Whitstable Pearl (2021) s02e06 Episode Script

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You're getting good at that.
Your heart's not in it anymore, is it?
Is it that obvious?
Maybe it's time to let someone
else take over the reins.
Come on then, load her up.
You know I did offer
to help plan the wedding.
I was thinking somewhere grand, iconic.
Leeds Castle, Canterbury Cathedral.
No, Laila had to do it
all herself and
Here we are.
- Oysters?
- Champagne.
I'll send someone over.
Monster-in-law alert.
Oh, hmm.
Oh, I'm Laurie.
Oh, you're the celebrant?
Yeah, well, uh, a friend.
Doing, uh, Adnan and Laila a favor.
- Aw.
- Yeah, it's my first time.
Right, well, you'll need
some champagne, too, then.
- Oh, yeah.
- I'll send someone over.
Oh, thank you.
Just imagine everyone naked.
Uh, my parents are in there.
Oh, well, maybe not then.
Yeah, maybe not.
Right, while you're here, maybe
you can just help me out a little.
Okay, go on.
Okay, do you reckon
I should lead with
"I take no responsibility for the views
and comments of my mother."
- Mmm
- Or, hear me out.
"This is the longest one night
stand I've ever had."
- Oh, very heartfelt.
- What?
It's gonna be great.
Yeah.
I just really don't
want to mess this up.
Well, I think it's time to make
an honest man of myself.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we are in the presence
of love.
Before you got married.
Why are you bringing this up
on my wedding day?
I'll tell her when I need to tell her.
This needs to be something
It's my marriage.
Just leave it, alright?
Sorry.
Just leave it.
They're about to take the photos, so
- So?
- Come on, let's have some fun.
Ruby.
Ooh.
It is a weird place
to get married.
What, roller coasters and ghost trains?
It's not my ideal wedding.
Could be Tom's though.
Oh, my God, you're so right.
Let's swap.
It is so Tom.
Don't put any ideas in his head.
Let's go on this one.
Charlie would love this.
Yeah.
Do you miss him?
Yeah.
Let's go and explore in there.
Ooh!
It's mad, it's so weird.
Ruby?
Hello?
Hello!
Where are you?
I'm here!
Where's here?
I am so lost.
I don't think we're gonna get out.
It wasn't a frenzied attack.
There's no blood spatter,
there's no evidence
of a struggle, no broken mirrors.
She trusted the killer.
Right, check for CCTV.
Start looking for the murder weapon.
And I want witness statements
from everyone before they leave.
Well, it was a twilight wedding.
So, most of them are still pissed.
I don't care.
Get everyone a coffee.
Get yourself one, too.
- Yeah.
- It's gonna be a late one.
It really is.
Pearl.
Hey.
You all right?
How's Adnan doing?
Oh, he's still in shock.
Did you see anyone else in there?
- No.
- No?
No, it was just me and Ruby.
What were you doing in there?
We were on a break. We were just
mucking about, having a laugh.
Right.
We can do this later if
No. No, I'm fine.
- Sure?
- Yeah, yeah.
Okay, can you talk me through the day?
Um
Well, there was rivalry
between the two families.
Mm-hmm.
Adnan's mum, Hiral, she, um
well, she wasn't happy about any of it.
Not the venue or the guest list.
Or the bride.
She wasn't so picky
about the booze though.
Yeah, do you reckon
she was drowning her sorrows?
Or a shot of Dutch courage?
What about the groom?
What do you make of him?
He seems like a nice guy.
He was nervous.
About his speech and getting married.
He was having an argument
with a woman earlier
in a in a blue dress.
Yeah?
Yeah.
It was intense and private.
Where is she?
Oh, I can't see her. I'm sorry.
I was right there, Mike.
Come here. It's all right.
Yeah.
We found this under the mirrors.
It's Laila's.
It was sent 15 minutes
before the body was found.
And his phone was found
in his mum's handbag.
Okay. Arrest them both.
- I've got to go, all right?
- Yeah.
I mean, I just can't get
my head around it.
I met them a few times when
they were planning their menu,
and they seemed so in love.
Honestly, I mean,
why plan a big wedding?
Why get married
if he was gonna kill her?
Pearl.
Well, if Adnan didn't do it,
then who else could it be?
Well, his mum was awful.
I mean, she was a snob,
an out of control drunk.
That's not a nice thing to say
about Dolly, is it, Pearl?
Oi! I can hold my drink.
This is not taking it easy.
You're supposed to be at home
with your feet up.
Tea, chocolate, non-violent box sets.
Honestly, I'm fine.
I'm happier if I'm busy.
Let me take over here.
No. Bill's bringing the wine in.
Why don't you do that
if you want to help?
We've got them well trained.
Life is good.
So leave this one to the police.
Your phone sent a message saying,
"Meet me in the mirror maze."
I did not send that message.
Then who did?
Your mum?
What, what?
Why would you think that?
No, no, of course not.
Well, we found your phone in her bag.
Was she hiding it for you?
I don't
I have no idea how that got there.
Listen to me.
We've spoken to numerous witnesses.
No one can place
Hiral at the time of the murder.
No, you stop. Stop right now, okay?
My mum my mum did not do this.
And no one can place you either.
Funny that.
I don't do instant.
Go on.
You had a lot to drink yesterday.
We were celebrating.
Yeah, we've got witnesses
who say you were still
"celebrating"
after Laila's body was found.
You didn't like Laila, did you?
You didn't approve.
Did you write that message, Hiral?
Don't be ridiculous!
So Adnan wrote it?
You protecting him?
This is so far fetched.
So who wrote it?
Whoever killed Laila.
So someone stole the phone from Adnan
without him noticing,
wrote Laila a message,
and then planted the phone in your bag.
Again without you noticing.
I think you're right.
That does sound a bit far fetched.
You were seen arguing with
a woman after the ceremony.
Who is she?
Cassie Lawrence. She's
She's just an ex.
Arguing with your ex? At your wedding?
She won't leave me alone.
I've moved on. She hasn't.
It's pretty simple.
Look, Laila was friends with her, okay?
So she decided to invite her,
not me. That's
That's just the kind of person
Laila was.
Where is she now?
Cassie?
You are wasting valuable time!
Me, my mum, Cassie, it's a joke.
Okay, look, I'm sorry, okay? I
Look, for the past
six months, we've, um
we've been getting these calls
on the landline.
Like prank, nuisance calls.
How often?
9, 10 times a day.
Sometimes more.
And it's always when I'm out.
Laila picks up the phone
and then whoever's calling
just hangs up.
So someone's been harassing Laila?
Is that what you're saying?
I guess. Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, you know,
we obviously didn't take it
seriously at the time.
But yes.
9 or 10 times a day?
Sounds like someone
who really hated her.
We are a family of doctors.
Laila worked in social care.
Her parents don't work at all.
Her brother's been in and out of prison.
Who knows what kind of people
he's involved with.
They're who you should be talking to.
So, you thought Adnan was
making a mistake marrying Laila?
And you'd do anything for
your son wouldn't you, Hiral?
Lie.
Even kill.
I know what you're doing.
Where were you after the ceremony?
I told you. I don't remember.
Well, you were blackout drunk.
You could have been anywhere.
Doing anything.
You could have killed her.
And you still wouldn't remember.
Hey.
Are you okay?
Yeah, I just
thought I'd see how you are.
Oh, I'm all right. Thanks.
Any progress?
Well, we let Adnan and Hiral go.
We need more if we're gonna charge 'em.
We're just short on evidence, so
No murder weapon?
Nah.
This woman that you saw
Adnan arguing with.
Just talk me through that again.
Well, she looked angry and upset.
Mmm.
They were in each other's faces.
It did look like the sort
of argument a couple would have.
Her name's Cassie Lawrence.
She's Adnan's ex.
Does that give her a motive?
Well, we can't find her.
Now, Adnan said Laila's been
getting nuisance calls.
Really?
We checked.
He's telling the truth.
Someone's been harassing her.
Calling and hanging up.
Multiple times a day.
Well, could that be this Cassie?
Well, initially
that's what we thought.
But we traced the calls to a number,
registered to a name
and address in Derby.
Someone called Emily Forrest.
Okay.
Yeah, she seems
to have disappeared, too.
So, what you thinking?
Maybe Adnan was sleeping around?
Well, that doesn't
make him a killer.
I don't buy it was him.
I mean, why do it on your
wedding day when you're
surrounded by your all your
friends and your family?
It doesn't make sense.
I can't get the image of Laila
out of my head.
It's enough to put you
off weddings for life.
No chance of you proposing soon then?
Eh?
To Kat.
Nah.
Nah, that's all over.
Me and Kat, we're
We're not together any more.
Oh.
Oh, Mike, I'm sorry.
Mike and Kat split up.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
Poor Mike.
That's sad.
Yeah. I know. It is.
I'm so sorry, Adnan.
I'm sorry. Are you here
for the invoice, or?
Oh, no, no. No, forget about that.
I came I came 'cause I wanted
to give you this.
I'm a private detective.
I just wanted to offer some help.
Right, um
Wait, you know the police think
I did it, don't you?
It's insulting, and it
And it's insane.
Look, I know Laila
was getting nuisance calls.
Maybe maybe I could track them down.
Find out who it was.
Emily Forrest, apparently.
Well
that's who the police said it was.
And do you know her?
Not even heard of her.
Well, maybe Maybe I could find her.
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, no, that That would be great.
Nikki.
Brace yourself.
What now?
We might have found the murder weapon.
You better get here.
Oh, Laurie. Hi.
Hi, uh
Uh, you saw me at Adnan's.
Mm.
Yeah, we just didn't want you
to get the wrong idea.
What do you mean the wrong idea?
Well, I mean you saw Adnan, too.
He's he's devastated.
He's broken.
Look, I know what the police think,
but he didn't kill Laila.
Is there something going on?
Are you two?
Okay, I-I'm just
gonna be honest.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, there is something going on.
It's been going on for a while.
You officiated their wedding.
I know. I am not proud of that.
I mean, I-I agreed to do it before we
you know, and
the venue was booked, and Adnan
didn't want to upset his family.
I mean, he he was gonna tell Laila.
He he was.
Oh, Laurie.
They all say that.
Oh, no, look,
everything happened so fast.
There wasn't time.
Like, he had to go through with it.
Do you know an Emily Forrest?
Uh, no.
Or a Cassie Lawrence?
Well, maybe you don't know Adnan
as well as you think you do.
We love each other.
Look, everything that
has happened is so awful.
It's it's unimaginable.
But this has nothing to do with Adnan.
That that is why I'm here.
I need you to believe that.
For the tape, I'm showing
a photograph of evidence
labeled MR13.
Miss Nolan, can you describe
what this is?
For the tape.
It looks like one of my oyster shuckers.
Alright go, go on.
For the tape.
Sergeant Nikki Martel
is leaving the room.
For the tape.
Do you honestly think I killed Laila?
No, but whoever did used
your oyster shucker.
So can you do me a favor?
Will you help me out?
You know what this means, don't you?
That the murder wasn't planned.
You think someone saw
an opportunity and went for it.
Yeah, when their blood was up
in the heat of the moment,
maybe after an argument.
Have you heard from Cassie yet?
Cassie Lawrence?
Look, I need
to tell you something.
I went round to Adnan's earlier today.
You just can't help yourself, can you?
I'm sorry, but Laurie was there.
Who's Laurie?
Laurie was the celebrant,
at the wedding.
- Right, yeah.
- They're having an affair.
So maybe Laurie killed Laila.
I don't think so.
But I think he is playing her.
You were right, he is a serial cheat.
Laila, Laurie, and this Emily.
And Cassie.
Why did you run?
I was furious. With Adnan.
'Cause he left you.
I left him.
He got together with Laila
straight after.
We were friends. He
She wanted to stay close.
I felt I owed her the truth.
About what?
That's what I was arguing
with Adnan about
after the ceremony.
I was livid.
That's why I left in a hurry.
I came back as soon as I heard
what had happened.
Cassie, why were you
and Adnan arguing?
He was supposed to tell her.
Tell her what?
Look, am I free to go now?
Cassie just came in for an interview.
- Really?
- Yeah.
She said she left Adnan because
he had a gambling problem.
Apparently he's in debt.
We're talking hundreds of thousands.
And he was hiding it all from Laila.
Well, that must have been what they
were arguing about at the wedding.
So it was about money.
Who owns the house?
Laila.
And she's got a life insurance policy,
and she left it all to Adnan.
Well, surely that's motive.
It's circumstantial.
So you've got no real evidence.
Adnan trusts me.
Pearl. We're not doing that.
Technically,
I work for him anyway.
He hired me to find Emily.
I don't care.
You're not going round there.
Look, if you talk to him,
you'll get his back up.
- With me, he'll feel safe.
- No, no way.
Yes, I could get him to slip up.
Listen, your fingerprints
are the only ones on that murder weapon.
You promise me you're not
gonna go round there.
- Hi.
- Laurie?
Are you okay?
Oh, gosh, yeah.
Is Adnan here?
He just, um he just
popped out for a walk.
He needed to clear his head.
Um, can I help?
Well, he hired me to,
to find Emily Forrest.
But I wanted to talk to him about that.
Oh, um, yeah, of course.
He said Well, I mean,
he'll be back soon.
Do you do you want to
come in, wait here?
Okay.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
So, that black eye?
You gonna tell me what happened, Laurie.
Oh, it's not what you think.
What do I think?
You're gonna say it was Adnan.
And it wasn't.
Honestly, you've got
the wrong idea about him.
Between you and me
it was Hiral.
She came over earlier, and Adnan
didn't want to see her.
Why?
She'd been drinking and
This is what happens
when you put yourself
between a mother and her first born son.
Why didn't Adnan want to see her?
Oh, uh
I-I shouldn't say any more.
He'll be home soon.
So, I'll just, uh, clear these.
Why would Adnan need to kill
Laila for money?
His family's loaded.
Well, Cassie said he was
worried about what
Hiral would think.
- What, she'd disown him?
- Yeah.
Apparently, the shame would kill her.
Little boys and their mothers.
Story of every psycho.
Nikki Martel.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yep, thanks.
Derbyshire Constabulary.
They're e-mailing us a mugshot through.
Emily Forrest has form for harassment.
Where have all the photos
of Adnan and Laila gone?
Oh, Adnan took them down.
Everything's very raw.
I see.
So, uh
So what did you, uh, find out
about, uh, Emily, was it,
from uh, Derby?
Oh, it'll wait till Adnan gets back.
I probably, uh, shouldn't say this,
but Adnan always thought it was Hiral.
What was Hiral?
Who was harassing Laila.
Right.
Sorry, um, Pearl, do you
want another cup of tea?
Or, um, I don't know,
maybe a glass of wine?
How did you know Emily Forrest
was from Derby?
You told me.
Did I?
No, um
You told Adnan. Adnan told me.
Oh, that's right, yeah.
So, what would you like?
Yeah, go on then,
I'll have another cup of tea.
Is that Adnan's phone?
Yeah. Oh.
He must of, uh, left it.
Oh.
Are you okay, Pearl?
Yeah.
Can I use the bathroom?
Yeah, um, yeah, it's just, uh,
upstairs, um,
first on the right.
Thanks.
Adnan, hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
Wake up.
Has she drugged you?
Hey, come on.
Adnan.
Pearl, help, help.
It's all right.
I'm gonna get help.
- Laurie.
- Huh?
- Laurie. It's Laurie.
- I know.
I'll get help.
It's all right, it's all right,
it's gonna be all right.
Mike, don't freak out, okay?
Laurie.
Aw, Pearl.
Oh, I know what it looks like upstairs.
Adnan's confused.
I mean, I'm confused.
But, um But we love each other.
We do. Ever since we met.
I believe you, Laurie.
How did you meet?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah we we met on a commuter train.
Yeah, it was, uh,
it was love at first sight.
For both of us.
I mean, obviously it was um
it was more complicated for Adnan.
I mean, you've met his mother.
And, um, he was getting married.
The families couldn't agree
on a celebrant.
I heard him arguing on his mobile.
So I told him I'd done it before.
Cor
Like a little,
little white lie.
He was so grateful.
I've never felt a connection like it.
It was it was euphoric.
It wasn't supposed to end up
like this.
Give me the lighter, Laurie.
No, no, no, no.
No, you called the police. I heard you.
I'm sorry. I I shouldn't
have done that.
No.
I mean, you don't understand.
I do.
He loves me. He really loves me.
At the ceremony,
when he was reading his vows,
when he was declaring his love, he
he was looking right at me! Right at me!
He was telling me to do something.
He was telling me to kill Laila!
To make everything right!
So we could be together,
and and if it's not right,
if it's not right,
then what is the point!
How you feeling, Adnan?
I'm sorry.
Would anybody else like to share?
Mike?
Alright.
I told myself I was gonna talk
about my wife today.
I couldn't do it.
What were you gonna say?
That it was my fault she died.
We were going to a birthday party.
One of my wife's friends.
There was this case I was on.
This guy killed his wife.
He was on the run.
And I was spending all my time
looking for him.
I was obsessed.
And in the car on the way
there, she could tell that I
I just wasn't
I wasn't there, you know?
She just said, "Relax."
Just take the afternoon off
and enjoy the party.
And that's when I saw him.
This guy I'd been searching for
for months.
I started to follow him.
And then he ran a red light.
So I ran the light.
And another car
smashed into the side of us.
That was my fault.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Yesterday, at Adnan's house,
that that brought back
a lot of memories.
That's not the same.
That's not the same.
You told me not to go.
I knew you were gonna go.
Deep down, I knew.
And I knew if you did,
we'd have a better chance
of solving the case.
Well, it was my decision.
I knew the risk.
I put you in danger.
You didn't.
You got there in time.
I'm no good, Pearl.
That's not true.
Look, you're talking.
You're going to therapy.
I've got a lot to work through.
Is that why you split up with Kat?
Maybe.
Mike.
Is it 'cause you're not ready
to be with someone?
I want to be.
But you can't.
Down in one.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Sorry I'm late.
- That's all right.
So, remind me what Laurie
was suffering from?
Erotomania. Love at first sight.
And that's a bad thing?
Well, if the other person
doesn't feel the same way
and you're delusional
and you try to kill the person
you're in love with, then yeah.
Well, put it like that.
I think we might have a case of
love at first sight right here.
Hmm.
Do they make you want to puke?
Little bit, yeah.
Down in one.
Are we okay?
Yeah.
A nos amour.
To those we love.
Let me croon ♪
A low down blues ♪
Come and dance with me.
- Mmm.
- Oh, come on.
No-o-o-o.
Out of your seat ♪
If my song can reach your shoes ♪
And start you tapping your feet ♪
I'm happy ♪
Let me sing of Dixie's charms ♪
The Swanee Shore ♪