Ridley (2022) s02e04 Episode Script
The Hollow Tree Part 2
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♪
♪
[GULP]
ANDY: Are you sure you need that?
I've got to get it while I can.
They let you go. That's good, isn't it?
They're just biding their time.
I'm a marked man.
I've always had your back,
Dave you know that
but they keep asking
difficult questions.
You know why, don't you?
Jean Dixon won't rest
until she's got me sent down.
♪
I'm not gonna give her the satisfaction.
No, no, no, no.
You're not fit to drive.
Just give me the keys.
You're not thinking straight, David.
You didn't see me go, OK?
♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
CAROL: Oh, hiya, love.
Jack was so late, I had to reschedule.
Said it wasn't his problem, anyways.
He never wanted Meadow
in the first place.
[SCOFFS]
Right. OK, and where is he?
Where do you think?
I'm taking your mum
out for dinner tonight,
and you're gonna babysit.
What?
No. No is not an option.
You have got a lot of making up to do.
Oh, uh, been days.
She didn't need me.
ALEX: Yeah, you know, just
talking about old times
you know, how we set up the club,
me, Kate, and Annie and
the craic we used to have.
How did that make you feel?
Relieved, really.
Yes.
Suddenly, the first time I saw
Kate's face the way it was
smiling, happy,
my beautiful Kate.
Relief indicates a sense
of being released from something.
Can you say what that might have been?
Oh, yeah, absolutely,
I mean, guilt, sadness
the feeling that I'm
not allowed to be happy,
and yet, when I saw Kate's face again,
happy, smiling,
made me think, you know,
maybe it's all right
for me to be happy, too.
Remembering Kate as
you knew her pre-trauma
is an important step
in the healing process.
Right. Well
Right,
so I'm getting better, am I?
Our time is up, I'm afraid.
Oh.
If I gave you an extra tenner,
would you answer that question?
I'll see you next week, Alex.
All right.
♪
You look gorgeous.
You, too, babe.
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, thanks, mate.
Right.
Tonight is all about us, OK?
Cheers to that, no talk
about kids or work.
- We need to talk about Jack.
- Mm.
I caught him getting out
of a mate's pimped-up car.
He was older, smoking weed.
It didn't look right.
Why didn't you tell me?
Because he asked me not to
and I was too exhausted to argue.
OK, well, you know, we've all got in
with rough crowds in our time.
Think it's more than that, Carol.
Like, Jack used to be
the center of our world,
and now he's not,
and I think he's struggling with that.
I hate saying this, but
maybe he's missing
having a man in his life.
Maybe Ridley can have a word.
Jack looks up to him.
Yeah, maybe.
Let's see how it goes.
Mm-hmm.
Listen, I I just wanted to say,
I really do appreciate everything
you've sacrificed for us to have Meadow.
I know it's been tough,
but we're a team,
and we'll get through this together.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Now, here, get that down you.
[CHUCKLES]
To us.
I'm gonna regret this at 3 A.M.
No. I will because I'm getting up
with the baby and you're staying in bed.
In that case, I'll
have another one or 10.
Ah.
Ooh, ha ha!
Uh!
[BOTH LAUGH]
♪
GERI: Ha ha ha!
Shh shh.
- Did you see that guy looking at us?
- Yeah.
Only because he fancied you.
Go on. Get them clothes off.
- Get upstairs.
- Mm-hmm.
[MEADOW CRYING]
Bang goes our night of passion.
Hmm. Jack, we're home.
- Ohh
- Everything OK?
Jack?
GERI: Jack.
[MEADOW BABBLES]
He's not here. Oh, my God.
MAN: If I get that drop,
then I'm droppin' it ♪
Listen to this bass drum.
CAROL: Jack?
[ENGINE REVS]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Who's your mate?
It's the none of your business.
Excuse me?
Have you lost your mind?
You left your baby sister in the house
on her own while you came out here
and got wasted with your mates.
Chill out. It wasn't like that.
I was gone 5 minutes.
"Chill out"? I am fuming with you.
Look. Do you know what?
I'm disappointed in you.
The old Jack would never
have done something like this.
In now!
♪
WOMAN ON PHONE:
Emergency. Which service?
♪
Do you need fire,
police, or ambulance?
What number
have you dialed, please?
I cannot release your line
until you say
that you do not need
an emergency service.
DARREN: Paramedics
pronounced Ross Enderby dead
at the scene at 0416 A.M.
Where's Wendy?
She's gone back to the
lab to start running tests.
Did she give a cause of death?
Yeah, a blunt-force trauma
to the back of the head
resulting in a traumatic brain injury.
There's evidence of blood
on the coffee table there,
and, given the state of the kitchen,
there seems to be some sort of struggle.
Evidence suggests the victim slipped,
lost his balance, and fell backwards,
a fracture in the base of his skull.
And who found him?
Jean Dixon.
She'd been over seeing Molly.
Right. Where is she now?
She's in the living room,
but she's still in shock.
Right.
CAROL: Is there anyone you can think of
who might want to do him harm?
No,
unless it was
someone from his past maybe.
There was no sign of
the door being forced,
suggesting that Ross knew his killer.
Well, we don't lock doors out here.
I mean, whoever it was, they could have
just walked straight in.
I don't think they were coming for him.
I think I think
they were coming for me.
Because of the threat left on your car?
Ross told me not to get involved.
And so when you went to see Molly,
did you notice anything suspicious or
No. I don't
I don't know. I can't remember.
I just haven't slept enough.
I'm so sorry.
It's OK. Let's leave it there for now.
Ohh
Jean, don't worry.
We'll put someone to watch the house,
and if you think of anything else,
you just let us know, OK?
[DOOR OPENS]
WENDY: As you can see,
the victim suffered
a severe fracture to the
base of his skull on impact,
resulting in catastrophic
intracerebral hemorrhage,
and I can confirm that the blood found
on the coffee table is a match.
Was there any physical
evidence of the intruder?
Not as yet, but we are still
processing other samples
taken at the scene.
However, we did find this.
It was concealed under
the kitchen island.
There's evidence of blood on the blade.
Was the victim stabbed?
No.
Whose blood is it?
Well, as soon as we get all
the results back, I'll let you know.
Thank you, Wendy.
Darren.
David Hadderly's car was seen
on Hester Moor Road
last night, 11:58 P.M.,
half a mile away from
Jean Dixon's house.
Right. Where is he now?
He's on the way to the station.
His daughter persuaded him
to come in voluntarily.
Are you going to arrest me again?
ALEX: No. We just want to ask you
a few questions, that's all.
CAROL: What were you doing
up on the moors last night?
I drive around when I can't sleep.
Is that a crime now?
One of our cameras places you
around 15 miles from your
house just before midnight.
What's this about?
Does the name Ross Enderby
mean anything to you?
No. Who's that?
Jean Dixon's partner, who was murdered
last night at her home,
which is in the vicinity
of your little joyride,
and Jean thinks that the killer
might have been coming for her.
Where were you between 11:00 and 2 A.M.?
Driving. I told you.
I'd had too much to drink,
nearly went off the road,
realized I wasn't in control,
so I pulled over.
When I started sobering up,
I drove to Andy's to sleep it off.
Yeah. Well, we'll get that checked out.
Take a look at this.
♪
That's Jean Dixon's car,
and that's someone leaving
a threatening note on her windscreen.
We think that might be you.
Well, it's not me.
I never threatened her.
Well, we know that's not true
because we witnessed you
threatening her to her face.
I wanted her to stay away from my family
because, yeah, I was angry,
but I never left any notes,
or went anywhere near her.
That wasn't me.
♪
CAROL: David Hadderly has no alibi
for the time of the murder.
We only have his word that
he didn't send those texts,
so we're working on the theory
that the two cases are possibly linked.
Linked how?
He openly resented Jean Dixon.
He asked his daughter to lie for him.
Did he ask his brother to do the same?
Let's find that out.
DARREN: We've got officers
searching the property now.
ALEX: If David Hadderly is guilty,
that lends credence to Jean's theory
that she was the target.
Ross Enderby just got in the way.
If that's the case, that
means she's still at risk.
CAROL: We've got
surveillance at the house.
Good. Well, she's been through enough.
Keep me updated.
ALEX: Well, there's
something bothering me
about this Ross Enderby
since the first time I met him.
He was so overprotective of Jean,
and she was really wary of him.
CAROL: Yeah. It doesn't seem like Jean.
Exactly.
I mean, she was even
knocking back his calls.
When I asked her about it,
she just brushed it off.
Let's do some background checks.
Will do.
CAROL: See if you can find the
ALEX: Yes. Go ahead.
CAROL: and cross-reference it
with the team at the house.
Right. Are you sure about that?
Yeah. OK. No, no. Thanks.
Thanks for coming back. Thank you. Bye.
So that's the Reserves Office
confirming that there was
a Sergeant Hadderly at the camp
on the night we think
that Kathy was murdered.
So what now?
CAROL: We need to meet his brother Andy,
so let's just park it until we find out
a bit more about David's
little late-night visit.
OK.
♪
ANDY: Sam called me,
said David was drunk
spiraling into one of his rages.
I told her to go to her friends',
I'd deal with it,
but I couldn't stop him.
What do you mean, stop him?
David felt victimized by Jean Dixon,
wanted to have it out with her.
I have no idea what went on
but he was in a terrible
state when he got to ours,
told me he was sorry.
I asked him what he meant,
but he refused to answer.
CAROL: Well, it seems like he's
been protecting him all along.
Yeah, but do we have enough
evidence to charge David?
Well, we might do now.
Uniform found Kathy Hadderly's
missing earring in David's toolbox.
About time we had a bit of luck.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
Yes? Uh-huh.
Sure. OK.
Well, we'll be heading back.
♪
LYNNE: She was beautiful, wasn't she?
Men were always drawn to her.
♪
ALEX: No.
Don't you mean Sergeant David Hadderly?
Huh?
Are you sure?
Yeah. Thanks for your help.
Somewhere we need to be.
What's going on?
I'll tell you when we're in the car.
Can you tell us about this crest,
please, Mrs. Hadderly?
It's the regimental badge
for the Royal Gryphon Guards.
You see, there was a training camp
in the fields adjoining Horsley Wood
the night that Kathy was murdered,
and we have had it confirmed
that Corporal David Hadderly
did not attend,
but Sergeant Andrew Hadderly did.
CAROL: Your husband was billeted
10 minutes' walk from the crime scene.
Had you ever had any suspicions
about Andy and Kathy having an affair?
♪
I always knew Andy saw other women.
♪
Sometimes I'd look for evidence,
find things.
♪
It made me feel
more in control somehow,
like it was my choice to stay.
I didn't want to end up on me own,
so I just shut out.
When I watched the appeal,
I knew I'd seen that earring before
not on Kathy,
hidden in the pocket
of Andy's cammo jacket.
That's when I knew he must
have been there the night she
The night she was murdered.
Yeah.
♪
He kept his old kit in the garage.
As soon as I got home,
I went to find it, but it wasn't there.
Last night, I saw Andy burning leaves
in the garden incinerator,
thought it was odd.
He never did anything like that.
♪
Found this
♪
buried in the ashes.
What, exactly,
are you trying to tell us, Lynne?
That my husband planted that earring
to make David, look guilty.
this phone has something to do
with Kathy's death,
That he was doing
everything in his power
to get rid of the evidence.
ANDY: To be addressed
in the next meeting
of the subcommittee.
CAROL: Andrew Hadderly,
I'm arresting you on suspicion of
the murder of Katharine Hadderly.
You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defense
if you do not mention when questioned
something that you
later rely on in court.
Do you understand?
This is ridiculous.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
This way, please.
[PEOPLE MURMURING]
CAROL: Can you tell us about the nature
of your relationship
with Kathy Hadderly?
We we're friends, always got on well.
I felt sorry for her.
Previously, you stated that Kathy
was known to have
relationships with other men.
Did that include you, Mr. Hadderly?
You do not have to answer that.
My lawyer is advising
me to say, "No comment,"
but I'll answer your questions,
as I have nothing to hide,
and, no, that did not involve me.
CAROL: Your wife seems
to think differently.
♪
Do you recognize it?
♪
No. I do not.
ALEX: The same earring
was found this morning
in David Hadderly's property.
Did you put it there?
Of course not.
Records show that you attended
a Reservist training camp
in the fields adjoining Horsley Wood
on the night that Kathy went missing.
Now, why have you not
told us that before?
Because I saw her live two days later.
I didn't think it was relevant.
CAROL: Oh, right, because a witness
can place you walking back alone
from the direction
of the woods around 3 A.M.
That was the last time you saw
Kathy alive, wasn't it
at the hollow tree,
not outside the council offices.
And the car and the man
that you saw her getting
into the car with,
they were never found
because guess what
ha! they didn't exist, did they?
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
Let's take a break there.
DARREN: So Tech managed to retrieve data
from the burnt mobile phone,
only has text messages to one number.
Sam Hadderly.
Oh, that's a low blow,
using your own niece
to cover your tracks.
ALEX: He won't be able to
wheedle his way out of this one.
Good work, Darren.
Thanks.
Recognize this?
Your wife claims you
attempted to burn it
in the garden incinerator.
Now, why would you want to do that?
There's some very
interesting texts on this,
all of them calculated
to make Sam Hadderly
believe that her mother is still alive.
Did you send those?
Maybe this will jog your memory.
"This has to be our secret.
Don't tell anyone.
"Even Dad or I could be in danger.
"When I'm ready, I'll come for you.
I love you so much Mum.
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss."
Now, you're a very
clever man, Mr. Hadderly.
Can you tell us why you haven't
disposed of this phone until now, hmm?
No comment.
CAROL: It's because
you needed the number
to stay the same, isn't it,
so that Sam would keep
believing your lies.
But if her mother's body
was ever discovered,
you knew that Sam would
tell us about the texts,
which you then used to
implicate your own brother
and make him appear guilty.
But it was you, wasn't it?
♪
Mr. Hadderly, I need you
to answer the question.
♪
I loved Kathy
♪
so much.
I need you to understand that.
♪
I I couldn't lose her.
I just couldn't.
♪
Why did you think you were losing her?
♪
We'd been talking about a future
♪
making a life together.
♪
So when she she asked
to meet me at the hollow tree,
I wasn't expecting her to end it.
ALEX: Ah, right, so you
met her there before.
♪
Yeah.
CAROL: Did she say why
she was ending it?
♪
She wanted to make a new life
♪
for her and Sam
♪
somewhere no one would find them.
♪
I wouldn't be part of it.
♪
I couldn't accept that.
♪
So what did you do?
♪
I begged her.
I begged her
to change her mind
[SNIFFLES]
told told her I'd leave Lynne,
I'd do anything she wanted
♪
but she wouldn't she wouldn't listen.
I got
frustrated,
angry.
She started screaming.
♪
I had to make her stop. I had to.
♪
Next minute
♪
Next minute
I had my hands round her neck
♪
and I kept them there till
she stopped struggling
♪
and by then, it was too late.
♪
So, what,
you set about covering your tracks?
♪
Dave is my brother. I killed his wife.
What was I supposed to do?
You walked back into that camp
as if nothing had ever happened.
You invented
a story about Kathy and some bloke
barely two days after you
shoved a rope down her throat
and interred her lifeless body
into the hollow of a tree.
Why keep the earring?
It's all I had left of her.
Now listen to me.
You knew Jean Dixon was back
asking questions, didn't you?
You knew she was pushing for a result
this time, and you had to stop her.
Is that right?
No. That's not that's not right.
ALEX: Yes.
No.
You put threatening letters on her car.
You followed her to her house,
but she wasn't there, was she,
but her partner was there.
And you didn't mean to kill him, either.
This No.
This this is the truth now.
I didn't I didn't leave
any threatening messages,
go anywhere near
Jean Dixon or her house.
- That wasn't me.
- ALEX: No?
ANDY: That wasn't me.
♪
DAVID: He used me.
He was prepared
to let me take the blame.
♪
He's a good liar.
I'll give him that.
♪
Sam, your mum told him
that she was leaving to find
a better life for you both.
She never intended to abandon you,
but he couldn't let her go.
[SOBS]
[SNIFFLES]
It's gonna be OK, Dad.
We're gonna be OK.
[SNIFFLES]
♪
I always thought it was David
because that's what Andy wanted,
and I should have seen through him.
No. I mean, I believe he was coming over
to confront you,
but Ross got in his way.
I mean, how did he get your address?
How did he get your
I mean, did you give it
to his wife at the time,
you know, for Sam?
It's possible.
I don't know, can't remember.
I should have known it was Andy,
and I have let everyone down.
No, Jean. Come on. Don't do that.
You helped us get to the truth.
At what cost to that family?
[SNIFFLES]
ALEX: Jean's still pretty
traumatized, you know?
I suppose Andy Hadderly being guilty
has left her feeling more responsible.
How did David and Sam
Hadderly take the news?
They seemed pretty devastated
but I don't know
somehow seemed closer.
At least they have
some sort of closure now.
- Boss?
- Yeah?
An ex-colleague of
Ross Enderby's in reception.
She wants to talk, a Rebecca Haleton,
claims she filed
a complaint against him.
What for?
Serial abuse.
CAROL: So tell us about how
you first met Ross Enderby.
We met at work.
Me mother had just died.
I was at a low ebb.
He was kind at first,
told me that me mum
would want me to be happy,
that he'd take care of me,
and I believed him
but as soon as he moved in, it started.
What started?
Ross called me the pig
♪
said I was fat, ugly
♪
that I was lucky to have him
because no one else would want me.
♪
When I finally got the
nerve to tell him to leave,
that's when he got violent.
ALEX: But you did eventually make
a complaint against him, didn't you?
♪
A colleague noticed
the bruising on me arms.
She encouraged me to go to me boss.
What happened?
♪
Senior officers said
that they could make it go away
if he agreed to take early retirement.
♪
That's when he moved up here.
Yeah. They buried it.
Turns out, I was just one of many.
No one stopped him.
CAROL: Was Jean living
with similar abuse
and just lying about it?
I knew she was hiding something,
you know, but it's Jean.
I could never have imagined it was this.
No.
Enderby's car was pinged on the ANPR
close to the street
where Jean's car was parked.
So it was him in the security footage.
Right, so Ross put
that note on the screen
to scare Jean into pulling
out of the investigation.
So he was back in control.
Which kind of pushes Andy
Hadderly out of the frame.
Mm.
We need to talk to Jean.
CAROL: Thanks for seeing us.
Yeah. Take a seat.
So one of Ross' old
colleagues came to see us.
And also a former girlfriend.
She claims that Ross was
a serial abuser of women.
Did he ever mention his ex?
No.
He just said that, um
you know, the past hadn't been kind
to either of us,
and that it was all about the future.
So the abuse that this woman suffered,
that was not your experience.
No. No, not at all.
[DOOR CLOSES]
DARREN: Sorry.
Can I have a word, please?
CAROL: Yeah.
Just excuse us for a minute, please.
Look. Tech got some interesting data
on Ross Enderby's phone.
He put a tracker on Jean Dixon's car.
- And what does it give us?
- Well, Jean claimed she went to go
and see Molly last night,
nearly 5 miles away,
but the tracker places her car
on the drive all last night.
♪
Oh.
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
[SNIFFLES]
[CLEARS THROAT]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Were you aware that Ross
put a tracker on your car?
♪
No.
You told us that you
drove to see Molly last night,
but the data tells us
that your car remained here.
♪
ALEX: So if you didn't drive,
how did you get there?
♪
Answer the question, Jean.
♪
There was no intruder, was there?
♪
No.
It was me.
I killed Ross.
♪
[WHIRS]
♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
♪
[SLAM]
♪
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
You shouldn't be here.
Molly's arrived.
I thought you should know.
Can I see her?
No, not till after your interview.
Why'd you lie to me, Jean?
Well, I've known you for over 20 years.
We were friends. I'm on your side.
[DOOR OPENS]
I'm ready.
JEAN: Ross had been getting
- increasingly
- CAROL: Controlling?
Obsessive,
and he'd been following me.
He knew I'd been lying to him.
Lying about what?
He didn't want me to get
involved in the Hadderly case
but when Sam said
she'd only speak to me,
I remembered that vulnerable
13-year-old girl who had trusted me
to find her mum,
and I felt that I let her down.
♪
I couldn't say no.
So you kept it from Ross. Why?
Because he said our
policing days were over
and that it was just him and me now
♪
and I knew it would upset
him if I went against that.
Upset? How?
♪
Because he didn't like
me disagreeing with him,
so it just seemed easier to say nothing.
I would talk to Sam,
that would be the end of it,
and he would never know
♪
and then the old detective in me
kicked in, and I couldn't stay away.
♪
What happened then?
♪
Well, he'd been following me
said he
he wanted to see if I could be trusted
and that I hadn't passed the test,
and I could see that he was enjoying
humiliating me,
so I asked him, um, to leave,
and he forced me out of my house.
Where did you go?
Up to Folly Ridge,
which is where I go
when I need to think.
So what happened then,
when you came back?
♪
He said he was sorry
♪
that he'd been drinking.
He was full of self-pity.
♪
He tried to kiss me,
and I said that I had made my decision
and that I wanted him out
♪
and he
said he'd kill me before
he let that happen
♪
and he just went for me,
and I thought, "I'm not gonna die"
♪
and somehow
um
I found the strength to push him off
♪
and he lost his balance,
and he fell backwards,
and he, um,
hit his head on the coffee table
♪
and that was it.
ALEX: That knife that was found
at the crime scene,
did we ever find out whose
blood was on the blade?
- Not yet.
- Right.
You see, if Ross did
pull a knife on her,
she'd be much better
placed to argue self-defense.
She hasn't mentioned it.
No.
Let's show her it, see what she says.
I didn't mean to kill him.
Can we just stop this now?
CAROL: OK, so you pushed Ross backwards.
He lost his balance, fell,
hitting his head on the coffee table.
Yes.
And there were no weapons involved.
You're sure about that?
Yes, I am sure.
[BAG RUSTLES]
Do you recognize this?
♪
It's one of our knives.
♪
Found under the kitchen island.
♪
Now, why would one of your knives
have blood on it?
♪
Wendy, I need the blood
results for Ross Enderby.
They're only just in.
- I was about to send you
- The blood on the knife,
it isn't Jean Dixon's, is it?
Correct.
Thanks.
♪
Jean Dixon didn't mention the knife
because Jean didn't know it was there.
She wasn't at the scene
when Ross Enderby died.
Molly was.
It's her DNA on the knife.
Call her mobile.
[BEEP BEEP]
MOLLY, ON PHONE:
Thank you for calling.
She's not answering.
OK. Circulate the details
with all patrols, now.
♪
[TIRES SCREECH]
♪
Molly.
♪
You know why I'm here, don't you?
I'm glad he's dead.
Oh, Molly, you shouldn't say that.
You really mustn't say that.
Just tell me what happened.
He seemed perfect at first,
lovely to Mum and me,
funny, charming,
said all the right things.
He knew he was onto
a cushy number with Mum
nice house, nice pension,
didn't want me spoiling his chances,
so he started telling her lies about me.
And he knew she was vulnerable, yeah?
First red flag was him
asking her for money,
so I started looking him up online,
found out he was seeing other women.
♪
MOLLY, VOICE-OVER: He'd left
his phone in the bathroom.
I'd been watching him log in.
I worked out his password,
but he always had it on him.
He was on all these apps,
talking to women,
arranging to meet them.
♪
I set up a profile
with a photo I knew he'd go for,
called myself Mia, and waited.
♪
Didn't take long
for him to take the bait.
We chatted,
and he asked to meet me
for some adult fun,
so I went up to the house
♪
parked down the lane
so no one could hear me,
saw Ross at the window,
assumed Mum was there
because her car was in the drive.
♪
Felt so powerful.
I knew I had him and there was
nothing he could do about it.
Hey, Ross, I'm Mia.
[CHUCKLES]
Give me the phone.
Give me the phone.
[LOCK CLICKS]
[PANTING]
[CRASH]
ROSS: Oh, ho, you stupid, little bitch.
♪
I've got copies.
Can't lie your way out of it this time.
Where's Mum?
She'll want to see this.
[GRUNTING]
Oh!
No! Ah! Oh!
Waah!
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
♪
I didn't know what to do.
This wasn't how it was supposed to be.
I couldn't find Mum
in the house, so I phoned her.
♪
Ross?
Ross?
Mum
Ross. Ross.
Oh! Ross!
I was gonna tell you everything,
so I went to see Mum,
tell her no, but I just waited so long,
I panicked,
came here, and
I know.
It's all right, Molly.
It's all right, darling.
Oh
[SNIFFLES]
You got to go down to the station now.
You know that, yeah?
Good girl.
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
JEAN: Molly
Mum, oh, I am so sorry, Mum.
JEAN: I'm so, so sorry.
MOLLY: I'll be OK, Mum.
I will, promise you.
[SNIFFLES]
Oh, my, God.
Oh, now, now.
♪
ALEX: Annie, come into the henhouse.
I want to egg you on.
Ha ha ha!
Wow. Splashing out.
Have you won the lottery?
Ah, only a matter of time, kid.
Ha ha!
Here we go.
So?
So
I told Harry that I'd accept his offer.
Great.
What made you change your mind?
You did because you reminded me
how much I love this place
♪
and how precious you are to me.
♪
Wow.
I think that's the nicest
thing you've ever said to me.
♪
Cheers, Annie.
Cheers.
Yeah.
♪
Ahh
♪
JEAN: You got my text, then?
Yep.
I wasn't sure you'd come.
Wasn't sure they'd let you go.
They're charging me with
perverting the course of justice.
[EXHALES]
I was trying to find
you at the station
as I just wanted to say how sorry I am.
No, no, no.
I mean, if it had have been Ella,
I would have done exactly the same.
[SIGHS]
What happens now with Molly?
Oh, there'll be a plea of mitigation,
and they'll reduce
her sentence, hopefully.
I mean, once the court
gets all the facts
It should be me, not her.
I'm the one who brought
him into our lives.
♪
It'll be a tough road
♪
but I'm here.
Molly'd like that.
And you?
♪
Yeah. I'd like that, too, Alex.
♪
Good.
That's that settled, then.
Uh
Ahh
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
[GULP]
ANDY: Are you sure you need that?
I've got to get it while I can.
They let you go. That's good, isn't it?
They're just biding their time.
I'm a marked man.
I've always had your back,
Dave you know that
but they keep asking
difficult questions.
You know why, don't you?
Jean Dixon won't rest
until she's got me sent down.
♪
I'm not gonna give her the satisfaction.
No, no, no, no.
You're not fit to drive.
Just give me the keys.
You're not thinking straight, David.
You didn't see me go, OK?
♪
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
CAROL: Oh, hiya, love.
Jack was so late, I had to reschedule.
Said it wasn't his problem, anyways.
He never wanted Meadow
in the first place.
[SCOFFS]
Right. OK, and where is he?
Where do you think?
I'm taking your mum
out for dinner tonight,
and you're gonna babysit.
What?
No. No is not an option.
You have got a lot of making up to do.
Oh, uh, been days.
She didn't need me.
ALEX: Yeah, you know, just
talking about old times
you know, how we set up the club,
me, Kate, and Annie and
the craic we used to have.
How did that make you feel?
Relieved, really.
Yes.
Suddenly, the first time I saw
Kate's face the way it was
smiling, happy,
my beautiful Kate.
Relief indicates a sense
of being released from something.
Can you say what that might have been?
Oh, yeah, absolutely,
I mean, guilt, sadness
the feeling that I'm
not allowed to be happy,
and yet, when I saw Kate's face again,
happy, smiling,
made me think, you know,
maybe it's all right
for me to be happy, too.
Remembering Kate as
you knew her pre-trauma
is an important step
in the healing process.
Right. Well
Right,
so I'm getting better, am I?
Our time is up, I'm afraid.
Oh.
If I gave you an extra tenner,
would you answer that question?
I'll see you next week, Alex.
All right.
♪
You look gorgeous.
You, too, babe.
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, thanks, mate.
Right.
Tonight is all about us, OK?
Cheers to that, no talk
about kids or work.
- We need to talk about Jack.
- Mm.
I caught him getting out
of a mate's pimped-up car.
He was older, smoking weed.
It didn't look right.
Why didn't you tell me?
Because he asked me not to
and I was too exhausted to argue.
OK, well, you know, we've all got in
with rough crowds in our time.
Think it's more than that, Carol.
Like, Jack used to be
the center of our world,
and now he's not,
and I think he's struggling with that.
I hate saying this, but
maybe he's missing
having a man in his life.
Maybe Ridley can have a word.
Jack looks up to him.
Yeah, maybe.
Let's see how it goes.
Mm-hmm.
Listen, I I just wanted to say,
I really do appreciate everything
you've sacrificed for us to have Meadow.
I know it's been tough,
but we're a team,
and we'll get through this together.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Now, here, get that down you.
[CHUCKLES]
To us.
I'm gonna regret this at 3 A.M.
No. I will because I'm getting up
with the baby and you're staying in bed.
In that case, I'll
have another one or 10.
Ah.
Ooh, ha ha!
Uh!
[BOTH LAUGH]
♪
GERI: Ha ha ha!
Shh shh.
- Did you see that guy looking at us?
- Yeah.
Only because he fancied you.
Go on. Get them clothes off.
- Get upstairs.
- Mm-hmm.
[MEADOW CRYING]
Bang goes our night of passion.
Hmm. Jack, we're home.
- Ohh
- Everything OK?
Jack?
GERI: Jack.
[MEADOW BABBLES]
He's not here. Oh, my God.
MAN: If I get that drop,
then I'm droppin' it ♪
Listen to this bass drum.
CAROL: Jack?
[ENGINE REVS]
[TIRES SCREECH]
Who's your mate?
It's the none of your business.
Excuse me?
Have you lost your mind?
You left your baby sister in the house
on her own while you came out here
and got wasted with your mates.
Chill out. It wasn't like that.
I was gone 5 minutes.
"Chill out"? I am fuming with you.
Look. Do you know what?
I'm disappointed in you.
The old Jack would never
have done something like this.
In now!
♪
WOMAN ON PHONE:
Emergency. Which service?
♪
Do you need fire,
police, or ambulance?
What number
have you dialed, please?
I cannot release your line
until you say
that you do not need
an emergency service.
DARREN: Paramedics
pronounced Ross Enderby dead
at the scene at 0416 A.M.
Where's Wendy?
She's gone back to the
lab to start running tests.
Did she give a cause of death?
Yeah, a blunt-force trauma
to the back of the head
resulting in a traumatic brain injury.
There's evidence of blood
on the coffee table there,
and, given the state of the kitchen,
there seems to be some sort of struggle.
Evidence suggests the victim slipped,
lost his balance, and fell backwards,
a fracture in the base of his skull.
And who found him?
Jean Dixon.
She'd been over seeing Molly.
Right. Where is she now?
She's in the living room,
but she's still in shock.
Right.
CAROL: Is there anyone you can think of
who might want to do him harm?
No,
unless it was
someone from his past maybe.
There was no sign of
the door being forced,
suggesting that Ross knew his killer.
Well, we don't lock doors out here.
I mean, whoever it was, they could have
just walked straight in.
I don't think they were coming for him.
I think I think
they were coming for me.
Because of the threat left on your car?
Ross told me not to get involved.
And so when you went to see Molly,
did you notice anything suspicious or
No. I don't
I don't know. I can't remember.
I just haven't slept enough.
I'm so sorry.
It's OK. Let's leave it there for now.
Ohh
Jean, don't worry.
We'll put someone to watch the house,
and if you think of anything else,
you just let us know, OK?
[DOOR OPENS]
WENDY: As you can see,
the victim suffered
a severe fracture to the
base of his skull on impact,
resulting in catastrophic
intracerebral hemorrhage,
and I can confirm that the blood found
on the coffee table is a match.
Was there any physical
evidence of the intruder?
Not as yet, but we are still
processing other samples
taken at the scene.
However, we did find this.
It was concealed under
the kitchen island.
There's evidence of blood on the blade.
Was the victim stabbed?
No.
Whose blood is it?
Well, as soon as we get all
the results back, I'll let you know.
Thank you, Wendy.
Darren.
David Hadderly's car was seen
on Hester Moor Road
last night, 11:58 P.M.,
half a mile away from
Jean Dixon's house.
Right. Where is he now?
He's on the way to the station.
His daughter persuaded him
to come in voluntarily.
Are you going to arrest me again?
ALEX: No. We just want to ask you
a few questions, that's all.
CAROL: What were you doing
up on the moors last night?
I drive around when I can't sleep.
Is that a crime now?
One of our cameras places you
around 15 miles from your
house just before midnight.
What's this about?
Does the name Ross Enderby
mean anything to you?
No. Who's that?
Jean Dixon's partner, who was murdered
last night at her home,
which is in the vicinity
of your little joyride,
and Jean thinks that the killer
might have been coming for her.
Where were you between 11:00 and 2 A.M.?
Driving. I told you.
I'd had too much to drink,
nearly went off the road,
realized I wasn't in control,
so I pulled over.
When I started sobering up,
I drove to Andy's to sleep it off.
Yeah. Well, we'll get that checked out.
Take a look at this.
♪
That's Jean Dixon's car,
and that's someone leaving
a threatening note on her windscreen.
We think that might be you.
Well, it's not me.
I never threatened her.
Well, we know that's not true
because we witnessed you
threatening her to her face.
I wanted her to stay away from my family
because, yeah, I was angry,
but I never left any notes,
or went anywhere near her.
That wasn't me.
♪
CAROL: David Hadderly has no alibi
for the time of the murder.
We only have his word that
he didn't send those texts,
so we're working on the theory
that the two cases are possibly linked.
Linked how?
He openly resented Jean Dixon.
He asked his daughter to lie for him.
Did he ask his brother to do the same?
Let's find that out.
DARREN: We've got officers
searching the property now.
ALEX: If David Hadderly is guilty,
that lends credence to Jean's theory
that she was the target.
Ross Enderby just got in the way.
If that's the case, that
means she's still at risk.
CAROL: We've got
surveillance at the house.
Good. Well, she's been through enough.
Keep me updated.
ALEX: Well, there's
something bothering me
about this Ross Enderby
since the first time I met him.
He was so overprotective of Jean,
and she was really wary of him.
CAROL: Yeah. It doesn't seem like Jean.
Exactly.
I mean, she was even
knocking back his calls.
When I asked her about it,
she just brushed it off.
Let's do some background checks.
Will do.
CAROL: See if you can find the
ALEX: Yes. Go ahead.
CAROL: and cross-reference it
with the team at the house.
Right. Are you sure about that?
Yeah. OK. No, no. Thanks.
Thanks for coming back. Thank you. Bye.
So that's the Reserves Office
confirming that there was
a Sergeant Hadderly at the camp
on the night we think
that Kathy was murdered.
So what now?
CAROL: We need to meet his brother Andy,
so let's just park it until we find out
a bit more about David's
little late-night visit.
OK.
♪
ANDY: Sam called me,
said David was drunk
spiraling into one of his rages.
I told her to go to her friends',
I'd deal with it,
but I couldn't stop him.
What do you mean, stop him?
David felt victimized by Jean Dixon,
wanted to have it out with her.
I have no idea what went on
but he was in a terrible
state when he got to ours,
told me he was sorry.
I asked him what he meant,
but he refused to answer.
CAROL: Well, it seems like he's
been protecting him all along.
Yeah, but do we have enough
evidence to charge David?
Well, we might do now.
Uniform found Kathy Hadderly's
missing earring in David's toolbox.
About time we had a bit of luck.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
Yes? Uh-huh.
Sure. OK.
Well, we'll be heading back.
♪
LYNNE: She was beautiful, wasn't she?
Men were always drawn to her.
♪
ALEX: No.
Don't you mean Sergeant David Hadderly?
Huh?
Are you sure?
Yeah. Thanks for your help.
Somewhere we need to be.
What's going on?
I'll tell you when we're in the car.
Can you tell us about this crest,
please, Mrs. Hadderly?
It's the regimental badge
for the Royal Gryphon Guards.
You see, there was a training camp
in the fields adjoining Horsley Wood
the night that Kathy was murdered,
and we have had it confirmed
that Corporal David Hadderly
did not attend,
but Sergeant Andrew Hadderly did.
CAROL: Your husband was billeted
10 minutes' walk from the crime scene.
Had you ever had any suspicions
about Andy and Kathy having an affair?
♪
I always knew Andy saw other women.
♪
Sometimes I'd look for evidence,
find things.
♪
It made me feel
more in control somehow,
like it was my choice to stay.
I didn't want to end up on me own,
so I just shut out.
When I watched the appeal,
I knew I'd seen that earring before
not on Kathy,
hidden in the pocket
of Andy's cammo jacket.
That's when I knew he must
have been there the night she
The night she was murdered.
Yeah.
♪
He kept his old kit in the garage.
As soon as I got home,
I went to find it, but it wasn't there.
Last night, I saw Andy burning leaves
in the garden incinerator,
thought it was odd.
He never did anything like that.
♪
Found this
♪
buried in the ashes.
What, exactly,
are you trying to tell us, Lynne?
That my husband planted that earring
to make David, look guilty.
this phone has something to do
with Kathy's death,
That he was doing
everything in his power
to get rid of the evidence.
ANDY: To be addressed
in the next meeting
of the subcommittee.
CAROL: Andrew Hadderly,
I'm arresting you on suspicion of
the murder of Katharine Hadderly.
You do not have to say anything,
but it may harm your defense
if you do not mention when questioned
something that you
later rely on in court.
Do you understand?
This is ridiculous.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
This way, please.
[PEOPLE MURMURING]
CAROL: Can you tell us about the nature
of your relationship
with Kathy Hadderly?
We we're friends, always got on well.
I felt sorry for her.
Previously, you stated that Kathy
was known to have
relationships with other men.
Did that include you, Mr. Hadderly?
You do not have to answer that.
My lawyer is advising
me to say, "No comment,"
but I'll answer your questions,
as I have nothing to hide,
and, no, that did not involve me.
CAROL: Your wife seems
to think differently.
♪
Do you recognize it?
♪
No. I do not.
ALEX: The same earring
was found this morning
in David Hadderly's property.
Did you put it there?
Of course not.
Records show that you attended
a Reservist training camp
in the fields adjoining Horsley Wood
on the night that Kathy went missing.
Now, why have you not
told us that before?
Because I saw her live two days later.
I didn't think it was relevant.
CAROL: Oh, right, because a witness
can place you walking back alone
from the direction
of the woods around 3 A.M.
That was the last time you saw
Kathy alive, wasn't it
at the hollow tree,
not outside the council offices.
And the car and the man
that you saw her getting
into the car with,
they were never found
because guess what
ha! they didn't exist, did they?
[CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
Let's take a break there.
DARREN: So Tech managed to retrieve data
from the burnt mobile phone,
only has text messages to one number.
Sam Hadderly.
Oh, that's a low blow,
using your own niece
to cover your tracks.
ALEX: He won't be able to
wheedle his way out of this one.
Good work, Darren.
Thanks.
Recognize this?
Your wife claims you
attempted to burn it
in the garden incinerator.
Now, why would you want to do that?
There's some very
interesting texts on this,
all of them calculated
to make Sam Hadderly
believe that her mother is still alive.
Did you send those?
Maybe this will jog your memory.
"This has to be our secret.
Don't tell anyone.
"Even Dad or I could be in danger.
"When I'm ready, I'll come for you.
I love you so much Mum.
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss."
Now, you're a very
clever man, Mr. Hadderly.
Can you tell us why you haven't
disposed of this phone until now, hmm?
No comment.
CAROL: It's because
you needed the number
to stay the same, isn't it,
so that Sam would keep
believing your lies.
But if her mother's body
was ever discovered,
you knew that Sam would
tell us about the texts,
which you then used to
implicate your own brother
and make him appear guilty.
But it was you, wasn't it?
♪
Mr. Hadderly, I need you
to answer the question.
♪
I loved Kathy
♪
so much.
I need you to understand that.
♪
I I couldn't lose her.
I just couldn't.
♪
Why did you think you were losing her?
♪
We'd been talking about a future
♪
making a life together.
♪
So when she she asked
to meet me at the hollow tree,
I wasn't expecting her to end it.
ALEX: Ah, right, so you
met her there before.
♪
Yeah.
CAROL: Did she say why
she was ending it?
♪
She wanted to make a new life
♪
for her and Sam
♪
somewhere no one would find them.
♪
I wouldn't be part of it.
♪
I couldn't accept that.
♪
So what did you do?
♪
I begged her.
I begged her
to change her mind
[SNIFFLES]
told told her I'd leave Lynne,
I'd do anything she wanted
♪
but she wouldn't she wouldn't listen.
I got
frustrated,
angry.
She started screaming.
♪
I had to make her stop. I had to.
♪
Next minute
♪
Next minute
I had my hands round her neck
♪
and I kept them there till
she stopped struggling
♪
and by then, it was too late.
♪
So, what,
you set about covering your tracks?
♪
Dave is my brother. I killed his wife.
What was I supposed to do?
You walked back into that camp
as if nothing had ever happened.
You invented
a story about Kathy and some bloke
barely two days after you
shoved a rope down her throat
and interred her lifeless body
into the hollow of a tree.
Why keep the earring?
It's all I had left of her.
Now listen to me.
You knew Jean Dixon was back
asking questions, didn't you?
You knew she was pushing for a result
this time, and you had to stop her.
Is that right?
No. That's not that's not right.
ALEX: Yes.
No.
You put threatening letters on her car.
You followed her to her house,
but she wasn't there, was she,
but her partner was there.
And you didn't mean to kill him, either.
This No.
This this is the truth now.
I didn't I didn't leave
any threatening messages,
go anywhere near
Jean Dixon or her house.
- That wasn't me.
- ALEX: No?
ANDY: That wasn't me.
♪
DAVID: He used me.
He was prepared
to let me take the blame.
♪
He's a good liar.
I'll give him that.
♪
Sam, your mum told him
that she was leaving to find
a better life for you both.
She never intended to abandon you,
but he couldn't let her go.
[SOBS]
[SNIFFLES]
It's gonna be OK, Dad.
We're gonna be OK.
[SNIFFLES]
♪
I always thought it was David
because that's what Andy wanted,
and I should have seen through him.
No. I mean, I believe he was coming over
to confront you,
but Ross got in his way.
I mean, how did he get your address?
How did he get your
I mean, did you give it
to his wife at the time,
you know, for Sam?
It's possible.
I don't know, can't remember.
I should have known it was Andy,
and I have let everyone down.
No, Jean. Come on. Don't do that.
You helped us get to the truth.
At what cost to that family?
[SNIFFLES]
ALEX: Jean's still pretty
traumatized, you know?
I suppose Andy Hadderly being guilty
has left her feeling more responsible.
How did David and Sam
Hadderly take the news?
They seemed pretty devastated
but I don't know
somehow seemed closer.
At least they have
some sort of closure now.
- Boss?
- Yeah?
An ex-colleague of
Ross Enderby's in reception.
She wants to talk, a Rebecca Haleton,
claims she filed
a complaint against him.
What for?
Serial abuse.
CAROL: So tell us about how
you first met Ross Enderby.
We met at work.
Me mother had just died.
I was at a low ebb.
He was kind at first,
told me that me mum
would want me to be happy,
that he'd take care of me,
and I believed him
but as soon as he moved in, it started.
What started?
Ross called me the pig
♪
said I was fat, ugly
♪
that I was lucky to have him
because no one else would want me.
♪
When I finally got the
nerve to tell him to leave,
that's when he got violent.
ALEX: But you did eventually make
a complaint against him, didn't you?
♪
A colleague noticed
the bruising on me arms.
She encouraged me to go to me boss.
What happened?
♪
Senior officers said
that they could make it go away
if he agreed to take early retirement.
♪
That's when he moved up here.
Yeah. They buried it.
Turns out, I was just one of many.
No one stopped him.
CAROL: Was Jean living
with similar abuse
and just lying about it?
I knew she was hiding something,
you know, but it's Jean.
I could never have imagined it was this.
No.
Enderby's car was pinged on the ANPR
close to the street
where Jean's car was parked.
So it was him in the security footage.
Right, so Ross put
that note on the screen
to scare Jean into pulling
out of the investigation.
So he was back in control.
Which kind of pushes Andy
Hadderly out of the frame.
Mm.
We need to talk to Jean.
CAROL: Thanks for seeing us.
Yeah. Take a seat.
So one of Ross' old
colleagues came to see us.
And also a former girlfriend.
She claims that Ross was
a serial abuser of women.
Did he ever mention his ex?
No.
He just said that, um
you know, the past hadn't been kind
to either of us,
and that it was all about the future.
So the abuse that this woman suffered,
that was not your experience.
No. No, not at all.
[DOOR CLOSES]
DARREN: Sorry.
Can I have a word, please?
CAROL: Yeah.
Just excuse us for a minute, please.
Look. Tech got some interesting data
on Ross Enderby's phone.
He put a tracker on Jean Dixon's car.
- And what does it give us?
- Well, Jean claimed she went to go
and see Molly last night,
nearly 5 miles away,
but the tracker places her car
on the drive all last night.
♪
Oh.
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
[SNIFFLES]
[CLEARS THROAT]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Were you aware that Ross
put a tracker on your car?
♪
No.
You told us that you
drove to see Molly last night,
but the data tells us
that your car remained here.
♪
ALEX: So if you didn't drive,
how did you get there?
♪
Answer the question, Jean.
♪
There was no intruder, was there?
♪
No.
It was me.
I killed Ross.
♪
[WHIRS]
♪
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
♪
[SLAM]
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[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
You shouldn't be here.
Molly's arrived.
I thought you should know.
Can I see her?
No, not till after your interview.
Why'd you lie to me, Jean?
Well, I've known you for over 20 years.
We were friends. I'm on your side.
[DOOR OPENS]
I'm ready.
JEAN: Ross had been getting
- increasingly
- CAROL: Controlling?
Obsessive,
and he'd been following me.
He knew I'd been lying to him.
Lying about what?
He didn't want me to get
involved in the Hadderly case
but when Sam said
she'd only speak to me,
I remembered that vulnerable
13-year-old girl who had trusted me
to find her mum,
and I felt that I let her down.
♪
I couldn't say no.
So you kept it from Ross. Why?
Because he said our
policing days were over
and that it was just him and me now
♪
and I knew it would upset
him if I went against that.
Upset? How?
♪
Because he didn't like
me disagreeing with him,
so it just seemed easier to say nothing.
I would talk to Sam,
that would be the end of it,
and he would never know
♪
and then the old detective in me
kicked in, and I couldn't stay away.
♪
What happened then?
♪
Well, he'd been following me
said he
he wanted to see if I could be trusted
and that I hadn't passed the test,
and I could see that he was enjoying
humiliating me,
so I asked him, um, to leave,
and he forced me out of my house.
Where did you go?
Up to Folly Ridge,
which is where I go
when I need to think.
So what happened then,
when you came back?
♪
He said he was sorry
♪
that he'd been drinking.
He was full of self-pity.
♪
He tried to kiss me,
and I said that I had made my decision
and that I wanted him out
♪
and he
said he'd kill me before
he let that happen
♪
and he just went for me,
and I thought, "I'm not gonna die"
♪
and somehow
um
I found the strength to push him off
♪
and he lost his balance,
and he fell backwards,
and he, um,
hit his head on the coffee table
♪
and that was it.
ALEX: That knife that was found
at the crime scene,
did we ever find out whose
blood was on the blade?
- Not yet.
- Right.
You see, if Ross did
pull a knife on her,
she'd be much better
placed to argue self-defense.
She hasn't mentioned it.
No.
Let's show her it, see what she says.
I didn't mean to kill him.
Can we just stop this now?
CAROL: OK, so you pushed Ross backwards.
He lost his balance, fell,
hitting his head on the coffee table.
Yes.
And there were no weapons involved.
You're sure about that?
Yes, I am sure.
[BAG RUSTLES]
Do you recognize this?
♪
It's one of our knives.
♪
Found under the kitchen island.
♪
Now, why would one of your knives
have blood on it?
♪
Wendy, I need the blood
results for Ross Enderby.
They're only just in.
- I was about to send you
- The blood on the knife,
it isn't Jean Dixon's, is it?
Correct.
Thanks.
♪
Jean Dixon didn't mention the knife
because Jean didn't know it was there.
She wasn't at the scene
when Ross Enderby died.
Molly was.
It's her DNA on the knife.
Call her mobile.
[BEEP BEEP]
MOLLY, ON PHONE:
Thank you for calling.
She's not answering.
OK. Circulate the details
with all patrols, now.
♪
[TIRES SCREECH]
♪
Molly.
♪
You know why I'm here, don't you?
I'm glad he's dead.
Oh, Molly, you shouldn't say that.
You really mustn't say that.
Just tell me what happened.
He seemed perfect at first,
lovely to Mum and me,
funny, charming,
said all the right things.
He knew he was onto
a cushy number with Mum
nice house, nice pension,
didn't want me spoiling his chances,
so he started telling her lies about me.
And he knew she was vulnerable, yeah?
First red flag was him
asking her for money,
so I started looking him up online,
found out he was seeing other women.
♪
MOLLY, VOICE-OVER: He'd left
his phone in the bathroom.
I'd been watching him log in.
I worked out his password,
but he always had it on him.
He was on all these apps,
talking to women,
arranging to meet them.
♪
I set up a profile
with a photo I knew he'd go for,
called myself Mia, and waited.
♪
Didn't take long
for him to take the bait.
We chatted,
and he asked to meet me
for some adult fun,
so I went up to the house
♪
parked down the lane
so no one could hear me,
saw Ross at the window,
assumed Mum was there
because her car was in the drive.
♪
Felt so powerful.
I knew I had him and there was
nothing he could do about it.
Hey, Ross, I'm Mia.
[CHUCKLES]
Give me the phone.
Give me the phone.
[LOCK CLICKS]
[PANTING]
[CRASH]
ROSS: Oh, ho, you stupid, little bitch.
♪
I've got copies.
Can't lie your way out of it this time.
Where's Mum?
She'll want to see this.
[GRUNTING]
Oh!
No! Ah! Oh!
Waah!
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
♪
I didn't know what to do.
This wasn't how it was supposed to be.
I couldn't find Mum
in the house, so I phoned her.
♪
Ross?
Ross?
Mum
Ross. Ross.
Oh! Ross!
I was gonna tell you everything,
so I went to see Mum,
tell her no, but I just waited so long,
I panicked,
came here, and
I know.
It's all right, Molly.
It's all right, darling.
Oh
[SNIFFLES]
You got to go down to the station now.
You know that, yeah?
Good girl.
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
JEAN: Molly
Mum, oh, I am so sorry, Mum.
JEAN: I'm so, so sorry.
MOLLY: I'll be OK, Mum.
I will, promise you.
[SNIFFLES]
Oh, my, God.
Oh, now, now.
♪
ALEX: Annie, come into the henhouse.
I want to egg you on.
Ha ha ha!
Wow. Splashing out.
Have you won the lottery?
Ah, only a matter of time, kid.
Ha ha!
Here we go.
So?
So
I told Harry that I'd accept his offer.
Great.
What made you change your mind?
You did because you reminded me
how much I love this place
♪
and how precious you are to me.
♪
Wow.
I think that's the nicest
thing you've ever said to me.
♪
Cheers, Annie.
Cheers.
Yeah.
♪
Ahh
♪
JEAN: You got my text, then?
Yep.
I wasn't sure you'd come.
Wasn't sure they'd let you go.
They're charging me with
perverting the course of justice.
[EXHALES]
I was trying to find
you at the station
as I just wanted to say how sorry I am.
No, no, no.
I mean, if it had have been Ella,
I would have done exactly the same.
[SIGHS]
What happens now with Molly?
Oh, there'll be a plea of mitigation,
and they'll reduce
her sentence, hopefully.
I mean, once the court
gets all the facts
It should be me, not her.
I'm the one who brought
him into our lives.
♪
It'll be a tough road
♪
but I'm here.
Molly'd like that.
And you?
♪
Yeah. I'd like that, too, Alex.
♪
Good.
That's that settled, then.
Uh
Ahh
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