01x02 - The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 2

Episode transcripts for the TV show "C.B. Strike". Aired: 27 August 2017 – present.*
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British crime series based on the book series Cormoran Strike (by J. K. Rowling) follows w*r veteran turned private detective Cormoran Strike who solves brutal murders.
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01x02 - The Cuckoo's Calling: Part 2

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My name is Cormoran Strike,
private investigator.

I'm Robin, Robin Ellacott.
I'm the new temp.

- How can I help you, John?
- It's about my sister, Lula Landry...

I think she was m*rder*d.

A chap they picked up on
CCTV. They never traced him.

Even when she's dead,
you lot don't give up.

So you think Lula Landry was m*rder*d

- and we messed up the investigation?
- Not at all.

I just want to have a better
picture of Lula's last hours.

This is the family.

Lady Yvette Bristow with
her brother Tony Landry.

Family is a complex thing

you of all people are
surely aware of that.

This is Guy Some, the designer,

with Lula Lula's best
mate, Ciara Porter,

Evan Duffield, her boyfriend,

and this is the film producer.
I'm guessing that's his wife.

That's Tansy, the neighbour
who changed her statement.

Stay away from the Bestiguis.

Did Lula ever mention Rochelle Onifade?

- Oh, my little Roch...
- Is that Rochelle?

Rochelle...

Leave me alone!

Who were you talking to?

Come on, Rochelle. Rochelle!

♪ You and me ♪

♪ Me and you ♪

♪ Somehow we made it through ♪

♪ I may be gone ♪

♪ I may be far away ♪

♪ But I'll walk beside you ♪

♪ Every step of the way ♪

♪ When you're used ♪

♪ Bruised ♪

♪ Black and blued ♪

♪ Don't think about it ♪

♪ Never doubt it ♪

♪ I'll walk beside you ♪

- [SIREN WAILS]
- It's Cormoran Strike.

Have you got a cause of death yet?

Well, pick a card, any card.
dr*gs, drowning...

Look, when I dragged
her out of that bath,

it was running hot.

The water t*nk hadn't emptied.
That gives you a clear time

- frame for how long she was in there.
- I'll send a uniform

to take a statement
from you in due course.

And check her phone records,
cos she called to warn somebody

- when I tried to talk to her.
- A drug-dealer maybe?

On a rented number?
Listen, I'm quite busy

with real cases, so goodbye.

[DOOR OPENS]

Morning.

Morning.

[DOOR CLOSES]

How are the hands?

Still a bit sore.

Are you OK?

It's not my first dead body.

I just mean... It's far
worse the first time.

So was it a coincidence, do you think,

Rochelle dying so close to Lula?

Well, she had quite a fragile existence,

but she had money for new
designer gear and lots of dr*gs.

Where from?

Lula?

Lula's been dead for three months.

She didn't leave a will.

Plus, why was Rochelle
panicked to see me?

And who was she calling?

She was hiding something...

Surely the police will investigate.

Maybe.

Time to see how Lula's
g*ng react to the news.

Good morning, I'm Mike Dundee from
the Health and Safety Executive.

I'm here to carry out
a Section 20 interview

under the statutory
provisions accorded to me

by the 1974 Health And
Safety At Work Act.

- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]
- A few more.

Other side...

Come on, concentration!

- Lights!
- [BELL RINGS]

Ciara! Late night, was it, darling?

[MAN SPEAKS GERMAN]

Guy Some?

Who are you?

My name is Cormoran Strike.
I'm a private investigator.

I'm busy right now. Make
an appointment with Tricia.

- Rochelle Onifade is dead.
- Oh, my God... How?

- A lot of dr*gs and a hot bath.
- Beginner's error.

Exactly. She wasn't a beginner, was she?

Wait. Cormoran Strike.
That's an unusual name.

Nobody's ever mentioned it before.

- You're not Al Rokeby's brother?
- Half-brother.

He talked about a w*r-hero
brother called Cormoran.

I met your dad a few times too.

Lucky you!

And why is Jonny Rokeby's son
working as a private detective?

Because that's his job.

I'd like to ask you a few
questions if that's OK.

[MAN SPEAKS GERMAN]

I'm Ciara.

I know.

Oh, I see. And when is
Mr. Bestigui back from...?

OK, right, well, I'll call then.
Thank you very much. Thanks.

Hello?

Uh... Excuse me!

Excuse me, can I help you?

- Where is he?
- Who?

My brother.

Thanks.

So what's my brother investigating now?

Well, erm...

It's someone who

k*lled herself, only, erm,

one of her relatives
thinks that she didn't.

What does Cormoran think?

- I think he's keeping an open mind.
- Mm-hmm.

Did he tell you who our mother was?

No.

Do you know?

Yes.

The verdict was su1c1de,

but Cormoran always thought
her death was suspicious.

- Oh.
- He took her death very badly

left Oxford and joined the army.

- He went to Oxford?
- I know!

Some clever admissions tutor saw

through the grumpy philistine act.

So how long's he been
sleeping in his office?

So what are you actually investigating?

Lula Landry's brother wants me
to review the police inquiry

into her death, and make sure
they carried it out properly.

- The Accountant?
- No, he's a lawyer.

We always called John the Accountant.

- Why?
- It's just a nickname.

How about Mommie Dearest?
Have you met her yet?

Not recently.

That's why Guy called her Cuckoo.

Such a f*cked-up family...

Lula was in the wrong nest.

Guy didn't seem too
upset about Rochelle.

He only cares about one
thing when he's working.

Poor Roch...

Can you tell me a bit about
her relationship with Lula?

Oh, well she was helping
her with her issues.

Identity, authenticity, etc.

Lula was obsessed with
exploring her real family,

by which she meant black.
Her dad's side.

Ciara, darling, we need you now.

On the day she d*ed, Lula spent
a lot of time with Rochelle.

Yeah, they were always thick as thieves

when Rochelle wasn't having
one of her "episodes".

Lula gave her money too.

Well, she would have
given money to anyone,

but, yeah, Rochelle did
well enough out of her.

Hey, love, Guy's getting fidgety.

I'd quite like to continue
this conversation.

I won't be done here until late,
and then I'm going to U*i...

- OK, tomorrow...
- But come?

Erm, get the ginger line
to Dalston Kingsland

and I'll meet you at the station. 10.30.

And Matt's going all red
in the face and blaming me

every time the tent collapses,
and then it starts raining...

Of course.

At last.

- [DOOR SLAMS]
- Robin's told me everything,

so get your stuff. I've got the
car in the John Lewis car park

and you're coming to stay with us.

I'm not.

You cannot stay in there
on that camp bed.

It's just short-term while
I sort something out.

Tell him, Robin.

It's got nothing to do with Robin.

Anyway, I'm not stopping,
I'm just picking something up.

- Where are you going?
- Chelsea.

Well, let me give you a lift.

Let me go and get the car,
and I'll run you down there.

I'll see you downstairs in ten.

Bye, Robin, really nice to meet you.

Mm-hmm. You too.

[DOOR CLOSES]

You need to sign this.

[HORNS HONK]

She's great.

Who?

It's ridiculous a girl
with her figure on a diet,

wedding or no wedding.

It's none of my business, really.

_

I loved this when I was a kid.

So, please, tell me it's final
with Charlotte this time.

- It's final this time.
- I'm sorry it's happened, obviously,

but it's much better for
you that she's finally gone.

I left her.

Good.

Well, I'd better dash,
cos Jack's got football.

Anywhere along here's fine.

Poor little sausage
can't get in the A team.

I said, "You're in my A team, Poppet,"

- but I'm not sure that was much help...
- You're a good mum.

Thanks, Stick.

- I want my kids to always...
- I know.

[HANDBRAKE SQUEAKS]

Anything you need, just ask.

[ENGINE PURRS]

[DOOR SLAMS]

I'll let Mr. Bristow know you're here.

Ah, come through.

Sorry, I was just sorting Mum's, erm...

Ah...

Erm... We mustn't be too long.

The, er, the medicines
make her very confused.

Tony?

No, it's not Uncle Tony, Mumsie.

It's Mr. Strike.

We've met before, a long time ago.

I was a friend of your son Charlie.

Charlie's dead.

Rode his bicycle into a quarry.

Yes.

Now Lula too.

It's a terrible thing

when all your children die.

Of course.

But not...

People used to say
Lula was so beautiful,

but I never saw her like that.

Charlie

was the handsome one.

She was the clever one.

Always had an answer to everything.

It's such a shame

she spent so much time
fighting with Tony over that

lovely boy.

Evan Duffield came to visit her,

after she d*ed.

He said he wished

he had been there to try and stop her.

Huh!

No, I think that too,

Johnny.

Lula

was up there in her flat

that night,

in such a terrible state,

all alone, while we were here

watching silly old movies.

Erm... Mum's a big fan of Cary Grant.

We watched Bringing Up Baby
the night that Lula d*ed.

Time for your medicine.

Thank you, Marsha.

[MACHINE BEEPS]

[MACHINE HUMS]

That's the morphine, so...

She said

she was frightened of him...

Who?

Frightened of who?

What did she say to you, Mother?
Frightened of Evan?

Bring some macaroons

the next time you come, Mr. Bone.

The leopard

never changes his spots.

I want to know what Tansy Bestigui
was lying about that night.

And the chap on the CCTV?

That's going to take a bit of time.

That's where the answer
lies, I'm sure of it.

How much do you know much about
your uncle's movements on that day?

Er, he was in the office all
day, and then he went to

Oxford for a conference, er,

popped in here on the
way out to see Mum...

Why?

I just need to be absolutely
sure we know exactly who Lula

- saw on the day she d*ed.
- Tony didn't see her.

He didn't visit Kentigern Gardens
that day, I am sure of that.

OK.

What...?

Oh, no, wait. Hold the camera,

hold the camera, hold the camera...

Oh, no! Hold the pet there.

Oh, oh... I've got her, I've got her...

Oh...

Oh, no. Oh, no, I've got
something on my lips!

Oh, my little Roch.

Mwah! This is my little Roch.

My little Roch knows more
about me than you lot ever will.

Mmm! Mmm!

- Oh, wow! Like... Like, like...
- [LAUGHTER]

[HE STOPS THE VIDEO]

[TRAIN RUMBLES]

If you see anything suspicious...

[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK]

Over here, now! Over here, darling!

Over here!

God, did you hear about poor Rochelle?

Course I did.

Every time somebody dies,
the cops are on my case.

- Who are you?
- Evan, this is Cormoran Strike.

He's Jonny Rokeby's son.

I know your old man a bit, as it goes.

Still got it, hasn't he?

Yeah, full of it. I don't
think he'll ever lose it.

Oi, not there. Out!

So, Cormoran is a
private investigator...

I thought you said he was Rokeby's son.

The two aren't incompatible.

What are you investigating?

I've been hired by Lula
Landry's family to review

the circumstances of her death.

Being a size zero, it was
easy enough for me to

- get her out the window.
- Oh, stop it, Evan.

Honestly, I don't like it when...

It's what they say on
the internet, isn't it?

"Must have been Evan."

This is breaking my buzz completely.

- I don't want to break your buzz, Evan.
- But you are, though.

Ambushing me, asking me
questions about Lula...

I haven't asked you anything.

He didn't even know you
were going to be here.

Get him away from me.
Get the f*ck away from me!

Listen, I want him out! Get him out.

He's harassing me!

[CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK]

[MATCH SCRAPES]

Ciara called me. She's
coming out in a sec.

- [CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK]
- Ciara! Hey, Ciara, over here now!

Ciara, who's the new fella?!

Over here, darling, please!
To me, please!

I'm so sorry about that.

- [CAR DOOR CLOSES]
- Evan always gets

a bit fretty when he's off the gear.

Where do you want to go now?

Do you mind terribly if we
have a nightcap at mine?

I have an early start tomorrow.

["God Knows" by Dornik plays]

♪ God knows that I love you ♪

♪ Too bad you don't have to ♪

♪ No, no ♪

♪ You're the girl that I... ♪

[GLASSES CLINK]

[CIARA LAUGHS]

You've actually read Proust?

In French, too.

He's often quite funny.

I have a deferred place at Cambridge
to read modern languages,

I'll have you know.

Your mum's in there,

wearing the most fabulous
Ossie Clark buttermilk dress.

This is more the sort
of place I imagined

a supermodel would live...

than Kentigern Gardens.

Yeah, it was a bit of a luxury prison.

Sientete.

But Lula could really hide herself
away from everybody there.

Sometimes she'd open the
window, and she'd call me...

[HE EXHALES]

... and we'd pretend to bark
across the city to each other

like in 101 Dalmatians.

It was funny at the time.

Evan came here the night she d*ed.

The tabloids obviously tried to make

- out he came here for a revenge shag.
- Did he?

We listened to some demos for his album,

smoked some weed and went to sleep.

Lula was my friend.

Yeah... Sorry.

Guy's marvellous detachable linings.

Very handy for models in clubs.

No, thanks.

[SHE COUGHS GENTLY]

Besides,

Evan's not really my type.

- No?
- Mm-mm.

I don't usually go for pretty boys.

That's a shame. I thought I
might be in with a chance.

[SHE LAUGHS]

The other leg's the one with
nerve endings, by the way.

I know about your leg.

I'm quite amputee-curious, actually.

You'll be disappointed.

There's literally nothing to see.

[SHE LAUGHS]

You know you said you know
my dad and my brother...

I haven't.

[DISTANT SIREN WAILS]

[DRILL SCREECHES]

Morning!

[DOOR SLAMS]

Hmm...

[CORMORAN GROANS]

_

What?

[HE EXHALES]

I went and sat at William
Blake's grave last night.

OK.

Any particular reason?

I like to check in on
him from time to time.

You see, Blake was into free love.

Don't restrict your desires.

Was he?

Has anybody told you, you
are absolutely gorgeous?

Here he is.

Enjoy yourself with Ciara, did you?

The girl's pure filth.

Come on through to my office.

Does the family think it was me?

- No, I don't think so.
- Do you?

Well, you've got a nasty temper,
but your alibi's strong.

Yeah, well, I was lucky someone saw me

without the wolf-head on because...

the Old Bill would love
to get me sent down.

You're probably right about that.

I miss Lules, you know.

We had some fights, but

we also had a laugh together.

You came here to tell me more than that.

- Freddie Bestigui...
- What about him?

He was always pestering
Lula to be in his films.

Could she act?

Let's just say talent isn't
a number-one requirement,

but Lula, she's box office.

She turned him down?

Well, she hated him.

Then he wanted to do
a biopic with me in it,

but, I mean, it never came to nothing

cos the Bristow family
went full cease and desist.

We had lunch and I got friendly
with one of his assistants...

I'm guessing that's a girl.

See, this Georgia,

she tells me he's, like,
a massive control freak,

obsessed with his wife's coke habit,

like it's personal.

In restaurants, if Tansy doesn't
order three courses plus cheese,

he takes her pulse to
check she ain't using.

Anyway, this one time,

Georgia says, the worm's turned.

Even Tansy's had enough,

and she goes to him, "Stop it, Freddie.

"Let go of my wrist, unless you
want me to tell the police

"where I really was
the night Lula d*ed."

Bye, Robin. Sorry I gave you a fright.

- That's all right.
- I'm doing a secret gig next month.

You're on the guest
list with a minus-one.

Well, thank you very much.

Are those Guy Some gloves?

God, yeah.

I must have picked them up somewhere.

[DOOR OPENS]

Could you look up the train
times to Iver Heath please?

Mm-hmm.

Are you planning on going to
Freddie's office at Pinewood?

Yeah, I'm just going to try
and blag my way in somehow.

Well, there's not much point.

I finally got hold of his PA.

He left for the Miami Film
Festival this morning,

and from there he's going
to LA for a few days.

I'm still going out.

I'm hoping to catch Tansy Bestigui,

so I'll be gone the rest of the day.

Well, I won't be around
early afternoon anyway.

Why not?

Job interview.

I did write it in the diary.

Fine.

[DRAWER OPENS]

[SHE EXHALES]

Oh, yes, I'm definitely a people person.

- Oh, that was amazing.
- Yeah, finally.

[ENGINE PURRS]

I've been talking about it
for God knows how long...

That's it. That's it, and so, erm...

Thank you so much for that.
That was fantastic.

We'll do it again. Have a good one.

[CAR DOOR SLAMS]

[CAMERA BEEPS]

[CAMERA BEEPS]

So you didn't finish your
university degree...

No.

And you were studying psychology?

That's right.

Why did you leave?

Sorry?

Why did you leave university
before your final exams?

I had...

It was a personal reason.

Oh, that's fine. That's fine.
You don't have to...

It wasn't academic, though?

No, not academic. No.

No, I loved my course.

I was hoping for a first.

Well, psychology plays a big
part in human resources.

So, Robin, just to kick us off,

could you tell us three people
you consider inspirational?

[SHE EXHALES]

[INAUDIBLE]

I can't believe you're even
thinking about not taking it.

It... it was just so
bland and corporate.

Like where I work, you mean?

No, I didn't mean that.

You love your job.

When I was a kid, I wanted to
be an astronaut, but, you know,

Robin...

Obviously, I can't make you
take a job you don't want.

Well, that's good to know.

I'm not eating courgette, by the way.

Fine, you can have pasta.

Fine.

[CAR HORN HONKS]

Well, yes, thank you. That's
very kind of you to say so.

Yes, I will certainly do that.

Thank you, bye.

[SHE EXHALES]

So, how did the job interview go?

Well, that was them just
calling to say I got the job.

That was quick. You must
have really impressed them.

Mm-hmm. I said I was
passionate about people.

[HE CHUCKLES]

Yeah, well, we all need to jump

through the hoops from time to time.

They'll be lucky to have you.

I don't gossip.

When your sister came in to the office,

she said that I told her everything...

Half-sister. Don't worry,

I know what Lucy can be like.

I understand about confidentiality,

especially in this job.

I told Matt a tiny bit
about Lula Landry, but...

Robin, don't worry about it.
You're discreet, I can see that.

[SHE BREATHES DEEPLY]

When do you start?

Next week.

Do you want to see
something interesting?

Mm-hmm.

[CAMERA BEEPS]

Bloody hell. Is that...?

John Bristow's uncle, with his
hand on Tansy Bestigui's arse.

I hate it when men do that in public.

So, what does this mean for...?

I don't fully know yet.

What are you going to do with it?

Use it for a bit of shock and awe.

[HE KNOCKS ON DOOR]

Go away or I'll call...

Tony Landry again? Get him
to meet me in a restaurant?

I've got nothing to say to you.

[HIS FOOT STOPS THE DOOR]
Or perhaps a hotel?

Move your foot.

[DOOR CLOSES]

I can tell you straight away
that my husband will both see

and query any money I give you, so...

I don't want money. Information.

- And unless you get it...
- No, only paying clients get to see

evidence of their cheating partners.

- How very moral of you...
- Well, not everybody in my profession

would be so scrupulous, Tansy,

especially seeing as you are
perverting the course of justice.

You have no idea...

About what?

Anything.

Where were you on the night Lula d*ed?

I was here.

I was here with my husband.

I told the truth.

Well, I believe you were here,

I believe you were with your
husband, but I'd like to know

why you were shivering with the
cold when you ran into the lobby.

I'd just seen Lula fall.

Derrick came running.

It was shock.

Had Freddie found
something in your handbag?

Had he caught you doing a
sneaky line in the bathroom?

Or did he check your pulse as
you were getting ready for bed?

He locked you out on that
balcony in your underwear

on a freezing night.

That's where you were when Lula fell.

- No.
- Yes, because you heard something,

and that's the only place you
could have heard something.

He likes punishments, doesn't he?

Confining somebody to a
small, uncomfortable space

that's the first w*apon in
the torturer's handbook.

My husband isn't a torturer.

Do you have children?

No.

Ever wanted any children?

Not really.

I have.

A little, er,

girl I could sing to each night, and

brush her hair,

and later,

when I got old,

we could have tea together
and talk about our lives.

[SHE WHIMPERS]

[SHE CLEARS HER THROAT]

He didn't want me

to have a job,

he didn't want us to have kids,

so

This is what I have.

Tony...

Mm-mm.

[SHE SNIFFLES]

Family image is everything to him.

He'd never leave them.

Just tell me what you
heard out there, Tansy.

Tell me because, by protecting

a sadist, you might be
letting a m*rder*r go free.

Talk to me, Tansy.

Two voices shouting.

The only thing she
remembers hearing clearly is,

"It's too late. I've already done it."

Lula?

Done what?

I don't know yet.

And she didn't recognise
the other voice?

No.

Well, it can't have been Freddie.

You wouldn't lock your wife on
the balcony and then run upstairs

and push another woman from
the one straight overhead.

Agreed.

So Evan was...

Was pointing the finger,
for whatever reason.

Hmm...

God, her life sounds awful.

Yeah, she should leave him.

Do you think she will?

No.

[PHONE BUZZES]

It's me.

Charlotte,

what do you want?

Come back now, or you lose me for good.

[HE SIGHS]

What time is it?

Early.

I've got a man cave, too, you know,

but it's attached to a house.

Let's get some breakfast.

Annoyingly,

some of your questions
about Rochelle Onifade

- got stuck in my head.
- Well, I thought so.

That point about the
size of the water t*nk

you were right.

That was a good call. That was smart.

The water was still running hot.

No, it doesn't stack up at
all with the breakdown of

the dr*gs in her body.

- She was m*rder*d.
- So...?

Well, that doesn't mean
anything to Lula Landry.

[HE TAKES A DEEP BREATH]

Could be just some dealer
Rochelle pissed off.

Could be, although it's
a lot of trouble to go to

when a Kn*fe would have done the job.

Yeah.

[WAITER SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE,
CORMORAN REPLIES]

Anstis said you were a good cop.

Yeah? He told me you saved his life

and support the Arsenal

I'm not sure which is the
bigger error of judgment.

He exaggerates about the former.
[HE EXHALES]

I don't want to make anybody look,

you know, but

you made a mistake
with Tansy Bestigui...

- [WARDLE SCOFFS]
- ... cos she was on the balcony

and she did hear somebody else upstairs.

Now, I'd like to see the full CCTV
from around Kentigern Gardens.

Would you, now?

Well, what do I get?

Credit. Shared information.

I can do stuff you can't.

It's not too late to be on
the right side of this one.

[HE CHUCKLES]

♪ If you keep dancin' on me, girl ♪

♪ I'll be tempted to
touch Tempted to touch ♪

♪ Tempted to touch Tempted to touch ♪

♪ It's like we alone in this
club Alone in this club ♪

♪ If you keep dancin' on me, girl ♪

♪ I'll be tempted to touch... ♪

[HE SLAMS LAPTOP SHUT]

Morning.

I'm going to Kentigern Gardens now.

OK.

And tomorrow we're going to Vashti,

Lula's favourite clothes shop.

You'll be trying on some frocks.

I'll be your brother, trying
to find a suitable gift

for my wedding anniversary.

How come?

Somebody in there's talking
to the press about Lula.

I want to find out who it is, what
they know and how they know it.

[PHONE RINGS]

[SHE CLEARS HER THROAT]

Cormoran Strike's office...

[IN SCOUSE ACCENT]: No,
sorry, she's not here any more.

No, I don't, sorry.

My name?

I'm Ashlee Jones, his new assistant,

and that's L-double-E, not I-G-H.

You're very welcome.

Temporary Solutions are on my case.

I'm not sure they quite believed me.

I suppose it doesn't matter
if they blacklist you

now you've got a permanent job.

I'm going to pick up some lunch on
the way back. Do you want anything?

Miso soup day.

Bad luck.

[DOOR SLAMS]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[DOOR BUZZES]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Do you want me to let
you up into Lula's flat?

I'd like to see the pool again.

That night, you gave Tansy a
towel because she was cold.

It's handy, the way there was one
just lying about at your desk.

I travel in every day from East Croydon.

Sometimes I can't sleep
because of the hours and

all the stuff in my head, and...

But swimming

really helps, you know?

Of course.

You left your desk, didn't you?

Look, I can't afford to lose this job.

I owe money on my credit
cards, and my kids have lots

and lots of birthdays.

[HE SIGHS] Look,

how long were you in here?

20 minutes? Half an hour?

About that.

50 laps.

I'm not going to tell anyone, I promise.

Thanks.

Is anybody in the Deeby
Macc flat right now?

[HE SIGHS] Come on, then.

[PHONE RINGS]

Cormoran Strike's office...

Erm, I'm sorry, he's not in at the
moment. Can I take a message?

Yeah. You may say that
Charlotte Campbell called...

I will pass that on.

Please make sure you do.

It's very important.

And this flat's been
empty for three months?

These luxury rentals often sit empty.

I think some couple from Singapore
are about to take the lease.

Ah...

Any deliveries here that day?

Yeah, erm,

Freddie Bestigui sent
Deeby some flowers.

Did Lula get any flowers as well?

Not that I know of.

Definitely didn't deliver roses

up to her flat that day?

No.

[CAMERA BEEPS]

Were there any other deliveries here?

Yeah, all sorts champagne, a hoodie,

leather gloves, some fashion designer...

- Which one?
- I don't know.

Actually, yeah, I do,

cos I called him Guy Some,

and they all laughed and said
it wasn't pronounced that way.

[PRONOUNCING IT THE
FRENCH WAY]: Guy Some.

- Yeah.
- OK.

Oh, er, somebody else, erm...

The Nighthawk Security came
in to fix the alarm pad,

and Lechsinka, the cleaner,
she was in for a bit.

Quite a bit of coming and going, then.

Yeah, up until the early evening,

and then it all just d*ed off.

Good. Well, that's all for now.

No offence, but I hope
"now" means "ever".

[DOOR OPENS]

- [DOOR SLAMS]
- Oh, this came for you.

_

[HE CHUCKLES]

I think Lula Landry was m*rder*d, Robin.

There, white roses just like
the ones Freddie sent to

Deeby Macc that day,

but this photo was taken in Lula's flat.

Now, how did they get there?

My guess is the k*ller took
them from the flat downstairs.

How did they get in there?

I don't know, but they could've
easily snuck in that day

amid all the hustle and bustle
deliveries, cleaners...

The one big mistake
they made was to leave

the flowers in Lula's flat when
they fled in such a hurry.

Then they got lucky.
Derrick wasn't on his desk

- for the reasons I thought...
- Swimming.

Yup, so the k*ller scarpers.

Freddie lets Tansy back
in to stop her screaming.

The k*ller gets out just
before Tansy hits the lobby

and Derrick arrives back from the pool.

So, who do you think it is?

That's still a work in progress,

but it's the same person
who k*lled Rochelle.

I just need to find out why.

Crispy duck with extra pancakes

day for me. Are you quite sure?

What's up?

Charlotte Campbell rang.

What did she say?

She just said, "Tell him
Charlotte Campbell called.

"Soon to be Mrs. Jago Ross."

OK, thanks.

I probably won't be back
until the end of the day.

[REVERSING TRUCK BEEPS]

Hi.

[SLURRING]: Ah, Robin.

It's late. What are you doing here?

I was looking for you.

You are a very nice person.

Don't go anywhere. I'll
just get myself a drink.

I won't go anywhere, cross my heart.

Actually, Robin, I'm a wee bit pissed.

I'll have a white wine, please.

Small or large?

Extra large!

Small, please.

Lightweight.

Put it on the super tab.

Thanks.

Do you know what I
like about you, Robin?

You're a very decent person

and you have good skills.

A skill set.

Thanks.

I think...

you've got to know
when to ask a question

and when to not ask a question.

Give people time.

Yeah.

Have you eaten anything?

No, I'm not hungry.

Oh, come on, it can't be that bad.

[HE SNORTS SOFTLY]

Have you got a light?

You can't smoke in here.

Oh... They're ruined, pubs.

Pubs used to be bloody brilliant.

I remember when this were all pubs.

Nothing but pubs.

Even the buses, Robin,
they were mobile pubs.

- Happy days.
- They were happy,

and you know what's ruined everything?

[SLURRING]: It's digitalisation.

Letters

- gone. What happened to love letters?
- Ah, digitalisation...

That's what I said. You're not going
to write a love-mail, are you?

- Well, I...
- No, you can't. Exactly.

Internet groceries...

What? What's so hard about

going to the supermarket,
you lazy fuckers?

And now you can't even
have a f*g in a pub,

and there aren't any council houses

- or love letters any more.
- [MAN LAUGHS]

What are you laughing at?

You think it's funny that
people can't afford to live

near their place of work any more,

- Cormoran, let's go.
- Beardy?

Sorry.

Are you all right? Let's go.

[SLURRING]: I'm a bit sad, Robin.

I know.

[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]

[KEYS JINGLE]

[RATTLING]

I don't need those.

Well, just in case.

[KEYS CLATTER]

Are you going to be OK for
Vashti in the morning?

Course I am.

I'm a very lucky person, Robin.

First,

I have the kind of metabolism
where I can eat what I want

and stay pencil-thin...

And second, I don't...

I don't really get hangovers.

Well, that is lucky.

[HE GROANS]

Bastard leg's bloody k*lling me.

Cruelty or mercy?

Hmm?

Kid with a g*n.

He could have sh*t me
after the expl*si*n,

but he looked at my leg...

And just winked.

Maybe a bit of both.

Maybe so.

You go home!

- I'm all right now.
- Right.

I'm switching the light out.

Yeah.

[LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYS FROM OUTSIDE]

[HE EXHALES]

[CORMORAN BREATHES HEAVILY]

f*ck.

f*cking hell.

[WHISPERING]: f*ck.

It was you.

You k*lled Lula.

Lula Landry came in
here a lot, didn't she?

The day she d*ed. This changing room.

You're not the first young lady
who's come asking about him.

What's this really about?

I think it was very sudden and brutal.

Tony didn't want us to have her.

I always had Lula's best
interests at heart, always.

Get out of my studio.

You think she was k*lled
because she made a will?

He'll k*ll again if he has to.
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