Wire in the Blood s04e02 Episode Script
Torment
Wire ln The Blood Derek? Recreation time's over.
It's time to go to your room.
And another young woman has been discovered murdered in Bradfield.
Lianne Sullivan was working as a prostitute in the notorious Come on, big man, time for bed.
Her body was found at her home late this afternoon.
Police are appealing for witnesses who may have any information on Lianne Sullivan's last movements.
Lianne was aged 24 Derek, that's enough, come on, now.
Police are denying any connection with the murder of a prostitute Oh, damn! Tony Hill.
You did say to call if there were ever any developments.
That was four years ago.
You should be pleased I remembered.
Tyler did this? Yes.
That's certainly a development.
Hello, Derek.
Remember me? It's Dr.
Hill.
Oh, we've met before, remember? After your trial.
Something happened tonight, didn't it? Something upset you.
I'd like to know what that was.
Maybe you'd like me to know, eh? Or maybe you wouldn't.
Well, l'll come back tomorrow, see how you're feeling.
Sorry, we pumped him pretty full of tranqs.
Well, something triggered this.
Did, uh, someone say something to him or do something to him? Our routine's very stable.
He must have walked past that nurse's station a thousand times.
So what was different about today, then, hmm? - Hello? - Yes.
Dr.
Hill.
Uh, the TV was smashed.
Did Derek do that? - Yes, went right for it, apparently.
- Thanks.
Bradfield Police were back on alert again tonight a police spokesman called it a particularly brutal murder.
While details of the killing are not being made public, it is believed that this case is identical to that of Juliette Gregory, who was stabbed in her home -- Tony, this isn't a good time -- I'm at a crime scene.
I know.
The news is saying the girl was stabbed to death.
Is that true? Tony, you know that I can't comment on that.
Or was she bled to death? That more accurate? Tied down and cut over and over, slow and deliberate.
How did you know? We need to talk.
They said on the radio this was the second girl.
That's right; the first is five weeks ago.
You've been investigating this for five weeks? You never mentioned it.
Tony, I've hardly been on this for five minutes.
Vice have been investigating up until now.
It looked like a one-off, prostitute killed by a client, only now -- Now, it's not.
Exactly.
Eden reckoned that Vice could do with a hand, so we're assisting the investigation.
Anyway what have you got? No, l'll tell you what you've got -- you got a murdered girl, a prostitute, age 16 to 25, blonde hair.
This is her flat, but there's no sign of forced entry.
She's been tied down, again, no sign of a struggle, so it's probably consensual.
She's been gagged and she's been cut and cut again until at some point, she bled to death.
I'll also tell you what you haven't got -- you've got no prints, no fiber -- no forensic evidence whatsoever.
That bed is covered in blood, but it's clean.
I think you better talk to DI Shields.
You've seen this before? Restrained at the ankles and wrists, rope around the throat, gagged -- same as before.
The wounds? Are all ante-mortem, yes, she was alive while this was being done.
How long? Would have taken some time.
There's a variety of degrees of drying and oxygenation of the spilled blood, so the incisions were made serially.
There was clotting, it stopped, he cut her again.
That's what I thought.
And you are? DI Shields, this is Dr.
Tony Hill, a civilian advisor to the team.
- You're a profiler? - A clinical psychologist.
Oh, even better -- so you take a look at a crime scene, apply a little esoteric theory, and tell us who did it.
That's the idea, yes.
So who did this? Oh, that's easy -- Derek Tyler did this.
Who's Derek Tyler? Well, that's where we've got a bit of a problem.
Did you profile this Tyler guy? No, I was asked to consult in his case after his conviction.
- How come? - Tyler he doesn't talk.
What, he's retarded? No, uh, he's below average intelligence, but he's capable.
Talked before his arrest, but the moment the cuffs went on, Tyler went silent.
And Tyler's now in Aldridge Mental Hospital.
He's been there for the last four years.
And he was there when both your two victims were killed.
Dr.
Lake called me to assess him, see if he was an elective mute.
And was he? - No.
He's something else.
- Is that a technical term? I don't know what's wrong with him, but he's been entirely withdrawn until last night, when, clearly, he saw the news about the second murder, whereupon had a reaction.
What kind of reaction? The violent kind.
- What am I supposed to be seeing? - Nail polish.
- Shoddy job.
- Well, that's what l thought.
So l'm afraid I trespassed on your domain a little and called your scene of crime officer.
There's matching polish on the bedsheets.
Applied after she was tied up, you mean? It would seem that way.
- The first victim? - Juliette.
Were her nails painted? She was a prostitute -- of course her nails were painted.
Were they painted in the same way? Uh -- l'm not sure.
One way to find out.
- They're the same.
- What does that mean? Transformation.
He's turning them into someone else.
What, just by painting their nails? It's shorthand, it's symbolic of something.
Something to focus on.
Something that reminds him of her.
Of who? Well, that's the question, isn't it? Of who he really wants to kill.
The gags moved? - What? - The gags moved prior to death? Very good -- Yes, they were.
Removed and replaced.
He wanted to hear them scream.
Were the nails painted on Tyler's victims? That's not mentioned in the case file.
Get the original autopsy reports, scene photographs.
He's done this before.
Tony, the guy who did this before is locked up, remember? Whoever did this is not Derek Tyler.
Names, dates, amounts, preferences.
Our Lianne was a well-organized girl.
So on the assumption that the killer may have visited her before last night, we need to ID all the men in this book, trace them, and pull them in.
It's not a punter.
I'm sorry? The pathology, it's inconsistent.
Dr.
Hill, you said yourself she was tied up consensually.
That sounds like a regular to me.
I don't think so.
Would you care to explain that.
All right -- this killing, it's all about control, it's all about domination.
It's not about sexual desire.
Everything in the method, it points to that -- the restraints, the use of a razor blade, the gag, the gag the killer removed and replaced during the act of killing.
Why? - To hear her beg.
To hear her beg, yeah.
To hear her die.
It's very personal, it's very intimate.
Then they're too weak to scream, when you know they're near the end, you allow them to beg.
And you listen.
And you do nothing.
Control and domination.
So you're looking for someone frustrated with the degree of control that they can exercise in their own life, someone seeking that control elsewhere.
That could be any one of the punters in this diary.
No, he won't be in the book, because he hasn't slept with her.
- He's not interested in that.
- Aren't all men interested in that? What I mean is, this girl was bled to death.
Multiple penetrations.
He cuts her over and over again.
You're a psychologist, and you're telling me that's not sexual -- I just want to make sure we're clear.
If there were six-inch knife wounds, then, yes, I would say it is stabbing as sublimated rape, but the cuts are made with a razor blade -- they're deliberately shallow so that death takes time.
Therefore, the primary psychosis here is authoritarian in structure.
It's the need for control you should be looking for.
- Clear enough? - Crystal.
So let's start pulling in the punters immediately.
Sorry, Tony, she's right.
Don't hurt me, mister.
I'm only fifteen.
No, say it like you mean it.
Look, you'll all get seen.
Just be patient, right? When are we going to be seen? Mr.
Michaels? Is this all? - Just the first batch, apparently.
- You're shitting me.
Great idea for us to bring in the whole city in one go.
No wonder Vice have been fumbling the case, if this is how they run things.
- What's he doing? - I don't know.
Gaining his confidence, maybe.
I think that's mountain gorillas you're thinking of.
I told you, I was at my sister's house! I got there late afternoon and I stayed the night.
Don't be stupid, Mr.
Michaels -- we know you were with Lianne because people saw you -- do you understand me?! People saw you with her! They can't have -- it was my sister's 40th birthday.
I went to her house straight from work.
You're lying.
We're going to take your house apart, your clothes, your car.
We'll find traces -- you know we will.
Just a pinprick of blood is all we need, and it's there, isn't it? Because you sliced her so many times, it'll be on you somewhere, won't it? Please stop it.
Is that what she said when you cut her -- "please stop it"? Did she beg you? I didn't kill her! I swear to God, I wasn't even there.
I liked her.
She was nice to me.
I wouldn't hurt anyone.
All right, Mr.
Michaels.
Thank you for your time.
You're free to go.
Check his alibi with his sister and keep his details on record.
I can go? Sure -- you didn't kill anyone; we just needed to make sure of that.
The officer will show you out.
Fielding? I've got the lab results for your victim's nail polish.
And? It's rather odd, actually.
The nail varnish used by Juliette and Lianne is twenty years out of date.
- Finished? - For the moment, yeah.
Come on, Derek.
It's all right.
Shhh.
So what was the point of the past five hours? Oh, that's nothing -- I once had a patient who didn't speak for seven years.
- And what, you cured them? - Well, no, but that's not the point.
- What is the point? - "Shh.
" Don't shush me.
I've given up my afternoon.
Not you, me.
Tyler said it -- weren't you watching? - Attention may have wandered occasionally.
- Yeah, right at the end.
"Shh" -- What does that mean? Maybe he got fed up with your incessant blathering.
Maybe, or maybe he's trying to tell us something.
"Shh" -- what's that tell you? I got another mystery for you.
You were right -- Tyler's autopsy notes mention there's a similar nail polish, but nail polish used by Juliette and Lianne doesn't exist -- well, not anymore.
It's an old brand, discontinued twenty years ago.
I'll leave that one with you.
Twenty years ago? Oh, well, that's good.
Seen this? Have you seen -- -- great! Good girl.
Good little girl.
Say it.
Say it like I told you.
Don't hurt me, mister.
I'm only fifteen.
No, say it like you mean it.
Don't hurt me.
I'm only fifteen.
Say it for real.
Time of death? Difficult to say, exactly.
Core temperature's down abnormally low because of the blood loss, but, um -- early hours of the morning.
The room was booked from when? Took his time again.
What about the fingernails? Same as before.
Orange-apple this time.
So what does that mean? It means l might have made a mistake.
You fancy a coffee? Tyler was IQ-tested for the trial.
He scored about 80 on the Stanford-Binet, which is below-average intelligence.
He also displays characteristics consistent with paranoid schizophrenia -- so what does that tell you? - He's a psycho.
No, he's not a forward planner.
So the nail polish -- - What about it? - It doesn't make sense.
Vernon said it's years out of date, right? It's been kept.
Hoarded, if you like.
Stockpiled so he can transform the girls.
So you said.
That's not Tyler.
- Tony, aren't you forgetting something? - What? Tyler did all these things.
He killed; he transformed, if that's what it is; he avoided leaving evidence at the scene of the crime.
There's no use saying he couldn't do it -- he did it.
Fielding? Go ahead.
Well, that leaves two options -- Have you tried checking the database? - Either l'm wrong about Tyler or - Â Shh! Tyler was never the killer.
But the blood  - What did you say? - Shh! - What the hell do you think -- - Shh! Be quiet, I can't hear.
Tony Of course.
Of course.
I'll be at the hospital.
Yeah, sorry about that.
We all know what happened last night -- Tammy Marsh, another prostitute, aged 21, found dead in the Brinley Hotel, early hours, same MO.
Existing lines of inquiry -- what do we have? Tyler's friends and family -- all disowned him years ago.
Hospital says that Tyler's had no contact with the outside world.
None of Lianne's friends saw anything or heard anything we can use.
No new people in her life, no suspicious punters.
We pulled in the whole of the punter diary and everyone else we can think of, and basically we're drawing a blank.
Pimps and dealers? We pulled in the ones local to Lianne, but Tammy's a different area, not much overlap.
We'll need to set up a new sweep.
Does anyone have anything else to add? All right, let's get on with it.
Boss, can I have a word? - What is it? - It's about the case.
There's no bloody case.
Made zero progress.
I know.
I think there's a way to change that.
- Go on.
- Proactive, not reactive.
What do you mean, a sting? Yeah, we put a bait on the streets and see if he bites.
And the bait? I've been looking at the girls, the victims.
They've all got blonde hair, they're all in their 20s, and I just found myself thinking -- - Now, wait a minute.
Me.
Shh! Shh.
Thank you.
Not a good plan.
You got a better one? - I have plenty of better ones.
- What if it doesn't work? Armed backup and constant surveillance -- we can get her out.
Are you sure about that? I wouldn't put one of my officers in the street if l didn't feel like the risks were covered.
- Tyler -- he's a Russian doll.
- I beg your pardon? He's got someone else inside him.
Well, specifically, inside his head.
What? Tyler -- he hears someone talking to him.
You know, "shh," be quiet, and you can listen as well.
Except, of course, you can't, because the voice, it's internal and Tyler's aphasic, so he can't tell us what he's hearing, but -- What's that got to do with this case? Hmm? Well -- well, l don't know, but it's a major step forward for Tyler.
Great.
Tony, we're going to put Paula out in the street.
What? A sting operation.
Try and draw him in.
- Can l help you? - Hmm? Are you looking for something in particular? I need this one color, but l don't have a name.
Is it for a present? Yes, it's for a friend.
And what kind of color is it? Oh! It's, uh -- yeah, it looks like this.
All right, guys, knock it off.
Okay, so you all know how this works.
Two armed support teams in vans either end of the street.
The command team stays in close proximity to Paula.
They'll be listening in, and the "go" order comes through them -- anyone needs to get me, I'll be on my mobile.
Any questions? Yeah, what about a panic button? Okay, the agreed panic button is "Let's do it right here.
" Everyone got that? "Let's do it right here.
" Sorry.
Sorry.
Store security.
It was a misunderstanding.
- I, uh -- can l say something? - Can we stop you? The man you're looking for is going to present as confident, easygoing, because this is a world where he feels at ease.
He's not your usual nervous punter.
And if he shows up -- and I stress "if" this guy shows up -- he'll sound you out on bondage and S&M stuff.
He's not actually interested in that, but -- getting girls tied up without much of a struggle is important to what happens next.
So if he can get consensual bondage, he'll use it, okay? Okay.
And I got you a present.
- A secret weapon.
- Thank you.
Okay, we've got another one.
This is number six.
Nothing to him.
He looks confident.
That's what you said, right? Plain vanilla john, nothing kinky.
Oh, what, you can tell just by looking at him? Generally.
Deal.
Speakers.
All right, what can l do for you? Just a blowjob.
Is twenty quid okay? Sure I can't interest you in something more exciting? No, just suck me off.
Is this place all right? Police officer.
Piss off.
This is going to be a long night.
- I'll let you have it back if you like.
- What? If you can tell me which hand it's in.
Oh, bad luck.
See? Popped it right through your head -- nothing to stop me.
Thought Paula was the one doing tricks tonight.
Why am l only getting tossers with halitosis and cold sores? Not impressed, Dr.
Hill? Hmm? Sorry, I was just thinking.
I'm sure it was very good.
No, you're right.
It was nothing.
Most magic's just making people look where you want them to while you do something else.
Dr.
Hill, though, he looks into people's heads for a living, so I'm thinking it'll take more than a conjuring trick to impress him, maybe something like reading someone's mind.
You're kidding.
With the right person, of course.
With you, definitely.
- Really.
- Sure.
Look at me.
Relax.
Let your mind empty.
I want you to think of a number between 1 and 50, but make both the digits odd, okay? Both of them odd numbers.
Got it? - So? - 37.
Jesus.
That's bloody amazing.
How the hell did you do that? Dr.
Hill, would you care to enlighten us? No, this is not going to work.
What the hell does he think he's doing? It'll never work like this.
Evening.
What can l do for you, darling? Not on the street.
You're not going with any of the punters.
They're not the guy.
You've kicked them all out.
You're new around here; he's going to be watching you.
And if he doesn't see you go with anyone, he'll know you're a fake.
Damn it, he's right.
So what do I do? We just spend a little quality time.
Seems like a nice spot.
Saying both digits have to be odd stacks the deck right from the start.
Rules out singles because you said "both" digits.
Rules out 20s and 40s because they're even.
So that leaves 30.
Because most people forget number 1 is an odd number.
So 30.
Second digit, everyone's favorite number -- 7.
So it's 37.
It's called misdirection.
Is that really it? Maybe.
Maybe it's just magic.
Come on, tonight's a bust.
Set up some fake punters for tomorrow night and let's go home.
Someone's out there killing, and they're doing it the way you used to do it.
Makes you angry.
Makes you want to -- Shh! If l could hear the voice in your head, what would it say to me? I think Derek Tyler was misdiagnosed.
Why is he painting their nails? Tyler did it -- and whatever Tyler did, this new one's doing as well, so it has to mean something, but what? Transformation, you said.
Symbolically, yes.
Turning the victim into someone else, someone meaningful.
Someone you really want to do -- those things to -- but how can Tyler and the person who's doing this share the same psychotic focus? You know, they're fixated with the same girl, the same archetype -- the MO, it's identical.
- What's an MO? - Hmm? It's, uh, modus operandi.
It's the way a criminal commits their crimes.
- Their own particular way of behaving.
- Like what? Like, um, "Batman".
The Riddler, he always warned the police in advance before he committed his crimes.
Really? That's a bit self-defeating, isn't it? Well, it was always a riddle.
So they usually didn't understand.
But the Riddler, he was obsessive-compulsive, so his degree of volition was questionable indeed.
That's cool.
Thank you.
The comic says there's always a plan.
Tyler didn't plan.
Tyler, he couldn't think beyond next week.
How did he do what he did, get away with it for so long? - Luck? - No, l'm missing something here.
He's diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, he presents as a paranoid schizophrenic.
But you don't think he is.
I don't know -- I've never seen anything like him before.
Somehow, he is the answer.
- The answer to what? - The case.
We have to understand what's in Derek Tyler's head.
We haven't a clue what's going on here, -- but Derek knows, he knows exactly what's going on and why.
So we understand Tyler, you understand the killer.
But to unlock Tyler, I have to first find the key.
When Tyler was first admitted, how did he respond to Ioud noises and bright lights? I'm not sure.
Um -- well, it'll be in the case file.
I'd like to see it.
He did smash a radio once.
What? Yeah, pretty soon after he was admitted, l think.
The rooms have radios built into the wall for pipe music.
Derek clearly didn't like his.
Tony? Tony? I'm coming over.
We've got this wrong.
I hope you're all warm in that van.
I am freezing my tits off out here.
Hang tight, don't fight.
Could be another possible.
All right, luv? What can l do for you? All right.
You want to come to my place? Okay what do you fancy? Everything.
Yeah? Like what? I want a kiss to start with.
What's happening? Can't tell.
She's probably still kissing.
Hey, you want to play, you got to pay.
Link's down again.
Let's go somewhere private.
What for? So l can tie you up.
Sure.
I'd like that.
Where do you want to go? This way.
- I've never been down here.
- Shh! Get that link back up.
Come on, Paula, talk to us.
Listen -- let's do it right here.
What do you say? What was that? I said, let's do it right here.
Okay, you're under arrest.
She's been quiet too long.
It's not on, she's not transmitting.
We've lost signal, she's in the open.
- Shit, do it.
- All units from Control.
Go, go, go.
Under the railway bridge! Come on! Paula! Officer down.
Repeat -- officer down.
Am I right? What was all that about? What did you do to him? Sorry, there isn't time.
They need to know this.
Hello.
Listen, Tyler's not mad and he's not lying.
The voice inside his head is real.
It's a real person.
Hold a minute.
Listen, l've got to take this, Tony -- l'll see you tomorrow.
Yep, Fielding? Hello? They're not coming.
Yeah, the voice inside Tyler's head -- it's not a mental construct; it's a real person.
That's why he doesn't fit into any of the clinical categories.
He's not a psychotic in the true sense.
Someone told him to kill those girls, and that same someone is telling this new person what to do.
What? He cut straight through her mic.
And Paula didn't notice? That's neat.
Very neat.
He knew she was wearing it.
He knew where the wires run.
He brought the scissors or the knife to do the job.
- He knew who she was.
- So what does that mean? Someone planned it.
Someone's watching you, observing you, watching the investigation.
Watching you put Paula on the street.
This was thought through so meticulously, and executed so smoothly, you didn't notice.
You said the killer was below average intelligence.
You said he didn't think ahead.
Yes -- he doesn't have to.
Derek Tyler -- he didn't plan his crimes, he didn't choose his victims.
Derek's got a voice in his head, and it's the voice that tells him what to do and who to kill.
And the voice, it's a real person.
Very intelligent, very angry person.
So find them, and we find Paula.
What do we have? - Nothing? - Sorry, guv.
I've got to go and tell her parents.
Want to be there? Yeah, of course.
Doing everything that we can.
Everything.
How long has it been? Six hours.
Oh, God.
How could you let this happen? - Is she dead? - No.
All the others  -- were killed, yes, exactly.
Were killed, and found within two hours.
Why? Because we were supposed to find them.
We haven't found Paula yet.
Which means she's still alive.
See, control -- he has it, we don't.
And as long as he keeps Paula, he's in charge.
So he's playing with us, you mean? Oh, yeah, this is personal.
We're the targets now.
I'll keep you posted.
Shields out.
Got anything? Nothing, boss.
No one saw anything.
All right.
Spread the net.
East as far as Canal Street, north to the shopping center.
That's a hell of an area.
Uniform -- Uniform are going to have to deal with it.
Now get cracking.
Two killers working together? No, no, this isn't teamwork.
This is master and slave.
You know, control.
Yeah, the tying up, you said.
No, that's secondary -- I think the real control happens far earlier than that.
Look.
Well, look at them.
"I'll tell you where to find them and what to look for.
I'll choose who you take, and I tell you how you do it.
See, you, you're small and weak and empty, but that doesn't matter.
Because I fill you, I expand you.
I make you into something you can only dream of.
You're the hand that holds the blade, but I am the voice that tells you where to cut.
And in each moment of death, you're just as much at my mercy as they are.
" That's a hell of a lot of control to have over someone.
That's my point, absolutely, I mean, you need training, a great degree of skill, and one hell of a dominant personality to pull it off.
I mean, this goes way beyond post-hypnotic suggestion.
This is almost total subjugation of someone else's will onto your own.
Which is why they're weak-minded, belowaverage, like Tyler.
They're perfect candidates for manipulation.
All right.
But I need specifics.
Tell me about the killer.
Tell me something l can use.
Alex, stop thinking about the killer.
Stop looking at the symptom and look at the disease, the instigator.
Right, we need a name, uh -- call him "the voice.
" - "The voice"? - The voice.
Because you find the voice, you find the killer.
All right, who is the voice? I don't know.
Look, let me get this straight -- the only person I need to find right now is Paula.
I don't give a shit about the killer's motivation or what he hears in his dreams or who's telling him to do what.
I just want to know who he is and where he's got her.
Of course you do.
So much, you can't see anything else.
Watch it.
No, no, no, I get it.
This is Paula.
She's one of the team.
This isn't a case with a victim anymore, this is Paula, strapped down on some bed with a lunatic with a razor blade! - Tony! - You're all so wound up, you can't see beyond that image and you can't listen to what l'm telling you! Which is what the voice wants -- panic and fear.
God, that's why they've taken Paula.
You were getting somewhere.
You were getting close.
And that had to be stopped.
Yep.
I know you want to be looking for Paula, so l'm not going to waste your time.
So make sure you can see the files, make sure you know who's on that table, because I'm betting you one of these is your man.
We've already interviewed most of these guys.
Yes, interviewed and discarded.
Forget about that -- look at the files, look at the faces.
Right, let's start.
Uh -- Discard anyone under twenty and over forty.
Now, take out anyone with a full-time job, anyone professional, any form of long-term employment.
Well, that's most of the johns.
Yes, of course it is.
He's not a punter.
So why did he go after Paula, then? Paula wasn't the target, we were.
He's confident, secure with himself.
He knows the territory the girls work in, so he's close to them.
He knows who flat-shares with who, he knows their routines, and he knows when a hotel manager is going to get suspicious and come looking, and he knows how long a time he can have over doing what he's doing.
He's closer to these girls and their lives than any punter could ever be.
What is this? Dr.
Hill's given us some leads.
You pulled officers off the search to listen to psychic boy here? - What you got left? - Pimps and dealers, mainly.
Pimps  they need business smarts, otherwise they can't stay in the game -- take them out.
- What? So most likely, you're looking at a small-time drug dealer who knows these girls socially.
So look in the young offenders records for antisocial behavior, especially antiauthoritarian -- probably not sexual.
And if you did bring him in with the others, he wouldn't have been nervous; he would have been calm and centered and focused.
Because he knows he's safe.
-- safe  safe  safe Knows he's protected.
--protected, protected This guy, this one.
Carl Adams? Yeah, we had him in.
He was calm; he was just like you said.
Pulled him in with the rest.
Didn't have anything on him.
Alibi checks out, it says here.
He looked at me.
He knew.
We bloody had him! - Address? - There's a few.
He moves around.
All right, we run with it.
Got it.
You better be right about this, or Paula's going to die while we're chasing shadows.
You look like this is already over, and we've lost -- why? - That's not true.
- It is true.
If Carl Adams is the killer, we won't be able to find him.
The voice won't allow it.
And the voice is a real person? Yes.
- So Tyler knows who they are, right? - Tyler can tell us who they are.
Tyler can't tell us, Kevin.
Tyler can't talk.
Bollocks! Make him talk! - Make him? - Yeah -- don't cure him, don't help him, just make him talk.
You could, couldn't you? Could you? Don't scream.
Don't make a sound.
Good girl.
Good little police girl.
My name's Paula.
They'll be looking for me.
I can help you.
I promise.
If you let me go.
Let me go.
Shh! Tell you a secret.
I want to cut you.
I want to cut you up really nice.
But it won't let me.
It says, "no.
" It says, "not yet.
" We have a possible current address for Carl Adams.
We have a team on standby, ready to execute.
I was thinking we'd go in and get the bastard, but if you've got a better idea -- No.
Go for it.
Police! Clear! Bedroom one, clear! Bedroom two, clear! Damn it.
Look at me, Derek.
You like the quiet, don't you? Quiet is good.
So we're going to be very quiet now, very still and very quiet.
Very still and very quiet, until it's fading away, just like someone's turning down the volume.
Until it's all gone.
Quiet is good, isn't it, Derek? Silence is good.
You like the silence.
I know, because l understand now -- you're waiting for the voice to come back.
Yeah, you want it to come back, don't you? You want it so much, it burns a hole in your belly.
You want the things it made you do.
But the voice isn't here anymore.
It's gone quiet.
So quiet, it's not even a whisper.
I know where it's gone.
Do you want me to show you? Now, look at them, Derek.
Look what's happened.
Just like you saw on the news on the television.
Can you see what's happened? I do.
I look at these photographs, and I see the voice, only now, it's working through someone else.
Yeah, well, no wonder it's gone quiet in here, Derek, the voice! It's abandoned you-- it's found someone else, someone better.
Gone, Derek! It's gone, and it's not coming back! Found someone else, someone better.
Someone who didn't get caught like an idiot! Yeah, how does that make you feel, Derek? FAITHFUL I know you're faithful, Derek.
But the voice doesn't care about that.
It's found someone else to slide the blade.
Someone else to receive the messages.
You want it to stop? I can make it stop.
I can find the nobody who's doing your work and steal the glory away from them.
Yeah, would you like that, Derek? I can lock them up, put them in a cell, with no voice to guide them.
Would you like that, Derek? Oh, please help me.
Tell me who the voice is.
Jesus, Tony.
What the hell did you do? Derek Tyler's not going to tell us who's in his head because he can't -- Whoever programmed him has put blocks in his head specifically to stop us asking.
Programmed him? What, he's a machine now, is he? Oh, yes, we're all machines, all complex mechanisms ticking and twitching away under the skin.
KGB used to use this kind of implanting in the '50s and '60s, you know, breaking people down.
Make them more malleable.
You know, more suggestible.
I think that's what the voice is doing with Tyler.
And, uh -- Carl Adams as well.
And now they're just little killing machines.
Being controlled, just like you're being controlled.
I'm not being controlled, Tony.
I'm sorry -- Yes, you are.
All this chasing of Carl Adams is pointless.
Why? Because the voice knows you're doing that.
Chasing Carl Adams is what you're expected to do.
Forget about Carl.
Leave the symptoms, go for the disease.
Carl Adams is all that we've got.
- Now, we find him, we find Paula.
- Nope.
The voice won't let you do that.
You sure? Yeah, he went there yesterday.
Saw you bash his place in.
You really think he did those girls? Control from Mulligan.
I got a new address for you -- 144 Bretherton Court.
You're playing with us.
Child stirring an anthill.
Now, why make others kill for you? Why not get your own hands dirty, hmm? And this is sexual.
So why not a knife, why not a big shiny knife to penetrate her with? Because that's sublimated rape and you're not sublimating at all, are you? You know exactly what you're doing and exactly what you want.
And you knew Paula was wearing a wire.
My name's Paula.
They'll be looking for me.
I can help you.
I can help you.
I promise.
I promise.
Armed police! Show yourselves! You've got to be kidding.
Clear! Shit.
Any sign of Paula? No, there's nothing here.
She could be anywhere.
You were too close to Carl.
Yeah, and the voice had to stop you.
All right, l'm listening.
Well, it wasn't suicide.
No -- made to look like it, though.
There wasn't a pillow on the bed.
Yeah, the killer used it to muffle the shot? I think you're right, I think that Carl's dead because we were getting too close.
And Paula's still out there.
Who did this, Tony? Yeah, we should talk.
Back at yours.
Thanks for staying.
You all right? - Why can't we talk at the station? - Because we're being watched.
The sting with Paula didn't work because the voice knew what you were doing before you were doing it.
They know what you're thinking, what you're planning, how you're going to act, and they know exactly what strings to pull to make you jump.
What are you trying to say? You know what I'm trying to say.
They understand procedure, they can anticipate your reaction.
They know how to avoid forensic traces and that's -- - All right, all right.
So you're saying this voice is a police officer? Or someone very close to the police, yes  sorry.
Without evidence, there's nothing l can do.
And as long as you keep thinking like that, the voice is always in control -- of the situation, of Paula, of you.
Unless you bring me something solid, Tony, that changes things -- If l go looking for evidence -- that changes things as well.
How? The voice will know.
Meaning? I don't know, but my first thought -- it changes what happens to Paula.
Look, it could go either way.
You force their hand, they could lash out.
Kill her.
Or they could step aside and let Paula go, hoping we'll back off.
That's a hell of a risk.
And doing nothing is a hell of a risk as well.
If we behave like the voice is in control, ipso facto, they are in control.
And they can do whatever they like to Paula.
Occupational therapy.
Yeah, he's here.
Will do.
Anything for Dr.
Hill.
Just a moment.
Derek, must be your lucky day -- there's a phone call for you.
What happened back there? Nail polish to complete the picture.
You're very clever.
You choose them because they remind you of something.
Twenty years, at least.
Yeah, you're very clever, aren't you? What happened back there? Nail polish to complete the picture.
Twenty years, at least.
What are we recreating for you? You choose them because they remind you of something, someone.
- Do you want a lift? - What?? It's raining.
Oh.
Yeah, so it is.
Yes, thank you.
Not very street smart, are you? Sorry? You were almost mugged twice while I was watching you.
You've been watching me? I thought I'd see the great mind at work.
That is what you were doing, right? You weren't just visiting the pretty ladies? I was hoping for inspiration.
- And? - Still hoping.
Thank you.
Well, you've got a theory, though.
What, and you're sure about that? I'm sure.
That's what you do, isn't it? That's your purpose -- without a theory, you don't get to play cops and robbers.
- This isn't a game.
- Sorry.
- Tell me, then.
- Hmm? Your theory.
I thought you didn't work with psychologists.
I've changed me mind.
Go on -- I hear you think Adams and Tyler were being controlled by someone.
Yeah.
So? Talk to me.
Why get someone else to kill for you? Why not do it yourself? Distancing maneuver -- he can tell himself he isn't responsible.
That's very good, that is a textbook answer.
But l don't think so.
I think it's power.
And where does the need for all that power come from? - Anger.
- Yeah.
Anger.
Rage.
- And when do we feel rage? - I don't know -- You tell me.
Well, we feel rage when things are beyond our control, when we feel powerless and small and weak.
You think whoever's behind this is small and weak? Mm, inside, they are, yeah.
So how come they're making you all look like idiots? What? You're no closer to catching them.
All you've got to show for this case is a missing cop.
Your weak and powerless victim has you running around.
I'd say that puts them in charge, wouldn't you? Yeah, you're right; we're running round in circles, looking in the wrong direction.
I thought we were looking for Paula.
Looking so hard for Paula, we can't see the killer.
Sorry, you've lost me.
Misdirection.
Making people see what you want them to see.
I know what misdirection is.
Someone's been manipulating this entire case from the start.
Someone very clever indeed.
Clever enough to know that taking Paula would blind us, make us panic, make us afraid.
So we wouldn't be able to see the truth.
What is the truth? The person we're looking for is just like us.
Powerful now, in control now, but all that rage is because in the past, they were made to feel small and terrified and helpless.
Just like us, just like Paula.
Just like the girls tied on the bed - - scared and helpless.
And unable to do anything except beg.
You make it sound like we should feel sorry for him.
Shouldn't we? They're still in control -- they still have Paula.
You still have no evidence, you're nowhere.
Maybe.
I'm sorry -- this is why I don't use profilers -- it doesn't get us anywhere.
So you don't think much of what I do, then? I like you, Tony.
I just don't think psychology is going to tell me anything I don't already know.
Really? Okay.
Think of a number between 1 and 50, and make both digits odd.
You're kidding.
- If you don't want to play -- - Fifteen.
So what have you got? Price to CID Â Incident at Aldridge Mental Hospital.
Respond immediately, over.
Shields.
On my way.
Later, okay? Sounds like they need me.
Sure.
- What is it? - You won't believe me.
It happened recently, within two hours.
He was bed-checked at nine o'clock.
He was fine then.
- The door was locked? - Yes.
So how would someone get in to kill him? No, he wasn't killed.
Not by anyone else, at any rate.
He's choked on his own tongue.
Can't usually happen, but if he had a cataleptic seizure of some kind, it's possible.
Was he prone to catalepsy? This wasn't an accident; this is Carl all over again.
Are you done? We need to continue lockdown if you are.
Yeah -- what was he like earlier? Upset, agitated? He was quiet, but he was happy.
He was smiling.
I'd never seen him smile before.
I think the phone call meant a lot to him.
What phone call? Here we are, 7:24.
A call from Dr.
Hill's assistant for Derek.
He was thrilled -- I think that's the first phone call he's had since he's been with us.
His assistant? He doesn't have an assistant.
Do we have the call recorded? Oh, that's odd -- it didn't come through switchboard, came straight here.
There's no audio record.
- So what does this mean? - It means we're getting close.
Whoever made that call was so deep inside Tyler's head that the sound of their voice made him kill himself.
Come on, Tony, pick up.
Paula! Front desk, Bradfield Police.
Orderly said, so we start there.
I want personnel files right now.
Ma'am, ma'am! You need to hear this.
I know where your girl is being held, the blonde bitch.
If you act now, maybe you can still save her, before l slice her.
Help me! Help me! Let me out! Let me out of here! Paula! She's not here.
They had an anonymous call at the station.
Someplace up near the rail tracks.
Oh, thank God.
Well, we'd better be getting back.
Sorry, Tony.
You know that's not going to happen.
I know, but it was worth a try, wasn't it? Alex knows.
I told her.
I don't think so.
I think she'd want hard evidence.
And l think that's why you're running around on your own, going through my stuff.
The papers are fakes, Tony.
This place has nothing to do with me.
No one's going to come looking for you here, so we can take our time.
On the bed, please.
Arms and legs out.
I was right  Fifteen.
Lucky guess.
Your last, l think.
- Is that when it happened? - What? What was it? Birthday party? Or just a night out with the girls? You got dressed up.
You look pretty.
New haircut, maybe, highlights? And you felt pretty.
Yeah, that was the name of the nail polish, wasn't it, Pretty in Pink.
On the bed.
And then, it happens.
Did he say you were asking for it, the man who raped you? Oh, very good.
Clever Tony -- still trying so hard to impress, to be right, to get inside -- not this time.
You were asking for it, you know? The clothes, the makeup, you looked like a whore -- so he made you one.
Be quiet now.
The nail polish was made to transform them.
I was right about that.
But not into someone you knew.
It was someone you were -- a dirty little whore who had it coming.
Shut it.
Now you're not weak or terrified.
Yeah, you're the one in control.
You're the one pulling all the strings, making the men do what you want, making those women suffer and beg, and never letting them off because you know life isn't like that.
- Shut the fuck up! - Must be a hell of a thrill being in control of everything.
Eh?! Making Paula suffer.
Making us suffer.
Humiliating Alex, the woman who was brought in to turn this case around so she could look helpless and stupid and weak.
She is weak, so are you --weak and stupid! I'm not as stupid as you think.
Really? Is that why you're the one who's going to bleed? On the bed, now! No.
Let's do it right here.
Armed police! Coming through! She's clean.
That's it, just a gun.
- Let's go! - Move it.
- All right! - Get out.
I'm sorry.
Let me out! Let me out of here! Armed police! Show yourselves! I'm here! Let me out! Nobody else here.
Paramedics, get these off her! It's all right, Paula.
It's over.
She's alive.
It's okay.
It's all right.
It's time to go to your room.
And another young woman has been discovered murdered in Bradfield.
Lianne Sullivan was working as a prostitute in the notorious Come on, big man, time for bed.
Her body was found at her home late this afternoon.
Police are appealing for witnesses who may have any information on Lianne Sullivan's last movements.
Lianne was aged 24 Derek, that's enough, come on, now.
Police are denying any connection with the murder of a prostitute Oh, damn! Tony Hill.
You did say to call if there were ever any developments.
That was four years ago.
You should be pleased I remembered.
Tyler did this? Yes.
That's certainly a development.
Hello, Derek.
Remember me? It's Dr.
Hill.
Oh, we've met before, remember? After your trial.
Something happened tonight, didn't it? Something upset you.
I'd like to know what that was.
Maybe you'd like me to know, eh? Or maybe you wouldn't.
Well, l'll come back tomorrow, see how you're feeling.
Sorry, we pumped him pretty full of tranqs.
Well, something triggered this.
Did, uh, someone say something to him or do something to him? Our routine's very stable.
He must have walked past that nurse's station a thousand times.
So what was different about today, then, hmm? - Hello? - Yes.
Dr.
Hill.
Uh, the TV was smashed.
Did Derek do that? - Yes, went right for it, apparently.
- Thanks.
Bradfield Police were back on alert again tonight a police spokesman called it a particularly brutal murder.
While details of the killing are not being made public, it is believed that this case is identical to that of Juliette Gregory, who was stabbed in her home -- Tony, this isn't a good time -- I'm at a crime scene.
I know.
The news is saying the girl was stabbed to death.
Is that true? Tony, you know that I can't comment on that.
Or was she bled to death? That more accurate? Tied down and cut over and over, slow and deliberate.
How did you know? We need to talk.
They said on the radio this was the second girl.
That's right; the first is five weeks ago.
You've been investigating this for five weeks? You never mentioned it.
Tony, I've hardly been on this for five minutes.
Vice have been investigating up until now.
It looked like a one-off, prostitute killed by a client, only now -- Now, it's not.
Exactly.
Eden reckoned that Vice could do with a hand, so we're assisting the investigation.
Anyway what have you got? No, l'll tell you what you've got -- you got a murdered girl, a prostitute, age 16 to 25, blonde hair.
This is her flat, but there's no sign of forced entry.
She's been tied down, again, no sign of a struggle, so it's probably consensual.
She's been gagged and she's been cut and cut again until at some point, she bled to death.
I'll also tell you what you haven't got -- you've got no prints, no fiber -- no forensic evidence whatsoever.
That bed is covered in blood, but it's clean.
I think you better talk to DI Shields.
You've seen this before? Restrained at the ankles and wrists, rope around the throat, gagged -- same as before.
The wounds? Are all ante-mortem, yes, she was alive while this was being done.
How long? Would have taken some time.
There's a variety of degrees of drying and oxygenation of the spilled blood, so the incisions were made serially.
There was clotting, it stopped, he cut her again.
That's what I thought.
And you are? DI Shields, this is Dr.
Tony Hill, a civilian advisor to the team.
- You're a profiler? - A clinical psychologist.
Oh, even better -- so you take a look at a crime scene, apply a little esoteric theory, and tell us who did it.
That's the idea, yes.
So who did this? Oh, that's easy -- Derek Tyler did this.
Who's Derek Tyler? Well, that's where we've got a bit of a problem.
Did you profile this Tyler guy? No, I was asked to consult in his case after his conviction.
- How come? - Tyler he doesn't talk.
What, he's retarded? No, uh, he's below average intelligence, but he's capable.
Talked before his arrest, but the moment the cuffs went on, Tyler went silent.
And Tyler's now in Aldridge Mental Hospital.
He's been there for the last four years.
And he was there when both your two victims were killed.
Dr.
Lake called me to assess him, see if he was an elective mute.
And was he? - No.
He's something else.
- Is that a technical term? I don't know what's wrong with him, but he's been entirely withdrawn until last night, when, clearly, he saw the news about the second murder, whereupon had a reaction.
What kind of reaction? The violent kind.
- What am I supposed to be seeing? - Nail polish.
- Shoddy job.
- Well, that's what l thought.
So l'm afraid I trespassed on your domain a little and called your scene of crime officer.
There's matching polish on the bedsheets.
Applied after she was tied up, you mean? It would seem that way.
- The first victim? - Juliette.
Were her nails painted? She was a prostitute -- of course her nails were painted.
Were they painted in the same way? Uh -- l'm not sure.
One way to find out.
- They're the same.
- What does that mean? Transformation.
He's turning them into someone else.
What, just by painting their nails? It's shorthand, it's symbolic of something.
Something to focus on.
Something that reminds him of her.
Of who? Well, that's the question, isn't it? Of who he really wants to kill.
The gags moved? - What? - The gags moved prior to death? Very good -- Yes, they were.
Removed and replaced.
He wanted to hear them scream.
Were the nails painted on Tyler's victims? That's not mentioned in the case file.
Get the original autopsy reports, scene photographs.
He's done this before.
Tony, the guy who did this before is locked up, remember? Whoever did this is not Derek Tyler.
Names, dates, amounts, preferences.
Our Lianne was a well-organized girl.
So on the assumption that the killer may have visited her before last night, we need to ID all the men in this book, trace them, and pull them in.
It's not a punter.
I'm sorry? The pathology, it's inconsistent.
Dr.
Hill, you said yourself she was tied up consensually.
That sounds like a regular to me.
I don't think so.
Would you care to explain that.
All right -- this killing, it's all about control, it's all about domination.
It's not about sexual desire.
Everything in the method, it points to that -- the restraints, the use of a razor blade, the gag, the gag the killer removed and replaced during the act of killing.
Why? - To hear her beg.
To hear her beg, yeah.
To hear her die.
It's very personal, it's very intimate.
Then they're too weak to scream, when you know they're near the end, you allow them to beg.
And you listen.
And you do nothing.
Control and domination.
So you're looking for someone frustrated with the degree of control that they can exercise in their own life, someone seeking that control elsewhere.
That could be any one of the punters in this diary.
No, he won't be in the book, because he hasn't slept with her.
- He's not interested in that.
- Aren't all men interested in that? What I mean is, this girl was bled to death.
Multiple penetrations.
He cuts her over and over again.
You're a psychologist, and you're telling me that's not sexual -- I just want to make sure we're clear.
If there were six-inch knife wounds, then, yes, I would say it is stabbing as sublimated rape, but the cuts are made with a razor blade -- they're deliberately shallow so that death takes time.
Therefore, the primary psychosis here is authoritarian in structure.
It's the need for control you should be looking for.
- Clear enough? - Crystal.
So let's start pulling in the punters immediately.
Sorry, Tony, she's right.
Don't hurt me, mister.
I'm only fifteen.
No, say it like you mean it.
Look, you'll all get seen.
Just be patient, right? When are we going to be seen? Mr.
Michaels? Is this all? - Just the first batch, apparently.
- You're shitting me.
Great idea for us to bring in the whole city in one go.
No wonder Vice have been fumbling the case, if this is how they run things.
- What's he doing? - I don't know.
Gaining his confidence, maybe.
I think that's mountain gorillas you're thinking of.
I told you, I was at my sister's house! I got there late afternoon and I stayed the night.
Don't be stupid, Mr.
Michaels -- we know you were with Lianne because people saw you -- do you understand me?! People saw you with her! They can't have -- it was my sister's 40th birthday.
I went to her house straight from work.
You're lying.
We're going to take your house apart, your clothes, your car.
We'll find traces -- you know we will.
Just a pinprick of blood is all we need, and it's there, isn't it? Because you sliced her so many times, it'll be on you somewhere, won't it? Please stop it.
Is that what she said when you cut her -- "please stop it"? Did she beg you? I didn't kill her! I swear to God, I wasn't even there.
I liked her.
She was nice to me.
I wouldn't hurt anyone.
All right, Mr.
Michaels.
Thank you for your time.
You're free to go.
Check his alibi with his sister and keep his details on record.
I can go? Sure -- you didn't kill anyone; we just needed to make sure of that.
The officer will show you out.
Fielding? I've got the lab results for your victim's nail polish.
And? It's rather odd, actually.
The nail varnish used by Juliette and Lianne is twenty years out of date.
- Finished? - For the moment, yeah.
Come on, Derek.
It's all right.
Shhh.
So what was the point of the past five hours? Oh, that's nothing -- I once had a patient who didn't speak for seven years.
- And what, you cured them? - Well, no, but that's not the point.
- What is the point? - "Shh.
" Don't shush me.
I've given up my afternoon.
Not you, me.
Tyler said it -- weren't you watching? - Attention may have wandered occasionally.
- Yeah, right at the end.
"Shh" -- What does that mean? Maybe he got fed up with your incessant blathering.
Maybe, or maybe he's trying to tell us something.
"Shh" -- what's that tell you? I got another mystery for you.
You were right -- Tyler's autopsy notes mention there's a similar nail polish, but nail polish used by Juliette and Lianne doesn't exist -- well, not anymore.
It's an old brand, discontinued twenty years ago.
I'll leave that one with you.
Twenty years ago? Oh, well, that's good.
Seen this? Have you seen -- -- great! Good girl.
Good little girl.
Say it.
Say it like I told you.
Don't hurt me, mister.
I'm only fifteen.
No, say it like you mean it.
Don't hurt me.
I'm only fifteen.
Say it for real.
Time of death? Difficult to say, exactly.
Core temperature's down abnormally low because of the blood loss, but, um -- early hours of the morning.
The room was booked from when? Took his time again.
What about the fingernails? Same as before.
Orange-apple this time.
So what does that mean? It means l might have made a mistake.
You fancy a coffee? Tyler was IQ-tested for the trial.
He scored about 80 on the Stanford-Binet, which is below-average intelligence.
He also displays characteristics consistent with paranoid schizophrenia -- so what does that tell you? - He's a psycho.
No, he's not a forward planner.
So the nail polish -- - What about it? - It doesn't make sense.
Vernon said it's years out of date, right? It's been kept.
Hoarded, if you like.
Stockpiled so he can transform the girls.
So you said.
That's not Tyler.
- Tony, aren't you forgetting something? - What? Tyler did all these things.
He killed; he transformed, if that's what it is; he avoided leaving evidence at the scene of the crime.
There's no use saying he couldn't do it -- he did it.
Fielding? Go ahead.
Well, that leaves two options -- Have you tried checking the database? - Either l'm wrong about Tyler or - Â Shh! Tyler was never the killer.
But the blood  - What did you say? - Shh! - What the hell do you think -- - Shh! Be quiet, I can't hear.
Tony Of course.
Of course.
I'll be at the hospital.
Yeah, sorry about that.
We all know what happened last night -- Tammy Marsh, another prostitute, aged 21, found dead in the Brinley Hotel, early hours, same MO.
Existing lines of inquiry -- what do we have? Tyler's friends and family -- all disowned him years ago.
Hospital says that Tyler's had no contact with the outside world.
None of Lianne's friends saw anything or heard anything we can use.
No new people in her life, no suspicious punters.
We pulled in the whole of the punter diary and everyone else we can think of, and basically we're drawing a blank.
Pimps and dealers? We pulled in the ones local to Lianne, but Tammy's a different area, not much overlap.
We'll need to set up a new sweep.
Does anyone have anything else to add? All right, let's get on with it.
Boss, can I have a word? - What is it? - It's about the case.
There's no bloody case.
Made zero progress.
I know.
I think there's a way to change that.
- Go on.
- Proactive, not reactive.
What do you mean, a sting? Yeah, we put a bait on the streets and see if he bites.
And the bait? I've been looking at the girls, the victims.
They've all got blonde hair, they're all in their 20s, and I just found myself thinking -- - Now, wait a minute.
Me.
Shh! Shh.
Thank you.
Not a good plan.
You got a better one? - I have plenty of better ones.
- What if it doesn't work? Armed backup and constant surveillance -- we can get her out.
Are you sure about that? I wouldn't put one of my officers in the street if l didn't feel like the risks were covered.
- Tyler -- he's a Russian doll.
- I beg your pardon? He's got someone else inside him.
Well, specifically, inside his head.
What? Tyler -- he hears someone talking to him.
You know, "shh," be quiet, and you can listen as well.
Except, of course, you can't, because the voice, it's internal and Tyler's aphasic, so he can't tell us what he's hearing, but -- What's that got to do with this case? Hmm? Well -- well, l don't know, but it's a major step forward for Tyler.
Great.
Tony, we're going to put Paula out in the street.
What? A sting operation.
Try and draw him in.
- Can l help you? - Hmm? Are you looking for something in particular? I need this one color, but l don't have a name.
Is it for a present? Yes, it's for a friend.
And what kind of color is it? Oh! It's, uh -- yeah, it looks like this.
All right, guys, knock it off.
Okay, so you all know how this works.
Two armed support teams in vans either end of the street.
The command team stays in close proximity to Paula.
They'll be listening in, and the "go" order comes through them -- anyone needs to get me, I'll be on my mobile.
Any questions? Yeah, what about a panic button? Okay, the agreed panic button is "Let's do it right here.
" Everyone got that? "Let's do it right here.
" Sorry.
Sorry.
Store security.
It was a misunderstanding.
- I, uh -- can l say something? - Can we stop you? The man you're looking for is going to present as confident, easygoing, because this is a world where he feels at ease.
He's not your usual nervous punter.
And if he shows up -- and I stress "if" this guy shows up -- he'll sound you out on bondage and S&M stuff.
He's not actually interested in that, but -- getting girls tied up without much of a struggle is important to what happens next.
So if he can get consensual bondage, he'll use it, okay? Okay.
And I got you a present.
- A secret weapon.
- Thank you.
Okay, we've got another one.
This is number six.
Nothing to him.
He looks confident.
That's what you said, right? Plain vanilla john, nothing kinky.
Oh, what, you can tell just by looking at him? Generally.
Deal.
Speakers.
All right, what can l do for you? Just a blowjob.
Is twenty quid okay? Sure I can't interest you in something more exciting? No, just suck me off.
Is this place all right? Police officer.
Piss off.
This is going to be a long night.
- I'll let you have it back if you like.
- What? If you can tell me which hand it's in.
Oh, bad luck.
See? Popped it right through your head -- nothing to stop me.
Thought Paula was the one doing tricks tonight.
Why am l only getting tossers with halitosis and cold sores? Not impressed, Dr.
Hill? Hmm? Sorry, I was just thinking.
I'm sure it was very good.
No, you're right.
It was nothing.
Most magic's just making people look where you want them to while you do something else.
Dr.
Hill, though, he looks into people's heads for a living, so I'm thinking it'll take more than a conjuring trick to impress him, maybe something like reading someone's mind.
You're kidding.
With the right person, of course.
With you, definitely.
- Really.
- Sure.
Look at me.
Relax.
Let your mind empty.
I want you to think of a number between 1 and 50, but make both the digits odd, okay? Both of them odd numbers.
Got it? - So? - 37.
Jesus.
That's bloody amazing.
How the hell did you do that? Dr.
Hill, would you care to enlighten us? No, this is not going to work.
What the hell does he think he's doing? It'll never work like this.
Evening.
What can l do for you, darling? Not on the street.
You're not going with any of the punters.
They're not the guy.
You've kicked them all out.
You're new around here; he's going to be watching you.
And if he doesn't see you go with anyone, he'll know you're a fake.
Damn it, he's right.
So what do I do? We just spend a little quality time.
Seems like a nice spot.
Saying both digits have to be odd stacks the deck right from the start.
Rules out singles because you said "both" digits.
Rules out 20s and 40s because they're even.
So that leaves 30.
Because most people forget number 1 is an odd number.
So 30.
Second digit, everyone's favorite number -- 7.
So it's 37.
It's called misdirection.
Is that really it? Maybe.
Maybe it's just magic.
Come on, tonight's a bust.
Set up some fake punters for tomorrow night and let's go home.
Someone's out there killing, and they're doing it the way you used to do it.
Makes you angry.
Makes you want to -- Shh! If l could hear the voice in your head, what would it say to me? I think Derek Tyler was misdiagnosed.
Why is he painting their nails? Tyler did it -- and whatever Tyler did, this new one's doing as well, so it has to mean something, but what? Transformation, you said.
Symbolically, yes.
Turning the victim into someone else, someone meaningful.
Someone you really want to do -- those things to -- but how can Tyler and the person who's doing this share the same psychotic focus? You know, they're fixated with the same girl, the same archetype -- the MO, it's identical.
- What's an MO? - Hmm? It's, uh, modus operandi.
It's the way a criminal commits their crimes.
- Their own particular way of behaving.
- Like what? Like, um, "Batman".
The Riddler, he always warned the police in advance before he committed his crimes.
Really? That's a bit self-defeating, isn't it? Well, it was always a riddle.
So they usually didn't understand.
But the Riddler, he was obsessive-compulsive, so his degree of volition was questionable indeed.
That's cool.
Thank you.
The comic says there's always a plan.
Tyler didn't plan.
Tyler, he couldn't think beyond next week.
How did he do what he did, get away with it for so long? - Luck? - No, l'm missing something here.
He's diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, he presents as a paranoid schizophrenic.
But you don't think he is.
I don't know -- I've never seen anything like him before.
Somehow, he is the answer.
- The answer to what? - The case.
We have to understand what's in Derek Tyler's head.
We haven't a clue what's going on here, -- but Derek knows, he knows exactly what's going on and why.
So we understand Tyler, you understand the killer.
But to unlock Tyler, I have to first find the key.
When Tyler was first admitted, how did he respond to Ioud noises and bright lights? I'm not sure.
Um -- well, it'll be in the case file.
I'd like to see it.
He did smash a radio once.
What? Yeah, pretty soon after he was admitted, l think.
The rooms have radios built into the wall for pipe music.
Derek clearly didn't like his.
Tony? Tony? I'm coming over.
We've got this wrong.
I hope you're all warm in that van.
I am freezing my tits off out here.
Hang tight, don't fight.
Could be another possible.
All right, luv? What can l do for you? All right.
You want to come to my place? Okay what do you fancy? Everything.
Yeah? Like what? I want a kiss to start with.
What's happening? Can't tell.
She's probably still kissing.
Hey, you want to play, you got to pay.
Link's down again.
Let's go somewhere private.
What for? So l can tie you up.
Sure.
I'd like that.
Where do you want to go? This way.
- I've never been down here.
- Shh! Get that link back up.
Come on, Paula, talk to us.
Listen -- let's do it right here.
What do you say? What was that? I said, let's do it right here.
Okay, you're under arrest.
She's been quiet too long.
It's not on, she's not transmitting.
We've lost signal, she's in the open.
- Shit, do it.
- All units from Control.
Go, go, go.
Under the railway bridge! Come on! Paula! Officer down.
Repeat -- officer down.
Am I right? What was all that about? What did you do to him? Sorry, there isn't time.
They need to know this.
Hello.
Listen, Tyler's not mad and he's not lying.
The voice inside his head is real.
It's a real person.
Hold a minute.
Listen, l've got to take this, Tony -- l'll see you tomorrow.
Yep, Fielding? Hello? They're not coming.
Yeah, the voice inside Tyler's head -- it's not a mental construct; it's a real person.
That's why he doesn't fit into any of the clinical categories.
He's not a psychotic in the true sense.
Someone told him to kill those girls, and that same someone is telling this new person what to do.
What? He cut straight through her mic.
And Paula didn't notice? That's neat.
Very neat.
He knew she was wearing it.
He knew where the wires run.
He brought the scissors or the knife to do the job.
- He knew who she was.
- So what does that mean? Someone planned it.
Someone's watching you, observing you, watching the investigation.
Watching you put Paula on the street.
This was thought through so meticulously, and executed so smoothly, you didn't notice.
You said the killer was below average intelligence.
You said he didn't think ahead.
Yes -- he doesn't have to.
Derek Tyler -- he didn't plan his crimes, he didn't choose his victims.
Derek's got a voice in his head, and it's the voice that tells him what to do and who to kill.
And the voice, it's a real person.
Very intelligent, very angry person.
So find them, and we find Paula.
What do we have? - Nothing? - Sorry, guv.
I've got to go and tell her parents.
Want to be there? Yeah, of course.
Doing everything that we can.
Everything.
How long has it been? Six hours.
Oh, God.
How could you let this happen? - Is she dead? - No.
All the others  -- were killed, yes, exactly.
Were killed, and found within two hours.
Why? Because we were supposed to find them.
We haven't found Paula yet.
Which means she's still alive.
See, control -- he has it, we don't.
And as long as he keeps Paula, he's in charge.
So he's playing with us, you mean? Oh, yeah, this is personal.
We're the targets now.
I'll keep you posted.
Shields out.
Got anything? Nothing, boss.
No one saw anything.
All right.
Spread the net.
East as far as Canal Street, north to the shopping center.
That's a hell of an area.
Uniform -- Uniform are going to have to deal with it.
Now get cracking.
Two killers working together? No, no, this isn't teamwork.
This is master and slave.
You know, control.
Yeah, the tying up, you said.
No, that's secondary -- I think the real control happens far earlier than that.
Look.
Well, look at them.
"I'll tell you where to find them and what to look for.
I'll choose who you take, and I tell you how you do it.
See, you, you're small and weak and empty, but that doesn't matter.
Because I fill you, I expand you.
I make you into something you can only dream of.
You're the hand that holds the blade, but I am the voice that tells you where to cut.
And in each moment of death, you're just as much at my mercy as they are.
" That's a hell of a lot of control to have over someone.
That's my point, absolutely, I mean, you need training, a great degree of skill, and one hell of a dominant personality to pull it off.
I mean, this goes way beyond post-hypnotic suggestion.
This is almost total subjugation of someone else's will onto your own.
Which is why they're weak-minded, belowaverage, like Tyler.
They're perfect candidates for manipulation.
All right.
But I need specifics.
Tell me about the killer.
Tell me something l can use.
Alex, stop thinking about the killer.
Stop looking at the symptom and look at the disease, the instigator.
Right, we need a name, uh -- call him "the voice.
" - "The voice"? - The voice.
Because you find the voice, you find the killer.
All right, who is the voice? I don't know.
Look, let me get this straight -- the only person I need to find right now is Paula.
I don't give a shit about the killer's motivation or what he hears in his dreams or who's telling him to do what.
I just want to know who he is and where he's got her.
Of course you do.
So much, you can't see anything else.
Watch it.
No, no, no, I get it.
This is Paula.
She's one of the team.
This isn't a case with a victim anymore, this is Paula, strapped down on some bed with a lunatic with a razor blade! - Tony! - You're all so wound up, you can't see beyond that image and you can't listen to what l'm telling you! Which is what the voice wants -- panic and fear.
God, that's why they've taken Paula.
You were getting somewhere.
You were getting close.
And that had to be stopped.
Yep.
I know you want to be looking for Paula, so l'm not going to waste your time.
So make sure you can see the files, make sure you know who's on that table, because I'm betting you one of these is your man.
We've already interviewed most of these guys.
Yes, interviewed and discarded.
Forget about that -- look at the files, look at the faces.
Right, let's start.
Uh -- Discard anyone under twenty and over forty.
Now, take out anyone with a full-time job, anyone professional, any form of long-term employment.
Well, that's most of the johns.
Yes, of course it is.
He's not a punter.
So why did he go after Paula, then? Paula wasn't the target, we were.
He's confident, secure with himself.
He knows the territory the girls work in, so he's close to them.
He knows who flat-shares with who, he knows their routines, and he knows when a hotel manager is going to get suspicious and come looking, and he knows how long a time he can have over doing what he's doing.
He's closer to these girls and their lives than any punter could ever be.
What is this? Dr.
Hill's given us some leads.
You pulled officers off the search to listen to psychic boy here? - What you got left? - Pimps and dealers, mainly.
Pimps  they need business smarts, otherwise they can't stay in the game -- take them out.
- What? So most likely, you're looking at a small-time drug dealer who knows these girls socially.
So look in the young offenders records for antisocial behavior, especially antiauthoritarian -- probably not sexual.
And if you did bring him in with the others, he wouldn't have been nervous; he would have been calm and centered and focused.
Because he knows he's safe.
-- safe  safe  safe Knows he's protected.
--protected, protected This guy, this one.
Carl Adams? Yeah, we had him in.
He was calm; he was just like you said.
Pulled him in with the rest.
Didn't have anything on him.
Alibi checks out, it says here.
He looked at me.
He knew.
We bloody had him! - Address? - There's a few.
He moves around.
All right, we run with it.
Got it.
You better be right about this, or Paula's going to die while we're chasing shadows.
You look like this is already over, and we've lost -- why? - That's not true.
- It is true.
If Carl Adams is the killer, we won't be able to find him.
The voice won't allow it.
And the voice is a real person? Yes.
- So Tyler knows who they are, right? - Tyler can tell us who they are.
Tyler can't tell us, Kevin.
Tyler can't talk.
Bollocks! Make him talk! - Make him? - Yeah -- don't cure him, don't help him, just make him talk.
You could, couldn't you? Could you? Don't scream.
Don't make a sound.
Good girl.
Good little police girl.
My name's Paula.
They'll be looking for me.
I can help you.
I promise.
If you let me go.
Let me go.
Shh! Tell you a secret.
I want to cut you.
I want to cut you up really nice.
But it won't let me.
It says, "no.
" It says, "not yet.
" We have a possible current address for Carl Adams.
We have a team on standby, ready to execute.
I was thinking we'd go in and get the bastard, but if you've got a better idea -- No.
Go for it.
Police! Clear! Bedroom one, clear! Bedroom two, clear! Damn it.
Look at me, Derek.
You like the quiet, don't you? Quiet is good.
So we're going to be very quiet now, very still and very quiet.
Very still and very quiet, until it's fading away, just like someone's turning down the volume.
Until it's all gone.
Quiet is good, isn't it, Derek? Silence is good.
You like the silence.
I know, because l understand now -- you're waiting for the voice to come back.
Yeah, you want it to come back, don't you? You want it so much, it burns a hole in your belly.
You want the things it made you do.
But the voice isn't here anymore.
It's gone quiet.
So quiet, it's not even a whisper.
I know where it's gone.
Do you want me to show you? Now, look at them, Derek.
Look what's happened.
Just like you saw on the news on the television.
Can you see what's happened? I do.
I look at these photographs, and I see the voice, only now, it's working through someone else.
Yeah, well, no wonder it's gone quiet in here, Derek, the voice! It's abandoned you-- it's found someone else, someone better.
Gone, Derek! It's gone, and it's not coming back! Found someone else, someone better.
Someone who didn't get caught like an idiot! Yeah, how does that make you feel, Derek? FAITHFUL I know you're faithful, Derek.
But the voice doesn't care about that.
It's found someone else to slide the blade.
Someone else to receive the messages.
You want it to stop? I can make it stop.
I can find the nobody who's doing your work and steal the glory away from them.
Yeah, would you like that, Derek? I can lock them up, put them in a cell, with no voice to guide them.
Would you like that, Derek? Oh, please help me.
Tell me who the voice is.
Jesus, Tony.
What the hell did you do? Derek Tyler's not going to tell us who's in his head because he can't -- Whoever programmed him has put blocks in his head specifically to stop us asking.
Programmed him? What, he's a machine now, is he? Oh, yes, we're all machines, all complex mechanisms ticking and twitching away under the skin.
KGB used to use this kind of implanting in the '50s and '60s, you know, breaking people down.
Make them more malleable.
You know, more suggestible.
I think that's what the voice is doing with Tyler.
And, uh -- Carl Adams as well.
And now they're just little killing machines.
Being controlled, just like you're being controlled.
I'm not being controlled, Tony.
I'm sorry -- Yes, you are.
All this chasing of Carl Adams is pointless.
Why? Because the voice knows you're doing that.
Chasing Carl Adams is what you're expected to do.
Forget about Carl.
Leave the symptoms, go for the disease.
Carl Adams is all that we've got.
- Now, we find him, we find Paula.
- Nope.
The voice won't let you do that.
You sure? Yeah, he went there yesterday.
Saw you bash his place in.
You really think he did those girls? Control from Mulligan.
I got a new address for you -- 144 Bretherton Court.
You're playing with us.
Child stirring an anthill.
Now, why make others kill for you? Why not get your own hands dirty, hmm? And this is sexual.
So why not a knife, why not a big shiny knife to penetrate her with? Because that's sublimated rape and you're not sublimating at all, are you? You know exactly what you're doing and exactly what you want.
And you knew Paula was wearing a wire.
My name's Paula.
They'll be looking for me.
I can help you.
I can help you.
I promise.
I promise.
Armed police! Show yourselves! You've got to be kidding.
Clear! Shit.
Any sign of Paula? No, there's nothing here.
She could be anywhere.
You were too close to Carl.
Yeah, and the voice had to stop you.
All right, l'm listening.
Well, it wasn't suicide.
No -- made to look like it, though.
There wasn't a pillow on the bed.
Yeah, the killer used it to muffle the shot? I think you're right, I think that Carl's dead because we were getting too close.
And Paula's still out there.
Who did this, Tony? Yeah, we should talk.
Back at yours.
Thanks for staying.
You all right? - Why can't we talk at the station? - Because we're being watched.
The sting with Paula didn't work because the voice knew what you were doing before you were doing it.
They know what you're thinking, what you're planning, how you're going to act, and they know exactly what strings to pull to make you jump.
What are you trying to say? You know what I'm trying to say.
They understand procedure, they can anticipate your reaction.
They know how to avoid forensic traces and that's -- - All right, all right.
So you're saying this voice is a police officer? Or someone very close to the police, yes  sorry.
Without evidence, there's nothing l can do.
And as long as you keep thinking like that, the voice is always in control -- of the situation, of Paula, of you.
Unless you bring me something solid, Tony, that changes things -- If l go looking for evidence -- that changes things as well.
How? The voice will know.
Meaning? I don't know, but my first thought -- it changes what happens to Paula.
Look, it could go either way.
You force their hand, they could lash out.
Kill her.
Or they could step aside and let Paula go, hoping we'll back off.
That's a hell of a risk.
And doing nothing is a hell of a risk as well.
If we behave like the voice is in control, ipso facto, they are in control.
And they can do whatever they like to Paula.
Occupational therapy.
Yeah, he's here.
Will do.
Anything for Dr.
Hill.
Just a moment.
Derek, must be your lucky day -- there's a phone call for you.
What happened back there? Nail polish to complete the picture.
You're very clever.
You choose them because they remind you of something.
Twenty years, at least.
Yeah, you're very clever, aren't you? What happened back there? Nail polish to complete the picture.
Twenty years, at least.
What are we recreating for you? You choose them because they remind you of something, someone.
- Do you want a lift? - What?? It's raining.
Oh.
Yeah, so it is.
Yes, thank you.
Not very street smart, are you? Sorry? You were almost mugged twice while I was watching you.
You've been watching me? I thought I'd see the great mind at work.
That is what you were doing, right? You weren't just visiting the pretty ladies? I was hoping for inspiration.
- And? - Still hoping.
Thank you.
Well, you've got a theory, though.
What, and you're sure about that? I'm sure.
That's what you do, isn't it? That's your purpose -- without a theory, you don't get to play cops and robbers.
- This isn't a game.
- Sorry.
- Tell me, then.
- Hmm? Your theory.
I thought you didn't work with psychologists.
I've changed me mind.
Go on -- I hear you think Adams and Tyler were being controlled by someone.
Yeah.
So? Talk to me.
Why get someone else to kill for you? Why not do it yourself? Distancing maneuver -- he can tell himself he isn't responsible.
That's very good, that is a textbook answer.
But l don't think so.
I think it's power.
And where does the need for all that power come from? - Anger.
- Yeah.
Anger.
Rage.
- And when do we feel rage? - I don't know -- You tell me.
Well, we feel rage when things are beyond our control, when we feel powerless and small and weak.
You think whoever's behind this is small and weak? Mm, inside, they are, yeah.
So how come they're making you all look like idiots? What? You're no closer to catching them.
All you've got to show for this case is a missing cop.
Your weak and powerless victim has you running around.
I'd say that puts them in charge, wouldn't you? Yeah, you're right; we're running round in circles, looking in the wrong direction.
I thought we were looking for Paula.
Looking so hard for Paula, we can't see the killer.
Sorry, you've lost me.
Misdirection.
Making people see what you want them to see.
I know what misdirection is.
Someone's been manipulating this entire case from the start.
Someone very clever indeed.
Clever enough to know that taking Paula would blind us, make us panic, make us afraid.
So we wouldn't be able to see the truth.
What is the truth? The person we're looking for is just like us.
Powerful now, in control now, but all that rage is because in the past, they were made to feel small and terrified and helpless.
Just like us, just like Paula.
Just like the girls tied on the bed - - scared and helpless.
And unable to do anything except beg.
You make it sound like we should feel sorry for him.
Shouldn't we? They're still in control -- they still have Paula.
You still have no evidence, you're nowhere.
Maybe.
I'm sorry -- this is why I don't use profilers -- it doesn't get us anywhere.
So you don't think much of what I do, then? I like you, Tony.
I just don't think psychology is going to tell me anything I don't already know.
Really? Okay.
Think of a number between 1 and 50, and make both digits odd.
You're kidding.
- If you don't want to play -- - Fifteen.
So what have you got? Price to CID Â Incident at Aldridge Mental Hospital.
Respond immediately, over.
Shields.
On my way.
Later, okay? Sounds like they need me.
Sure.
- What is it? - You won't believe me.
It happened recently, within two hours.
He was bed-checked at nine o'clock.
He was fine then.
- The door was locked? - Yes.
So how would someone get in to kill him? No, he wasn't killed.
Not by anyone else, at any rate.
He's choked on his own tongue.
Can't usually happen, but if he had a cataleptic seizure of some kind, it's possible.
Was he prone to catalepsy? This wasn't an accident; this is Carl all over again.
Are you done? We need to continue lockdown if you are.
Yeah -- what was he like earlier? Upset, agitated? He was quiet, but he was happy.
He was smiling.
I'd never seen him smile before.
I think the phone call meant a lot to him.
What phone call? Here we are, 7:24.
A call from Dr.
Hill's assistant for Derek.
He was thrilled -- I think that's the first phone call he's had since he's been with us.
His assistant? He doesn't have an assistant.
Do we have the call recorded? Oh, that's odd -- it didn't come through switchboard, came straight here.
There's no audio record.
- So what does this mean? - It means we're getting close.
Whoever made that call was so deep inside Tyler's head that the sound of their voice made him kill himself.
Come on, Tony, pick up.
Paula! Front desk, Bradfield Police.
Orderly said, so we start there.
I want personnel files right now.
Ma'am, ma'am! You need to hear this.
I know where your girl is being held, the blonde bitch.
If you act now, maybe you can still save her, before l slice her.
Help me! Help me! Let me out! Let me out of here! Paula! She's not here.
They had an anonymous call at the station.
Someplace up near the rail tracks.
Oh, thank God.
Well, we'd better be getting back.
Sorry, Tony.
You know that's not going to happen.
I know, but it was worth a try, wasn't it? Alex knows.
I told her.
I don't think so.
I think she'd want hard evidence.
And l think that's why you're running around on your own, going through my stuff.
The papers are fakes, Tony.
This place has nothing to do with me.
No one's going to come looking for you here, so we can take our time.
On the bed, please.
Arms and legs out.
I was right  Fifteen.
Lucky guess.
Your last, l think.
- Is that when it happened? - What? What was it? Birthday party? Or just a night out with the girls? You got dressed up.
You look pretty.
New haircut, maybe, highlights? And you felt pretty.
Yeah, that was the name of the nail polish, wasn't it, Pretty in Pink.
On the bed.
And then, it happens.
Did he say you were asking for it, the man who raped you? Oh, very good.
Clever Tony -- still trying so hard to impress, to be right, to get inside -- not this time.
You were asking for it, you know? The clothes, the makeup, you looked like a whore -- so he made you one.
Be quiet now.
The nail polish was made to transform them.
I was right about that.
But not into someone you knew.
It was someone you were -- a dirty little whore who had it coming.
Shut it.
Now you're not weak or terrified.
Yeah, you're the one in control.
You're the one pulling all the strings, making the men do what you want, making those women suffer and beg, and never letting them off because you know life isn't like that.
- Shut the fuck up! - Must be a hell of a thrill being in control of everything.
Eh?! Making Paula suffer.
Making us suffer.
Humiliating Alex, the woman who was brought in to turn this case around so she could look helpless and stupid and weak.
She is weak, so are you --weak and stupid! I'm not as stupid as you think.
Really? Is that why you're the one who's going to bleed? On the bed, now! No.
Let's do it right here.
Armed police! Coming through! She's clean.
That's it, just a gun.
- Let's go! - Move it.
- All right! - Get out.
I'm sorry.
Let me out! Let me out of here! Armed police! Show yourselves! I'm here! Let me out! Nobody else here.
Paramedics, get these off her! It's all right, Paula.
It's over.
She's alive.
It's okay.
It's all right.