Murder in Suburbia (2004) s02e01 Episode Script

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[TENSE MELODIC MUSIC]
[HOLLY BREATHING HEAVILY]
[TENSE MELODIC MUSIC]
[HOLLY WICCAN CHANTING INDISTINCTLY]
[TENSE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
No, no. [WHIMPERING]
[KNIFE THUDDING]
[MELLOW MELODIC MUSIC]
- Emma.
- Hm?
Do you think you could,
you know, struggle a bit?
It's just a bit of fun.
You pretend to struggle,
I pretend to overpower you.
Okay.
Oh, yeah, that's it.
That's great.
Stop me.
Harder, fight me off!
I'm really sorry, you said
struggle, so I, oh, yeah.
[PHONE ALERTING]
I'm gonna have to go.
[STUART GROANING]
Stuart.
Only you could meet someone like that.
I thought he'd be different.
Well, he is different,
he's a sociopath with bondage fantasies.
How different do you want him to be?
[SIGHING] You're right.
It's time to draw the
line, no more freaks.
So when are you seeing him again?
Tuesday.
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
So single stab wound
straight through the heart,
no sign of any major struggle,
no sign of sexual assault.
Ah now, check out the
blade, long and thin,
so it's highly unlikely
that the perpetrator
was contaminated with
any of the victims' blood.
The Vietcong used a similar
bayonet on their AK-47s,
straight in, straight out, no trouble.
[EMMA SIGHING]
It's just something I've been reading.
- Very pretty girl.
- Holly Andrews, local girl.
Mother's headmistress at St. Joan's,
it's the private school up on the hill.
Yeah, I know it, has she been informed?
[OFFICER] Yeah, someone's with her now.
Any witnesses?
Well, none living.
Who's the priest?
Oh, that's Father Michael,
this is his church.
He wasn't aware of
anything 'til we turned up.
So who found the body?
Oh, Myra Coppell,
another St. Joan's girl.
I know this might sound
like an irrelevant question,
but why's she dressed as a chimpanzee?
This is gonna be weird, isn't it?
Holly told me the party was fancy dress,
"Planet of the Apes,"
but of course it wasn't.
When I arrived, they all
started laughing at me.
Was Holly laughing at you too, Myra?
No, I didn't see her there, I left.
And whose party was it?
Lydia Blakeman, she's a total bitch,
but just about human, unlike Holly.
You two didn't get on?
I was never cool enough for Holly,
she would've hated to see me happy.
What were you doing in the cemetery?
I don't know, I just wanted to be alone
and next thing I knew, I was here.
It was dark, I tripped.
- [MYRA THUDDING TO GROUND]
- [LEAVES RUSTLING]
[LIGHT HAUNTING MUSIC]
When I looked up, there she was.
Her eyes were still open, staring.
We'll get someone to take you home.
- [CAR DOOR CLICKING]
- Well, thanks
for letting us use your
church, Father Michael,
we'll probably need to speak
again in the next day or two.
Oh, I'm certain of it.
Yeah, well, thanks again.
- [CAR RUMBLING QUIETLY]
- [MUFFLED UPBEAT MUSIC]
[UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC]
[DOORBELL RINGING]
[UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC]
[DOOR CLICKING]
We're looking for Lydia Blakeman.
[DOOR CREAKING]
Who the hell are you?
It's about Holly Andrews.
[LIGHTER CLICKING]
[SIGHING] I can't believe it.
It's just so incredibly shitty.
She was a real friend, you
know, we were like sisters,
closer even.
Where are your parents, Lyddy?
[LYDIA] Cuba, second honeymoon.
Was Holly at the party?
Yeah, but she left early.
Why?
Tell them.
- Josh?
- Just tell them.
[SIGHING] We argued,
so I made her leave.
About what?
Look, they'd split up, okay, weeks ago.
I wanted us all to be friends,
but she was behaving like a total bitch,
she was all over him.
Well, we'll need a statement from you
and everyone else still here,
plus a list of everyone
who was at the party.
Do you know what Holly
was doing at the cemetery?
I have no idea.
[MELANCHOLIC ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
Say hello,
wave goodbye.
We live it, but do we
ever really understand it?
[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]
Showtime.
[RUTH] You seem surprised,
Detective Inspector.
[KATE] I didn't expect to
see you here, Mrs. Andrews,
that's all.
I'm supposed to be at home
falling apart, is that it?
Look, you've suffered a
terrible loss and no one expects
Please don't judge me,
I have a school to run.
So when did you last see your daughter?
Yesterday, here at school,
I had a governor's meeting last night,
Holly said she was
going to meet a friend
to work on a project.
So you didn't know she
was going to a party?
She's a teenager, it's
a game parents play,
we ask where they're going, they lie,
we pray they'll be safe,
one day you'll understand.
Her locker is down there.
Mrs. Andrews,
I don't know what to say.
Thank you.
I don't know what you
expected, but here it is.
[LOCKER DOOR CREAKING]
[MELODIC HAUNTING MUSIC]
[INTENSE MELODIC MUSIC]
[PEOPLE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[CAR DOORS CLICKING]
[CAR DOORS THUDDING]
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[KATE KNOCKING]
- [DOOR CREAKING]
- Father Michael.
What did you find?
Actually, we were wondering if
Just show me what you found.
[EVIDENCE BAG RUSTLING]
You'd better come in.
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[CROW CAWING]
[DOOR THUDDING]
It's called a hex doll,
quite rudimentary, but
still terrifyingly effective
to those who believe in witchcraft.
We think it might have been
a warning sent by her killer.
No, no, this isn't something you'd send.
Now my guess is that
the girl made it herself.
What, you mean Holly was
casting spells on someone?
Ah-huh,
the question is whom does it represent?
With all due respect,
this is suburbia, Father, not Salem.
[MICHAEL] Recognise this?
It's a map of Middleford.
We've had witches here
for over 500 years.
- [TEAPOT LID CLATTERING]
- [TEA POURING]
Now as people became more
sophisticated in the cities,
witchcraft was pushed
further back into the margins.
So it ended up in suburbs?
Where it has continued to flourish,
albeit secretly ever since,
as people turn away from God,
they will embrace almost anything.
What do you make of this, Father?
Numerology, character and
destiny determined in numbers.
Can you decipher it?
Oh, I can do better than that.
I can give you the means to
decipher it for yourselves.
Thank you.
I appreciate you taking the
time to talk to us, Father,
it's been most illuminating.
Most illuminating?
Oh, come on, Scribs, you
don't seriously believe
in all that kind of rubbish, do you?
Why else would a 17-year-old
girl come here at night?
- Secret rendezvous?
- Would you?
Shortcut.
Come on.
[CROW CAWING]
What's the matter?
Get the feeling we're being watched.
She's only here for a few days,
so we want to make the
best possible impression,
so I'm gonna do all the talking, agreed?
[EMMA] Ah
Agreed?
[KATE KNOCKING]
[DOOR CLICKING]
If you're looking for Helen Whittle,
don't expect to find her
sitting behind a desk.
Ashurst and Scribbins, right?
Forgive give my impatience, ladies,
but I'm still on city time, shall we?
People sometimes like to call me Helen.
- Helen.
- But I tell them
it's boss or ma'am, is that clear?
Yes, ma'am.
I thought you suburban people
only killed each other at the weekend.
That's wife's swapping, ma'am.
For murder, we're not so fussy.
Ooh, sense of humour too,
things are looking up.
So dead girl, what have you got so far?
Holly Andrews, grade A
student, liked to party,
seems like any normal 17 year old.
This cut across her left palm.
The path report suggests
it was self-inflicted
almost certainly using
the murder weapon.
Which is?
[EVIDENCE BAG RUSTLING]
Hm, it's unusual,
shouldn't be hard to trace.
Yeah, also found this in Holly's locker.
Suddenly I'm 15 again
with an aversion to maths.
We think it's an encoded
diary, I'm deciphering it now.
Yeah, well, it's a start I
suppose, but I think perhaps
we ought to establish
a few ground rules.
-Um, actually
-First off,
don't put anything in front
of me, unless it sings,
I'm only here for a week and
I want a result before I leave.
[LIGHTER CLICKING]
Secondly, always keep me in the loop.
Sullivan might like to sit here
with his fingers crossed
hoping for the best,
but I prefer to know what's going on.
Lastly, I know you
people still get your milk
delivered every day, but
the rest of us have grown up,
so nothing outlandish, just the facts.
Right then, bearing all that in mind,
what's your gut instinct on this one?
Well, witchcraft.
Oh, very well done, Scribs,
now she thinks we sacrifice
virgins in giant wickermen
and send each other chicken
heads every full moon.
- I really like her.
- Sorry?
She's direct, what's wrong with that?
No.
Yeah, actually, you know something, Ash,
she reminds me a lot of you.
Right, now I'm gonna punch
you in the head, three days.
- What?
- Three days,
that's all I give her,
before you can't wait
to see the back of her.
- Ash, you're wrong.
- No, I am right,
I am so right, it's not even funny.
How much?
50?
Three days?
Three days.
Lost in the high street
where the dogs run ♪
Roaming suburban boys ♪
Mother's got her hairdo to be done ♪
She says they're too old for toys ♪
Stood by the bus
stop with a felt pen ♪
In this suburban hell ♪
[STARTING PISTOL FIRING]
And in the distance a police car ♪
To break the suburban spell ♪
[FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]
Let's take a ride ♪
Josh?
Leave me alone.
In Suburbia ♪
You can't hide, run
with the dogs tonight ♪
You think she has a good voice?
In Suburbia ♪
Don't you?
Holly was better.
Now she gets Josh too.
Some people just seem to land
butter side up every time.
In Suburbia ♪
You can't hide, run
with the dogs tonight ♪
In Suburbia ♪
- [WHISTLE TOOTING]
- I've been resting for weeks,
I thought it'd be better by now.
[EMMA] What's wrong with it?
Good question, Mum
took me to a specialist,
but they still don't know.
So you're pretty good?
[SIGHING] Got a personal best of 10.3.
That fast?
I could be in the next
Olympics, not like this though.
Yeah, hangover can't help.
That part of your
normal training routine?
[KATE] You think Lyddy
had something to do
with Holly's death?
If you know something, Myra,
you'd better tell me right now.
Holly threatened to
put a spell on Lyddy,
if she didn't stop seeing Josh.
What kind of spell?
I don't know, I overheard them talking.
Lyddy tried to laugh it
off, but she was scared,
- I could tell from her voice.
- [SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
Holly would've liked that,
she enjoyed being in control.
And what about you, Myra,
had Holly made fun of you before?
It was her favourite pastime.
Did that make you angry?
Sometimes.
Because you're free
of her now, aren't you?
"When the witch is
killed on hallowed ground,
her spirit roams in limbo
for the rest of eternity."
I broke up with Holly weeks ago,
we just hadn't made it official.
Is that what you were
doing with Lyddy last night,
making it official?
Something like that.
What do you know about witchcraft, Josh?
We found this in Holly's locker.
[EVIDENCE BAG RUSTLING]
I'm an athlete, I run,
I don't waste my time on kids' games.
Let's take a ride and
run with the dogs tonight ♪
In Suburbia ♪
You can't hide ♪
How true.
- Mr. Bannister?
- Please call me Doug.
We've found something in Holly's locker,
that we'd like you to take a look at.
[EVIDENCE BAG RUSTLING]
My classroom's just round the corner.
[STUDENTS CHATTERING]
What's it supposed to be?
- You've no idea?
- [LIGHT HAUNTING MUSIC]
It's a hex doll.
Did you know Holly had
an interest in witchcraft?
Well, she was always a lively kid,
her and Lydia together, they
could be adventurous at times,
but nothing to cause concern.
What do you mean adventurous?
Well, you know how it
is, two spirited girls,
one blonde, one brunette.
What happened to your hand?
Oh, it was an accident, broken glass.
Can we see?
Do you mind if I ask why?
Holly had a self-inflicted
cut on her hand,
we think it might've been
part of a bonding ceremony.
Bonding ceremony?
A spiritual union, two
people, one identity.
[LIGHT HAUNTING MUSIC]
Witchcraft is banned at St.
Joan's, Detective Inspector,
along with bullying, smoking
and virtually every
other teenage pastime.
If it weren't for rock and
roll, probably all go crazy.
[MYRA KNOCKING]
- Yeah.
- [DOOR CLICKING]
[LIGHT HAUNTING MUSIC]
Mrs. Andrews thought you
might like some refreshments.
[EVIDENCE BAG RUSTLING]
Fudge brownies, I baked them myself.
She's asked you to move your car,
apparently you're parked
in the Governor's spot.
Thanks.
[TEA TRAY CLATTERING QUIETLY]
[CAR RUMBLING QUIETLY]
[HANDBRAKE CRANKING]
[CAR DOOR CLICKING]
[CAR DOOR THUDDING]
[CAR DOOR CLICKING]
- [BAG THUDDING]
- [CAR DOOR THUDDING]
[MELODIC HAUNTING MUSIC]
Do you usually go to teenagers' parties?
I popped in, half an hour or so.
[FIRE ALARM BELL RINGING]
Fire alarm.
- [STUDENTS CHATTERING]
- [FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]
Don't run.
[STUDENTS CHATTERING]
Could that girl be any weirder?
Do you actually intend to eat that?
What, think she put a spell on it?
No, I'm just wondering
if she washed her hands
before she made it.
[EMMA COUGHING]
Just spit it out, for God's sake.
Thought you said you didn't believe.
[STUDENTS CHATTERING]
It seems someone in Food Tech
left a tea towel draped
over a burning toaster.
I'm always telling them.
Come on back inside please!
I'm sorry, it's your car.
- [FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]
- [CAR ALARM BLARING]
Oh, I don't believe it!
My bag.
[CAR ALARM SYSTEM BEEPING]
[CAR DOOR CLICKING]
Oh.
- [EVIDENCE BAG RUSTLING]
- Great!
- [CAR DOOR THUDDING]
- [CARTON THUDDING]
I can't quite make up my
mind what appals me most,
the piece of evidence itself
or that you've lost it.
Well, looking on the bright side,
we know that the doll's
important enough to steal,
which means we were right
about the witchcraft.
I was woken up at five o'clock
this morning by birdsong.
There is no bright side, Scribbins.
- [LIGHTER CLICKING]
- Nevertheless, ma'am,
it does point to the
murderer being someone
from within Holly's
immediate circle of friends.
And everyone who fits that
description was at the party.
Including Doug Bannister,
her music teacher.
I hated my music teacher.
Everyone else got cymbals or drums,
I always had to make
do with the triangle.
So what else about the party?
It was very crowded,
people were coming and going
- the whole time.
- Anyone could've slipped away
to meet Holly at the cemetery.
Killed her and got back to the party
without their absence being noticed.
Oh, just put that there, will you?
Sorry, what's going on?
I'm joining you.
Joining?
I think it's about time
someone took charge around here.
Six months ago, I
handled a serial killer
called The Ploughman, we caught
him because we worked together
as a team, 24/7, living, breathing,
smoking every minute of it.
I just remembered I've got a thing.
[SOFT MELODIC MUSIC]
[DOOR CLICKING]
I believe the agreed amount was 50.
Don't know what you're talking about,
just needed a change of scene.
You're lying, she's got
her desk in our office.
And? Oh, this is complicated.
What do you mean, and? She's
got her desk in our office.
Bloody hell, for a model
student, Holly Andrews got up to
a lot of stuff your
mother wouldn't like,
Well, my mother wouldn't
like anything, so.
Which is pretty much what she got up to,
absolutely anything,
most of it with Josh Egan,
despite the dodgy knee.
So she's a slut as well as a witch?
I'm beginning to like her,
so go on, tell me more.
Well, it seemed that
Josh wasn't the only one,
before him, another name
crops up a number of times,
otherwise known as,
"Call me, Doug."
Why are you saying there was
absolutely nothing going on
between you and Holly Andrews?
When you say going on, we're
children of the revolution,
Detective Inspector,
it's always going on.
A simple yes or no will
suffice, Mr. Bannister.
In a purely physical sense,
no, no, of course
there wasn't. [SIGHING]
So why did Holly feel
the need to write about it
in such vivid detail?
Young teacher, the subject
of schoolgirl fantasy ♪
Right, here's the problem, Doug,
DS Scribbins here, now
she's read Holly's diary
- Three times.
- Three times,
and she has the very real feeling,
that there is an extremely
strong ring of truth about it.
Of course, that is only my opinion.
I'd have to cross reference
all the dates, interview people,
perhaps talk to Holly's mother.
Karma police, arrest this man ♪
I'm a music teacher,
I instruct young people
in the art of rhythm and
rhyme, I don't sleep with them.
But hey, you do what you have to do,
in the meantime, I'll assume
I'm free to leave, yeah?
No.
Someone said you brought Doug here.
- He's talking to us, yes.
- Is he under arrest?
I'm afraid I can't discuss
that with you, Myra, I'm sorry.
He didn't do it.
I've been thinking a lot
about everyone at the party
laughing at me, except
it wasn't everyone,
Holly was missing, but
so was someone else.
How's the knee?
Screwed.
I knew they were planning
to take the piss out of Myra,
I hate that kind of cruel shit,
so I went outside and had a beer,
when I went back inside, she'd left.
You told us you split
up with Holly ages ago,
so how come you had sex
with her last Thursday?
It was in her diary.
Wow, I guess I must be a
horrible, cheating bastard then.
[DOOR CLICKING]
[DOOR THUDDING]
[DOOR CLICKING]
[DOOR THUDDING]
Maybe you couldn't leave Holly alone.
Maybe you don't know
what you're talking about.
I don't think you went for a beer,
I think you followed
her to the cemetery.
Were you trying to
kiss and make up, Josh?
You're so wrong, I didn't want her back.
You've got her diary, you
know what she was like.
[EMMA] What do you mean?
I wasn't the only one at the party,
who'd done the jolly with Holly.
What did it say about
Mr. "School of Rock?"
Are you talking about Doug Bannister?
And that made you angry?
I never get angry,
it's a waste of energy.
That's it, is it, unless
you wanna follow me
into the shower?
Scribs, we don't have
any more questions.
What do you hate most about
17-year-old girls, Scribs?
What, apart from the fact
that they're 17-year-old girls?
No, don't they remind
you of how bad it all was?
The clothes, the hair, the
succession of useless boyfriends.
Yeah, thank goodness it's
not like that anymore.
Hm.
[PLASTIC RUSTLING]
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
Alright, Lyddy, that's enough!
Okay.
Is he really worth it, Lyddy?
You have absolutely no idea
what you're dealing with.
So why don't you tell us?
Holly tapped into something,
don't ask me what it was.
So you're saying she
had some kind of power?
I'm saying when she got
angry, bad things happened.
What kind of bad things?
Like boyfriend stuff,
acne, poor exam results.
So we're talking about some
fairly major black magic then?
You can take the piss all you like,
but I know the difference
between something real
and a bad hair day.
She's still feeding off of us.
15 grand a year education,
she still believes
that Holly was a witch.
I think her parents
should ask for a refund.
[KATE SIGHING]
[KEYS JANGLING]
- [TWIG SNAPPING]
- [LEAVES RUSTLING]
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
[DOOR CLICKING]
[DOOR THUDDING]
Hello?
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
Hello?
Hello.
- [BLOW THUDDING]
- Uh!
- [STUART THUDDING TO FLOOR]
- [STUART GROANING]
- [BLOWS THUDDING]
- Uh, uh!
[STUART GROANING]
Stuart.
[KATE] Technically of
course, it's assault
and by rights, I should arrest you.
[EMMA] Ash, please, I
feel bad enough already.
Well, how did he get it?
Apparently I gave him a key.
He cooked dinner, it was
meant to be a surprise.
[PHONE RINGING]
- [AMBULANCE DOOR THUDDING]
- Ashurst.
Ah, no, no, ma'am, nothing at all.
Yep, okay, yep, we'll be right there.
Apparently she never goes home.
Better get your cricket bat, Scribs,
I think we might need it.
- [AMBULANCE RUMBLING]
- [SIREN WAILING]
[BOURBON POURING]
You rang, ma'am?
You're not the butler, Ashurst.
Sorry, ma'am.
I've been going through your case notes,
such as they are and it
doesn't take a rocket scientist
to work out that the teacher
is a cheating, lying scumbag.
Yeah, we've already
questioned Doug Bannister.
I don't want you to question him,
I want you to bring him in again
and put some heat under his sorry butt.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a date
and I don't like to keep
a man waiting too long.
Goodnight, ladies.
Don't say it.
Don't say what?
Don't say how come she's
got a date and we haven't.
Well, I was actually gonna
say, although you're right.
I was thinking about the date thing,
but I don't mind taking
a check for that 50.
I haven't cracked yet.
So if we assume that Doug
confesses to shagging Holly
and God knows how
many other schoolgirls,
it doesn't mean that he killed her.
[PHONE ALERTING]
[PHONE ALERTING]
[MELODIC HAUNTING MUSIC]
[EMMA] Holly's phone.
[EVIDENCE BAG RUSTLING]
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
Anything to report?
It's cold, it's quiet.
I'm sure there's a perfectly
logical explanation,
we just haven't figured it out yet.
Yeah, well tell me when you
do, sooner rather than later.
[DOOR THUDDING]
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
I think we've got company.
Ash, can you hear me?
[WALKIE CRACKLING]
Ash, what's going on?
Scribs.
Scribs.
- Please answer, please.
- [FOOTSTEPS TAPPING]
[TENSE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[EMMA SIGHING HEAVILY]
Okay, beginning to feel
a little bit spooked.
Scribs!
Scribs!
[EMMA] I'm down here!
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[KATE] Scribs?
I'm over here.
I heard a door bang, so I came down.
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[KATE] What the hell's that?
[MELODIC HAUNTING MUSIC]
[PEOPLE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
God knows.
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
Ash.
Yeah.
They must've heard us coming.
Is there another way out?
[GATE CLANKING]
[INTENSE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[PEOPLE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
- [EMMA SHRIEKING]
- What?
Something just touched me.
[PEOPLE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
It's us.
[CAMERA CLICKING]
I take it this one's supposed to be you?
Not a very good likeness, is it?
[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]
Did that hurt?
No, ma'am.
Father Michael says the
intention is to blind and deafen
the investigation in its own confusion.
I'd say you two imagine
that perfectly already.
I need to see the forensic
report as soon as it comes in
and I suggest you concentrate on facts,
instead of becoming the subject
of some teenagers'
macabre pranks, understood?
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello.
No, I'm in a bloody basement.
[LIGHT HAUNTING MUSIC]
Do you know what this means?
"O boro duvel atch pa leste,"
it's a Romany greeting,
it means
the Dark Lord is with you.
Charming, nice place to meet him.
Here there's light, heat, moisture,
the occult trinity.
A spell cast here would
be particularly effective,
if you believe, of course.
Of course.
You know, some people
say you should take care,
when you dispose of those.
Okay, ladies, while you've
been busy with the vicar,
- Myra Coppell's gone missing.
- What?
Her parents say she left
home as usual this morning,
but no one's seen her
since, I hope for your sakes,
this hasn't just become a
double murder investigation.
So do as I tell you this
time and pull in the teacher.
I have a reputation to consider.
What, you-you mean you
think she's in danger?
She's missing, when
did you last see her?
This-this isn't
what-what you think it is.
What do we think it is, Doug?
You think it's like
that business with Holly?
I thought there wasn't
any business with Holly?
Now I'm all confused.
For a teacher, he's not
very articulate, is he?
I think what he's trying to
say is that he slept with Holly
and somehow he can't find the words,
isn't that right, Mr. Bannister?
So was Myra just another
chalk mark on your blackboard?
No.
[KATE] She's disappeared,
when did you last see her?
She came here last night,
said she wanted to talk to me
about the end of term concert,
discuss some ideas she had.
You know me, always inclusive.
[GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC]
You should sing them.
What happened?
I-I couldn't believe it.
Myra, what are you doing?
Myra, this isn't a good idea.
[MYRA] Why, why not?
[DOUG] Suddenly she started
saying all these crazy things.
It's Holly's fault, isn't it?
[KATE] What kind of things?
[DOUG] She said she hated Holly.
Holly put some kind of spell on her.
It's all her fault,
I had to steal this
[DOUG] She had that doll, she
said she started that fire,
stole it from your car,
said she did it all for me,
- said she loved me.
- I love you.
She said when the spell was broken,
I'd see how much I loved
her, we'd be together forever.
- [MYRA SOBBING]
- Myra, Myra.
I-I told her it was nonsense,
I said there's no such
thing as witchcraft.
And you just let her go?
What-what was I supposed
to do? She was hysterical.
What if Ruth Andrews had come
in and found us like that?
Well, at least it wouldn't
have been her daughter.
Did you meet Holly at
the cemetery that night?
No, course not.
Why should we believe you?
Why should we believe
anything that you tell us?
You've lied, you've had
inappropriate relationships
with at least two of your pupils.
- Where's Myra, Doug?
- [DOOR CLICKING]
I've told you, I don't know.
Can I help?
Sorry, Ruth.
I don't understand.
Mr. Bannister's about to write
his letter of resignation.
I'm sure he'll explain.
Poor Myra, I hope she
doesn't do anything stupid,
I mean more stupid.
No, I don't think she will.
Why?
Because Myra still thinks
she can be with Doug,
that's what she told him
and she believes she just
needs to break the spell.
But how can she do that?
Well, the spell's on the doll.
Yes, I know, I just don't understand
why she hasn't got rid of it before now.
Because she needs to destroy
it, but in the right way,
something Father Michael said.
"Whoever has the fetish or hex doll
must return to the spot
where the witch died,
perform an appropriate
ritual and burn the effigy."
See, it's quite clear that the person
who's afflicted by the
spell must be the person
who casts it into the flames.
Myra.
But why hasn't she done it before now?
There's a time for all things,
you know, dates are
very important in this.
[EMMA] There's a list of
festivals in Holly's diary.
Which are?
The Summer Solstice,
the Feast of Lupercalia,
Autumn Equinox.
The Feast of Lupercalia,
it's a time for tying up
loose ends, if you like.
"The Feast of Lupercalia,
the ancient Roman festival
held to honour the
goat-footed God of Nature.
[KATE] When is it?
Tonight.
I can't believe we're doing this.
I know.
- [CAR RUMBLING]
- [SIREN WAILING]
Have you brought the dolls?
In my pocket.
- [CAR RUMBLING]
- [SIREN WAILING]
[TENSE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
- [GRAVEL CRUNCHING]
- [CAR DOORS THUDDING]
[GIRLS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[TENSE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[MYRA] Oh, let go!
Lyddy!
I have to throw it on the fire,
please, it's almost midnight.
Give me the doll, Myra.
[MYRA SOBBING]
Just give me the doll.
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
Let's just burn it, shall
we, get it over with?
No, please, I have to.
Tell me what happened, Myra
or I'll chuck it in the fire.
Don't,
please, just don't.
- Stop, don't drop the doll!
- What?
It's not Myra,
the doll's me.
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
Holly was all over me at the party
and then Lyddy threw her out.
She told me to meet her at the
cemetery, I didn't wanna go,
but she said, she said I'd
never run again, if I didn't.
I-I thought perhaps I
could make her see sense.
What are you doing, Josh?
I didn't tell Lyddy.
I knew I could slip away for
a while without being missed,
but she didn't wanna talk.
She said we belong together,
she said it was our destiny.
She cut her hand. [SOBBING]
What are you doing?
She wanted me to do the
same, she gave me the knife.
We'll be together for
eternity, just do it.
She said she'd cure my knees,
so long as we became one
person for the rest of eternity.
She was evil.
She had these powers.
I told her I didn't wanna do it.
I just wanted to be
free of her. [SOBBING]
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
No, no. [WHIMPERING]
[KNIFE THUDDING]
Even then my knee didn't get better
and I realised it wasn't over.
Lyddy knew all about the hex.
She told me I had to destroy it myself,
but she said she'd help.
I didn't know.
You have to let me do it, please.
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
God and Goddess, hear my plea,
close this circle,
set me free.
[SOFT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[POLICE RADIO BROADCASTING QUIETLY]
No wonder you can afford to
buy a house in Middleford.
Ma'am.
Anyway, well done,
good instincts.
You can give the report to
Sullivan when he gets back.
Give me serial killers
and gangland slayings
any day of the week.
[POLICE RADIO BROADCASTING QUIETLY]
Thank the Lord.
Hey, haven't we forgotten something?
[EMMA] Oh.
- [DOLL THUDDING]
- [FIRE CRACKLING]
Izzy Whizzy, let's get busy.
[DOLL THUDDING]
Very funny.
[FIRE CRACKLING]
[MELLOW MELODIC MUSIC]
I felt some sort of
apology was in order.
It's me who should be saying sorry?
Let's just forget the
whole thing and start again.
Great sauce, what's in it?
Um, aubergines, cream, mushrooms.
You're kidding me? Remember what I said?
[FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]
[MELLOW MELODIC MUSIC]
- [GURNEY RATTLING]
- [STUART GROANING]
He has a fatal allergy to mushrooms.
Apparently he did tell me.
[KATE] That man should
come with a health warning.
Still, they reckon that once
he's had his stomach pumped,
- he'll be fine.
- [AMBULANCE DOORS THUDDING]
Well, I take it this
relationship's now at an end?
We agreed it was for the best.
Very wise, one more date
and you'd have killed him.
[AMBULANCE ENGINE STARTING]
[MELLOW MELODIC MUSIC]