Death In Paradise (2011) s04e01 Episode Script
Series 4, Episode 1
This is fantastic, it's absolutely splendid.
What is it? It's Fete Mouri.
Fete Mouri? What on earth is that? It's the Voodoo festival of the dead, when we summon any spirits still trapped on earth and command them to move on to the afterlife.
Excellent.
Then why the cigars? That's to honour Baron Leve.
He's in charge tonight.
He has a skull for a face, wears a black top hat, drinks hard liquor, smokes cigars and spends all his time chasing after women.
~ Oh, he sounds like my dad.
~ Camille! ~ Maman! There's a storm brewing.
Good evening, everyone.
Thank you, Andre.
William, how are the barrels? Two more weeks, sir, then we can start bottling.
She's here! Andre, coffee and liqueurs when we're done.
~ Well done, Lucy, you found her.
~ Of course, Dad.
~ Zeta! ~ Mr Thomson.
Elias, please.
Tonight, you're a guest.
Daniel? My, but you've grown into a fine young man.
You know why you're here? ~ I do.
~ This shadow over the plantation ends tonight.
One way or another.
~ All right? ~ Of course.
THUNDER RUMBLES William, could you turn the lights off? Sure.
Then I'd like everyone to take the hand of the person to each side and form a circle.
As long as we're holding hands, whatever appears - from whatever realm - will do us no harm.
Spirits of the past, move among us.
Be guided by the light of this world and visit upon us.
Do not be afeard, spirit.
I can feel a presence.
Bethany? Is that you? Am I talking to the spirit of Bethany Gilliam? Make yourself known! ~ WIND HOWLS ~ What was that? Bethany, is there something you wish to tell us? ~ BELL RINGS ~ Don't break the circle! Just ask her the question! METALLIC WHOOSH Urgh! Daddy? Aargh! Aaargh! What is it?! Aaaargh! Here we are.
~ For you, Camille.
~ Merci! ~ And for you, Humphrey.
Wow! Now that is brilliant! What is it? Yes, Maman, what is it? I've called it "The Humphrey".
~ Really? You named it after me? What's in it? ~ Yeah! Everything.
In no particular order.
Right, well - now, that's my kind of drink.
Thank you, Catherine.
~ Er, bottoms up.
~ Yeah! But Fidel, in five years, I never did it.
Not once! I know you never noticed, that's how good I was! Eh? Oh, you mean this one! Thanks, man, how's your new job? Uh-huh.
Yeah.
~ PHONE RINGS ~ And all the family settled? Wait up the man.
No, it's the office phone, and you're not here to answer it.
I know.
It's my turn now.
Hey.
You keep safe, yeah? We'll speak soon.
~ Hon ~ PHONE CONTINUES RINGING Honore Police Station.
I think it's amazing how you embrace the whole ghosts and ghouls thing.
~ All we have in the UK is Halloween.
~ And what happens at Halloween? Well, now you mention it, it's mainly just kids roaming the streets demanding sweets with menaces.
But when I was growing up, my mum would let us stay up to watch whatever scary film was on the telly that night.
And that feeling of sitting on the sofa, wedged in between my brothers, I'd feel so safe.
You felt safe watching your scary film? Yes, of course.
That's why you watch them.
~ I don't think I've ever seen one.
~ You're kidding me! We've just had a call.
There's been a murder at the Thomson distillery.
You all right, Dwayne? It's been a while since I did this on my own.
~ Without Fidel, you know? ~ Don't worry.
You'll be fine.
So, cause of death? It's the knife in his back, Chief.
And a visual inspection of the body reveals? Well, judging by the angle the knife entered his back, the killer was almost certainly standing above the victim and striking down.
~ Boom! ~ Good.
And the murder weapon? Looks old.
Ah, I think it came from here, Chief.
Three knives were on display, but one is missing.
You see? We may have lost Fidel to St Lucia, but we're still very much a team to be reckoned with.
His name is Elias Thomson.
He owns the plantation and the rum distillery here.
And it seems he was killed in the middle of a seance.
~ A seance? ~ Mm-hm.
Well, yes, of course! It's Fete Mouri, isn't it? When you summon the dead.
But I mean, even so, I mean Well, you know, erm wow! Right, Dwayne.
See what you can get here.
Camille, let's go and talk to the family.
Thank you for waiting.
We just need to get a sense of what happened tonight.
Starting with, er who you all are.
I'm Andre Morgan.
I run the house.
This is Daniel and this is Lucy - Elias's children.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm William Lee.
Mr Thomson's foreman at the distillery.
Zeta Akande.
I used to be the children's nanny.
~ But I led the seance tonight.
~ Oh, really? I've always had the gift.
And who attended this, er seance? It was all of us apart from Andre.
Yeah, that's right.
Elias asked me to stay behind to make the coffee.
And then we all went to the parlour.
I was the last in.
We sat at the table in candlelight and we held hands.
The candle went out and then the bell rang.
The bell on the side table? The spirits use it to communicate with us.
~ And it rang? ~ Yes.
So if you were all holding each other's hands the whole time, no-one could've got up from the table to stab the victim, is that what you're saying? Maybe the killer was already hiding in the room.
Not possible.
We were the only people in there.
How can you be sure? It's a small room.
There's nowhere to hide.
The curtains were closed.
Couldn't anyone have been hiding behind them? No.
They were open when we came in.
It's an old house! HE KNOCKS ON WALL No secret panels? Tunnels? Hideaways? No.
So why exactly were you holding a seance? We were contacting the spirit of a woman who worked here back in the 1850s, called Bethany Gilliam.
She was a parlour maid who was having an affair with the plantation manager.
Then, one night, at Fete Mouri, they had an argument, he pulled a knife and killed her.
Ever since, it's said that her ghost haunts the estate.
The workers call her Mama Beth.
And people really do believe in her, do they? According to the legend, you only see her when you're not looking.
She appears as a reflection in the mirror, or out of the corner of your eye.
But seeing her always brings you bad luck.
Then can I ask why on earth contact her? Elias hired me to summon her spirit so I could ask her to move on to the other side.
Right, do any of you know who might have wanted to harm Mr Thomson? ~ We all know who killed him.
~ We do? The circle wasn't broken.
There was no-one else in the room.
It was her! It was Mama Beth! So the candle went out .
.
and then the bell rang You know ghosts don't exist.
Yes, of course.
Right, so if the witnesses all say the room was empty when they got in here, then maybe the killer came in after the seance started.
Only Andre Morgan was outside the room.
OK.
Well, let's see if he could have got in unnoticed.
Hey! What are you doing? I'm going to try and sneak in.
I'm ready.
OK, I'm going to try and come into the room now.
Yeah.
DOOR HINGES SQUEAK I can hear you, you know.
~ Now I can see you.
~ DOOR HINGES SQUEAK Right, well, I think that proves that no-one could come in through that door after the seance had started.
No-one came in.
The killer was sitting at the table.
Oh? And the killer needed complete darkness to commit the murder.
Which means he or she must have been sitting here, at the table, to blow the candle out.
And then they must have got up, stabbed Elias in the back before sitting down again.
A simple enough explanation, except for one thing.
They were all holding hands.
We should go inside.
Ah, erm, er Mr Thomson? ~ Can I ask you something? ~ Of course.
Only, when I asked about the ghost earlier, I noticed both Andre and your sister look at you, but you didn't say anything.
Was there a reason for that? ~ I've seen her.
~ Who? ~ Mama Beth.
I was 14 at the time and I stole the key to the old barrel store, where the murder took place.
Heard all the stories, of course, but I guess I just wanted to see it for myself.
But when I went down there, nothing could have prepared me for what I saw.
It was her.
I know what you must think, but I swear I saw Mama Beth that night.
Look, I'd quite like to be with my sister.
Yes, yes, of course, yes.
~ Thank you.
~ Thank you.
How interesting.
OK, Chief.
The scene's secured and the paramedics have removed the body.
Good.
Then tomorrow, I want you to talk to the workers here.
Who was Elias Thomson? Why did someone want him dead? And I want to know everything there is to know about our prime suspect.
~ And who is that? ~ Mama Beth.
A 150-year-old ghost? Our number one suspect is a ghost?! It seems that's what they'd like us to believe.
The question is "Why?" HORN HONKS Coming! ~ Good morning, sir.
~ Good morning, Camille.
Sorry.
~ Eh? ~ That's better.
Now, today's burning question - what are you doing tonight? ~ Because I have a surprise for you.
~ Oh, you have? Yes - I know how much you like surprises.
~ Ah, erm ~ No, you'll like this one, I promise.
You've got jam on your jacket.
Hmm? Oh.
So I have.
Sorry.
Do you have a? Thank you.
Well, OK then.
If it's a surprise.
Excellent! You won't regret it.
But first, we've got a murder to solve.
HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH THEY SPEAK IN FRENCH There we go.
What's that? That is the ghost of Mama Beth.
So, what have you got? Well, Elias Thomson owned a food distribution company back in the UK.
But once he'd made his fortune, he got bored, he sold it, came out here, met his wife and bought the rum distillery.
Both kids were born on the island.
So where's his wife now? She died of cancer when Daniel was 14 and Lucy, 15.
Daniel went straight from school into the family business.
He's now in charge of the day-to-day running and Lucy helps with sales.
And what about William Lee and Andre Morgan? William's worked on the estate since he was 16, he's now distillery foreman.
Andre's worked for the family for decades, he was very close to the victim, more like friends.
Then wives, girlfriends, lovers? Andre used to be married, he is now separated.
And William lives on his own.
Oh, and as for Zeta Akande, she was the children's nanny, but when they were old enough, she left.
Financial checks show she's missed some loan repayments.
Motives? None that I can see.
Me neither.
So of all the suspects we do have, one wasn't in the room, four were holding hands, and one is a ghost.
Chief? Ah, Dwayne! So, tell me, what did you find out? OK, so a good majority of the workers at the distillery ~ believe that Mama Beth is real.
~ They do? Some say they've seen her, or they know someone who has.
And the thing is, the sightings are all kind of similar.
With sightless eyes, beckoning like this, ~ that's what they all said.
~ Brilliant! Thank you, Chief.
Right, William Lee, the foreman, doesn't even let people go near the old barrel store where Mama Beth was murdered.
He keeps it locked up.
He reckons the best way to handle Mama Beth is to never disturb her.
I think that's why Elias agreed to get Zeta in, you know.
All the workers seem to trust her.
One thing we didn't get from the family is that Elias came out of retirement three weeks ago - seems the distillery was losing money.
The first thing he did was to sack Daniel.
~ His son? ~ Yep.
~ That's harsh.
Looks like we have a motive at last.
~ Good morning, team.
~ Ah, good morning, sir.
~ Sir.
~ Commissioner.
~ How are you? ~ Worried.
~ Oh? That you're undermanned since you lost Sergeant Best.
Yes, but we're managing, sir.
~ Dwayne has stepped up to the plate, as it were.
~ I'm sure he has, but Elias Thomson was a prominent member of the town council.
This investigation should have a full team assigned to it.
Do you have anyone in mind, sir? Yes, I do.
Me.
You? ~ Problem? ~ Oh, er, er no! Erthat is very generous, sir, it's just too much to ask.
So, until I can find a more permanent replacement for Sergeant Best, I want you to forget that I am your Commissioner of Police.
THEY LAUGH AWKWARDLY I'm just one of the team now - if you will have me.
Oh, yes, of course.
It's, erm it's great! Isn't it, sir? I mean, team? ~ Yeah! ~ Great! Right.
Where do we start? Well, actually sir, Sergeant Bordey and myself were just off to re-interview the family, but I would like background checks on all those people that attended the seance.
Perhaps you and Officer Myers could work together? ~ What? ~ Excellent! Come on, Camille! ~ Hey, Chief, but Chief! ~ Bye! You should be waiting.
Why? There's no-one to ask permission from.
Not now.
But Dad said he didn't want you running things.
Well, he's not here any more, is he? So who else is going to do it? You? PHONE RINGS Thank you, Andre.
One of our suppliers.
Do you mind? No, of course.
~ Good morning, Daniel.
~ Morning.
~ I understand that your father came out of retirement? ~ That's right.
Because the plantation's been losing money since you took over.
Our profits have maybe taken a dip.
So, yeah, Dad came back.
He thought we should spend our way out of trouble, you know - new buildings, new machinery.
That you seem to be cancelling.
I, er wanted to stay traditional, you know, low yield, high quality.
Lucy agreed with me.
Still, it must have been humiliating for you - having your dad come back, you know, because of your failing.
And then to go so publicly against your wishes.
It was.
But that was the thing about Dad.
He always had to have his own way.
Take the seance last night.
How do you mean? Well, his plans here call for knocking down the old barrel store, you know, where I saw Mama Beth? Now the workers, they said they'd go on strike before they ever dared touch it, but Dad wouldn't take no for an answer, so even though he thought it was nonsense, he organised the seance to exorcise Mama Beth.
So he didn't believe the stories? No.
No.
He'd just laugh at anyone who said she was real.
Like you? But was it more or less humiliating than your dad coming out of retirement and sacking you? I didn't kill him.
I used to patrol most of this area alone, day and night - ~ just me and the wits and the criminal fraternity.
~ Hmm.
That's all very interesting, Commissioner, but what exactly are we doing here? Background checks, because I know that that man over there is the caretaker of the spiritualist church where Zeta Akande practises.
Yes, but why did you need me to come along? Jimmy! I thought he'd do that.
After him, then! Pssht! Hey! Stop! Police! You'll find most of Elias's papers in here.
Can you tell me a bit more about Mr Thomson? You seem to have worked for him longer than anyone else.
Were you aware of his new plans for the distillery? ~ Oh, yes.
~ Yes, I hear they were quite radical.
Daniel and Lucy are good kids.
But in this case, I agreed with Elias.
His plans were the right thing for all of us.
It's mainly documents Oh .
.
and this.
Ah.
Do you know what this opens? No, I'm afraid I don't.
Maybe it's from a cashbox or a storeroom? ~ No, I don't think so, but we could check the house.
~ Good.
Because if Elias kept this in his safe, it has to be important.
DWAYNE PANTS HEAVILY Dwayne? Are you all right? I've just run ten miles.
Are you trying to keep fit? No, I was chasing an informant.
Oh.
Did you catch him? Eventually.
I think he was Usain Bolt's long-lost cousin, and cheeky, too - he stopped twice to wait for me, you know! Can I get you something? Water.
Water? Are you sure? And a rum to take away the taste.
HE GROANS ~ Are you all right? ~ Huh? Er, yeah, I'm fine - just trying to catch my breath.
You see, I was chasing a a really dangerous criminal.
Hmm, I guessed it must be something like that.
Huh? ~ The uniform is a bit of a giveaway.
~ Oh! ~ So did you catch him? ~ Huh? The dangerous criminal.
Oh, yeah, don't worry, you're safe! He's all locked up now.
You're very brave, going after him alone.
Well, between you and me, I was with the Commissioner, so I had no choice - I doubt if he could even run ten yards.
And that's not all! The man's got no common sense, you know.
He belongs behind a desk, not out here in the real world.
~ No, sir! Man, he wouldn't last five minutes.
~ Hmm.
I hope you manage to get your breath back.
So do I! ~ See you! ~ Bye.
~ Damn! ~ What? I didn't get her name.
What the hell is this? ~ Water! ~ Water? ~ You asked for it.
Well, next time, ignore me.
Agh! Oooh! There was clearly no love lost between Daniel and his father, but let's face it, he wouldn't be the first son humiliated by an overbearing father to resort to murder.
I believe he hated the way his father treated him, but enough to kill because of it? Yet he was the one who wanted us to believe in the story of Mama Beth, even insisting that he saw her.
I thought you believed him? No - as much as the latent schoolboy in me wish it were true, ~ our murderer is very human.
~ Yeah.
Whatever Daniel saw in that barrel store, ~ it most certainly was not a ghost.
~ Good to hear.
Ah, Dwayne, did you manage to catch the Commissioner's informant? Eventually, and he told me that Zeta was a very good nanny to Lucy and Daniel - they adored her.
But then one day, Elias sacked her and refused to give her a reference.
~ Really? Why? ~ He didn't know, but he said it's the reason why she ended up becoming a freelance palm reader.
She couldn't get any work as a nanny any more.
Erm interesting.
Good work, Dwayne.
Er, where's the Commissioner? He had an official dinner he couldn't get out of.
It's late - let's wrap up for the day but let's keep thinking.
We have five people sat at a table in an otherwise empty room.
The killer blows the candle out - phew! - and when the lights come back on, Elias Thomson has a knife in his back and all the witnesses swore that they were holding each other's hands the whole time.
Then just how was it done?! DEEP VOICE: And behold .
.
Godzilla, destroyer of cities! Rrragh! Who are you talking to? Ow! Oh, hi! No-one, erm ~ Er, ow! Erm, well, Harry, if you must know.
~ Right.
~ I'm here for my surprise.
~ Yes, of course, and tonight, I promise you, you are going to love it, because tonight, Camille Bordey, ~ you are going to see your first ever horror film! ~ Yeah! Yes, I saw there was an old Boris Karloff film on the telly tonight, so you stay there .
.
and I'll get popcorn! Interestingly enough, ~ this was just after Karloff had made his first Frankenstein.
~ Shh! Sorry, yes, of course.
Sorry.
~ Even though it's quite obviously a rip-off of The Mummy.
~ Please! No.
You're right.
Not another peep.
Just keep your eyes on that coffin lid there.
It's coming .
.
one of the biggest scares in horror history.
Just you wait.
Here it comes.
It's coming.
This is it.
Oh, hold on.
Oh, it's coming.
Oh, no, sorry, I've realised it's not this bit.
~ ROARING FROM TV ~ Argh! All right, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know, I know, I know.
It's all right, they're just running around for a bit, you can recover.
Here we go! So what did you think? It was different.
Oh, erm well, I know.
Next time, you can choose.
Next time? Absolutely.
Maybe we could get some sort of a film club going.
Well, my choice next time.
~ Great.
~ Good night, sir.
~ Night-night, Camille.
HE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY Yes.
Not England.
So If the people in the room were all holding hands and no-one could have come into the room once the door had been closed, there must have been a secret passage.
We checked.
Then someone was under the table.
~ It's too small.
~ Too small.
I was just, erm walking the team through the case.
You might as well carry on now you're here.
Yes, of course, sir.
Perfect timing! So what have I missed? Well, Chief, I was going through the victim's phone, when I noticed a number he kept on calling.
So I rang it and found myself talking to a private investigator.
Elias hired him because he suspected one of his workers was stealing from him.
~ And were they? ~ The investigator was still putting together a case.
I got him to e-mail it over.
That's William Lee.
~ Mm.
~ What's he doing? All these photos were taken over by the old barrel store, weren't they? Which is where he's always telling his workers they can't go near, because of the ghost.
SHE LAUGHS Shall we go and check it out? ~ Oh, yes.
~ Good work, Dwayne.
Er both of you.
Perhaps you and the Commissioner could start going through William Lee's background, and keep going through Elias Thomson's personal effects.
I want to know what this key opens.
~ Come on, Camille.
~ Yes, Chief.
Sarge.
Commissioner.
What are we looking for? If William's been stealing, I want to find some evidence before we confront him.
HE SIGHS Oh.
This must lead to the old cellar.
~ Where Daniel says he saw Mama Beth all those years ago.
~ Mm-hm.
SHE EXHALES Not scared, are you? Me? Never.
SHE BREATHES HEAVILY SHE GASPS Camille? ~ Woo-ha-ha! ~ Aargh! ~ SHE LAUGHS ~ Oh! Oh, oh! ~ Oh, sorry! ~ SHE LAUGHS Yes, very funny(!) LAUGHING: I'm sorry! HE GROANS Can you imagine what it was like for Daniel? A 14-year-old kid, coming down here on his own.
Just goes to show you how the mind plays tricks on you, doesn't it? Yeah.
HE GRUNTS Now that's interesting.
What is it? Footprints.
Ah! Bootleg rum? You want to talk to me? Yes, if you wouldn't mind.
I understand you're one of the people who's seen Mama Beth.
~ And it's always up by the old barrel store, isn't it? ~ Are you mocking me? No, Mr Lee.
It's you who's mocking us, with your stories of ghosts.
Because that's all they are.
Stories to stop others from going in there.
We found your secret stash of rum.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Elias had a private investigator watching you.
This is the proof you've been stealing from Elias Thomson and now Elias Thomson is dead.
This only proves I've been near the building.
A building that's been abandoned.
What were you doing there? I'm foreman here.
It's my job to check all the buildings.
So tell me, did you happen to notice the 15 boxes of rum the last time you were checking the store? I don't know what you're talking about.
~ And you expect us to believe that? ~ I don't care what you believe.
You say I've been stealing.
I got two words for you.
Prove it.
Have we made any progress? Well, Commissioner, WE have been going through Elias's bank statements.
You know, like the chief asked us to.
And I've just seen that, on the 23rd of last month, Elias withdrew 10,000 in cash from his personal account.
And he never takes out those sums of money.
Not that I can work out why, though.
~ The 23rd, you say? ~ Yes.
~ Of last month? ~ Mm-hm.
~ We should check his diary.
~ But I was just going to ~ Ah-ah.
There.
One entry.
Good job I found it.
~ Thank you.
~ You're welcome.
I can't help thinking - if William is guilty of murder, I don't think he'd be so aggressive to us.
Eh? Hey! I was talking! I'm sorry, there's usually a gentleman selling DVDs here.
~ Here we go ~ Oh, you mean for our film club? Yes absolutely! The film you want could well be right here.
I don't think so.
Wait, they've got When Harry Met Sally - that's a good film.
You like Quand Harry Rencontre Sally? Yes, of course.
Billy Crystal.
Meg Ryan.
What's not to like? Fine, we'll watch that.
It's a good film, I agree.
But why do they wait ten years before telling each other how they feel? It's ridiculous! Because they're not French? Inspector, we've got a lead.
Oh, you do? It's an address in town.
Don't worry, I'll explain on the way.
Hang on.
The street numbers only go up to 17.
Bonjour.
That way.
OK, Chief, there has never been a number 19 Rue Cassini.
Hang on.
What if it's not a house number? What if it's something else? ~ Like? ~ like a beach locker.
And I bet you this is what the key in Elias's safe opens.
It's empty.
Wait.
Why would someone like Elias Thomson need a large amount of cash in the first place? What if he was being blackmailed? You know, he goes to the bank, takes out a lot of cash and leaves it here.
For the blackmailer to collect later.
Which means there has to be two keys.
Hang on.
Hang on.
How do you work that out? Because if this key was in Elias's safe, then how would the blackmailer get the cash out after he'd left? He had a copy! Which means this one must be the copy.
The blackmailer has the original.
So if you want to know who got the money, we just need to find out who got the key copied before they gave it to Elias.
Dwayne, how many key-cutting shops are there on the island? Only one.
But I wouldn't go there if I was you, Chief.
Why not? It's run by Mad Dog Mike and he hates police.
~ Leave him to us.
~ What? Oh, no! Right, let me try on my own first.
Please, Commissioner.
I've got less pips.
Just give me two minutes.
If I don't get anywhere, then you can try.
Two minutes.
METAL GRINDING So we've got someone extorting 10,000 out of Elias.
But who was it? And why? Not that any of that matters, though, because whoever it was, we're still no nearer to understanding how they managed to kill Elias.
Just how did the? Oh, yes How did the killer get up from the table and manage to knife a man in the back PHONE RINGS.
~ .
.
without the person on either side of the killer ~ Oui? ~ .
.
noticing he'd let go of their hands? ~ OK.
Sir.
It's Andre Morgan at the distillery, he says he needs us.
Right.
THEY ARGUE Do you not care about how we feel? She needs to be released She just turned up.
She's trying to get into the old barrel store.
She said Mama Beth came to her in a dream last night.
LOUD ARGUING Madam! Madam, please! Calm down.
Come with me.
So tell me, Zeta, all those years ago, why did Elias fire you without a reference? I think he was threatened by me.
The children really loved me.
He didn't like that.
~ Must have made you angry.
~ Very.
This is what I don't get - if you and he parted on such bad terms, then why did he hire you after all this time? If he wanted to convince people round here that Mama Beth had gone, he needed me.
They respect my gift.
Then why did you accept? I'm sure you've looked into my finances.
I'm not in a position to turn any work down.
OK, Zeta, here's our problem.
A man you admit wronged you in the past asks you to lead a seance after all this time and, by some extraordinary coincidence, that's the very same day he dies.
He wronged me in the past.
If ever I wished Elias dead, it was then.
METAL GRINDING What did he say? He swore at me then he threw a mug of coffee at me.
Wh SHE SHOUTS His mother and I go back a long way.
PHONE RINGS Oh, hold on, it's the Commissioner.
Hello? 'Inspector, I think we've found who got the key cut.
' You have? Good! Who is it? A locker key was cut five weeks ago by Lucy Thomson, Elias's daughter.
Why do you want to search my room? We've got a witness who says it was you that copied the key that opened the locker on Rue Cassini.
I don't know what you're talking about.
That key.
Ah! ~ Camille, arrest her.
~ All right! It was a few months ago.
I was looking for some documents in Dad's study and I found an envelope.
It was an old envelope full of letters from a woman.
A mistress? While Mum was still alive.
You confronted him? ~ SHE LAUGHS ~ There'd have been no point.
He'd have just lied and said the letters were fake or they weren't reciprocated.
I wanted to know for sure.
So you blackmailed him? It was the only way to know if it was true or not.
If he paid up, it was true.
That's rather devious.
It's like Dad used to say.
"Always win.
"And if you can't win, cheat.
" It wasn't ever about the money.
But if your dad's handed over the cash, how come you've still got the letters? No need to keep my part of the bargain.
I already had what I wanted - the truth.
Who was this woman, Joanna, who Elias was having his affair with? It was Andre's wife.
Joanna Morgan.
You mean your father had an affair with his best friend's wife? Dad's relied on Andre all these years, taking his advice.
They were thick as thieves.
And all along, Dad knew he had this over his friend and Andre had no idea.
You sure about that? Dad wouldn't have paid so much to get those letters back otherwise.
You know what this means, don't you? Maybe Andre only found out recently about the affair.
Yes, in which case, he would have a sudden and compelling reason to want Elias dead.
Not that Andre was actually in the room when Elias was killed.
But one thing at a time, Camille.
One thing at a time.
Ah, Andre, can we have a word? Of course.
Starting with, can you tell us a bit about your wife? I'm sorry? You're separated, we understand? But why are you asking me this now? You know, don't you? About my wife and Elias.
It was 15 years ago.
Joanna had an affair with Elias.
It only lasted a few months.
She'd had affairs before and I'd always tried to forgive her.
But this time, it was different.
It was Elias.
What happened? I told her we were finished.
The next day, she packed her bags and left the island.
Where did she go? I couldn't care less.
I haven't seen her or heard from her since.
You never confronted Elias about it? I wanted to.
But I also know what kind of woman she is.
And I knew, in my heart, she used him just like she used me.
So why should I lose everything because of her? Hm? My job, my home? So no, I never confronted him.
The million-dollar question, then.
Do we believe Andre? I don't know, but I believed him when he said he knew about the affair at the time.
And remember, he was outside the room when Elias was killed.
So he's not the guy who blew out the candle.
So, once again, we find ourselves looking at the four people sat at the table - Daniel Thomson, Lucy Thomson, Zeta Akande and finally, William Lee.
But do any of them have a strong enough motive to actually kill? You know, I'm starting to think maybe Mama Beth did it, after all.
Although, seeing as she's a ghost, she wouldn't have to blow out the candle first, would she? HE CHUCKLES Joke.
Sorry.
Maybe the candle was blown out by someone else, Inspector.
Yes.
Leaving Mama Beth clear to commit murder.
Say that again.
What if the candle was blown out by someone else? Yes.
But what would that mean? No! Wait! But Hang on But, yes, of course! In for a penny, in for a pound You I was holding Lucy's and Zeta's hand the whole time it was dark.
I know I was holding William and Dad's hands.
I was holding Zeta and Dad's hands.
Come on, come on, come on! That's the million dollar question! Why? The candle Candle And if you can't win, cheat.
I swear I saw Mama Beth that night.
Yes! "Antigonish!" ~ Bless you.
~ No, no - you remember the old poem, "Antigonish"? ~ No! ~ Don't worry, I'll explain.
Or at least I'll try to explain, if my theory is correct.
Camille, get everyone at the house.
Dwayne, follow me.
And bring a big hammer! CLINKING CLINKING HOLLOW THUD If you would, please, Dwayne.
X marks the spot.
Stand back, Chief.
SPLUTTERING HE CLEARS HIS THROA Thank you all for coming.
But why do you want us? Because I'm going to tell you who killed your father.
You see, the key to this case was the fact that the murder had to be committed by someone in that room.
So let's consider the four people who were sitting with Elias when he was killed.
Because, with your father dead, you, Daniel, finally get to run this place how you want to.
As for you, William, can we believe anything you say, now we know you're a thief? And Lucy.
You were already blackmailing your own father, but are you capable of murder? And Zeta - Elias ended your career as a nanny.
But that was in the past! Yes, it was, and I'm sure that your gift will already have told you this, but, er we have eliminated you from our enquiries.
You didn't murder Elias Thomson.
Which means it must CLATTERING Which means it must have been one of you three who blew the candle out.
And then committed murder in the darkness, before sitting back down again.
All without the person on either side of you knowing you'd ever got up and come back.
But that's impossible, isn't it? The first question we need to answer, the question that gives us our first clue to the identity of our murderer, has to be Who hated him most? Yes.
But also who blew out the candle? ~ The killer.
~ It wasn't the killer Sir.
See, I believe that our murderer had an accomplice.
Someone we'd never even looked at.
The victim.
It was Elias himself who blew out the candle.
While you were all looking at Zeta, Elias seized his moment.
Make yourself known.
But why would he do that? Have you ever heard of "Antigonish"? "Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there.
"He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish he'd go away.
" No? And what has that got to do with this? Because Elias was killed by the man who wasn't there You see the killer was Andre Morgan.
What? But Andre wasn't even in the room.
Yes, I know.
And that's how clever he was.
And there was no other way into the room, either.
Or so we thought.
Not possible.
We were the only people in there.
The window was locked from the inside and there was no way through the door without being heard.
Until you understand that Andre and Elias weren't just good friends.
You were in on this together.
Dad's relied on Andre all these years.
Taking his advice.
They were thick as thieves.
Whose idea was it? It doesn't much matter.
You see, the question remains - why would a man organise a seance to summon up a ghost he didn't believe in? It wasn't about him.
It was about his workers.
He wanted to tell them that Mama Beth had moved on, so they'd agree to tear down the old barrel store.
Yes, but Elias was devious.
So how would a devious man make it look like Mama Beth had moved on? You you'd hide someone in the room and get them to ring the bell.
Exactly! Exactly! You convinced Elias that you and he could play a trick on the others that night, didn't you? And in the process, you thought you were carrying out the perfect murder! After all, who'd suspect that the killer's accomplice was the victim himself? So it was Elias who made sure he had a brief chat with Zeta when she arrived, which gave you just long enough to get around and into the room - making sure you locked the window from the inside.
And even though the opened curtain would barely hide you, only Elias himself would have seen you in those first few seconds and he wasn't telling.
So, when Elias blew the candle out, he expected Andre to slip out in the darkness and just ring the bell, to make it look like Mama Beth was telling the room she was happy to move on to the other side.
But you had a different plan altogether, didn't you? Because the only person who'd be moving to the other side that night would be Elias! And who would actually notice, once Elias was dead, if Andre entered through the door - or just seemed to appear as it opened? SCREAMING But why would I kill him? He was my friend! A friend who once had an affair with your wife.
But, but I knew about all that years ago! Yes, you did, so why kill him now? Perhaps it's easier if if I show you.
Please, come come with me.
Please.
Come through.
You know, it occurred to me that we only ever had Andre's word that his wife left him all those years ago.
But she did.
After her affair with Elias, she left the island.
But how could she, Andre? She was dead by then.
And that's because you murdered her, didn't you? You see, we checked with immigration on the way over and they don't have any record of her leaving the island the year she left you.
Then they must be mistaken.
It, it was a long time ago You have to believe me! I didn't kill her! All this is just conjecture - you can't prove anything.
Prove it? I can do a little better than that, Andre.
Daniel You're 29 years old, aren't you? And you saw the ghost of Mama Beth in this very room when you were 14, right? That's right.
Exactly 15 years ago - which, by an amazing coincidence, is the exact same number of years ago that Joanna apparently left Andre.
For 15 years, Daniel, you've been saying that you saw the ghost of Mama Beth.
But I don't think you saw a ghost.
I think what you actually saw was the body of Joanna Morgan, waiting to be hidden by her killer.
GASPS It was the body of Andre's wife .
.
the adulterous wife he'd just killed when he found out that she was having an affair with his boss, and then he hid her body in the one place he reckoned that no-one would ever think to look.
The cellar of a haunted building no-one ever went into.
All went well for you until Elias came up with his plans to modernise the plantation.
His plans here call for knocking down the old barrel store, where I saw Mama Beth.
So you knew if they pulled down this building, well, her body would be discovered.
But if you could kill Elias first, Daniel and Lucy would take over and we all know they'd never demolish this place.
Your wife's murder could stay secret.
Which is the real reason why you stayed here working for Elias, even after the affair.
You had to stay here to guard your secret.
The last 15 years must have been absolute hell for you.
Dwayne? Move! So! Congratulations, all.
We make quite a team! Yes, we do, sir.
Much as I hate to disappoint you, it seems it must be short-lived.
Your replacement for Sergeant Best has arrived.
At last.
Where is he? Everyone, I'd like you to meet Sergeant Florence Cassell.
Hello.
You! You know each other? We met very briefly.
He spoke very highly of you, sir.
Hello.
I'm DI Goodman, this is Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey.
I've heard such good things about you both.
Thank you.
And I've heard a lot about you, too, Officer Myers.
~ Have you? ~ Oh, yes.
Anyway.
Sergeant welcome to the team.
Thank you, sir.
I can't wait to get started.
Thank you.
So our film club I was thinking I found an old film projector.
Our second instalment No, erm I'd love to, but I can't tonight, I'm sorry.
~ I have a date.
~ Oh, oh, right.
Great.
Yes, erm, good.
Who is he? Just an old school friend.
Oh.
I see I need to make more of an effort, don't I? Get out there.
Yes, yes, of course.
Ye, no, no, you go out.
Have a great time.
Much better than watching some boring old film with your boss.
Thank you.
How do I look? Beautiful.
Now you are a very kind man.
Erm see you tomorrow.
Yes, erm, and, er have a great time.
And don't worry about the film.
No, honestly.
Oh, well, old chap, just means there's more popcorn for us.
Yes, you're right.
I wouldn't eat that all at once, you might actually explode.
Right, here we go.
When Harry Met Sally.
Entirely in French.
Allez! Mr Peters was found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest.
GUNSHO Jake! We're here to solve an impossible crime.
Mind if I tag along? Get a feel for the scene? As long as you don't call it "the scene"! ~ Cam! ~ Hey! You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.
Oh.
So you did kiss him, then? Oh, yeah! Hold up He's not waving now, though!
What is it? It's Fete Mouri.
Fete Mouri? What on earth is that? It's the Voodoo festival of the dead, when we summon any spirits still trapped on earth and command them to move on to the afterlife.
Excellent.
Then why the cigars? That's to honour Baron Leve.
He's in charge tonight.
He has a skull for a face, wears a black top hat, drinks hard liquor, smokes cigars and spends all his time chasing after women.
~ Oh, he sounds like my dad.
~ Camille! ~ Maman! There's a storm brewing.
Good evening, everyone.
Thank you, Andre.
William, how are the barrels? Two more weeks, sir, then we can start bottling.
She's here! Andre, coffee and liqueurs when we're done.
~ Well done, Lucy, you found her.
~ Of course, Dad.
~ Zeta! ~ Mr Thomson.
Elias, please.
Tonight, you're a guest.
Daniel? My, but you've grown into a fine young man.
You know why you're here? ~ I do.
~ This shadow over the plantation ends tonight.
One way or another.
~ All right? ~ Of course.
THUNDER RUMBLES William, could you turn the lights off? Sure.
Then I'd like everyone to take the hand of the person to each side and form a circle.
As long as we're holding hands, whatever appears - from whatever realm - will do us no harm.
Spirits of the past, move among us.
Be guided by the light of this world and visit upon us.
Do not be afeard, spirit.
I can feel a presence.
Bethany? Is that you? Am I talking to the spirit of Bethany Gilliam? Make yourself known! ~ WIND HOWLS ~ What was that? Bethany, is there something you wish to tell us? ~ BELL RINGS ~ Don't break the circle! Just ask her the question! METALLIC WHOOSH Urgh! Daddy? Aargh! Aaargh! What is it?! Aaaargh! Here we are.
~ For you, Camille.
~ Merci! ~ And for you, Humphrey.
Wow! Now that is brilliant! What is it? Yes, Maman, what is it? I've called it "The Humphrey".
~ Really? You named it after me? What's in it? ~ Yeah! Everything.
In no particular order.
Right, well - now, that's my kind of drink.
Thank you, Catherine.
~ Er, bottoms up.
~ Yeah! But Fidel, in five years, I never did it.
Not once! I know you never noticed, that's how good I was! Eh? Oh, you mean this one! Thanks, man, how's your new job? Uh-huh.
Yeah.
~ PHONE RINGS ~ And all the family settled? Wait up the man.
No, it's the office phone, and you're not here to answer it.
I know.
It's my turn now.
Hey.
You keep safe, yeah? We'll speak soon.
~ Hon ~ PHONE CONTINUES RINGING Honore Police Station.
I think it's amazing how you embrace the whole ghosts and ghouls thing.
~ All we have in the UK is Halloween.
~ And what happens at Halloween? Well, now you mention it, it's mainly just kids roaming the streets demanding sweets with menaces.
But when I was growing up, my mum would let us stay up to watch whatever scary film was on the telly that night.
And that feeling of sitting on the sofa, wedged in between my brothers, I'd feel so safe.
You felt safe watching your scary film? Yes, of course.
That's why you watch them.
~ I don't think I've ever seen one.
~ You're kidding me! We've just had a call.
There's been a murder at the Thomson distillery.
You all right, Dwayne? It's been a while since I did this on my own.
~ Without Fidel, you know? ~ Don't worry.
You'll be fine.
So, cause of death? It's the knife in his back, Chief.
And a visual inspection of the body reveals? Well, judging by the angle the knife entered his back, the killer was almost certainly standing above the victim and striking down.
~ Boom! ~ Good.
And the murder weapon? Looks old.
Ah, I think it came from here, Chief.
Three knives were on display, but one is missing.
You see? We may have lost Fidel to St Lucia, but we're still very much a team to be reckoned with.
His name is Elias Thomson.
He owns the plantation and the rum distillery here.
And it seems he was killed in the middle of a seance.
~ A seance? ~ Mm-hm.
Well, yes, of course! It's Fete Mouri, isn't it? When you summon the dead.
But I mean, even so, I mean Well, you know, erm wow! Right, Dwayne.
See what you can get here.
Camille, let's go and talk to the family.
Thank you for waiting.
We just need to get a sense of what happened tonight.
Starting with, er who you all are.
I'm Andre Morgan.
I run the house.
This is Daniel and this is Lucy - Elias's children.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm William Lee.
Mr Thomson's foreman at the distillery.
Zeta Akande.
I used to be the children's nanny.
~ But I led the seance tonight.
~ Oh, really? I've always had the gift.
And who attended this, er seance? It was all of us apart from Andre.
Yeah, that's right.
Elias asked me to stay behind to make the coffee.
And then we all went to the parlour.
I was the last in.
We sat at the table in candlelight and we held hands.
The candle went out and then the bell rang.
The bell on the side table? The spirits use it to communicate with us.
~ And it rang? ~ Yes.
So if you were all holding each other's hands the whole time, no-one could've got up from the table to stab the victim, is that what you're saying? Maybe the killer was already hiding in the room.
Not possible.
We were the only people in there.
How can you be sure? It's a small room.
There's nowhere to hide.
The curtains were closed.
Couldn't anyone have been hiding behind them? No.
They were open when we came in.
It's an old house! HE KNOCKS ON WALL No secret panels? Tunnels? Hideaways? No.
So why exactly were you holding a seance? We were contacting the spirit of a woman who worked here back in the 1850s, called Bethany Gilliam.
She was a parlour maid who was having an affair with the plantation manager.
Then, one night, at Fete Mouri, they had an argument, he pulled a knife and killed her.
Ever since, it's said that her ghost haunts the estate.
The workers call her Mama Beth.
And people really do believe in her, do they? According to the legend, you only see her when you're not looking.
She appears as a reflection in the mirror, or out of the corner of your eye.
But seeing her always brings you bad luck.
Then can I ask why on earth contact her? Elias hired me to summon her spirit so I could ask her to move on to the other side.
Right, do any of you know who might have wanted to harm Mr Thomson? ~ We all know who killed him.
~ We do? The circle wasn't broken.
There was no-one else in the room.
It was her! It was Mama Beth! So the candle went out .
.
and then the bell rang You know ghosts don't exist.
Yes, of course.
Right, so if the witnesses all say the room was empty when they got in here, then maybe the killer came in after the seance started.
Only Andre Morgan was outside the room.
OK.
Well, let's see if he could have got in unnoticed.
Hey! What are you doing? I'm going to try and sneak in.
I'm ready.
OK, I'm going to try and come into the room now.
Yeah.
DOOR HINGES SQUEAK I can hear you, you know.
~ Now I can see you.
~ DOOR HINGES SQUEAK Right, well, I think that proves that no-one could come in through that door after the seance had started.
No-one came in.
The killer was sitting at the table.
Oh? And the killer needed complete darkness to commit the murder.
Which means he or she must have been sitting here, at the table, to blow the candle out.
And then they must have got up, stabbed Elias in the back before sitting down again.
A simple enough explanation, except for one thing.
They were all holding hands.
We should go inside.
Ah, erm, er Mr Thomson? ~ Can I ask you something? ~ Of course.
Only, when I asked about the ghost earlier, I noticed both Andre and your sister look at you, but you didn't say anything.
Was there a reason for that? ~ I've seen her.
~ Who? ~ Mama Beth.
I was 14 at the time and I stole the key to the old barrel store, where the murder took place.
Heard all the stories, of course, but I guess I just wanted to see it for myself.
But when I went down there, nothing could have prepared me for what I saw.
It was her.
I know what you must think, but I swear I saw Mama Beth that night.
Look, I'd quite like to be with my sister.
Yes, yes, of course, yes.
~ Thank you.
~ Thank you.
How interesting.
OK, Chief.
The scene's secured and the paramedics have removed the body.
Good.
Then tomorrow, I want you to talk to the workers here.
Who was Elias Thomson? Why did someone want him dead? And I want to know everything there is to know about our prime suspect.
~ And who is that? ~ Mama Beth.
A 150-year-old ghost? Our number one suspect is a ghost?! It seems that's what they'd like us to believe.
The question is "Why?" HORN HONKS Coming! ~ Good morning, sir.
~ Good morning, Camille.
Sorry.
~ Eh? ~ That's better.
Now, today's burning question - what are you doing tonight? ~ Because I have a surprise for you.
~ Oh, you have? Yes - I know how much you like surprises.
~ Ah, erm ~ No, you'll like this one, I promise.
You've got jam on your jacket.
Hmm? Oh.
So I have.
Sorry.
Do you have a? Thank you.
Well, OK then.
If it's a surprise.
Excellent! You won't regret it.
But first, we've got a murder to solve.
HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH THEY SPEAK IN FRENCH There we go.
What's that? That is the ghost of Mama Beth.
So, what have you got? Well, Elias Thomson owned a food distribution company back in the UK.
But once he'd made his fortune, he got bored, he sold it, came out here, met his wife and bought the rum distillery.
Both kids were born on the island.
So where's his wife now? She died of cancer when Daniel was 14 and Lucy, 15.
Daniel went straight from school into the family business.
He's now in charge of the day-to-day running and Lucy helps with sales.
And what about William Lee and Andre Morgan? William's worked on the estate since he was 16, he's now distillery foreman.
Andre's worked for the family for decades, he was very close to the victim, more like friends.
Then wives, girlfriends, lovers? Andre used to be married, he is now separated.
And William lives on his own.
Oh, and as for Zeta Akande, she was the children's nanny, but when they were old enough, she left.
Financial checks show she's missed some loan repayments.
Motives? None that I can see.
Me neither.
So of all the suspects we do have, one wasn't in the room, four were holding hands, and one is a ghost.
Chief? Ah, Dwayne! So, tell me, what did you find out? OK, so a good majority of the workers at the distillery ~ believe that Mama Beth is real.
~ They do? Some say they've seen her, or they know someone who has.
And the thing is, the sightings are all kind of similar.
With sightless eyes, beckoning like this, ~ that's what they all said.
~ Brilliant! Thank you, Chief.
Right, William Lee, the foreman, doesn't even let people go near the old barrel store where Mama Beth was murdered.
He keeps it locked up.
He reckons the best way to handle Mama Beth is to never disturb her.
I think that's why Elias agreed to get Zeta in, you know.
All the workers seem to trust her.
One thing we didn't get from the family is that Elias came out of retirement three weeks ago - seems the distillery was losing money.
The first thing he did was to sack Daniel.
~ His son? ~ Yep.
~ That's harsh.
Looks like we have a motive at last.
~ Good morning, team.
~ Ah, good morning, sir.
~ Sir.
~ Commissioner.
~ How are you? ~ Worried.
~ Oh? That you're undermanned since you lost Sergeant Best.
Yes, but we're managing, sir.
~ Dwayne has stepped up to the plate, as it were.
~ I'm sure he has, but Elias Thomson was a prominent member of the town council.
This investigation should have a full team assigned to it.
Do you have anyone in mind, sir? Yes, I do.
Me.
You? ~ Problem? ~ Oh, er, er no! Erthat is very generous, sir, it's just too much to ask.
So, until I can find a more permanent replacement for Sergeant Best, I want you to forget that I am your Commissioner of Police.
THEY LAUGH AWKWARDLY I'm just one of the team now - if you will have me.
Oh, yes, of course.
It's, erm it's great! Isn't it, sir? I mean, team? ~ Yeah! ~ Great! Right.
Where do we start? Well, actually sir, Sergeant Bordey and myself were just off to re-interview the family, but I would like background checks on all those people that attended the seance.
Perhaps you and Officer Myers could work together? ~ What? ~ Excellent! Come on, Camille! ~ Hey, Chief, but Chief! ~ Bye! You should be waiting.
Why? There's no-one to ask permission from.
Not now.
But Dad said he didn't want you running things.
Well, he's not here any more, is he? So who else is going to do it? You? PHONE RINGS Thank you, Andre.
One of our suppliers.
Do you mind? No, of course.
~ Good morning, Daniel.
~ Morning.
~ I understand that your father came out of retirement? ~ That's right.
Because the plantation's been losing money since you took over.
Our profits have maybe taken a dip.
So, yeah, Dad came back.
He thought we should spend our way out of trouble, you know - new buildings, new machinery.
That you seem to be cancelling.
I, er wanted to stay traditional, you know, low yield, high quality.
Lucy agreed with me.
Still, it must have been humiliating for you - having your dad come back, you know, because of your failing.
And then to go so publicly against your wishes.
It was.
But that was the thing about Dad.
He always had to have his own way.
Take the seance last night.
How do you mean? Well, his plans here call for knocking down the old barrel store, you know, where I saw Mama Beth? Now the workers, they said they'd go on strike before they ever dared touch it, but Dad wouldn't take no for an answer, so even though he thought it was nonsense, he organised the seance to exorcise Mama Beth.
So he didn't believe the stories? No.
No.
He'd just laugh at anyone who said she was real.
Like you? But was it more or less humiliating than your dad coming out of retirement and sacking you? I didn't kill him.
I used to patrol most of this area alone, day and night - ~ just me and the wits and the criminal fraternity.
~ Hmm.
That's all very interesting, Commissioner, but what exactly are we doing here? Background checks, because I know that that man over there is the caretaker of the spiritualist church where Zeta Akande practises.
Yes, but why did you need me to come along? Jimmy! I thought he'd do that.
After him, then! Pssht! Hey! Stop! Police! You'll find most of Elias's papers in here.
Can you tell me a bit more about Mr Thomson? You seem to have worked for him longer than anyone else.
Were you aware of his new plans for the distillery? ~ Oh, yes.
~ Yes, I hear they were quite radical.
Daniel and Lucy are good kids.
But in this case, I agreed with Elias.
His plans were the right thing for all of us.
It's mainly documents Oh .
.
and this.
Ah.
Do you know what this opens? No, I'm afraid I don't.
Maybe it's from a cashbox or a storeroom? ~ No, I don't think so, but we could check the house.
~ Good.
Because if Elias kept this in his safe, it has to be important.
DWAYNE PANTS HEAVILY Dwayne? Are you all right? I've just run ten miles.
Are you trying to keep fit? No, I was chasing an informant.
Oh.
Did you catch him? Eventually.
I think he was Usain Bolt's long-lost cousin, and cheeky, too - he stopped twice to wait for me, you know! Can I get you something? Water.
Water? Are you sure? And a rum to take away the taste.
HE GROANS ~ Are you all right? ~ Huh? Er, yeah, I'm fine - just trying to catch my breath.
You see, I was chasing a a really dangerous criminal.
Hmm, I guessed it must be something like that.
Huh? ~ The uniform is a bit of a giveaway.
~ Oh! ~ So did you catch him? ~ Huh? The dangerous criminal.
Oh, yeah, don't worry, you're safe! He's all locked up now.
You're very brave, going after him alone.
Well, between you and me, I was with the Commissioner, so I had no choice - I doubt if he could even run ten yards.
And that's not all! The man's got no common sense, you know.
He belongs behind a desk, not out here in the real world.
~ No, sir! Man, he wouldn't last five minutes.
~ Hmm.
I hope you manage to get your breath back.
So do I! ~ See you! ~ Bye.
~ Damn! ~ What? I didn't get her name.
What the hell is this? ~ Water! ~ Water? ~ You asked for it.
Well, next time, ignore me.
Agh! Oooh! There was clearly no love lost between Daniel and his father, but let's face it, he wouldn't be the first son humiliated by an overbearing father to resort to murder.
I believe he hated the way his father treated him, but enough to kill because of it? Yet he was the one who wanted us to believe in the story of Mama Beth, even insisting that he saw her.
I thought you believed him? No - as much as the latent schoolboy in me wish it were true, ~ our murderer is very human.
~ Yeah.
Whatever Daniel saw in that barrel store, ~ it most certainly was not a ghost.
~ Good to hear.
Ah, Dwayne, did you manage to catch the Commissioner's informant? Eventually, and he told me that Zeta was a very good nanny to Lucy and Daniel - they adored her.
But then one day, Elias sacked her and refused to give her a reference.
~ Really? Why? ~ He didn't know, but he said it's the reason why she ended up becoming a freelance palm reader.
She couldn't get any work as a nanny any more.
Erm interesting.
Good work, Dwayne.
Er, where's the Commissioner? He had an official dinner he couldn't get out of.
It's late - let's wrap up for the day but let's keep thinking.
We have five people sat at a table in an otherwise empty room.
The killer blows the candle out - phew! - and when the lights come back on, Elias Thomson has a knife in his back and all the witnesses swore that they were holding each other's hands the whole time.
Then just how was it done?! DEEP VOICE: And behold .
.
Godzilla, destroyer of cities! Rrragh! Who are you talking to? Ow! Oh, hi! No-one, erm ~ Er, ow! Erm, well, Harry, if you must know.
~ Right.
~ I'm here for my surprise.
~ Yes, of course, and tonight, I promise you, you are going to love it, because tonight, Camille Bordey, ~ you are going to see your first ever horror film! ~ Yeah! Yes, I saw there was an old Boris Karloff film on the telly tonight, so you stay there .
.
and I'll get popcorn! Interestingly enough, ~ this was just after Karloff had made his first Frankenstein.
~ Shh! Sorry, yes, of course.
Sorry.
~ Even though it's quite obviously a rip-off of The Mummy.
~ Please! No.
You're right.
Not another peep.
Just keep your eyes on that coffin lid there.
It's coming .
.
one of the biggest scares in horror history.
Just you wait.
Here it comes.
It's coming.
This is it.
Oh, hold on.
Oh, it's coming.
Oh, no, sorry, I've realised it's not this bit.
~ ROARING FROM TV ~ Argh! All right, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know, I know, I know.
It's all right, they're just running around for a bit, you can recover.
Here we go! So what did you think? It was different.
Oh, erm well, I know.
Next time, you can choose.
Next time? Absolutely.
Maybe we could get some sort of a film club going.
Well, my choice next time.
~ Great.
~ Good night, sir.
~ Night-night, Camille.
HE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY Yes.
Not England.
So If the people in the room were all holding hands and no-one could have come into the room once the door had been closed, there must have been a secret passage.
We checked.
Then someone was under the table.
~ It's too small.
~ Too small.
I was just, erm walking the team through the case.
You might as well carry on now you're here.
Yes, of course, sir.
Perfect timing! So what have I missed? Well, Chief, I was going through the victim's phone, when I noticed a number he kept on calling.
So I rang it and found myself talking to a private investigator.
Elias hired him because he suspected one of his workers was stealing from him.
~ And were they? ~ The investigator was still putting together a case.
I got him to e-mail it over.
That's William Lee.
~ Mm.
~ What's he doing? All these photos were taken over by the old barrel store, weren't they? Which is where he's always telling his workers they can't go near, because of the ghost.
SHE LAUGHS Shall we go and check it out? ~ Oh, yes.
~ Good work, Dwayne.
Er both of you.
Perhaps you and the Commissioner could start going through William Lee's background, and keep going through Elias Thomson's personal effects.
I want to know what this key opens.
~ Come on, Camille.
~ Yes, Chief.
Sarge.
Commissioner.
What are we looking for? If William's been stealing, I want to find some evidence before we confront him.
HE SIGHS Oh.
This must lead to the old cellar.
~ Where Daniel says he saw Mama Beth all those years ago.
~ Mm-hm.
SHE EXHALES Not scared, are you? Me? Never.
SHE BREATHES HEAVILY SHE GASPS Camille? ~ Woo-ha-ha! ~ Aargh! ~ SHE LAUGHS ~ Oh! Oh, oh! ~ Oh, sorry! ~ SHE LAUGHS Yes, very funny(!) LAUGHING: I'm sorry! HE GROANS Can you imagine what it was like for Daniel? A 14-year-old kid, coming down here on his own.
Just goes to show you how the mind plays tricks on you, doesn't it? Yeah.
HE GRUNTS Now that's interesting.
What is it? Footprints.
Ah! Bootleg rum? You want to talk to me? Yes, if you wouldn't mind.
I understand you're one of the people who's seen Mama Beth.
~ And it's always up by the old barrel store, isn't it? ~ Are you mocking me? No, Mr Lee.
It's you who's mocking us, with your stories of ghosts.
Because that's all they are.
Stories to stop others from going in there.
We found your secret stash of rum.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Elias had a private investigator watching you.
This is the proof you've been stealing from Elias Thomson and now Elias Thomson is dead.
This only proves I've been near the building.
A building that's been abandoned.
What were you doing there? I'm foreman here.
It's my job to check all the buildings.
So tell me, did you happen to notice the 15 boxes of rum the last time you were checking the store? I don't know what you're talking about.
~ And you expect us to believe that? ~ I don't care what you believe.
You say I've been stealing.
I got two words for you.
Prove it.
Have we made any progress? Well, Commissioner, WE have been going through Elias's bank statements.
You know, like the chief asked us to.
And I've just seen that, on the 23rd of last month, Elias withdrew 10,000 in cash from his personal account.
And he never takes out those sums of money.
Not that I can work out why, though.
~ The 23rd, you say? ~ Yes.
~ Of last month? ~ Mm-hm.
~ We should check his diary.
~ But I was just going to ~ Ah-ah.
There.
One entry.
Good job I found it.
~ Thank you.
~ You're welcome.
I can't help thinking - if William is guilty of murder, I don't think he'd be so aggressive to us.
Eh? Hey! I was talking! I'm sorry, there's usually a gentleman selling DVDs here.
~ Here we go ~ Oh, you mean for our film club? Yes absolutely! The film you want could well be right here.
I don't think so.
Wait, they've got When Harry Met Sally - that's a good film.
You like Quand Harry Rencontre Sally? Yes, of course.
Billy Crystal.
Meg Ryan.
What's not to like? Fine, we'll watch that.
It's a good film, I agree.
But why do they wait ten years before telling each other how they feel? It's ridiculous! Because they're not French? Inspector, we've got a lead.
Oh, you do? It's an address in town.
Don't worry, I'll explain on the way.
Hang on.
The street numbers only go up to 17.
Bonjour.
That way.
OK, Chief, there has never been a number 19 Rue Cassini.
Hang on.
What if it's not a house number? What if it's something else? ~ Like? ~ like a beach locker.
And I bet you this is what the key in Elias's safe opens.
It's empty.
Wait.
Why would someone like Elias Thomson need a large amount of cash in the first place? What if he was being blackmailed? You know, he goes to the bank, takes out a lot of cash and leaves it here.
For the blackmailer to collect later.
Which means there has to be two keys.
Hang on.
Hang on.
How do you work that out? Because if this key was in Elias's safe, then how would the blackmailer get the cash out after he'd left? He had a copy! Which means this one must be the copy.
The blackmailer has the original.
So if you want to know who got the money, we just need to find out who got the key copied before they gave it to Elias.
Dwayne, how many key-cutting shops are there on the island? Only one.
But I wouldn't go there if I was you, Chief.
Why not? It's run by Mad Dog Mike and he hates police.
~ Leave him to us.
~ What? Oh, no! Right, let me try on my own first.
Please, Commissioner.
I've got less pips.
Just give me two minutes.
If I don't get anywhere, then you can try.
Two minutes.
METAL GRINDING So we've got someone extorting 10,000 out of Elias.
But who was it? And why? Not that any of that matters, though, because whoever it was, we're still no nearer to understanding how they managed to kill Elias.
Just how did the? Oh, yes How did the killer get up from the table and manage to knife a man in the back PHONE RINGS.
~ .
.
without the person on either side of the killer ~ Oui? ~ .
.
noticing he'd let go of their hands? ~ OK.
Sir.
It's Andre Morgan at the distillery, he says he needs us.
Right.
THEY ARGUE Do you not care about how we feel? She needs to be released She just turned up.
She's trying to get into the old barrel store.
She said Mama Beth came to her in a dream last night.
LOUD ARGUING Madam! Madam, please! Calm down.
Come with me.
So tell me, Zeta, all those years ago, why did Elias fire you without a reference? I think he was threatened by me.
The children really loved me.
He didn't like that.
~ Must have made you angry.
~ Very.
This is what I don't get - if you and he parted on such bad terms, then why did he hire you after all this time? If he wanted to convince people round here that Mama Beth had gone, he needed me.
They respect my gift.
Then why did you accept? I'm sure you've looked into my finances.
I'm not in a position to turn any work down.
OK, Zeta, here's our problem.
A man you admit wronged you in the past asks you to lead a seance after all this time and, by some extraordinary coincidence, that's the very same day he dies.
He wronged me in the past.
If ever I wished Elias dead, it was then.
METAL GRINDING What did he say? He swore at me then he threw a mug of coffee at me.
Wh SHE SHOUTS His mother and I go back a long way.
PHONE RINGS Oh, hold on, it's the Commissioner.
Hello? 'Inspector, I think we've found who got the key cut.
' You have? Good! Who is it? A locker key was cut five weeks ago by Lucy Thomson, Elias's daughter.
Why do you want to search my room? We've got a witness who says it was you that copied the key that opened the locker on Rue Cassini.
I don't know what you're talking about.
That key.
Ah! ~ Camille, arrest her.
~ All right! It was a few months ago.
I was looking for some documents in Dad's study and I found an envelope.
It was an old envelope full of letters from a woman.
A mistress? While Mum was still alive.
You confronted him? ~ SHE LAUGHS ~ There'd have been no point.
He'd have just lied and said the letters were fake or they weren't reciprocated.
I wanted to know for sure.
So you blackmailed him? It was the only way to know if it was true or not.
If he paid up, it was true.
That's rather devious.
It's like Dad used to say.
"Always win.
"And if you can't win, cheat.
" It wasn't ever about the money.
But if your dad's handed over the cash, how come you've still got the letters? No need to keep my part of the bargain.
I already had what I wanted - the truth.
Who was this woman, Joanna, who Elias was having his affair with? It was Andre's wife.
Joanna Morgan.
You mean your father had an affair with his best friend's wife? Dad's relied on Andre all these years, taking his advice.
They were thick as thieves.
And all along, Dad knew he had this over his friend and Andre had no idea.
You sure about that? Dad wouldn't have paid so much to get those letters back otherwise.
You know what this means, don't you? Maybe Andre only found out recently about the affair.
Yes, in which case, he would have a sudden and compelling reason to want Elias dead.
Not that Andre was actually in the room when Elias was killed.
But one thing at a time, Camille.
One thing at a time.
Ah, Andre, can we have a word? Of course.
Starting with, can you tell us a bit about your wife? I'm sorry? You're separated, we understand? But why are you asking me this now? You know, don't you? About my wife and Elias.
It was 15 years ago.
Joanna had an affair with Elias.
It only lasted a few months.
She'd had affairs before and I'd always tried to forgive her.
But this time, it was different.
It was Elias.
What happened? I told her we were finished.
The next day, she packed her bags and left the island.
Where did she go? I couldn't care less.
I haven't seen her or heard from her since.
You never confronted Elias about it? I wanted to.
But I also know what kind of woman she is.
And I knew, in my heart, she used him just like she used me.
So why should I lose everything because of her? Hm? My job, my home? So no, I never confronted him.
The million-dollar question, then.
Do we believe Andre? I don't know, but I believed him when he said he knew about the affair at the time.
And remember, he was outside the room when Elias was killed.
So he's not the guy who blew out the candle.
So, once again, we find ourselves looking at the four people sat at the table - Daniel Thomson, Lucy Thomson, Zeta Akande and finally, William Lee.
But do any of them have a strong enough motive to actually kill? You know, I'm starting to think maybe Mama Beth did it, after all.
Although, seeing as she's a ghost, she wouldn't have to blow out the candle first, would she? HE CHUCKLES Joke.
Sorry.
Maybe the candle was blown out by someone else, Inspector.
Yes.
Leaving Mama Beth clear to commit murder.
Say that again.
What if the candle was blown out by someone else? Yes.
But what would that mean? No! Wait! But Hang on But, yes, of course! In for a penny, in for a pound You I was holding Lucy's and Zeta's hand the whole time it was dark.
I know I was holding William and Dad's hands.
I was holding Zeta and Dad's hands.
Come on, come on, come on! That's the million dollar question! Why? The candle Candle And if you can't win, cheat.
I swear I saw Mama Beth that night.
Yes! "Antigonish!" ~ Bless you.
~ No, no - you remember the old poem, "Antigonish"? ~ No! ~ Don't worry, I'll explain.
Or at least I'll try to explain, if my theory is correct.
Camille, get everyone at the house.
Dwayne, follow me.
And bring a big hammer! CLINKING CLINKING HOLLOW THUD If you would, please, Dwayne.
X marks the spot.
Stand back, Chief.
SPLUTTERING HE CLEARS HIS THROA Thank you all for coming.
But why do you want us? Because I'm going to tell you who killed your father.
You see, the key to this case was the fact that the murder had to be committed by someone in that room.
So let's consider the four people who were sitting with Elias when he was killed.
Because, with your father dead, you, Daniel, finally get to run this place how you want to.
As for you, William, can we believe anything you say, now we know you're a thief? And Lucy.
You were already blackmailing your own father, but are you capable of murder? And Zeta - Elias ended your career as a nanny.
But that was in the past! Yes, it was, and I'm sure that your gift will already have told you this, but, er we have eliminated you from our enquiries.
You didn't murder Elias Thomson.
Which means it must CLATTERING Which means it must have been one of you three who blew the candle out.
And then committed murder in the darkness, before sitting back down again.
All without the person on either side of you knowing you'd ever got up and come back.
But that's impossible, isn't it? The first question we need to answer, the question that gives us our first clue to the identity of our murderer, has to be Who hated him most? Yes.
But also who blew out the candle? ~ The killer.
~ It wasn't the killer Sir.
See, I believe that our murderer had an accomplice.
Someone we'd never even looked at.
The victim.
It was Elias himself who blew out the candle.
While you were all looking at Zeta, Elias seized his moment.
Make yourself known.
But why would he do that? Have you ever heard of "Antigonish"? "Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn't there.
"He wasn't there again today.
I wish, I wish he'd go away.
" No? And what has that got to do with this? Because Elias was killed by the man who wasn't there You see the killer was Andre Morgan.
What? But Andre wasn't even in the room.
Yes, I know.
And that's how clever he was.
And there was no other way into the room, either.
Or so we thought.
Not possible.
We were the only people in there.
The window was locked from the inside and there was no way through the door without being heard.
Until you understand that Andre and Elias weren't just good friends.
You were in on this together.
Dad's relied on Andre all these years.
Taking his advice.
They were thick as thieves.
Whose idea was it? It doesn't much matter.
You see, the question remains - why would a man organise a seance to summon up a ghost he didn't believe in? It wasn't about him.
It was about his workers.
He wanted to tell them that Mama Beth had moved on, so they'd agree to tear down the old barrel store.
Yes, but Elias was devious.
So how would a devious man make it look like Mama Beth had moved on? You you'd hide someone in the room and get them to ring the bell.
Exactly! Exactly! You convinced Elias that you and he could play a trick on the others that night, didn't you? And in the process, you thought you were carrying out the perfect murder! After all, who'd suspect that the killer's accomplice was the victim himself? So it was Elias who made sure he had a brief chat with Zeta when she arrived, which gave you just long enough to get around and into the room - making sure you locked the window from the inside.
And even though the opened curtain would barely hide you, only Elias himself would have seen you in those first few seconds and he wasn't telling.
So, when Elias blew the candle out, he expected Andre to slip out in the darkness and just ring the bell, to make it look like Mama Beth was telling the room she was happy to move on to the other side.
But you had a different plan altogether, didn't you? Because the only person who'd be moving to the other side that night would be Elias! And who would actually notice, once Elias was dead, if Andre entered through the door - or just seemed to appear as it opened? SCREAMING But why would I kill him? He was my friend! A friend who once had an affair with your wife.
But, but I knew about all that years ago! Yes, you did, so why kill him now? Perhaps it's easier if if I show you.
Please, come come with me.
Please.
Come through.
You know, it occurred to me that we only ever had Andre's word that his wife left him all those years ago.
But she did.
After her affair with Elias, she left the island.
But how could she, Andre? She was dead by then.
And that's because you murdered her, didn't you? You see, we checked with immigration on the way over and they don't have any record of her leaving the island the year she left you.
Then they must be mistaken.
It, it was a long time ago You have to believe me! I didn't kill her! All this is just conjecture - you can't prove anything.
Prove it? I can do a little better than that, Andre.
Daniel You're 29 years old, aren't you? And you saw the ghost of Mama Beth in this very room when you were 14, right? That's right.
Exactly 15 years ago - which, by an amazing coincidence, is the exact same number of years ago that Joanna apparently left Andre.
For 15 years, Daniel, you've been saying that you saw the ghost of Mama Beth.
But I don't think you saw a ghost.
I think what you actually saw was the body of Joanna Morgan, waiting to be hidden by her killer.
GASPS It was the body of Andre's wife .
.
the adulterous wife he'd just killed when he found out that she was having an affair with his boss, and then he hid her body in the one place he reckoned that no-one would ever think to look.
The cellar of a haunted building no-one ever went into.
All went well for you until Elias came up with his plans to modernise the plantation.
His plans here call for knocking down the old barrel store, where I saw Mama Beth.
So you knew if they pulled down this building, well, her body would be discovered.
But if you could kill Elias first, Daniel and Lucy would take over and we all know they'd never demolish this place.
Your wife's murder could stay secret.
Which is the real reason why you stayed here working for Elias, even after the affair.
You had to stay here to guard your secret.
The last 15 years must have been absolute hell for you.
Dwayne? Move! So! Congratulations, all.
We make quite a team! Yes, we do, sir.
Much as I hate to disappoint you, it seems it must be short-lived.
Your replacement for Sergeant Best has arrived.
At last.
Where is he? Everyone, I'd like you to meet Sergeant Florence Cassell.
Hello.
You! You know each other? We met very briefly.
He spoke very highly of you, sir.
Hello.
I'm DI Goodman, this is Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey.
I've heard such good things about you both.
Thank you.
And I've heard a lot about you, too, Officer Myers.
~ Have you? ~ Oh, yes.
Anyway.
Sergeant welcome to the team.
Thank you, sir.
I can't wait to get started.
Thank you.
So our film club I was thinking I found an old film projector.
Our second instalment No, erm I'd love to, but I can't tonight, I'm sorry.
~ I have a date.
~ Oh, oh, right.
Great.
Yes, erm, good.
Who is he? Just an old school friend.
Oh.
I see I need to make more of an effort, don't I? Get out there.
Yes, yes, of course.
Ye, no, no, you go out.
Have a great time.
Much better than watching some boring old film with your boss.
Thank you.
How do I look? Beautiful.
Now you are a very kind man.
Erm see you tomorrow.
Yes, erm, and, er have a great time.
And don't worry about the film.
No, honestly.
Oh, well, old chap, just means there's more popcorn for us.
Yes, you're right.
I wouldn't eat that all at once, you might actually explode.
Right, here we go.
When Harry Met Sally.
Entirely in French.
Allez! Mr Peters was found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest.
GUNSHO Jake! We're here to solve an impossible crime.
Mind if I tag along? Get a feel for the scene? As long as you don't call it "the scene"! ~ Cam! ~ Hey! You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.
Oh.
So you did kiss him, then? Oh, yeah! Hold up He's not waving now, though!