Messiah (2001) s02e02 Episode Script

Jonathan, don't go anywhere without me or these officers.
You're joking! It's the first time she's sung over here.
Then we'll fly to New York, hear her at the Met.
How many people are being protected? 50, 60.
If it wasn't so paranoid, I'd wonder if it was a police conspiracy.
How do you mean? Keep me locked up while you get up to whatever it is you're getting up to.
Don't be ridiculous.
Well, something's going on.
I haven't time now.
We'll talk later.
Please.
Promise me, you won't do anything silly.
He's not happy about this.
Keep an eye on him.
Hi, it's me.
I just wanted to make sure you were all right.
Yeah, I'm fine.
You? I will be.
I'll see you at 10.
30.
I'll try not to be late.
I promise.
All right, I'll see you later.
I've made some coffee and sandwiches.
Maybe your mate outside would like to come in.
Thanks.
You just let him walk out?! What the hell were you doing?! 'I thought he was listening to music.
' If he d 'I'm sorry.
' Just keep looking! Your boyfriend's done a runner.
Have you any idea where he's heading? The stupid bastard's got tickets.
DCI Metcalfe pursuing murder suspect.
Request assistance, urgent.
What's going on? Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Sir? Oh! Stand outside.
Don't let anybody into that box.
Tell security to seal off all the exits, now! TANNOY: Ladies and gentlemen, would everyone vacate the auditorium? Sir.
Too late.
Oh, thank God! Thank God! They're finishing the searches.
He timed it well.
The end of the first act's pretty dramatic, apparently.
Risky, though.
If anyone took their eyes off the stage and looked up.
Mind you, it must be dark in these boxes when the lights are down.
No wonder he didn't realise he'd killed the wrong bloke.
Wilby's boyfriend should be dead totty by now.
Our killer's made his first mistake.
We'll be fine now, thanks.
You'll be outside if we need anything.
I'm sorry I went.
I'm sorry I didn't listen.
It's not your fault.
If I'd stayed in It should have been me.
I should have stayed.
There's a monster out there.
Jenner seemed a nice man.
Not that we knew him, but chatting to him.
D'you remember the night he sent us champagne? I don't want to talk about it.
I don't want to talk about anything.
God, I could do with a drink.
I fancy a soak.
I'll be down later.
I love you.
OPERA MUSIC What are you doing in there? DCI Metcalfe, DI Warren.
Upstairs on the right, sir.
No.
Leave it.
"The killer didn't get the wrong man tonight.
"Steve Jenner and I have been having an affair for six months "Partly for ourselves, also for Jonathan who I loved too.
But I realised not enough.
"Des Braithwaite was convicted for a murder he didn't commit because of me.
"I don't want to live knowing that.
"David Wilby.
" Oh, what a mess! How did the killer find out Jenner and Wilby were having an affair? He knows more about us than we know about each other.
Have you got anyone? What? A bloke, cat? I'm between cats at the moment.
You? No.
Not really.
He could be out there now .
.
watching us.
Hello? Hello, er, it's me.
Duncan.
DI Warren.
I hope you don't mind.
I got your number from Are you all right? Yeah.
It's three o'clock in the morning.
Sorry, I didn't, um Look, I'll call you another time.
No, it's OK.
I just wanted to, um .
.
to say I'm sorry about, you know, rushing off last time.
No more apologies, we agreed.
Yeah, I know.
Sorry.
I'll let you get to sleep.
Maybe we could have that drink some time? I'll look forward to it.
Bye.
Bye, Duncan.
Poster, on the wall.
Pulled down, I say.
You know, look at this.
This is a man who likes violent films.
You build a picture.
That in itself means nothing, but you say, "That's the man," you convict him, because of what? It's a hunch.
Because of a theory.
Mandy I was going through cases of convicted murderers who still maintain their innocence.
Suddenly, out popped a familiar name.
Yours.
Hardly surprising, I'm a defence lawyer.
The Martin Richards murder.
Hit over the head, rolled into the Thames by Jubilee Embankment.
His body became snagged on some jetsam.
They found him when the tide went out.
My client, Terry Farnham, was convicted of murder.
Appeal refused.
What makes you think he's innocent? Why care about MY opinion? Thank you very much.
Unless you're scared the real murderer's next on the killer's list.
Would that be your idea of justice, Mr Jameson? Are you any good at spotting a liar? Speed of speech, precise phrasing It's the eyes for me.
Not just where they look, but HOW they look.
It's bewilderment - every single innocent man I've visited in jail.
They may become angry, depressed, suicidalbut bewilderment remains.
And Terry Farnham is bewildered? He didn't kill Martin Richards.
The prosecution said Farnham had a grudge against the victim because of a failed deal.
Before the deal, Terry was close to both the victim, Richards, and his fianceeChrissie Stone.
Terry claimed Richards tried to end the engagement.
Chrissie Stone denied that in court.
Chrissie's a model.
She's got this elfin, innocent face.
The jury would believe anything she said.
She was also chief beneficiary in Martin Richard's will.
So, a row, a will and a model with elfin features.
And the forensics.
Who was the forensic scientist? Bannerman.
Are you looking for something, Dr Bannerman? Copies of the Hardy and Oldroyd cases.
Compiled by you, I assume.
Why? I'm interested.
In what, exactly? Your work.
Whoever killed the Colliers and Philip Stansfield was also interested in those cases.
Maybe I should give these to the police, see what they make of it.
Whatever you feel is appropriate, Dr Bannerman.
But as I'll tell them, I simply wanted to study your methods.
The Richards murder.
Terry Farnham was convicted but maintains his innocence, he's a client of Jameson.
Details are in the public domain.
Bannerman was forensic scientist.
His evidence may be misleading.
Richards' fiancee was about to be ex-fiancee according to Farnham.
She was chief beneficiary in his will.
The fiancee's name? Chrissie Stone.
She does have an alibi.
She was in a flat the night of the murder.
There was a fire alarm that evening.
The porter took her name.
Was there a fire? No.
False alarm.
Well, we know she came out.
How do we know she went back in? ANSWERING MACHINE: 'Hi, this is Chrissie.
I can't take your call.
Please leave a message.
' 'This is DCI Metcalfe.
Please contact me urgently on' I sometimes think all we've got to talk about is the job.
I know what you mean.
The woman on the phone? Wife.
Ex-wife.
She's married to someone else now.
A right plonker.
Not that she thinks so, obviously.
Have you ever been married? No.
I've got a son, Sam.
How old? Thirteen.
He comes to me every other weekend.
The flat seems quiet when he's gone.
I find myself talking to the telly.
Does it answer back? No.
You're all right, then.
It's the fridge with me.
I ask it what I should have for supper.
"You can do what you want, when you want, with whoever you want.
" But, um .
.
it's hard.
You're not doing too badly for a First date.
Yeah.
We've located a potential target - Chrissie Stone.
Her fiance was murdered three years ago.
She's not answering her phone, so we're going to her flat.
Who was the SIO? Emerson.
Emerson? I'll get over there.
It's not always this bad.
I promise.
The porter says she went out this afternoon and hasn't come back.
I repeat, please contact me as soon as you get this message.
If you're out in public, go into a bar.
Farnham murdered Martin Richards.
I'd no doubt about the prosecution.
Neither did the CPS.
Can you account for all of your family? My wife's in Aberdeen.
My youngest daughter's upstairs, the eldest is with friends.
Where? I'm not sure.
Would your other daughter know? Yes, probably.
Anyone else? What? Mistresses? Boyfriends? No! Sorry, sir.
I have to ask.
Martin Richards was killed somewhere along here.
Chrissie! .
.
Kate, help me undo these.
.
.
Chrissie, can you hear me? This is DCI Metcalfe.
Can I have paramedics and fire brigade to Jubilee Embankment? Chrissie! 'She's alive.
' Did she give you a description? She was unconscious.
Kate's gonna stay with her.
The killer will be after Emerson's family.
Is everyone accounted for? Isabel, the eldest, is out clubbing.
We don't know where.
Her sister gave us a list.
Was Chrissie holding anything? A surgeon's scalpel.
Are you sure? The day porter takes over from the night porter at seven.
He admitted they go to the back room for a brew.
As long as she avoided CCTV, Chrissie could have killed Martin Richards and got back without being detected.
And forensics? Bannerman's under review.
His work rate was too slow.
His testimony wasn't properly researched.
The man's a bloody incompetent! I want Bannerman in a court facing charges of professional negligence! She threw two Es down the toilet.
She's probably scared to come home.
This should be over.
It should have been wrapped up long ago.
You're off the case.
We'll start again, someone new.
This is my fault.
No.
I was the SIO.
Sir.
Isabel! Sir.
Sir.
We pulled in a suspect early this morning.
Mugging.
Stabbed a man in the arm near where Eric was killed.
Anything else? Got previous, wears Nike trainers, left-handed, works in a timber yard.
He smelled of wood.
Has he admitted it? Not yet.
But it's him? I'm pretty confident.
Yes! We're not there yet.
We still need your wife for the line-up.
Yeah, of course.
There he is.
Sam, this is Anna.
Anna, this is Sam.
I thought we could get a burger, yeah? Two Cokes, please.
There you go.
What did I miss? Anna's really into cricket.
She saw England beat the West Indies.
Did she? AND she's taking me to Lords.
Can I come? We'll think about it.
I'm off to the loo.
Gents.
He's great.
Yeah.
He is.
Mrs Metcalfe.
Does she understand the procedure? Yep.
Are you going in with her? I'm her husband.
Please.
Look again.
He's in here! Go back in! For me.
DOOR OPENS Get out! Tea? Did you iron my blue shirt? I did say.
I asked you yesterday.
Penny.
Penny.
The scalpel cut her windpipe.
She would have drowned in her own blood.
Time of death? Within the last hour? Bannerman gets up at seven to make the tea.
He opens the window.
Which the killer knows.
His wife took prescription sleeping pills.
She's groggy in the morning.
It took her time to wake up.
Which the killer also knows.
Has his wife made any new friends lately? Where was Daniel Jameson? Check Bannerman's work colleagues.
Did he talk to anybody about his wife's sleeping problems? See if they've alibis for last night.
Bannerman was the forensic scientist on the murder of Chrissie's fiance.
And Hardy and Oldroyd.
First, it's the SIOs getting punished.
Next, it's the forensic scientist.
But if this is all about Bannerman, why wait till now? I don't know.
It's the only link we have.
I want a list of all the murders he was involved in.
Chrissie Stone's regained consciousness.
And? Nothing.
No description of the killer, no memory of the attack.
What's the prognosis? They're doing tests, bringing in a psychiatrist.
I arrested her on suspicion of murder.
She'll remember that.
We've gotta talk.
What about? You, me, Wilby, Bannerman.
Ring any bells? I don't wanna talk about it.
Sir.
First he punishes Macintyre.
Then Wilby, then Bannerman.
They've grouped the murder cases Bannerman's been involved with.
We're cross-referencing them.
You'll have the results tomorrow.
There's another way of seeing this.
How do you mean? Maybe it's nothing to do with Bannerman's cases.
We're We're searching for a link here.
What if it's nothing to do with these cases at all? What if it's about .
.
the men being punished? Macintyre, Wilby, Bannerman.
Pull the jobs that they worked on together.
Do you think you should be here, Dr Bannerman? People expect so much nowadays.
They demanddetail.
As if detail IS knowledge.
There's a thread on the open window.
Maybe it's from the window cleaner's jacket.
Well, that's it, then - the window cleaner killed my wife.
I'm not the detective.
I'm just the man with the details.
Penny worried I wouldn't know how to fill my days when I retired.
Will you be back? You've got what you wanted, Matthew.
We found these.
Hidden in the suspect's flat.
If one of them belonged to your brother, we'd have him for murder.
He'd be off the streets for a long time.
I'll let you have a look, sir.
Sir.
I've found a case Macintyre, Wilby and Bannerman all worked on 15 years ago.
The man convicted of the murder has always maintained his innocence.
Murdered 15 years ago.
Brian Herd, convicted of his murder.
He's maintained his innocence ever since.
The forensic scientist was Bannerman.
The SIO was Macintyre.
His second was Wilby.
And then there was me.
I know.
The heath was a regular venue for gays.
999 got an anonymous call.
A young man injured.
When we got there, the paramedics were working on him.
The call was traced to a phone box.
Herd's car was seen parked by it.
What made this really tasty - Herd was a high court judge.
No-one at the Bar, none of his friends or relatives had any idea he was a practising homosexual.
There's nothing to find.
What's this on your shoes, then? .
.
Forensic bag, please.
'We found blood on his shoes, later matched to the victim's, Carl Brown.
'We found his prints on the phone.
He admitted being on the heath.
'He told us he'd found Carl and gone for help.
' I didn't do it.
Herd was guilty.
He doesn't fit the pattern.
You, Macintyre, Wilby, Bannerman.
I can see a pattern.
A judge in a rent boys' paradise.
No witnesses to support his story.
He made the call, then went home.
He didn't even wait for emergency services.
What about the semen? What? Brian Herd's semen was found on Carl Brown.
You didn't mention that.
It was 15 years ago.
I came to youon the record.
I volunteered this of my own free will.
Stay where you are! Brian Herd, high court judge.
A great result.
Did you set him up? No.
Did you set him up? You think I would sink so low? You make a mistake, you put yourself through purgatory.
Me, I just try and move on.
What did you do? Herd was guilty! You did something.
That's what this is all about.
Mandy Don't you dare! Don't you dare blame me for Mandy! Who's gonna die next? Sam? No! WHAT DID YOU DO?! Faggot judge into bum boys on the heath? That'll please the attorney general(!) Maybe he's at it too.
Rather than have your life ruined, you stabbed Carl Brown in the heart.
I didn't do it.
If you weren't with Carl Brown, who were you with? Louder, your honour, we can't hear.
Sure you don't want a solicitor? We had Carl Brown's blood on Brian Herd's clothes and shoes.
Herd had recently ejaculated.
Semen was found on his trousers.
But none on Carl Brown.
In fact, there was no evidence that Brown had been sexually active that night.
We've just found your semen on the victim.
You were lovers, it went wrong, you killed him.
Try denying it now, your honour.
You know, without your wig and robe, you seem a lot smaller, Mr Herd.
If I'd grassed a senior officer, I'd The killer believes Herd is innocent.
Why? Based on what? Who knows that Macintyre framed Herd? Me, him, Wilby, Bannerman Herd.
Someone else must know.
How? Who are we going to tell? We keep this Herd link strictly between ourselves.
What about the team? They'll know they're being kept out.
They won't like it.
I don't care about their feelings! How many other cases have you had a hand in fixing? None.
Is that the truth? The killer will be going for the real murderer of Carl Brown.
Then he'll be going for someone close to you.
We find who murdered Carl Brown and get to him before the killer.
Go home until this is over.
I didn't drag him into a cell and beat him up.
I didn't do anything.
Please.
Where've you been? Shopping.
Not any more.
Send out for it.
Send your husband, he's expendable.
What have you done? There'll be men front and back.
Don't take Sam to school.
All right? How are you doing? In you go.
All right, get inside.
No! A homosexualHigh Court judge.
You must have had a tough time in here, Mr Herd.
Somebody outside these walls is killing on your behalf.
Seven people are already dead.
The doctor tells me you're dying.
A guilty man in the eyes of the law.
You must be angry.
How angry? Angry enough to order the death of an innocent young girl? I don't think so.
Rather than have your life ruined, you stabbed Carl Brown in the heart.
I didn't do it.
If you weren't on the heath with Carl Brown, who were you with? Louder, your honour, we can't hear you.
And you never said another thing.
Except to give your name in court.
I know about silence.
I know angry silence .
.
loving silence silence that says, "I've something I'm not telling you.
" Whoever you were with on the heath that night they must be very special.
You protected him for 15 years.
You must love him a great deal.
But your silence is going to kill him if you don't tell me his name.
Cos he's next on the list.
It was my fault.
I thought the boy would listen.
Carl Brown? He'd seen me at the courts.
And then on the heath.
'He was trying to blackmail us.
'We arranged 'to meet him.
'I told him no-one would believe him.
'I wasn't going to pay him.
'Then 'suddenly '.
.
there was a knife 'in his hand.
' Your lover's name? Gary Paterson.
I told him to make his own way home.
I wasn't sure if the boywas dead.
I called the emergency services .
.
thengot rid of the knife .
.
and went back to my house.
Gary and I made love before going to the heath.
The police used traces of my semen .
.
to frame me.
And Gary kept quiet about it? Hewas 26.
A teacher.
He deserved a second chance.
Whatever happened my life was over.
Who else knew about this? Who would do this for you? No-one.
I haveno-one else.
No.
Gary Paterson is almost certainly the next victim.
I don't know who the killer is or where he gets his information from, but apart from you, I don't know who else I can trust.
You can trust Duncan.
You're very quiet.
It was lovely.
I don't want you to think this is something I There's been no-one since Helen.
No-one important.
What I mean is, I I'm useless at this stuff.
I care about you, OK? OK.
Yeah? I'm parked 50 yards up from 142 Wickham Road, Ealing.
Get here.
Now? I've gotta go.
I'm sorry.
There's coffee, bread I'm not sure about the milk.
I'll be fine.
Maybe tomorrow? Please.
If Gary's home, he's not answering.
What are you doing? He could be dead already.
The killer might be still in there.
Oh! I thought you might want company.
He's headmaster of Ealing Middle School.
Mr Paterson.
Mr Paterson, phone.
Sir.
Can I help you? I'm looking for Mr Paterson.
He had a call and went out.
Where? He didn't say.
The exact location Carl Brown was found.
The heath! Where on the heath? It was years ago.
It was somewhere around here.
Can't you be more specific? I'm trying.
Well? Call Macintyre, we've no choice.
Not yet.
This is the place.
Are you sure? Of course.
They had trouble getting the ambulance here.
Ambulance? Why did you need an ambulance if he's dead? He didn't die here.
He was still alive when they found him.
He died at the old hospital.
MUFFLED CRIES He's cut out his heart.
All right, boys.
It's me, DI Warren.
OK.
He's not safe here.
There's police front and back.
In the living room! I can't trust them.
The killer's one step ahead every time.
He could be anyone.
He could be on your couch right now.
Oh, come on! He cut a man's heart out.
And now it's Sam's turn.
If I take Sam away from here No.
He's safe with me.
But I can't do it without your help.
Forget all the crap between us.
I'd die for that kid, you know I would.
Goodbye, Dad.
Yeah, see you next weekend.
He's got the kid, stop him! Get off me! Tony, get in the bloody car! You, me and Duncan were the only people who knew Gary Paterson was the real murderer of Carl Brown.
So how the hell did the killer work it out? Maybe he didn't.
Well, he lured Gary Paterson here.
He killed him.
This time, we were only minutes behind.
He couldn't crack this one.
This is the one case that mattered most and he couldn't work it out.
He followed US to Paterson's house? Yes.
The killer used us to lead him to the murderer of Carl Brown? Because he's dying.
It must've taken years of research and planning.
When the killer found out Herd was ill, he had to act immediately.
It's someone close to Herd, someone Who cares, desperately.
Herd said there was no-one.
Herd said that after Carl Brown was killed, his life was over.
What life? Brian Herd.
No reference in the case notes to wife, relatives, elderly parents, close friends, nothing.
There must be.
Are you OK? Fine.
Hi, Sam.
I thought we'd agreed to meet later.
Are you on your own? Yes, till 10.
You have to come with us, now.
Why? Someone close to me is next on the killer's list.
And why are you here? What if it isn't Sam? What if it's you? Me? Yeah.
You came back for me? You didn't think I'd leave you? OK, so we skipped the flowers and champagne.
The killer knows everything.
Can we just leave? You, me and Sam? All right.
Stay here.
For God's sake, I thought it was Is Sam with you? Yeah.
Hi, Sam.
Hi, Red.
Sam, do you fancy stepping outside, maybe? I want to discuss something with your dad.
He stays with me.
How did you know I was here? I didn't.
We're just leaving, the three of us.
Have you met? This is Anna.
DCI Metcalfe knows who I am, don't you? Hello, Sarah.
What? Sarah Herd.
Brian Herd's daughter.
Sarah Herd.
I haven't said that out loud for 15 years.
No.
Judge, jury and executioner.
Let the boy go.
Sarah let him go.
Bye, Sam.
Have a good life.
Sam, go to the door.
Shout your name very loudly.
Shout, "Sam coming out.
" Dad.
Just do what Red says.
I'll be fine.
I promise.
Sam coming out! Why didn't we know about you? She removed all reference to herself when she started working here.
There were death threats after her father was charged.
She died.
I know.
I'm sorry.
I'm not.
She couldn't forgive him.
She was eaten away by bitterness.
YOU forgave him.
Why? What's this on your shoes? I didn't do it.
I didn't do it.
I didn't do it.
I didn't.
'It was the last thing he said to me.
' I've spent seven years in these files, planning how to put it right.
Do you know how many unsound convictions are on these shelves? Then suddenly "Gay Sex Killer Judge Has Cancer - 'There Is Justice' Says Victim's Mother.
" He's dying and I had to read about it in a newspaper.
Do you know why your father remained silent? Cos he'd be found guilty whatever he said.
Because he and Gary Paterson were lovers.
He had to choose between protecting him or being with you.
He chose Gary.
You killed his lover, Sarah - the reason he remained silent for 15 years.
My father's innocent.
He's not going to die a guilty man.
- It's what he wanted.
- I'd be no-one.
Anna Marchent for ever.
They'll lock you away.
Life will mean life.
I don't have a life, Duncan.
I had to borrow one.
And I was what? A way to get to Gary Paterson, to my son? I think Anna could have loved you.
But you took my dad.
Someone has to pay.
That's justice.
He'll be released.
I've done what I set out to do.
You haven't punished Duncan.
Yes, I have.
I can't identify any of these as belonging to my brother.