Lewis (2007) s09e02 Episode Script

Talika Desai, 23, heroin overdose.
- Arsenic? - Well, not enough to kill her.
Apparently it's been seen before with taxidermists.
Jasper taught her a bit of taxidermy and she put her own spin on it.
- What are you thinking, troll? - Calling themselves Oscar Wilde.
Did your sister ever mention a relationship with an older man? Ian Tedman, I'm Vivian's husband.
Was what they call a sugar daddy arrangement.
- Who is the boy? - It's professor Tedman's son, Oliver.
How did you get those cuts on your face? When an artist dies sometimes their work doubles in price.
Wonder what Sean stands to make as her agent.
Can you expand on the exact nature of your relationship with Talika? Forensics found this emerald under Talika's body.
- This woman Nell called.
- Nell is my sister.
- I'm Philip, by the way.
- It's me, dad, James.
He's in a home, he's got dementia.
Injuries could have been inflicted post-mortem when they threw the body down the well.
That's him, our body in the well.
I think we've just watched Indrek Kalda's murder.
Hello? Hello? Come on, we'll get you cleaned up.
- Hey, dad.
- Oh, hello, sweetheart.
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.
Hello? Hello? One, two, three! 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.
'You have four new messages.
' '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.
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.
Just a bunch of ill disciplined children.
And it was children making the phone calls, was it? Hm? We found this last night.
'I think I know what happened to my sister.
His name's Jasper Hammond and he's not just weird, he's like .
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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 1st September 2007, 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 .
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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 for 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 just wanted people talking about me for once! It's all here, her entire exhibition is about Indrek's murder.
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 sold.
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 new 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 .
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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 a say anything - Bryony, Ollie.
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.
Say's he served Darren.
Well, he's doing the same, he's blaming her.
We found three library books with coke stashed inside and they 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? Well, 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? 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 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? 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.
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.
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, doctor's saying she wasn't a drug user, she was poisoned.
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? - A tiny amount, not lethal.
She's been exposed to it regularly for about a year.
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 10, 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.
Oh, no, not the frame, the photo.
This This necklace? 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.
Do you need a hand? You're the one insisting we do this.
How much is here? At least.
Look at these receipts, Sean sent dozens of bits of taxidermy abroad in the last year, all to money laundering hotspots.
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.
Everywhere.
On the receipts, on the invoices, on the blotter.
- Here.
Nine, nine, nine.
In your own time, Maddox.
- Coming.
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 Langdon 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 Vivian Tedman and Talika Desai.
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.
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 Vivian and Talika want to repeat it? Well, Vivian got funding to assess the impact on anonymity on prison dynamics, hence why the guard's 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 Vivian 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, Bryony Willet.
I need to know if you took part in an experiment run by Vivian 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.
Vivian 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 Vivian 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.
- 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're 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, I felt like an idiot at first, telling people what to do, but .
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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 .
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I did it.
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 .
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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? 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.
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, 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? 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.
Yeah, very nice! - Hey hey! - Well done.