Inspector Lewis (2006) s09e02 Episode Script

1
(Shouting and grunting)
(Bicycle bell tings)
(Phone rings)
Hello?
Hello?
Come on, we'll get you cleaned up.
- Hey, Dad.
- Hello, sweetheart. Oh.
I won't be a sec, I'm just
going to fix myself up.
At least he remembered me.
Did he have a better night?
I woke up at three, he was sobbing.
This isn't my fault.
I didn't say it was.
You're not the one who was
round there every day.
You're not the one he was calling
in the middle of the night.
I'm not far away,
you should have asked for my help.
You knew he was ill, James.
But it's easier to pretend nothing's wrong,
isn't it?
Leave it to me to pick
up the pieces yet again.
Finished it this morning, I hope you like it.
- Here.
- Thanks.
- It's beautiful.
- Ah, it's lovely.
It's perfect, Bryony, thank you.
- Cheers.
- Good.
(Phone rings)
Hello?
Hello?
(Line goes dead)
(Grunting)
(Dog barks)
(Groans softly) Oh, no.
(Dog barks)
We've had this in our
possession for two days?
Didn't seem significant until we realised
it was Indrek Kalda's murder.
It's dated six days after he was
last seen at the homeless shelter.
- What is she looking at?
- Maybe she hears something downstairs.
And then the room's empty
for about six minutes.
My God.
- Balcony?
- Looks like it.
I've seen some of this footage before,
she used it in her exhibition,
just a few seconds of it.
Talika knew who killed Indrek.
Maybe it was Talika.
No, it it could a woman behind that mask.
But why then put it on display?
You need to find out where that room is.
The obvious link is drugs.
She was an ex-junkie
and you say he spent six months
in Mountford for possession?
Could be an execution.
Talika was an addict, not a drug pusher.
I want you to focus on Indrek.
Speak to people in the building trade, Eastern
European community, homeless people.
We should talk to Ian Tedman.
Talika might have mentioned
something during their affair.
Hold on. Is there any update
on the missing necklace?
- Or this Oscar Wilde person trolling Sahira?
- Dead ends on both so far.
We should focus on the connection
between Talika and Indrek, surely?
Keep an open mind.
Find that room.
- Sir?
- I keep saying, it's Joe.
I'd like a word.
One week in and I'm swamped.
Superintendent Innocent
asked me to come back
because she valued my experience,
but if you have a problem with my work
Not at all.
Anywhere.
You helped us through a difficult patch.
But you made the decision to retire.
I need to make sure there are opportunities
for officers coming through.
- Younger officers.
- Well, I didn't say that.
Look, there is nothing to worry about.
No decisions have been made yet.
I'm just looking at the team as a whole.
VOICEMAIL: You have four new messages.
SAHIRA: Ollie, this is pathetic.
At least call me back so I can
I can talk to you. I need
How's your dad?
Going back up there at lunchtime.
Good that you're spending
time with him, though, eh?
Yeah, although he forgets I've been
to see him most of the time.
He still enjoys your visits, though.
He seems to.
Well, that's all that matters.
Life's just a series of moments.
That's all there is.
Tell Moody I charge extra for that
level of philosophical insight.
(Engine starts)
This was the summer of 2012?
Er Yeah, yeah.
We did a few days' labouring near Cowley.
And did he talk much about himself?
Not to me.
But there were a couple of other Estonian guys
on the job, he seemed to know them.
Great, OK.
I'm gonna need you to write down the details
of the company that you were working for.
Here you go.
Erm
It's er
It's easier if I tell you
and you write it down.
Yeah?
We'd like to help you but look around you.
- The worst possible time.
- Look, I can finish these.
Why don't you go and rescue those
flowers from your mother?
Mum, please! Leave those.
Sorry about that.
Things have been a bit difficult.
At the time you were having
your relationship with Talika,
we believe she may also have known this man,
Indrek Kalda?
Yeah, he came to our shelter, I think,
but I didn't know his name was Indrek.
- Has Talika never mentioned him?
- Not that I remember.
Did she ever volunteer at your charity?
No. Thank you.
We did have a lot of students but not Talika.
Ian, they need you to sign for these chairs.
- Sorry, do you mind if I?
- Go ahead.
Indrek used to help out with odd
jobs at the homeless shelter,
you'd think that would
make him more memorable.
- God sake!
- What?
Jasper Hammond.
This simply isn't necessary, Sean.
It's just a bunch of
ill-disciplined children.
And it was children making the phone calls,
was it? Hm?
We found this last night.
SAHIRA:
I think I know what happened to my sister.
His name's Jasper Hammond
and he's not just weird, he's like
creepy weird.
I think he found out she was
seeing someone else and he flipped.
I mean, he's got a criminal record.
There were rapists in Mountford, murderers.
I just forged a few import licences.
Obviously we'll ensure that's taken down.
You served your sentence in Mountford?
From 2nd March to 1 st September 2007,
184 days.
Did you cross paths, by any chance, with
an Estonian man called Indrek Kalda?
- No.
- You were inmates at the same time.
It's a big place.
Oh, excuse me.
Good morning, Mister Magpie.
I'm not usually superstitious but erm
given the circumstances
Does it strike you as unusual
that Jasper was looking at Sahira's videos?
James?
Do you mind talking to Sahira yourself?
No, not at all.
You go and have lunch with your dad.
No, it's not that,
I just wanna check something.
So, your followers, or whatever you call them,
are destroying private property?
They're subscribers and they're just trying
to show their support.
You made a public accusation.
I don't think you understand how serious this is.
- I'll take the video down.
- Well, his name's out there now, isn't it?
- You don't have the facts.
- That's because you won't tell me anything!
Like, why are you even asking
me about this Indrek guy?
I can't get into details.
Well, she never mentioned him.
But she never mentioned Ian Tedman, either.
I told her everything.
I thought she trusted me.
I know I said that I didn't want to see her
but can I change my mind?
Sahira?
Just tell him that I'm sorry,
I've been held up at work,
I won't be able to make it.
No, no, no. I understand that
but it's unavoidable.
Thank you.
Morning.
Why would you write such vicious
stuff about yourself?
To keep people interested?
To drive traffic to the site?
I don't know.
People started leaving comments.
Saying nice things, defending me.
But the comment you wrote about Talika
Oh, they were just little digs
to make it more convincing.
People talk about Talika enough already.
What do you mean?
Everything she did was exceptional.
I mean, even her drug addiction
turned her into this amazing artist.
- You're jealous?
- I wanted people talking about me for once!
(Music plays)
(Horses whinny)
It's all here, her entire exhibition
is about Indrek's murder.
LEWIS: "One for sorrow, two for joy,
three for a girl, four for a boy.
Five for silver, six for gold,
seven for a secret never to be told."
I haven't heard that since
I was a little kid.
And look at Indrek's shirt,
he is the secret never to be told.
Well, that's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?
And she's used it here.
And there's this piece,
called Ding Dong Bell.
Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well.
Talika knew where Indrek's body was.
Moody's right, you know.
We need to find that room.
Lizzie.
Don't worry, there's nothing wrong.
I like to support my sergeants on the ground
and if they're very lucky, I bring 'em lunch.
Oh, wow. Thank you.
Having these a bit too much at the moment.
Not very good at cooking when I'm on my own.
- What is it your husband does again?
- Engineering.
He's got another two months left in Canada.
Lewis and Hathaway keep
threatening to get me a cat.
What, crazy cat lady? Can't see it myself.
Any luck with Indrek Kalda?
No. No, not yet but I've found a few
people who vaguely remember him.
I'm just about to ask if anyone here knew
Sorry, I just need to
That bloke there,
he just got a book from the library
but I'm pretty sure he can't even read.
Sure he just took something out of it.
Well, come on, then.
I need the exercise.
Oi!
- Darren!
- I wouldn't I'd stay there if I were you.
- What? Is this about Indrek again?
- On the wall.
What did you take out of this book?
What? I've never seen it before.
What are you, the book police or something?
OK, as you are aware,
I am Sergeant Maddox, Oxford police,
and I am conducting this search
because you just lied to me
regarding a packet you took out of that book.
- Got any sharps?
- No comment.
A packet that I believe
- (Sighs)
contains drugs.
- Where'd you get this from?
- No comment.
Did you get it from that library?
You go, I'll do this.
I'm arresting you on suspicion
of the possession of class A drugs.
- You don't have to say anything
- Bryony, Ollie.
It could be anywhere.
Why cover everything in sheets?
We've got Bryony Willet
and Oliver Tedman downstairs.
You should talk to 'em.
I just made an arrest.
And you weren't aware
there were drugs in them?
No.
- How's it going?
- She's blaming Ollie.
Says he served Darren.
Well, he's doing the same, he's blaming her.
We found three library books
with coke stashed inside
and they've just moved on
to the properties now.
Oh, and there's this.
Bryony's front door.
Five locks, a reinforced bolt
and a golf club by her bed.
Thank you.
But how did Oliver
come to volunteer with you?
His father, Ian Tedman, set up the charity.
For the tape, DI Hathaway
has entered the room.
Did you never suspect Oliver was
using the library to sell drugs?
No, I had no idea,
I thought he was there to help.
Why have you got so many locks
on your front door, Bryony?
What are you afraid of?
Er
Nothing, I was I
I'm just being careful,
I'm on my own with a young child.
I think you keep something
in your flat which makes you afraid.
I don't know whether it's cash or
drugs or both but we will find it.
If you're selling drugs,
you're dealing with some
pretty dangerous people.
We need you to co-operate
so we can keep you safe.
It had nothing to do with Ollie.
Are you admitting to selling
cocaine from the library?
I was just trying to provide
some security for my son.
By exploiting the people
you were there to help?
No one was there to help me.
Friend's floor one night, back of my car,
showering in the leisure centre
before job interviews.
Every day, I imagine it happening again
but this time, with Max, I won't let it.
How long had you been doing this?
Er 18 months.
I didn't go looking for it but
when the opportunity was there
What do you mean,
"The opportunity was there"?
Who were you working with?
I'd like a solicitor now, please.
Bryony, did you ever meet Talika Desai?
Did she ever show you a video?
I'd like a solicitor now, please!
Why the Talika question?
Bryony knew Indrek, she was dealing cocaine
so potentially she has access to heroin.
- We can't rule her out.
- Do you buy her as a murderer?
I didn't buy her as a drug pusher.
She's frightened, she's protecting someone.
Why film Indrek's murder?
What's happening, Ollie?
Why did you arrest him?
Bryony's been dealing coke from the van.
What?
Seriously. She's admitted it, hasn't she?
- Can't comment.
- Can't comment? Why is she involving my son?
IAN: Viv.
What's gonna happen to Max?
Well, he's with his gran, isn't he?
So he's gonna be fine.
I know, but (Gasping)
Bryony?
What's wrong?
My heart is going berserk.
Do you suffer from panic attacks? Bryony?
- You always think the worst!
- I wasn't accusing you, Ollie.
I'm saying, if you ever get mixed
up with anything like that
All right, leave it now, both of you!
Not today.
Come on, let's try and get you into the cell,
there's a bed in there.
Bryony!
Can I get some help, please?
Bryony?
Bryony, can you hear me?
I'm ready.
(Sobs)
HATHAWAY: Sahira Desai?
Yeah, since she admitted trolling herself,
it's been nagging away at me.
Her most popular video was when
she was talking about Talika
accidentally overdosing 18 months ago.
What, she'd get more attention
if her sister died?
James, you need to get to the hospital.
Lizzie's just gone off in an
ambulance with Bryony Willet.
- What happened?
- Some sort of seizure.
Looks like she was using as well as selling.
LIZZIE: Paramedics had to do CPR
on the way in the ambulance.
It was pretty full on.
There's something wrong with her heart.
What, from cocaine use?
No, the doctor's saying she wasn't a drug user,
she was poisoned.
(Monitor bleeps)
Her blood test shows a high level of digoxin.
It's a medicine we use to treat
cardiovascular disease
but given to a healthy person,
it sends them into heart failure.
But she's been down at the station,
there was someone with her the whole time.
It takes three to six hours
for the symptoms to kick in,
so however it got into her system,
you can assume it happened
a good few hours before her arrest.
- Can we talk to her?
- Not yet.
I did want to mention something else, though.
One of our tests picked up traces of arsenic.
- How much arsenic?
- Tiny amounts, not lethal.
She's been exposed to it regularly
for about a year.
- (Phone beeps)
- Oh, excuse me.
I'll let you know when she's
well enough to be interviewed.
Arsenic? Like Talika?
Maybe taxidermy is the connection.
Well, it isn't coincidence, is it?
Both women exposed to arsenic
then both women targeted with a drug.
Are we sure that Bryony was targeted?
Well, she's consumed lots
of drugs she wasn't prescribed.
It's attempted murder
until we know otherwise.
- Sir.
- How you doing?
It might not surprise you to know that the world
of taxidermy is really rather small.
If this Bryony Willet was a fellow practitioner,
trust me, I would know.
May I show you something?
It's the first piece I ever made.
I was ten, riding along on my bike,
I saw it lying by the side of the road.
I couldn't bear to leave something
so beautiful to decay.
What's that?
Oh, I've been meaning to fix that.
No, not the frame, the photo.
This This necklace?
(Shop bell rings)
Bryony Willet's been seen at Sean's a few times
but he's gone, he's cleared all his stuff out.
What?
Maya. Aged 46.
Adult meningitis.
The necklace had been
in her family for generations.
We were unable to have any
We were unable to have any
children to pass it on to
so I gave it to Talika,
something special to wear for her exhibition.
So, where's the necklace now?
I know what people think of me.
And for your information, I liked her.
I liked seeing her wear the necklace
but I would never have done her any harm.
Jasper, we know Talika was wearing
the necklace when she came home.
What happened to it?
I saw it on the floor
when we first found her.
I couldn't just leave it there, broken.
And I I didn't want to have
to explain myself to get it back.
So, you took it?
I'm too old to justify myself, to worry about
what our relationship looked like.
I liked her. She seemed to like me.
I took her under my wing.
I made her a gift, I did not kill her.
I'll get it for you.
Sean's taken it.
(Sighs)
- Do you need a hand?
- (Sighs)
You're the one insisting we do this.
(Door slams)
How much is here?
20 grand?
At least.
Look at these receipts,
Sean sent dozens of bits of taxidermy
abroad in the last year,
all to money laundering hotspots.
The taxidermy was a cover.
Must be how he gets his
profits out the country.
Do you think Talika was in on it?
No, whoever did that
has done a fairly bad job.
I'd assume it was Bryony Willet
that was doing it,
that would account for
the arsenic in her system.
Right, let's get Sean's details circulated,
especially to ports and airports.
- Maddox?
- Yeah.
Can you get me the Indrek Kalda
footage from the beginning, please?
- Er Yeah.
- What is it?
Look at this, it's just clocks -
on the receipts, on the invoices, on the blotter.
- Nine, nine, nine. In your own time, Maddox.
- Coming.
LEWIS: Looks like studies for that Ding
Dong Bell piece at the exhibition.
You know, the one with the clock
and the inkwell?
Talika must have been working on it. Why?
Should just be there.
Look.
There, she looks down. And the vibration.
Timecode.
She's hearing a clock chime beneath her.
Indrek was killed in a clock tower?
Look.
This crest, that's Langton College.
They've got a clock tower.
You get on down there, we'll keep searching.
Sean Wilkinson?
Sean rents a storage facility near Bicester.
He's just been picked up by uniform.
I found the room.
According to the porter it was rented out
for the whole of August 2012 for a study.
Name on the booking:
Professor Vivienne Tedman and Talika Desai.
(Laughter and chatter)
Sir, her department have said
it's the only research paper
credited to Professor Tedman that year.
It's called Depersonalisation And
The Moral Code and, listen to this,
she co-wrote it with Talika Desai.
Reference number is CMM77.
HATHAWAY: OK, thanks.
We don't have time for this.
We have to find out everything
we can before we speak to her.
It wasn't just Indrek, there were others.
What the hell is this?
Like Stanford but worse.
Any luck?
Yeah, August 2012.
They were running research
on prison psychology
based on something called the
Stanford Prison Experiment.
What, the one from the '70s?
Where the bloke got a group of volunteers,
put them in a fake prison and it all kicked off?
- You know it?
- Yeah, I did it at A-Level.
Some of the guys who were acting
as guards became so sadistic,
they had to abandon the whole thing.
What did they do?
Sleep deprivation, verbal abuse,
forcing prisoners to strip, that sort of thing.
If I remember correctly, wasn't it just
one bad egg rather than all the guards?
But they were all just normal
people when they went in?
I think that was the point of the experiment,
to prove what ordinary people are capable of.
Why would Vivienne and Talika
want to repeat it?
Well, Vivienne got funding to assess the impact
of anonymity on prison dynamics,
hence why the guards' faces are all covered.
Look, normal numerals for the prisoners
and Roman numerals for the guards.
Is there any mention of Indrek,
or prisoner number seven?
No, it's been doctored so
there's no mention of Indrek.
They made sure there were no pictures
of his attacker, guard number three.
Something went wrong, Indrek ended up dead
and Vivienne and Talika covered it up.
But how could they?
With all the other participants?
Well, the experiment ends suddenly.
According to the report,
the guards and the prisoners
were put in lockdown on the night.
They obviously wanted them
out of the way so that
Oh, look at this, look.
No prisoner number seven but look,
guard number three,
29-year-old Caucasian female, initials BW.
Bryony Willet.
I need to know if you took part in an experiment
run by Vivienne Tedman in August 2012.
What?
No.
Max was ill.
I had to cancel at the last minute.
So, you didn't take part at all?
No.
I was back and forth to the GP.
Vivienne said she'd lose her funding if she
couldn't get someone else but what could I do?
- And did she find somebody else?
- I think so.
- What's this about?
- Who was it, Bryony?
Who did Vivienne get to replace you?
This is bordering on harassment now.
I'm here to speak to guard number three.
- What do you mean?
- Guard number three.
Your son.
Erm Can I just borrow
you for a second, Ollie?
Excuse us, Joan.
Get this way.
- You've got to trust me, OK?
- Get off me!
- You have to trust me!
- Get off me!
You were the last-minute replacement
for the experiment.
Listen, Ollie, we're going
to get you a lawyer, OK?
- Don't say another word until
- For God sake, they already know!
They know he was involved in the experiment
but there was a terrible accident.
I never said that there was an accident!
I beat him, I took him
out onto the balcony
It wasn't an accident at all.
- All right, Ollie, tell us what happened.
- No. He doesn't know what he's saying!
But I've wanted to tell the truth for three years.
I begged you!
I know, I know, I'm sorry.
We were trying to protect him.
Were we?
Or were we covering up your mistake?
Rather than lose your funding,
you put our 15-year-old son
into a situation he couldn't
possibly cope with!
Let the boy speak.
I honestly thought he'd be OK.
If I'd even imagined
You should have imagined!
It's your job to imagine.
Shut up!
Please!
I'm not a child any more!
This is This is up to me now.
So, you took part in your
mother's experiment?
I thought that it would be a laugh.
You know, turn up, play
a part, 50 quid a day.
I didn't think I was a bad person.
She made you play prison guard number three?
Yeah.
Yeah, I felt like an idiot at first,
telling people what to do, but
then we started having
a bit of fun with it.
Getting the prisoners to do stupid things
and by the sixth day it felt normal.
Like I was actually this guard
and they had to do exactly as I said.
So, Indrek Kalda was prisoner number seven?
I only wanted to frighten him.
You know, like in a film where they pretend
they're going to throw them
off a bridge or something.
I don't know what happened but
I did it.
(Exhales heavily)
And you two made me cover it up.
- Hey, Ollie.
- No, don't
Don't try and make out
that you weren't involved.
Mum called him and he came
and took the body away.
You didn't have an affair with Talika, did you?
She saw everything.
The money was to buy her silence.
What were we supposed to do?
She was using it to buy drugs.
Her way of coping, I suppose.
Then she got clean, found this art thing -
She stopped accepting the money.
You couldn't control her any more.
These references to Indrek
started creeping into her work.
I wanted to talk to her about it but
the great psychologist persuaded me not to.
What was it you said she was doing?
Processing trauma?
The art was keeping her stable.
You were the one that checked the tapes, you
promised me the footage was all destroyed.
I thought it was.
So, then Indrek's body's discovered
and your son comes home
saying he's just seen himself
on Talika's exhibition.
She'd crossed the line, hadn't she?
I had no idea that she'd
worked on the experiment.
I mean, I hadn't met her before
but then she had this video.
- She was showing the world.
- What happened after you saw it?
I came home and I told them it was over.
I said I was going to the
police in the morning.
The three of us agreed.
- But then you made it impossible.
- It was too late.
- I had to!
- You killed Talika.
I tried not to hurt her.
I'm sorry, I
We'd gone this far, I didn't
know what else to do!
Where did you get the heroin?
At the shelter, there's a safe.
If heroin's found, that's where it goes
until the police can pick it up.
And who's on digoxin?
What?
My mother.
Bryony saw you, opening
the safe at the shelter.
- What's happened to Bryony?
- I told you, she didn't know what I was doing.
You were messing with the safe for
no reason in the middle of the night.
Bryony knew Ollie was involved
in the experiment.
- How long before she worked it out?
- Mum, what's happened to Bryony?
- That coffee you gave her
- I was cleaning up your mess.
By killing Talika you just replaced
one problem with another!
My mess? You're the one
who put our son into that experiment!
You told us both to lie!
It's your fault that we're like this.
All I've ever tried to do is protect Oliver.
What do you think I was doing?
He was 15! We couldn't just stand
back and let his life go to waste.
Look, he's a good boy.
He's proved that he deserves a second chance.
He's volunteering, he's
got himself into Oxford.
He's using rugby to channel his aggression.
He's using rugby to self-harm, Ian.
And Indrek's life, Bryony's
life, Talika's life
all expendable, were they?
He's our son.
This is Nell, sorry I can't come to
the phone, please leave a message.
Hi, it's me again.
I assume they haven't
found him, I'm on my way.
Hey, guys. Not a long one today.
Just wanted to say I'm surviving
and I massively appreciate your support.
I can't believe
there are now half a million of you!
OK, so, today's topic
You've found him, why didn't you call me?
- You didn't pick up when he was missing.
- I came as soon as I could.
I went for a walk, this is not a prison!
- Walking!
- He didn't have any shoes on and he was lost.
What do you want me to say, Nell?
(Door opens)
How was Sean? "No comment" all the way?
No, he wants to talk.
He's hoping for a reduced sentence.
Nobody else was involved,
just him and Bryony.
- Old school friends, apparently.
- Nice friend!
Did Talika know what they
were doing with her art?
No, she had no idea.
The row was her firing Sean as her agent.
Hey, great work in there.
Well done.
Good.
That's just a little something to
keep you company while Tony's away.
Hathaway's idea.
Oh!
- What is it?
- Tony the tabby!
Great way to start the weekend.
- How's it going, Philip?
- Lovely.
Right.
Oh, right.
Ah, you're all baited up. Good.
Just unhook that, OK.
Knock this bail arm off
and then just get a hold of it like that.
Nice and smoothly back,
throw it as far as you can.
Keep it smooth, yeah?
Ah, that's not bad!
I'm always trying to get my
little boy into fishing.
He's not keen, more into books.
He'll get there, I'm sure.
Just waiting for the right moment.
- Oh!
- Hey, got one?
(Splashing)
Lively one.
No, no. You're good.
All right, here we go!
Just guide it in.
Oh, that's nicely done.
- What is it?
- Rainbow trout.
- It's a trout!
- Yeah, very nice!
- (Laughs)
- Well done.