Hinterland (2013) s03e05 Episode Script

DCI Mathias? Can we talk? The day before Ifan Thomas died he called you.
But you didn't inform DS Owens.
No I didn't.
What did Ifan say when he called you? He asked me how my head was.
And that's it? It was a short conversation.
And that's why you went looking for him the night he died? Because there was more to say? I wanted to say that enough was enough.
And you didn't get the chance.
Do you think Ifan Thomas killed himself? Do you? The last call Ifan made Was to Chief Superintendent Prosser.
You're surprised? Yeah.
Did Ifan ever discuss his relationship with Prosser? Listen If you've got any questions about Prosser Then you'll really should be asking him, shouldn't you? Mathias.
He was a regular.
He came here most mornings.
This morning, can you tell me what happened, do you remember? He stopped Got petrol.
And a man walked up to him And he just Just shot him.
The attacker Do you remember what car he was driving? It was reddish small petrol The man with the gun did you see his face? Sir? The victim's pickup is registered to a Liam Hughes.
Worked in the rubbish depot.
We're still trying to trace the family.
Why would anyone want to hurt Liam? He wouldn't harm anyone.
He was always He was always joking around, making people laugh.
Do you know if Liam had any family living in the area? Uhm, I think most of his family came from over Welshpool way.
Was Liam in any kind of trouble recently? A couple of weeks ago he got into bit of a scrub, nothing much.
Though it wasn't Liam's fault.
Whose fault was it? Llew Morris.
Liam made a crack about his wife.
A joke.
Llew lost it.
He threw a brick through the windscreen of Liam's truck.
I had to sack him.
Llew that is.
I had no choice.
Do you know where he lives? Thanks.
"STAFF RECORD" Lloyd? I've just spoken with the DBLA.
They have confirmed that Llew Morris has a red Nissan Micra.
There is something else.
Llew's wife, Bethan, issued a restraining order against him.
When? Five weeks ago Sir.
I'll send you the address now.
Bethan Morris? Can we come in? Five weeks ago, you set up a restraining order against Llew.
- Could you tell us about that? - Why? It is important Bethan, Please.
Was Llew ever violent towards you? No, Never.
He's not a violent man, he He just couldn't accept that our marriage was over.
Llew ran a printing business.
He put everything we had into it.
When business went bust, Llew found it hard He thought he'd failed us.
And it all got on top of him.
He became angry.
Go on The debts kept getting bigger.
His mother got ill, in and out of hospital.
Llew just couldn't cope.
Why the restraining order? After we split up Llew kept pestering me at the hospital where I work.
Coming round to the house all hours.
Crying Shouting I didn't want Bryn seeing his father like that.
Bryn, your son? Yes.
Is this him? Where is he now? At school? Yeah, it's called Gwel-y-Mor, down the road.
Did Llew ever mention a Liam Hughes to you? No Do you have any idea where Llew is right now? If he's not at home, he may be at his Mam & Dad's He goes there to check on his mother.
Call an ambulance now.
He's still alive.
Armed Police! Armed Police! Clear! Clear! "EVICTION NOTICE" "TREASURE MAP TRYSOR" Will not return.
Just got a call from Gwel-y-Mor primary school.
Bryn Morris, Llew's son has gone missing from the yard during the lunch break.
The other kids said he left with his father.
We know hard this must be for you Bethan but we need your help.
We need to find out everything we can about Llew.
Family Friends Places that he liked to go.
You have to find him.
We will.
But we need your help.
I want my son back.
I want him home.
I want him home now.
What do we know, what can you tell me about him? A failed marriage, a failed business debts piled high, and a terminally ill mother he doted on.
Llew is a man in free fall, sir.
This morning, he drove to his parents' house, early before anybody was awake.
There he suffocated his mother and then shot his father.
Then he went looking for Liam Hughes and when he found him, he shot him dead too.
We know that he's taken his son, and we've to work in the assumption that he intents to harm him.
We've got roadblocks in all the major roads in and out the Aberystwyth area, so far there's no sign of Llew's car.
Where are we on ballistics? The report confirms that the gun involved is similar to a shotgun licensed to Llew's father.
He was a gamekeeper on the Cefneithin estate.
The shotgun was not found at the property.
We're still waiting to see if the shotgun cartridges retrieved from the crime scene are a match.
Sir? News from the hospital.
The father, he's been rushed into emergency surgery, he's touch and go.
Llew's brother is on his way there now.
I can't believe this is happening.
I knew Llew had problems, but to do this When did you last see your brother? Last week.
We argued, okay.
You argued? What about? What difference does that make now? Shouldn't you be out there looking for Bryn.
Why was there so much bad blood between Llew and his father? Dad wanted us to be strong.
He knew that life, wouldn't give you anything.
That you had to fight for it.
And he was a real fighter.
He is a fighter.
What about Llew? Is he a fighter too? No.
When Llew's business went bust He got into trouble.
Debts, Bank loans.
So he asked the old man for some money.
Dad refused.
He said: you made this mess, you sort it out.
Do you have any idea where he might be? Where he would've taken Bryn? No.
I've spoken to the neighbor.
She said she was woken up by a loud bang this morning.
When she went over to the window, she confirms it was Llew's car that she saw.
- What time was this? - Around 7:00 and 7:30.
She thought there might have been something up with his mother.
But when she went back an hour later, the car was gone.
Thanks, Sian.
Hey.
It's good to have you back on the team.
Thank you.
Any idea where this was taken? License matches.
He could be in there, with the boy.
This might be our only chance.
Call it in.
Have you seen this boy? Bryn's coat? The waitress remembers the father carrying a bag or a rucksack.
With the gun inside.
Well, they can't have gone far, not on foot.
That's what I'm afraid of.
Llew on foot put's other lives in danger.
We had them, Mared.
They were here.
We let them go.
Sir? The father, he didn't make it, he died in theater.
We've got an armed man on the run with a child.
Three people are dead.
We set up a roadblock here, there and over there.
We've established a 15 mile perimeter And uniform has begun their meter by meter search of the surrounding woodland.
Residents in the immediate area need to be warned.
Search dogs and air support vehicles are being made available to us.
We have three victims, two crime scenes Two active investigations.
We can't take anything for granted, we need to treat this investigation just like any other build a case.
And I want to be informed of all developments at all times.
-Any questions? -No.
-Good.
DCI Mathias.
What happened, how did we loose them? I have made a judgment call, sir.
And got it wrong.
What are you doing here, Dafydd? Have you found them? Have you found Llew and Bryn? I was only trying to help.
I knew what Bethan was going through with Llew.
She was struggling.
I tried to talking to him, but Bethan and Bryn were his world.
he wouldn't accept it.
She called me one night, and I went over.
Bethan, she was in pieces.
I don't know how it happened.
It only happened once.
Llew found out.
He was watching the house saw me arrive.
Is that what you were arguing about? Mhmm.
I did this to him.
My own brother.
Once this gets out, we're gonna be overwhelmed with calls.
The longer it takes to find them, the more danger the boy is in.
I'm aware of the danger, Tom, but we have no choice, we have to give the press something.
Thank you for coming on short notice.
I won't keep you long.
At 8:42 this morning officers were called to a shooting At Ifor Evans's Agricultural Suppliers Where a member of the public was fatally wounded.
This is our red zone.
We're still continuing the door to door inquiries.
Also the farms inside the red zone have been checked, and there have been no sightings.
We have managed to contact most of the residents in the outer cordon too warning them about Llew and Bryn Advising them to be vigilant at all times, but there are a number of unanswered properties on this list.
We're trying to arrange call-backs.
Trying? It's a vast area, sir.
Trying? They are moving as fast they can.
Hello? Am I disturbing you? Ehm no, no nono Yeah I saw the news.
I was I was worried about you.
Worried? Will I see you tonight? I'd like to see you.
-I'd like to see you too.
I've eh, I've gotta go.
Okay.
Be careful.
Okay bye.
Hello.
I'm DCI Mathias, sorry to disturb you.
I'm looking for young boy who's missing, and a man in his thirties.
Have you seen it? - No no.
I am sorry.
- Are you sure? Yes, Yes I'm sure.
Okay.
Well, If you do hear or see anything suspicious or indeed see this man Don't try to approach him, just call me immediately.
Thank you.
Are you sure you're okay? Yes, Yes sure.
Thank you.
Okay.
Well thanks for your time.
Good luck.
Get out the car! Now! Get in there! On your knees.
On your knees!.
Why are you here? You could have gone.
You've had the chance.
You've ruined everything.
Don't do it Llew, not in front of Bryn.
Do not talk to my son.
- Do not even say his name.
- Dad? They know where I am, Llew.
And they're gonna find me.
So let them go.
It has nothing to do with them.
Shut up! Don't say another word.
Take off your tie.
Take off your tie now! Hurry up! Now everyone be quiet.
Nobody move.
-DCI Mathias, leave a message.
Tom, ring me when you get this message.
Tom? -DCI Mathias, leave a message.
Doesn't have to be this way, Llew.
It's not too late.
The police, they know where I went.
So they'll find me.
It's only a matter of time.
Shut up.
Shut your mouth.
Stop telling me what to do.
I'm in charge here I'll make the decisions.
I understand, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to tell you what to do.
Just wanted to help .
-Help? -Bryn.
You gotta let him go, you don't need him, you don't need either of 'm.
No one is going anywhere.
As of 21:30 we have been unable to contact DCI Mathias.
Lloyd? A uniformed officer last reported seeing DCI Mathias in a roadblock here at 20:45 The assumption is, DCI Mathias returned to the field to continue the door-to-door search.
We believe that DCI Mathias was working from this list.
Properties from within the inner cordon where the police were unable to make contact.
We need to check off everyone on that list.
Phone, speak to whoever you can to see if anyone has had any contact with DCI Mathias of those addresses.
Trace all his movements.
We need to establish a timeline, fast.
I know how hard it must have been for you to keep things going, Llew.
To never give in.
To keep fighting.
That's what your father wanted you to do? Isn't it? To be strong.
To be a fighter.
So when things went wrong And you asked him for help He refused, didn't he? Your own father.
That must have hurt.
You know nothing about him.
You had to beg your own father for money when your business was failing.
If he had just given you the money, Llew, none of this would have happened.
Stop talking.
He might still be alive.
Your mother might still be alive too.
Shut up.
All my life I tried to please him.
To make him proud of me.
I lost everything, because of him.
He deserved to die.
What about your mother, Llew? Did he also deserve to die too? I was ill Suffering In pain, she was dying.
You smothered her.
I helped her.
I set her free.
Eiry, come over here, Untie me.
Eiry, come on, untie me.
Now! Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
Come on.
That's it.
Hurry.
Have you got a knife? - Kitchen.
- There is no time for that.
- Car keys, where are your car keys? - On a hook in the back.
- Can you get them? - I don't know, what if he catches me? This might be the only way you and Bryn can get out of here.
- I can't do it, I can't leave you here.
- Yes you can.
This is your only chance.
I am sorry.
Bryn? I know about your brother.
And what happened between him and Bethan.
You spoke to them? Yes.
It was a mistake.
It wasn't anybody's fault, they weren't trying to hurt you.
You think that's what all this is about.
You don't know me.
No, no but I think that was the last straw.
It's what brought you to do what you did, it's what made you feel like you had no other choice.
Stop talking about it.
Listen.
- Bethan does not deserve any of this.
- No mother deserves this Llew.
Think about him.
Think about your son.
Let him go back to his mother.
I said shut your mouth! Nobody move.
Eiry? Go now.
Now! Llew? Think about what you are doing.
You don't need to do this.
You can still walk away, you still have a choice.
Think about Bryn.
You can still see him again.
No I can't.
Not after this.
My son will only see me as a killer.
A murderer.
That's why you have to stop doing this now.
You can have a chance, another chance to put things right, don't throw it away.
Look let Bryn see who his father really is.
He's your son, he will understand.
We think we can control life, but we can not.
None of us can.
I've lost control.
The pressure was too much.
Things went wrong.
It all went wrong.
I just wanted one last day.
One last perfect day, with my son.
To see him smile.
See him happy.
I did not want him to suffer.
Not Bryn.
I did not want him to live with the shame of what I did.
I wanted to set him free.
Like I set my mother free.
No more pain.
But I couldn't even do that right.
Llew, Llew! Look at me! If you go out there with that gun Just think about Bryn.
I'm thinking about Bryn.
Please, tell Bryn That this, it is not who I am.
Don't go out there.
Don't please! Stop, Llew! Armed Police! Tom? You look tired.
Uh.
I am tired.