?

Well, why's she involving my son?

IAN: Viv!

What's going to happen to Max?

Well, he's with his Gran, isn't he?

So he's going to be fine.

I know, but... Bryony?

What's wrong?

My heart is going berserk.

Do you suffer from panic attacks?

Bryony?

You always think the worst!

I wasn't accusing you, Ollie.

But I'm saying, if you ever get mixed up with anything like that... All right, leave it now, both of you!

Not today.

Come on, let's try and get you into the cell.

There's a bed in there, you can...

Bryony?!

Can I get some help, please?!

Bryony?

Bryony, can you hear me?

(crying) HATHAWAY: Sahira Desai?

Yeah.

Since she admitted trolling herself, it's been nagging away at me.

Her most popular video was the one where she's talking about Talika accidentally overdosing 18 months ago.

What, she'd get more attention if her sister died?

James?

You need to get to the hospital.

Lizzie's just gone off in an ambulance with Bryony Willet.

What happened?

Some sort of seizure.

Looks like she was using as well as selling.

MADDOX: Paramedics had to do CPR on the way in the ambulance.

It was pretty full-on.

There's something wrong with her heart.

What, from the cocaine use?

No.

Doctor's saying she wasn't a drug user.

She was poisoned.

DOCTOR: Her blood test shows a high level of Digoxin.

It's a medicine we use to treat cardiovascular disease, but given to a healthy person, it sends them into heart failure.

But she's been down at the station.

There was someone with her the whole time.

Well, it takes three to six hours for the symptoms to kick in, so however it got into her system, you can assume it happened a good few hours before her arrest.

Can we talk to her?

Not yet.

I did want to mention something else, though.

One of our tests picked up traces of arsenic.

How much arsenic?

Tiny amounts, not lethal.

She's been exposed to it regularly for about a year.

(phone beeping) Oh, excuse me.

I'll let you know when she's well enough to be interviewed.

Arsenic?

Like Talika?

Maybe taxidermy's the connection.

It isn't coincidence, is it?

Both women exposed to arsenic, then both women targeted with a drug.

Are we sure that Bryony was targeted?

Well, she's consumed lots of drugs she wasn't prescribed.

It's attempted murder until we know otherwise.

Sir.

How are you doing?

JASPER: It might not surprise you to know that the world of taxidermy is really rather small.

If this Bryony Willet was a fellow practitioner, trust me, I would know.

May I show you something?

It's the first piece I ever made.

I was ten, riding along on my bike.

I saw it lying by the side of the road.

I couldn't bear to leave something so beautiful to decay.

What's that?

Oh, I've been meaning to fix that.

No, not the frame, the photo.

This necklace.

Bryony Willet's been seen at Sean's a few times, but he's gone.

He's cleared all his... stuff out.

What?

Maya.

Aged 46.

Adult meningitis.

The necklace had been in her family for generations.

We were unable to have any... We were unable to have any children to pass it on to.

So I gave it to Talika.

Something special to wear for her exhibition.

So where's the necklace now?

I know what people think of me.

And for your information, I liked her.

I liked seeing her wear the necklace.

I would never have done her any harm.

Jasper, we know Talika was wearing the necklace when she came home.

What happened to it?

I saw it on the floor when we first found her.

I couldn't just leave it there, broken.

And I didn't want to have to explain myself to get it back.

So you took it?

I'm too old to justify myself, to worry about what our relationship looked like.

I liked her.

She seemed to like me.

I took her under my wing.

I made her a gift.

I did not kill her.

I'll get it for you.

Sean's taken it.

LEWIS: How much is here?

Twenty grand?

At least.

Look at these receipts.

Sean's sent dozens of bits of taxidermy abroad in the last year, all to money laundering hotspots.

So the taxidermy was a cover?

It must be how he gets his profits out the country.

So do you think Talika was in on it?

No, whoever did that has done a fairly bad job.

I'd assume it was Bryony Willet that was doing it.

That would account for the arsenic in her system.

Right, let's get Sean's details circulated, especially to ports and airports.

Okay.

Maddox?

Yeah.

Can you get me the Indrek Kalda footage from the beginning, please?

Yeah.

What is it?

Well, look at this, it's just clocks everywhere.

On the receipts, on the invoice, on the blotter.

Here-- nine, nine, nine.

In your own time, Maddox.

Coming!

LEWIS: It looks like studies for that "Ding Dong Bell" piece at the exhibition.

You know, the one with the clock and the inkwell?

Talika must've been working on it.

Why?

It should just be there.

HATHAWAY: Look.

There, she looks down.

And the vibration.

Timecode.

She's hearing a clock chime beneath her.

Indrek was killed in a clock tower?

Look.

This crest.

That's Langton College.

They've got a clock tower.

You get on down there, we'll keep searching.

♪ ♪ OFFICER: Sean Wilkinson?

(crowd chatting) (door opens) ♪ ♪ Sean rents a storage facility near Bicester.

He's just been picked up by uniform.

I've found the room.

According to the porter, it was rented out for the whole of August 2012 for a study.

Name on the booking: Professor Vivienne Tedman and Talika Desai.

(glass chiming) Sir, her department have said it's the only research paper credited to Professor Tedman that year.

It's called "Depersonalization and the Moral Code."

And listen to this: she co-wrote it with Talika Desai.

Reference number is CMM77.

HATHAWAY: Okay, thanks.

We don't have time for this.

HATHAWAY: No, we have to find out everything we can before we speak to her.

It wasn't just Indrek.

There were others.

What the hell is this?

It's like Stanford, but worse.

Any luck?

LEWIS: Yeah, August 2012.

They were running research on prison psychology based on something called the Stanford Prison Experiment, apparently.

What, the one from the '70s?

Where the bloke got a group of volunteers, put them in a fake prison, and it all kicked off?

You know it?

Yeah, yeah, I did it at A-level.

Some of the guys who were acting as guards became so sadistic that they had to abandon the whole thing.

And what did they do?

Sleep deprivation, verbal abuse, forcing the prisoners to strip, that sort of thing.

But if I remember correctly, wasn't it just sort of one bad egg rather than all the guards?

But they were all just normal people when they went in?

Well, I think that was the point of the Stanford Prison Experiment-- to prove what ordinary people are capable of.

But why would Vivienne and Talika want to repeat it?

Well, Vivienne got funding to assess the impact of anonymity on prison dynamics.

Hence why the guards' faces are all covered.

Look, normal numerals for the prisoners and Roman numerals for the guards.

So is there any mention of Indrek?

Or Prisoner Number 7?

No, it's been doctored, so there's no mention of Indrek.

And they made sure there's no pictures of his attacker, Guard Number 3.

So something went wrong, Indrek ended up dead, and Vivienne and Talika covered it up.

But how could they, with all the other participants?

Well, the experiment ends suddenly.

According to the report, the guards and the prisoners were put in lockdown on the night.

They obviously wanted them out of the way so that... Oh, look at this, look.

No Prisoner Number 7, but look.

Guard Number 3: "29-year-old Caucasian female."

Initials "B.W."

Bryony Willet.

I need to know if you took part in an experiment run by Vivienne Tedman in August 2012?

What?

(sighs) No.

Max was ill.

I had to cancel at the last minute.

So you didn't take part at all?

No.

I was back and forth to the GP.

Vivienne said she'd lose her funding if she couldn't get someone else, but what could I do?

And did she find somebody else?

I think so.

What's this about?

LEWIS: Who was it, Bryony?

Who did Vivienne get to replace you?

This is bordering on harassment now.

I'm here to speak to Guard Number Three.

What do you mean?

Guard Number Three.

Your son.

Um, can I just borrow you for a second, Ollie?

Excuse us, Joan.

Look, you've got to trust me, okay?

OLLIE: Get off me!

Get off me!

You were the last-minute replacement for the experiment.

VIVIENNE: Listen, Ollie.

We're going to get you a lawyer, okay?

No, I don't want a lawyer.

Don't say another word until you've spoken to him.

For God's sake, they already know!

They know he was involved in the experiment, that there was a terrible accident.

I never said that there was an accident!

(sighs) Look, I beat him, I took him out onto the balcony, and...

It wasn't an accident at all.

Right, Ollie, tell us what happened.

VIVIENNE: No, he doesn't know what he's saying.

Look, I've wanted to tell the truth for three years.

I begged you!

IAN: I know.

I know, I'm sorry.

We were trying to protecting him!

Were we?

Or were we covering up your mistake?

That rather than lose your funding, you put our 15-year-old son into a situation he couldn't possibly cope with!

Please, let the boy speak.

I honestly thought he'd be okay.

If I'd even imagined... IAN: You should've imagined!

It's your job to imagine!

Shut up!

Please!

I'm not a child anymore.

This is up to me now.

LEWIS: So you took part in your mother's experiment?

I thought that it'd be a laugh.

You know, turn up, play a part.

50 quid a day.

I didn't think I was a bad person.

And she made you play Prison Guard Number Three?

Yeah.

Yeah, I felt like an idiot at first, telling people what to do, but then we started having a bit of fun with it.

Getting the prisoners to do stupid things.

And by the sixth day, it felt normal, like I was actually this guard and they had to do exactly as I said.

LEWIS: So Indrek Kalda was Prisoner Number Seven?

I only wanted to frighten him.

You know, like in a film, where they pretend they're going to throw them off a bridge or something.

I don't know what happened, but I did it.

(sighs) And you two made me cover it up.

Hey, Ollie... No, no, don't... Don't try and make out that you weren't involved.

Mom called him, and he came and took the body away.

You didn't have an affair with Talika, did you?

She saw everything.

The money was to buy her silence.

IAN: What were we supposed to do?

She was using it to buy drugs-- her way of coping, I suppose.

Then she got clean, found this art thing... She stopped accepting the money.

You couldn't control her anymore.

These references to Indrek started creeping into her work.

I wanted to talk to her about it, but the great psychologist persuaded me not to.

What was it you said she was doing?

Processing trauma?

VIVIENNE: The art was keeping her stable.

You were the one that checked the tapes.

You promised me the footage was all destroyed.

I thought it was!

LEWIS: So then Indrek's body is discovered, and your son comes home saying he's just seen himself on Talika's exhibition.

She'd crossed the line, hadn't she?

I had no idea that she'd worked on the experiment.

I mean, I hadn't met her before.

But then she had this video.

She was showing the world.

What happened after you saw it?

I came home and I told them it was over.

I said I was going to the police in the morning.

The three of us agreed.

But then you made it impossible.

It was too late.

I had to!

You killed Talika.

I tried not to hurt her.

I'm sorry.

We'd gone this far.

I didn't know what else to do.

Where did you get the heroin?

At the shelter, there's a safe.

If heroin is found, that's where it goes until the police come pick it up.

And who's on Digoxin?

What?

My mother.

Bryony saw you opening the safe at the shelter.

What's happened to Bryony?

I told you!

She didn't know what I was doing!

You were messing with the safe for no reason in the middle of the night.

Bryony knew Ollie was involved in the experiment.

How long before she worked it out?

Mom, what's happened to Bryony?

That coffee you gave her... Yeah, I was cleaning up your mess!

By killing Talika, you'd just replaced one problem with another.

My mess?

You're the one who put our son into that experiment!

You told us both to lie!

It's your fault that we're like this.

All I've ever tried to do is protect Oliver.

What do you think I was doing?

He was 15.

We couldn't just stand back and let his life go to waste.

Look, he's a good boy.

He's proved that he deserves a second chance.

He's volunteering, he's got himself into Oxford.

He's using rugby to channel his aggression.

He's using rugby to self-harm, Ian.

And Indrek's life, Bryony's life, Talika's life?

All expendable, were they?

He's our son.

Hey, guys.

Not a long one today.

Just wanted to say I'm surviving, and I massively appreciate your support.

I can't believe there are now half a million of you!

Okay, so today's topic... (light buzzing) LEWIS: How was Sean?

"No comment" all the way?

No, he wants to talk.

Hoping for a reduced sentence.

Nobody else was involved, just him and Bryony.

Old school friends, apparently.

Nice friend.

And did Talika know what they were doing with her art?

No, she had no idea.

The row was her firing Sean as her agent.

Hey.

Great work in there.

Well done.

Good.

That's just a little something to keep you company while Tony's away.

Hathaway's idea.

Ah!

What is it?

Tony the tabby.

LEWIS: Great way to start the weekend.

How's it going, Philip?

Lovely!

Right.

Oh, right.

You're all baited up, good.

Just unhook that.

Okay.

We knock this bale arm off and then just get ahold of it like that.

Nice and smoothly back.

Throw it as far as you can, but keep it smooth, yeah?

Yeah, that's not bad.

I'm always trying to get my little boy into fishing.

He's not keen.

More into books.

LEWIS: He'll get there, I'm sure.

Just waiting for the right moment.

Oh!

I think you've got one!

Oh, a lively one!

Do you...?

No, no, you're good.

Right, here we go.

You just guide it in.

Oh, that's nicely done.

What is it?

Rainbow trout.

That's a trout!

Yeah, very nice!

Well done.

Next time on Masterpiece Mystery!

LEWIS: A kind of ritual killing?

I think this might have something to do with alchemy.

This could be just the beginning.

If there's a possibility of further murders, I want to know about it.

LEWIS: We think you might be being targeted.

"Inspector Lewis," the final season, next time on Masterpiece Mystery!

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