The Missing (2014) s02e04 Episode Script
Statice
1 Daniel Reed.
Why are you lookingbrfor me? We only wish to speak with you.
It's about your father.
I came here to find answers.
I found out my dadbrwas transferring money - to a man called Mirza Barzani.
And when I found out why,brit made me sick.
To my guts.
I want to sleep in the shed.
And I need you to lock me in.
Hey, that's it, all right?brOn your way.
Get out! I see how you look at Alice.
brYou know she's different, don't you? I have a brain tumour.
brYou are looking at a dying man.
I found something.
That's Alice.
No.
Look at the girlbrsitting next to her.
That's my daughter.
brThat's Alice.
No! Sam! Alice! SAM! Alice! Nadia? Ich wollte sehen,brwie's ihnen geht.
Hallo? Ja? Ja, naturlich, ich bin unterwegs.
'Hello?' Sergeant,brapologies for the early hour, I am in Paris and I 'This isn't a good time, Baptiste.
brAlice is dead.
' When? 'Last night.
She burned to death.
'We found petrol canistersbrinside the shed where she slept.
' She used them to start the fire.
brShe killed herself.
I'm truly sorry to hear this.
What was it you said to herbryesterday? I asked her some questions,brthat is all.
'Mr Webster said you startedbrinterrogating her, 'asking questions in French.
' And then right after you upset her, she climbed out the windowbrand went missing for three hours.
Only to returnbrand take her own life.
'But this doesn't make any sense.
' She was gone for three hours.
brWhere did she go? We don't know.
She didn't say.
Coming to terms with whatbrshe was about to do, maybe.
'So, you said you were in Paris.
' Not for long.
I will be back today.
# Oh, my love # We pray each day # May you come home # And be OK # For now we wait for you For you to come home.
You should've stayed away.
You're not partbrof this investigation.
And before you ask,brwe're running DNA to confirm the ID, a familial matchbragainst the parents.
There's nothing more to be donebrhere.
By either of us.
Sophie may still be out there,brshe may still be alive.
Kristian Herz isn't talking.
And from what Alice said -brSophie didn't have a chance.
That is only if we believebreverything Alice Webster told us.
We'll never get the chancebrto question her, will we? Not after you went there, andbrstarted throwing accusations at her.
The time for blame will come,brSergeant.
For now,brall that matters is the truth.
Why did the girl take her own life? Where did she go for three hours?brIf we can understand this How can we ever understandbrwhat Alice went through? What that does to a person? There is more at playbrin this case than we know.
If I was just allowed to speakbrwith Kristian Herz, please.
He's in custody.
We'll keep pushing himbrto tell us where Sophie is, but we don't need your help.
Go home.
Sir, this way, please.
Matthew! Where have you been?brI've been calling.
I was there till the fire went out.
Then I don't know, I was just She's gone.
How's Dad? The doctors said the burnsbrare worst on his back.
They cleaned him up inbrthe emergency room, and now he's on painkillersbrand antibiotics.
He's going to be all right.
I'm sorry.
She asked me.
brShe begged me.
I didn't know I don't know how it happened.
brI never meant What's that? What did you say, love? Get out.
No, Matthew Matthew! She had brown hair,bran English girl, 21 or so.
She would be here buyingbrpetrol in a canister.
Yes.
Yes, I see this woman.
brShe wears a A hat.
Like a baseball cap? Did you see where she came from? Through those trees.
No car.
Butthis is what I tellbryour colleague just now.
What is it they say? Great minds? Perhaps - once upon a time.
Do not be so modest.
I googled you.
No-one is safe any more.
Well, I am glad someone else feelsbrit is worthwhile tracking Alice Webster's movements yesterday.
Three hours to be gonebris a long time.
The Bundespolizei were all overbrEckhausen looking for her.
Which suggests she did notbrwant to be found.
The girl was hiding something.
brThis was her last stop before home.
So the question is What she did in the two hours beforebrshe came to the petrol station.
May I? So.
The average walking speedbris 2.
8mph.
She went through that field.
brThat way lies Eckhausen.
Sothere is the search zone.
Are there any cameras in Eckhausen? CCTV, security, traffic? Well, not as many as in Paris,brbut, yes.
We have some.
We start there.
We? Together? If everyone helpsbrto hold up the sky, then one person doesn't get tired.
And you say you are notbra great mind.
Sadly I cannot take credit for that.
Do you know who said it? Who? Google it.
Mr Herz.
It's funny.
There isn'tbra speck of dust on this floor.
They clean my cell morebrthan I clean my own house.
It's not the place that's filthy.
Why are you here? Your wifebrshe was attacked last night.
She Is she? She's in a coma.
Can I see her? Not unless you tell usbrwhere Sophie Giroux is.
Buthow can I?brI don't know anything.
It's funny, you almostbrmake yourself seem human.
Maybe if you confessed, someonebrwouldn't have gone after her.
Maybe she'd still have her teeth.
Christ.
How many photosbrdid you go through? There must have been thousands.
This girl's face is a blurbrher hair's all over the place.
It's my daughter.
The picture's really not that clear.
I want to go there.
To the park.
Maybe somebody saw the two of thembrtogether.
Maybe somebody Are you saying that the girlbrwho came back - the girl you took into your house - are you sayingbrthat wasn't your daughter? We wanted to believe it.
OK? We wanted to believe it so badlybrthat we justshut our eyes.
Mrs Webster But a part of me knew.
brThe way she talked.
The look in her eye.
He could see it.
brThat detective, Baptiste.
Even if it was true -brhow does it help us now? I don't know.
brBut it must mean something.
I'd go myself,brbut no-one's going to listen to me.
I have no authoritybroutside the Army.
But you know what to look for.
brYou know who to ask.
My dad's nurse quit.
brI've got no-one to look after him.
I'm sorry.
The garrison's only up the road, I suppose I could getbrsomeone tocome by.
Thank you.
So, will your husband be joining us? No.
I didn't tell Sam.
brWe don't talk about Alice.
We don't talk about anythingbrmuch these days.
'O'Sullivan.
'brHi, it's Eve Stone.
'How can I help?'brYeah, I need a favour Julien! We've got to keep moving.
brWe need to go.
Out into the crossfire? The Peshmerga has startedbrto fall back.
We should go.
The question is to risk ourbrlives onon fate or chance.
It's hard not to think of thosebrgirls, kept in that basement.
Scared of the world outside.
Somebody builds a wallbraround you, and .
.
soon you startbrto build your own.
We have to go.
Come on! You two, over here.
brThis way, move! Go! Go! Staff Sergeant Eve Stone, of thebrMilitary Police out of Eckhausen.
We called ahead.
brWe're meeting Dieter Ackermann? Ich habe hier zwei frauen fur Sie.
OK.
He's just coming.
Thank you.
Sergeant Stone? Hello.
So sorry, excuse me.
Stone? 'It's O'Sullivan.
Look, I know Ibrsaid I'd look in on your father, 'but I've been calledbrto a disturbance.
' I understand.
Don't worry about it.
Hey.
'Sam.
' We still meeting later? 'It's not about that.
It's my dad.
' I need you togo round to my housebrand keep an eye on him.
I thought that wasn't what this is.
'His nurse quit.
brHe can't look after himself.
' Why can't you do it?brI'm working on the car.
I just can't.
OK? Please.
Yeah, all right.
I'll go round now.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
The rollercoasterbris the only ride we do with photographs.
You understand? What about CCTV? Security cameras? We have dummies,brbut they do not film.
We are small, privately run There must be something.
I'm sorry.
I do not Thank you, anyway.
We should go.
My dad's Wellmaybe if we ask around?brMaybe somebody saw something.
Isn't it worth trying? Just in case? Sure.
OK.
Let's ask.
Thank you.
TV ON Hello.
Hi.
We need to keep moving.
OK.
Let's go.
Go go go go! Come on.
Julien No, no, no.
brJulien, it's the Peshmerga.
Come away.
Julien, that's fine.
brThe Peshmerga.
The Peshmerga, OK? To the airport, yes? Yeah.
Going somewhere nice? Going somewhere else.
How are you feeling? If she hadn't walked out of thatbrbasement she might be alive today.
And what kind of life would that be? They're saying she did it.
She took the petrol in there.
brThey found a canister.
She killed herself.
brShe was locked in! Even if she had second thoughts,brmaybe We can't think like that, it'sbrI can think the way I want.
.
.
poisonous.
How could he do that?brHow could he lock her in there? After all she'd been through.
Sam, it is not Matthew's fault He knows what he did.
You both do.
What do you mean? She came home, she needed support.
brShe needed her family.
She was so differentbrYou called her a liar! That is not what I said.
She heard what you said, Gemma,brand that's why she did it.
That's why she killed herself.
Do you remember, when she was born, how long it took herbrto get off to sleep? No.
Cos you weren't there.
brIt was me.
It was me, holding her.
brNight after night, singing to her.
Holding on to her little hand.
I know my daughter! And that girl, that girlbrthat came back? That was not herbrthat was not my Alice! NO! Don't you DARE! Don't you DARE say that to me now! Don't you dare say that to me Hey.
Thanks for meeting me.
brI got you one of these.
No caffeine.
Of course.
brRemind me never to get pregnant.
I got a call from a journalistbrasking about Alice Webster.
Jesus.
It's out there now.
It's going tobrbe a global news piece.
The press are onto Nadia Herz'sbrassault.
They're joining the dots.
Asking if Matthew Websterbrcould have been involved.
I said no comment, but If they're not given a story,brthey make one up.
I know.
Sowhat do you want me to do? Talk to the families.
brGet drafting a statement.
Yeahright, right.
I know, it's the last thingbrthey need right now.
But I'd rather they controlbrthe story here.
In the meantime,brI'll speak to Matthew Webster.
Of course.
I don't want thembrgetting sandbagged by questions.
Not after what's happened to them.
Mrs Webster? Adam Gettrick frombrthe Army Press Office.
They know, don't they? About Alice? Not for sure.
But they know something's going on.
I don't know how -brsomeone in the hospital, orone of the German policebrspeaking out of turn Everyone stops to watchbrthe car crash, don't they? See the blood on the road.
We should think aboutbrmaking a statement.
I can draft something.
If that would help.
I don't want to talk about it.
Mrs Webster .
.
if we don't make a statement they won't leave you alone.
I said I don't wantbrto talk about her.
I thought with this kind ofbrtime-frame it wouldn't take so long to find something.
It depends if therebris anything to find.
It's like waitingbrfor Hilde to talk.
What? When I was a child,brmy mother bought me a parrot.
Hilde, it was called.
Every day, I come home from school,brwaiting for this bird to say a word.
And every daynothing.
So, waiting for Hilde to talk,brwe used to say.
And did she ever talk? Not a word.
When I first began this job,brI thought it would all be exciting.
I soon realised what it was - sifting through the earth,brgrain by grain.
But the devil is in the detail, and What? Sometimes Hilde talks.
Go back, please.
There.
There she is.
Go forward.
There are no other cameras? With a view that leads on from here? Can you play it slowly? Where was she going? You should not be here.
It was your units.
brYour men brought us here.
Rat-a-tat-a-tat.
You get shot.
brUnderstand? Yes.
ISIL, they will come back.
They come backbrand you get shot.
I understand.
We get it.
brYou too.
Rat-a-tat-a-tat.
We just wish to return to Erbil.
OK.
We will arrange.
Let's go.
Come on, follow me.
Let's go.
Was it worth it? Excuse me? Coming all this way.
brNearly getting killed.
I told myself I wouldn't rest untilbrI find the man who took Sophie Giroux and Alice Webster.
Well, I'm sorry that all thisbrwas for nothing.
Perhaps.
Daniel said his fatherbrwas sending money to a man called Mirza Barzani.
I think we should find out why.
'Hello, Detective Lenhart.
' Jorn, it's Baptiste.
'Julien.
' I need your helpbrfinding someone.
How are you doing, sir?brCan I get you anything? Captain Webster.
brHonourable Tank Regiment.
Yes, sir.
That's me.
Your boys came under fire in 2010.
brBasra.
Yes, sir.
I was on patrol.
Three souls.
I'm sorry about whatbrhappened to your daughter.
Thank you.
She was very youngI remember.
Taken outside the school.
She was She liked spiders.
An alternative sort.
She was called She was Alice.
Alice Webster.
Yes.
I wouldn't forget that, Captain.
I wonder if they'll ever find outbrwhat happened to her.
She died, sir.
Took her own life.
What makes you think you're fitbrto join the military, then, son? You've never seen either ofbrthese girls? No.
Are you sure? Sorry.
Thank you.
So you haven't seenbreither of these girls? They might have been withbran older man? No, I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
None of them?brNo, I'm sorry.
Nothing?brSorry.
I know you think this wholebrthing is pointless.
I didn't say that.
You didn't have to.
But the thing is you do anythingbrfor your kids, absolutely anything.
Have you ever thought about havingbrkids? A family of your own? It justnever happened.
brAlways moving around.
Maybe one day.
Not God knows when.
Well.
We all find a way to survive,brdon't we? It's all right.
All right, stand up.
There you go.
I'm sorry, IbrIt's fine.
I'll be back in a minute.
I don't know what happened.
It's fine, honestly,brdon't think about it.
Really.
You're a good lad.
No, I'm not.
Let's find you somethingbrto wear, shall we? She always wanted a family.
It hit her hard, you know? Park's closing up.
brWe should be heading off.
He's been happier recently,bryou know.
What?brSam.
He's been happier.
Lately.
Right? I don't Come on.
I'm sorry.
You know, when Alice was taken we fell apart at the seams.
All three of us.
Together.
But it did make us stronger.
It did, because what we lost inbrAlice we still had in each other.
We had that love that you onlybrkeep for your family.
And when she walkedbrback into our lives .
.
we fell apart all over again.
It just .
.
happened.
brThis isn't about you.
Is it? Don't tell Sam I know, will you? He still loves you.
brOh, right! Fine.
Really.
Well, even if that's true .
.
what does it bloody matter? Julien? Julien.
Julien, are you OK? Sometimes I get headaches.
Your friend foundbrMirza Barzani fast.
We should be there soon.
'Julien?' I wonder if you can help us.
We're trying to find this girl.
She might have passed here yesterdaybrbetween four and six o'clock.
Oh, yeah, I remember her.
brShe came in here.
She did? What did she want? Statice flowers.
12 of them.
Purple.
And then she asked mebrthe way to the graveyard, of course.
Why "of course"? These are flowers for remembrance.
Usually we put thesebron a grave, you see, so She seemed so sad, this girl.
Matthew? Do you mind if I sit down? Matthew, Kristian Herz' wife,brNadia, was found beaten half to death last night.
She's in the ICUbrin a coma right now.
OK.
It's unlikely to be a coincidence that the wife of the manbrwho abducted your sister be brutally beatenbrthe day of his arrest.
You think You think it was me? I didn't say that.
But I'd like to knowbrwhere you were last night.
That man - Kristian -brhe's the one that took Alice.
Why would I attack his wife?brThat doesn't make any sense.
I'm not accusing you, Matthew.
brI'm on your side.
But if you know somethingbrHow can you come here, while my sister's justbrMatthew, just calm down.
She's gone! I haven't done anythingbrwrong.
She done it to herself.
Why can't you just leave us alone! Oh, my God! I'm so sorry.
I didn't mean to hurt you, honestly,brI was just trying to get past.
I'm fine.
Sergeant Stone, I am so, so sorry.
brI'll find a doctor.
It's OK.
Hello? All right,brthanks for letting me know.
Where's your mum? Mrs Webster? The DNA results are backbron the remains in your shed.
We ran them against your husband.
It's a confirmed matchbrwith your daughter.
It's It's really Alice? It's really my Alice, you're sure? I'm sorry, but yes.
I just I thought you should know.
Are you sure you're ready? Mrs Webster, Mrs Webster,brwhere is Alice now? Mrs Webster Mrs Webster will makebra short statement.
There will be no questions.
My daughter, Alice Webster,brwas abducted in 2003.
And four days ago,brshe came back to us.
I know there'll be a lot writtenbrabout this - what happened to my daughter is one of those things,brone of those horrible things that you read aboutbrin the newspaper and you say, "That's awful.
" But really you're thinkingbr"I'm glad it's not me.
" And no matter what gets written you'll never understand .
.
what it's like to resign yourself to never seeing someonebryou love ever again.
And when they come back .
.
you can't believe it.
I couldn't.
It was her, and .
.
I just couldn't believe it.
My daughterwasn't just.
a name for your headlines.
She was a girl.
She was our girl.
And we loved her.
Mrs Webster Mrs Webster,brdo you know who found her? As I said, no questions.
Julien? Julien? Julien? Did you not hear me shout? I was miles away, forgive me.
brThese places, well Some find them to be peaceful.
brMyself, I find it hard.
All these lives, laid bare -breverything they stood for reduced to a few wordsbron a tombstone.
A novel abridged to a haiku.
I think I have found the flowers.
They look fresh, too,brunlike the others.
They could have been boughtbryesterday.
So she runs from her family,brdisappears without a word.
And while the entire policebrdepartment searches for her, she finds the time to buy flowersbrand visit a grave before going home to dobrwhat she did.
Who is this man? Henry Reed.
And why did she need to see himbrbefore she took her own life? Mirza Barzani? Do you speak English? Bristol University.
Three years.
Our exhibits are displayedbrin chronological order, starting with the Palaeolithic age,brdown there moving into the ancientbrcivilisations of Mesopotamia and ending on the right side inbrthe period of Abbasid.
Although, I can see from your faces you do not seem interestedbrin what the past has to offer Far from it.
The past is exactlybrthe reason we are here.
Only not this far back.
A man who was living in Germanybrwould send regular payments to you.
His name was Henry Reed.
We are trying to find out why.
Henry Reed.
You are not the first personbrto come and ask about him.
You spoke to his son Danielbrover a year ago or so.
And I will tell you the samebrthing that I told him.
Henry Reed made thosebrpayments out of guilt.
Guilt? For what? For what they did to my sister.
She was only nine years old.
And this Henry Reed thinks moneybrwill, what? Make it better? Bring her to life?brThey killed MY father Mr Barzani, please.
Slow down.
Would you mind to tell me everythingbryou know, from the beginning? In 1991, I was just a boy.
That's when they camebrto my village Who? Henry Reed.
And his Army friend.
A man called Stone.
(How was he?) (Yeah, he's fine.
) Thank you.
It's fine.
Where did you go? Justwork.
Something came up.
Look, um Your dad hadbra bit of an accident.
I went into one of the drawersbrin your bedroom, just looking for somethingbrfor him to wear I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
I, uh I found the pictures.
brYou know, the scans, of the baby So? So it's a huge part of your life and we've never really talkedbrabout it.
And I just think maybe you should bebrwith someone else.
You know Someone who can give youbrwhat you want.
You don't know what I need.
It's not like we haven't beenbrhonest with each other.
We needed each other.
Someone to hold on tobrin the middle of all the But now I'm sorry, I'm not good at this.
It's fine.
I've been thinking the same.
It's not right, what we've beenbrdoing.
We need to stop.
The doc says that me and Gemmabrcould go back to England.
Make a fresh start.
I wonder whether he's right.
You've been through it, you two.
You deserve to be happy.
Julien.
Julien.
I think the flight's on time.
brYou should check in.
Thank you again.
For all your help.
I'd say it was my pleasure, but You know you should go home.
brYou can have that operation.
Not just run and hide from it.
Says the man who refuses to go home,breven when asked by his employer.
I know.
I know.
brBut that's different.
You know, I've had chemotherapy.
brRadiotherapy too.
I have had hope and had it snatchedbrfrom me all in the same week.
In truth, I'm tired.
brPerhaps I've had my time.
But if there is a chance thebrreal Alice Webster is still alive I must do everythingbrin my power to find her.
To do nothing or do something,brright? Yes.
It's no choice at all.
Goodbye.
Farewell, my friend, good luck.
'Hello?' Hello, Eve, it's Gemma.
'I know this is awkward, butbrthere's no-one else I can' Can we meet? Tonight.
'I can't.
I'm with my dad.
' Tomorrow morning? What is it? What's it about? You know what I said earlier onbrabout not seeing something that's right in front of you.
Well, I was right.
We weren't looking hard enough, Eve.
There was another girl.
Voila.
I'm afraid I'm taken.
Why are you lookingbrfor me? We only wish to speak with you.
It's about your father.
I came here to find answers.
I found out my dadbrwas transferring money - to a man called Mirza Barzani.
And when I found out why,brit made me sick.
To my guts.
I want to sleep in the shed.
And I need you to lock me in.
Hey, that's it, all right?brOn your way.
Get out! I see how you look at Alice.
brYou know she's different, don't you? I have a brain tumour.
brYou are looking at a dying man.
I found something.
That's Alice.
No.
Look at the girlbrsitting next to her.
That's my daughter.
brThat's Alice.
No! Sam! Alice! SAM! Alice! Nadia? Ich wollte sehen,brwie's ihnen geht.
Hallo? Ja? Ja, naturlich, ich bin unterwegs.
'Hello?' Sergeant,brapologies for the early hour, I am in Paris and I 'This isn't a good time, Baptiste.
brAlice is dead.
' When? 'Last night.
She burned to death.
'We found petrol canistersbrinside the shed where she slept.
' She used them to start the fire.
brShe killed herself.
I'm truly sorry to hear this.
What was it you said to herbryesterday? I asked her some questions,brthat is all.
'Mr Webster said you startedbrinterrogating her, 'asking questions in French.
' And then right after you upset her, she climbed out the windowbrand went missing for three hours.
Only to returnbrand take her own life.
'But this doesn't make any sense.
' She was gone for three hours.
brWhere did she go? We don't know.
She didn't say.
Coming to terms with whatbrshe was about to do, maybe.
'So, you said you were in Paris.
' Not for long.
I will be back today.
# Oh, my love # We pray each day # May you come home # And be OK # For now we wait for you For you to come home.
You should've stayed away.
You're not partbrof this investigation.
And before you ask,brwe're running DNA to confirm the ID, a familial matchbragainst the parents.
There's nothing more to be donebrhere.
By either of us.
Sophie may still be out there,brshe may still be alive.
Kristian Herz isn't talking.
And from what Alice said -brSophie didn't have a chance.
That is only if we believebreverything Alice Webster told us.
We'll never get the chancebrto question her, will we? Not after you went there, andbrstarted throwing accusations at her.
The time for blame will come,brSergeant.
For now,brall that matters is the truth.
Why did the girl take her own life? Where did she go for three hours?brIf we can understand this How can we ever understandbrwhat Alice went through? What that does to a person? There is more at playbrin this case than we know.
If I was just allowed to speakbrwith Kristian Herz, please.
He's in custody.
We'll keep pushing himbrto tell us where Sophie is, but we don't need your help.
Go home.
Sir, this way, please.
Matthew! Where have you been?brI've been calling.
I was there till the fire went out.
Then I don't know, I was just She's gone.
How's Dad? The doctors said the burnsbrare worst on his back.
They cleaned him up inbrthe emergency room, and now he's on painkillersbrand antibiotics.
He's going to be all right.
I'm sorry.
She asked me.
brShe begged me.
I didn't know I don't know how it happened.
brI never meant What's that? What did you say, love? Get out.
No, Matthew Matthew! She had brown hair,bran English girl, 21 or so.
She would be here buyingbrpetrol in a canister.
Yes.
Yes, I see this woman.
brShe wears a A hat.
Like a baseball cap? Did you see where she came from? Through those trees.
No car.
Butthis is what I tellbryour colleague just now.
What is it they say? Great minds? Perhaps - once upon a time.
Do not be so modest.
I googled you.
No-one is safe any more.
Well, I am glad someone else feelsbrit is worthwhile tracking Alice Webster's movements yesterday.
Three hours to be gonebris a long time.
The Bundespolizei were all overbrEckhausen looking for her.
Which suggests she did notbrwant to be found.
The girl was hiding something.
brThis was her last stop before home.
So the question is What she did in the two hours beforebrshe came to the petrol station.
May I? So.
The average walking speedbris 2.
8mph.
She went through that field.
brThat way lies Eckhausen.
Sothere is the search zone.
Are there any cameras in Eckhausen? CCTV, security, traffic? Well, not as many as in Paris,brbut, yes.
We have some.
We start there.
We? Together? If everyone helpsbrto hold up the sky, then one person doesn't get tired.
And you say you are notbra great mind.
Sadly I cannot take credit for that.
Do you know who said it? Who? Google it.
Mr Herz.
It's funny.
There isn'tbra speck of dust on this floor.
They clean my cell morebrthan I clean my own house.
It's not the place that's filthy.
Why are you here? Your wifebrshe was attacked last night.
She Is she? She's in a coma.
Can I see her? Not unless you tell usbrwhere Sophie Giroux is.
Buthow can I?brI don't know anything.
It's funny, you almostbrmake yourself seem human.
Maybe if you confessed, someonebrwouldn't have gone after her.
Maybe she'd still have her teeth.
Christ.
How many photosbrdid you go through? There must have been thousands.
This girl's face is a blurbrher hair's all over the place.
It's my daughter.
The picture's really not that clear.
I want to go there.
To the park.
Maybe somebody saw the two of thembrtogether.
Maybe somebody Are you saying that the girlbrwho came back - the girl you took into your house - are you sayingbrthat wasn't your daughter? We wanted to believe it.
OK? We wanted to believe it so badlybrthat we justshut our eyes.
Mrs Webster But a part of me knew.
brThe way she talked.
The look in her eye.
He could see it.
brThat detective, Baptiste.
Even if it was true -brhow does it help us now? I don't know.
brBut it must mean something.
I'd go myself,brbut no-one's going to listen to me.
I have no authoritybroutside the Army.
But you know what to look for.
brYou know who to ask.
My dad's nurse quit.
brI've got no-one to look after him.
I'm sorry.
The garrison's only up the road, I suppose I could getbrsomeone tocome by.
Thank you.
So, will your husband be joining us? No.
I didn't tell Sam.
brWe don't talk about Alice.
We don't talk about anythingbrmuch these days.
'O'Sullivan.
'brHi, it's Eve Stone.
'How can I help?'brYeah, I need a favour Julien! We've got to keep moving.
brWe need to go.
Out into the crossfire? The Peshmerga has startedbrto fall back.
We should go.
The question is to risk ourbrlives onon fate or chance.
It's hard not to think of thosebrgirls, kept in that basement.
Scared of the world outside.
Somebody builds a wallbraround you, and .
.
soon you startbrto build your own.
We have to go.
Come on! You two, over here.
brThis way, move! Go! Go! Staff Sergeant Eve Stone, of thebrMilitary Police out of Eckhausen.
We called ahead.
brWe're meeting Dieter Ackermann? Ich habe hier zwei frauen fur Sie.
OK.
He's just coming.
Thank you.
Sergeant Stone? Hello.
So sorry, excuse me.
Stone? 'It's O'Sullivan.
Look, I know Ibrsaid I'd look in on your father, 'but I've been calledbrto a disturbance.
' I understand.
Don't worry about it.
Hey.
'Sam.
' We still meeting later? 'It's not about that.
It's my dad.
' I need you togo round to my housebrand keep an eye on him.
I thought that wasn't what this is.
'His nurse quit.
brHe can't look after himself.
' Why can't you do it?brI'm working on the car.
I just can't.
OK? Please.
Yeah, all right.
I'll go round now.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
The rollercoasterbris the only ride we do with photographs.
You understand? What about CCTV? Security cameras? We have dummies,brbut they do not film.
We are small, privately run There must be something.
I'm sorry.
I do not Thank you, anyway.
We should go.
My dad's Wellmaybe if we ask around?brMaybe somebody saw something.
Isn't it worth trying? Just in case? Sure.
OK.
Let's ask.
Thank you.
TV ON Hello.
Hi.
We need to keep moving.
OK.
Let's go.
Go go go go! Come on.
Julien No, no, no.
brJulien, it's the Peshmerga.
Come away.
Julien, that's fine.
brThe Peshmerga.
The Peshmerga, OK? To the airport, yes? Yeah.
Going somewhere nice? Going somewhere else.
How are you feeling? If she hadn't walked out of thatbrbasement she might be alive today.
And what kind of life would that be? They're saying she did it.
She took the petrol in there.
brThey found a canister.
She killed herself.
brShe was locked in! Even if she had second thoughts,brmaybe We can't think like that, it'sbrI can think the way I want.
.
.
poisonous.
How could he do that?brHow could he lock her in there? After all she'd been through.
Sam, it is not Matthew's fault He knows what he did.
You both do.
What do you mean? She came home, she needed support.
brShe needed her family.
She was so differentbrYou called her a liar! That is not what I said.
She heard what you said, Gemma,brand that's why she did it.
That's why she killed herself.
Do you remember, when she was born, how long it took herbrto get off to sleep? No.
Cos you weren't there.
brIt was me.
It was me, holding her.
brNight after night, singing to her.
Holding on to her little hand.
I know my daughter! And that girl, that girlbrthat came back? That was not herbrthat was not my Alice! NO! Don't you DARE! Don't you DARE say that to me now! Don't you dare say that to me Hey.
Thanks for meeting me.
brI got you one of these.
No caffeine.
Of course.
brRemind me never to get pregnant.
I got a call from a journalistbrasking about Alice Webster.
Jesus.
It's out there now.
It's going tobrbe a global news piece.
The press are onto Nadia Herz'sbrassault.
They're joining the dots.
Asking if Matthew Websterbrcould have been involved.
I said no comment, but If they're not given a story,brthey make one up.
I know.
Sowhat do you want me to do? Talk to the families.
brGet drafting a statement.
Yeahright, right.
I know, it's the last thingbrthey need right now.
But I'd rather they controlbrthe story here.
In the meantime,brI'll speak to Matthew Webster.
Of course.
I don't want thembrgetting sandbagged by questions.
Not after what's happened to them.
Mrs Webster? Adam Gettrick frombrthe Army Press Office.
They know, don't they? About Alice? Not for sure.
But they know something's going on.
I don't know how -brsomeone in the hospital, orone of the German policebrspeaking out of turn Everyone stops to watchbrthe car crash, don't they? See the blood on the road.
We should think aboutbrmaking a statement.
I can draft something.
If that would help.
I don't want to talk about it.
Mrs Webster .
.
if we don't make a statement they won't leave you alone.
I said I don't wantbrto talk about her.
I thought with this kind ofbrtime-frame it wouldn't take so long to find something.
It depends if therebris anything to find.
It's like waitingbrfor Hilde to talk.
What? When I was a child,brmy mother bought me a parrot.
Hilde, it was called.
Every day, I come home from school,brwaiting for this bird to say a word.
And every daynothing.
So, waiting for Hilde to talk,brwe used to say.
And did she ever talk? Not a word.
When I first began this job,brI thought it would all be exciting.
I soon realised what it was - sifting through the earth,brgrain by grain.
But the devil is in the detail, and What? Sometimes Hilde talks.
Go back, please.
There.
There she is.
Go forward.
There are no other cameras? With a view that leads on from here? Can you play it slowly? Where was she going? You should not be here.
It was your units.
brYour men brought us here.
Rat-a-tat-a-tat.
You get shot.
brUnderstand? Yes.
ISIL, they will come back.
They come backbrand you get shot.
I understand.
We get it.
brYou too.
Rat-a-tat-a-tat.
We just wish to return to Erbil.
OK.
We will arrange.
Let's go.
Come on, follow me.
Let's go.
Was it worth it? Excuse me? Coming all this way.
brNearly getting killed.
I told myself I wouldn't rest untilbrI find the man who took Sophie Giroux and Alice Webster.
Well, I'm sorry that all thisbrwas for nothing.
Perhaps.
Daniel said his fatherbrwas sending money to a man called Mirza Barzani.
I think we should find out why.
'Hello, Detective Lenhart.
' Jorn, it's Baptiste.
'Julien.
' I need your helpbrfinding someone.
How are you doing, sir?brCan I get you anything? Captain Webster.
brHonourable Tank Regiment.
Yes, sir.
That's me.
Your boys came under fire in 2010.
brBasra.
Yes, sir.
I was on patrol.
Three souls.
I'm sorry about whatbrhappened to your daughter.
Thank you.
She was very youngI remember.
Taken outside the school.
She was She liked spiders.
An alternative sort.
She was called She was Alice.
Alice Webster.
Yes.
I wouldn't forget that, Captain.
I wonder if they'll ever find outbrwhat happened to her.
She died, sir.
Took her own life.
What makes you think you're fitbrto join the military, then, son? You've never seen either ofbrthese girls? No.
Are you sure? Sorry.
Thank you.
So you haven't seenbreither of these girls? They might have been withbran older man? No, I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
None of them?brNo, I'm sorry.
Nothing?brSorry.
I know you think this wholebrthing is pointless.
I didn't say that.
You didn't have to.
But the thing is you do anythingbrfor your kids, absolutely anything.
Have you ever thought about havingbrkids? A family of your own? It justnever happened.
brAlways moving around.
Maybe one day.
Not God knows when.
Well.
We all find a way to survive,brdon't we? It's all right.
All right, stand up.
There you go.
I'm sorry, IbrIt's fine.
I'll be back in a minute.
I don't know what happened.
It's fine, honestly,brdon't think about it.
Really.
You're a good lad.
No, I'm not.
Let's find you somethingbrto wear, shall we? She always wanted a family.
It hit her hard, you know? Park's closing up.
brWe should be heading off.
He's been happier recently,bryou know.
What?brSam.
He's been happier.
Lately.
Right? I don't Come on.
I'm sorry.
You know, when Alice was taken we fell apart at the seams.
All three of us.
Together.
But it did make us stronger.
It did, because what we lost inbrAlice we still had in each other.
We had that love that you onlybrkeep for your family.
And when she walkedbrback into our lives .
.
we fell apart all over again.
It just .
.
happened.
brThis isn't about you.
Is it? Don't tell Sam I know, will you? He still loves you.
brOh, right! Fine.
Really.
Well, even if that's true .
.
what does it bloody matter? Julien? Julien.
Julien, are you OK? Sometimes I get headaches.
Your friend foundbrMirza Barzani fast.
We should be there soon.
'Julien?' I wonder if you can help us.
We're trying to find this girl.
She might have passed here yesterdaybrbetween four and six o'clock.
Oh, yeah, I remember her.
brShe came in here.
She did? What did she want? Statice flowers.
12 of them.
Purple.
And then she asked mebrthe way to the graveyard, of course.
Why "of course"? These are flowers for remembrance.
Usually we put thesebron a grave, you see, so She seemed so sad, this girl.
Matthew? Do you mind if I sit down? Matthew, Kristian Herz' wife,brNadia, was found beaten half to death last night.
She's in the ICUbrin a coma right now.
OK.
It's unlikely to be a coincidence that the wife of the manbrwho abducted your sister be brutally beatenbrthe day of his arrest.
You think You think it was me? I didn't say that.
But I'd like to knowbrwhere you were last night.
That man - Kristian -brhe's the one that took Alice.
Why would I attack his wife?brThat doesn't make any sense.
I'm not accusing you, Matthew.
brI'm on your side.
But if you know somethingbrHow can you come here, while my sister's justbrMatthew, just calm down.
She's gone! I haven't done anythingbrwrong.
She done it to herself.
Why can't you just leave us alone! Oh, my God! I'm so sorry.
I didn't mean to hurt you, honestly,brI was just trying to get past.
I'm fine.
Sergeant Stone, I am so, so sorry.
brI'll find a doctor.
It's OK.
Hello? All right,brthanks for letting me know.
Where's your mum? Mrs Webster? The DNA results are backbron the remains in your shed.
We ran them against your husband.
It's a confirmed matchbrwith your daughter.
It's It's really Alice? It's really my Alice, you're sure? I'm sorry, but yes.
I just I thought you should know.
Are you sure you're ready? Mrs Webster, Mrs Webster,brwhere is Alice now? Mrs Webster Mrs Webster will makebra short statement.
There will be no questions.
My daughter, Alice Webster,brwas abducted in 2003.
And four days ago,brshe came back to us.
I know there'll be a lot writtenbrabout this - what happened to my daughter is one of those things,brone of those horrible things that you read aboutbrin the newspaper and you say, "That's awful.
" But really you're thinkingbr"I'm glad it's not me.
" And no matter what gets written you'll never understand .
.
what it's like to resign yourself to never seeing someonebryou love ever again.
And when they come back .
.
you can't believe it.
I couldn't.
It was her, and .
.
I just couldn't believe it.
My daughterwasn't just.
a name for your headlines.
She was a girl.
She was our girl.
And we loved her.
Mrs Webster Mrs Webster,brdo you know who found her? As I said, no questions.
Julien? Julien? Julien? Did you not hear me shout? I was miles away, forgive me.
brThese places, well Some find them to be peaceful.
brMyself, I find it hard.
All these lives, laid bare -breverything they stood for reduced to a few wordsbron a tombstone.
A novel abridged to a haiku.
I think I have found the flowers.
They look fresh, too,brunlike the others.
They could have been boughtbryesterday.
So she runs from her family,brdisappears without a word.
And while the entire policebrdepartment searches for her, she finds the time to buy flowersbrand visit a grave before going home to dobrwhat she did.
Who is this man? Henry Reed.
And why did she need to see himbrbefore she took her own life? Mirza Barzani? Do you speak English? Bristol University.
Three years.
Our exhibits are displayedbrin chronological order, starting with the Palaeolithic age,brdown there moving into the ancientbrcivilisations of Mesopotamia and ending on the right side inbrthe period of Abbasid.
Although, I can see from your faces you do not seem interestedbrin what the past has to offer Far from it.
The past is exactlybrthe reason we are here.
Only not this far back.
A man who was living in Germanybrwould send regular payments to you.
His name was Henry Reed.
We are trying to find out why.
Henry Reed.
You are not the first personbrto come and ask about him.
You spoke to his son Danielbrover a year ago or so.
And I will tell you the samebrthing that I told him.
Henry Reed made thosebrpayments out of guilt.
Guilt? For what? For what they did to my sister.
She was only nine years old.
And this Henry Reed thinks moneybrwill, what? Make it better? Bring her to life?brThey killed MY father Mr Barzani, please.
Slow down.
Would you mind to tell me everythingbryou know, from the beginning? In 1991, I was just a boy.
That's when they camebrto my village Who? Henry Reed.
And his Army friend.
A man called Stone.
(How was he?) (Yeah, he's fine.
) Thank you.
It's fine.
Where did you go? Justwork.
Something came up.
Look, um Your dad hadbra bit of an accident.
I went into one of the drawersbrin your bedroom, just looking for somethingbrfor him to wear I'm sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
I, uh I found the pictures.
brYou know, the scans, of the baby So? So it's a huge part of your life and we've never really talkedbrabout it.
And I just think maybe you should bebrwith someone else.
You know Someone who can give youbrwhat you want.
You don't know what I need.
It's not like we haven't beenbrhonest with each other.
We needed each other.
Someone to hold on tobrin the middle of all the But now I'm sorry, I'm not good at this.
It's fine.
I've been thinking the same.
It's not right, what we've beenbrdoing.
We need to stop.
The doc says that me and Gemmabrcould go back to England.
Make a fresh start.
I wonder whether he's right.
You've been through it, you two.
You deserve to be happy.
Julien.
Julien.
I think the flight's on time.
brYou should check in.
Thank you again.
For all your help.
I'd say it was my pleasure, but You know you should go home.
brYou can have that operation.
Not just run and hide from it.
Says the man who refuses to go home,breven when asked by his employer.
I know.
I know.
brBut that's different.
You know, I've had chemotherapy.
brRadiotherapy too.
I have had hope and had it snatchedbrfrom me all in the same week.
In truth, I'm tired.
brPerhaps I've had my time.
But if there is a chance thebrreal Alice Webster is still alive I must do everythingbrin my power to find her.
To do nothing or do something,brright? Yes.
It's no choice at all.
Goodbye.
Farewell, my friend, good luck.
'Hello?' Hello, Eve, it's Gemma.
'I know this is awkward, butbrthere's no-one else I can' Can we meet? Tonight.
'I can't.
I'm with my dad.
' Tomorrow morning? What is it? What's it about? You know what I said earlier onbrabout not seeing something that's right in front of you.
Well, I was right.
We weren't looking hard enough, Eve.
There was another girl.
Voila.
I'm afraid I'm taken.