01x05 - Episode 5

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- The phones don't work.
- They could be back up

today. It could be
the end of next week.

Shall we continue in sin
that grace may abound?

You have
no idea how hard it is

for me to be stable.

I need to

know what's real. I
need to know who's

real. I need to be
around people I can

trust. I need to be
around adults.

It's not about The True
Way. It's about me.

I don't think they k*lled
Cai. And whoever

did has been faking
the connection to The

True Way.



They're not taking any
further action against us.

Insufficient evidence.

I wanted to tell you myself.

You baffle me.
You really do.

He was a predator
...a beast.

It could have been
you, next time.

Someone you know.

Mad about that lad
who topped himself.

But then I was like...
yeah.

Have you ever
tried talking to her?

I was like, believe

me, I've considered
chucking myself out

the window a few times.

That could have been
your whole career.

All of it...
gone.

You dried old b*tch.

You left these at my flat.

I went forensic
on the place.

Got rid of every trace of you.

I don't get it.

I thought we had something
and then you do this.

I thought we had something, too.

And then you put a
suspect in a coma.

Was it worth it?

Yeah.

It was over.

It was
Mihangel.

It could still be Mihangel.

He just wasn't
acting alone.

We only think that because
of what they did to his body.

So what if
it was a prank?

You know, someone's bored,

they get his body,
draw some random

symbols on it, but
it's not connected.

How bored do
people get here?

Well, I'm not saying this
wouldn't be a step up, yeah.

I want this to be over
as much as you do.

What they did to Mihangel's
body makes it ongoing.

A conversation they
want to continue.

We have to ask
ourselves why?

Because they've
got more to say.

Is Gruffudd friends with the funeral
directors, the Cowther's?

Yeah. Him and Leslie,
the dad, they go way back.

Why?

Well, they literally
had a dead body

stolen from right
under their noses.

Is he really called
Leslie Crowther?

You still think it's
Gruffudd, then?

I think he's connected, yeah.

You gonna talk to him?

No point until we've
got more evidence.

I'm good. I just
got up too quickly.

Look, what if, ehhm..

What if, I spoke to him?

And say what?

I don't know... Umm..

Come on, Gruffudd.

What's going on?

Yeah, that should do it.

Okay, well, we need to
do something, don't we?

Now somebody's
making threats against you.

Actual threats.

You know the cops I
reported back home.

I was explicitly told
if I pursue it and

then one day I'm
on patrol and I need

urgent assistance,
none would be

forthcoming. So
this doesn't scare me.

If I changed who I
am because of some

threat, then they'd win.

I'm gonna go talk to the
Crowther's,

see if they've
got any CCTV.

Say we might get lucky and

they're all on video
loading Mihangel's

body into Gruffudd's Volvo.

All right?

Hey, you, ummm,
hear about Mihangel?

That's mad, isn't it?

Like that film with Brad Pitt
and... Gwyneth Paltrow's head.

Do you know what you're
doing today?

Kettle has just
boiled by the way.

Didn't Grace tell you what
happened with Silas's file?

No.

No, she. Oh, wait, no.

Yeah, she did.

She said you had it.

- Did you find it then?
- I took it from her car...

when she crashed.

I hid it. That's
why it was missing.

Because I didn't want
her to solve the case.

Because I don't
want it to leave.

Anyway, she sacked me.

I'm here because I
wanted to say sorry.. again.

- Bloody hell, Winter.
- I'm not in The True Way, I swear.

I know.

I know you're not.

How is she?

It's chaos.

We're nowhere.

And someone's made
a threat against her.

Left a message on
Mihangel's body.

Right, that's it.
You're letting me help.

I don't care what she says.

Help how?

Anyway. She's sacked you. So.

You said yourself,
you're nowhere.

Please.

I want to make it up to her.

Grace thinks there's
something fishy about

Bethan now as well.

Fishy how?

No one's seen her...

and she didn't take
her laptop.

It was in her bedroom.
Grace saw it.

Has anyone checked it out?
There might be something on it.

Nah, we'd need a warrant.

We can't even make
a phone call until the

storm passes and
lines are back up.

How about I have a look?

I sneak in, open it up, see
what she was chatting about.

You get caught, sneak in?

I used to sneak into
people's houses all the time.

What? I didn't nick
anything. Just have a look

around, make a
sandwich, watch some telly.

You ever sneak
into my house?

We're getting off topic.

This could solve the
whole thing.

And if I get caught, it's on me.

I'll say you had
nothing to do with.

No, no. Look, we
can't. It's just... It's just.

That's ridiculous.

You ever been to
Gruffudd's house?

No.

Always wanted to.
The police sergeant. He

was my Moby d*ck.

No.

Oh, my lord. Boys.
How many

times? We do not
impersonate the dead.

Sergeant. I am so
sorry. Allow me.

This is a crime scene.
They shouldn't be in here.

Well, as our place of
business, the degree

of traffic is inevitable. Eric!

Stop laughing now.

Alun. Shoes.

You don't have any
other bodies. Not real

ones. So stay out and
lock the f*cking door.

Understood,
but I would ask you to

moderate your language
in front of my boys.

They're easily stimulated.

I'm gonna need to see the footage
from any security cameras you have.

We don't have any.

Alas, we never
felt the need.

Well, you might want to
review that, given a dead

body turned up on the
other side of town last night.

Well...

Mihangel always

was the restless type.

Yeah.

That would explain why
there's no sign of a break in.

Do you notice this blue
tinge here on his underside?

This is called liver
mortis. It's when the

blood pools in the
lowest parts of the

body. After that
comes putrefaction and

decomposition.

Death has seasons.

You see.

You're all right there,
sergeant?.

Don't look the full ticket.

Who else has keys to
this room?

No one you wouldn't expect.
There might be a set in

your police station,
the doctor's surgery,

- the vicarage.
- I'm gonna need statements

from all of you.

And the names of anyone

who can vouch for your
whereabouts last night.

Well, let's not dally. And your

timing's perfect. We've
not had our breakfast.

Come to the station.

In the meantime,
stay out of here, okay?

I really think you
should stay.

You look warm.
We'd like to spoil you.

Would you get out of my way?

Please.

Of course.

You try and get some
rest, though.

Could be a long day.

Hiya.

You right, then?

What?

Last night?
Mihangel.

I'm... I'm okay, thanks.

Listen, we need to talk to
you about Bethan Prosser.

We think there
might be a link to Cai.

So we need to have a look at her
laptop, but probably gonna be a password.

You two are pals. So...
Thought you might know it.

Did she have a favourite colour,
favourite number?

Who has
a favourite number?

I do.


It's got a bit of everything.

Is she police now?

Oh, God, no. No. She's
just helping out today.

And only today. I
made her promise.

I don't know, Owen.

I don't want to get anyone
into trouble?

Look, no one's
gonna get into trouble.

Gruffudd might
get into trouble.

Swiftie forever.

Swift, as in Taylor
Swift, then ie, then

the number four,
then ever. All one word.

Swiftie4ever.

....

was.

How did you know, saying Gruffudd
would get in trouble, would do it?

You wouldn't understand.

She's a young woman
in a world of garment

faced men. It's exhausting.

Why are they interested in Bethan
all of a sudden?

I don't know.

Some link to Cai.

I don't think has
anything to do with....

...this.

Take it off.

I said
take your mask off.

Get back. What do
you want? What do you

want from me? Get
back. Take your masks off.

Don't hurt me. Don't hurt me.

- Don't hurt me.
- Get out of the way. You look ridiculous.

It's all right.

I've got you.

- What happened?
- You collapsed.

Oh, God. Seriously? Well,
I have to get back to work.

Work? You need to rest.

- Five minutes. You're exhausted.
- One minute.

Why is everyone
wearing masks?

Seems to be a characteristic
of St. Jory. That the

longer they're cut
off from the mainland,

the weirder they
become.

- It's been two days,
- but a lot of them are morons.

Grace, you're awake.
How you feeling?

Fine, thank you.
Uh... embarrassed.

Oh, don't be daft.

Drink some of that.
It'll sort you right

out. And you wouldn't
be falling over if

you started having breakfast.

You heard the lady.

That's very sour.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Are you okay?

I, uh...

I stopped taking
my medication today.

Why?

I don't want to spend
what time I have left lost in

a fog of nausea and fatigue.

So I'm leaving my
fate up to the gods.

I really hope they can hear you.

Sometimes on St.
Jory, it feels like

we're cut off from them too.

Hiya.
Gruffudd?

Oh, great, you're in.

I'm making lunch
for Minh.

You, um....

You got
a minute?

Look, umm...

What it is, is, uh. I know

you and Grace got
off on the wrong foot.

I know she can
be a bit.... stubborn.

But that goes for
you, too. Gruffudd.

Do you think I k*lled Cai?

Take your time.
Christ, man.

What? Um.

No. No, I don't.

I'd be the one
defending you. I'd be the

one saying that's daft.

It's like....

You didn't like him.
That's why it gets weird.

He was just a kid.
You were a grown man.

Maybe you just didn't
care that he was missing.

There's all these gaps.

Gap's is it?

... changed.

And it's not just me
who thinks it. Elan

doesn't know who
she's married to. That

.... would be body
snatch, she says.

I protected this
island for 30 years.

When my Simone had
her heart attack, I was

back at my desk by
the end of the week.

When Bethan...

I was back at my desk by the
end of the week.

There. Write
that down.

Should fill those gaps nicely.

But there's stuff that
doesn't make sense about

Bethan now as well.

Tread carefully, lad.

We don't want to find ourselves
somewhere we can't get back from.

If someone asked me,
where were you on

the night....
I'd be like...

He was at home. He was... I
don't know.. at the pub.

I would want to help.

Look, as for Bethan, if it's

just a coincidence,
then great.

Just have
it out.

No one's doubting what you...

You, Gruffudd is
stuff of legend. Ask anyone.

But there's questions...

about decisions you made
about where you were.

I won't dignify them.

Didn't get them
in a raffle.



You know what else


The right to say, 'move on'.

Nothing to answer.

And for that to be that, 30
years means I get heard.

I'll tell you what 30 years
has got you, Gruffudd.

Me ignoring what's
right in front of my eyes.

It's got me
making house calls

behind my sergeant's
back, begging you

just to have a conversation.

You want to be heard, but
don't want to talk to her. Fine.

You can talk to me.

But you're not you
any more.

You're her.

I can smell her on you.

I tried.

I really did.

We've....

We have got
something to show you.

We?

She's not
part of this any more.

Didn't she tell you?
She's just people now.

My hearing's just fine,
though, so no worries there.

We think we've got a motive
for Gruffudd.

Don't, um.... Don't freak out,
but

Winter saw some emails...

on Bethan's laptop.

Between her and Cai.

Bethan's laptop is in her
room in Gruffudd's house.

Do you have a warrant
I don't know about?

You said you wouldn't
freak out.

I don't. I don't
think I did say that.

So, what,
you asked to see them,

and Gruffudd was
like, sure, why not?

No.

Then I'm confused,
because it sounds like you

accessed them without
anyone's permission.

Is that what
you did?

Look, let me just tell
you what they said.

Owen.

Is that what you did?

Okay.

Did anyone see you?

We, um.

We think Minh did.

You have jeopardized
this whole case. You

understand that,
don't you. You have

f*cked it. All of it.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. I'll
have to report you.

How am I here again?

Why does this keep
happening to me?

We did it because we were
worried about you.

You had an actual death
threat. We had to do something.

No, don't tell yourself this
was a courageous thing.

You did it because
you have a crush on me.

And you did it because
you want this case

over with, because
it makes you sad.

He was all we have. And
now we can't go near him.

The only way.
The only way I'll get

Gruffudd now is if he
literally hands himself in.

You can both
see him, too, right?

This is an informal
conversation I am

participating in of my
own accord because

of my eagerness to find
out who k*lled Cai Prideaux.

And obviously,

anything Winter or
Owen may have seen on

my daughter's laptop
is inadmissible.

I don't know what
they found.

I wouldn't let
them tell me.

By entering my house under

false pretences, they
have committed burglary.

And accessing
her laptop without

consent is a breach
of data protection.

I am deciding whether
or not to press charges.

Let me know if
you do. I'll help.

So where do you
want to start?

Your vendetta against
Cai? Being AWOL for 2

hours while he lay
dying? The half hour

search? Stonewalling
my inquiries? You choose.

If you had enough to
arrest me, you would.

But there's nothing
to eliminate you either.

I keep throwing you

ropes. I keep
saying, explain this,

explain that, but
you never do.

What eliminates me is the
lifetime I spent sat in that chair.

- I don't care. It doesn't count.
- It should count.

- A man's words should matter.
- Why are you even here?

To tell me that?

I know what your plan is.

I wish to God I had a plan.

- You want my pension.
- I don't want your pension.

You want to ruin me.

- You want to cancel me.
- I want to find who k*lled Cai.

And if that wasn't you, then surely
some part of you wants that, too.

Let's start at the beginning.

Why was there no investigation
into Bethan's disappearance?

Because I knew she'd
gone to the mainland.

She packed a bag and took
some pictures of her mother.

And a week later, I took her laptop to
a place in Swansea and got it opened.

And there was an
email from Cai Prideaux

wishing her a safe trip.

She deleted everything else, so he
must have sent it after she'd gone.

And there was the whole
thread underneath it.

He'd arranged it all
for her.

Booked her
ferry ticket. Set her

up with a new phone,
email, new bank account.

And that's why you
hated Cai?

Because he helped
her leave you.

So when you found him
in Lucy's garden, it was

your chance to get
your own back.

You knew that he had a
crush on Lucy, so you told

him she was sleeping
with his dad.

Well, you know what
happened then, don't you?

Cai and Ian had a
massive row. He ran away

and then he died.

Sorry, I interrupted your flow.

The next day, Ian
turns up at the station

because Cai hadn't
come home. But then the

widow's veil landed, so there
wasn't anything we could do.

Wait a second. You were
missing during the widow's veil?

I wasn't missing. I
stayed at home because

it was Minh's first
one, so I wanted to

make sure she was
all right.

Then I ran out of drink,
so I told Min there was a

cow loose and went
to the pub.

The pub was closed.

Lowri was there.

She had the flu,

So she hadn't gone to
the hall with everyone else.

So I sat with her
for a couple of hours.

Doing what?

Talking. Drinking.

- Ask her.
- Oh, I intend to.

So what happened
after the storm cleared?

Ian wanted everyone
out looking for Cai,

but it was my belief he'd
gone to the mainland too.

Anyway...

Me and Owen
searched the island.

- Most of the island.
- Didn't find anything

and so thought
that was that.

In hindsight....

that was an error.

So, in this email thread, did
Bethan say where she was going?

Hmm.

- It's not relevant.
- It's called policing, Gruffudd.

I need to check that out too.

She's at university.

Leeds.

Doing a degree in sustainable
fashion, whatever the hell that is.

She's using her
mother's maiden name.

Boyd.

That's pretty definitive.

This wasn't just some
teenager spreading her wings.

She erased any
connection to you.

Why?

She didn't like me.

That happens.

Parents and their kids.

it's not always like a story.

After her mother died,
it was just the two of us.

Perhaps I could
have been softer.

And she was called
Simone. She...

uhh...

I think that's why
Cai and Beth got on.

They... had this in common.

I've got your thing
for Lucy now.

- I don't have a thing for Lucy.
- I don't mean a sexual thing.

She was your last link to Bethan,
just as she was Ian's last link to Cai.

Yeah, but unlike Ian...

I never wanted to
screw her.

Oh, take that moral high
ground where you can, Gruffudd.

You didn't k*ll him, but
you sent Cai to his death.

So....

got everything you want?

No, but who does?

Step outside for
a minute, please.

Well?

It wasn't him.

sh*t. Really?

Yeah, Gruffudd totally
hated him, but he

didn't k*ll him.

While Cai was dying in

the shelter, Gruffudd
was in the pub with Lowri.

Do you want me
to double check that?

No.

Actually, yeah,
still an as*h*le.

Let's make him
sweat a bit.

Where does
this leave us?

Right back at
square one.

Well, I meant us.

You and me.

Oh, here's all we bloody need.

Something I can
help you with, Dylan?

Somebody tried to
steal one of my boats

this morning. Dragged
it as far as they

could to the water.

Then tried to smash
the bow.

We're a bit pushed at the

moment, but I'll come
by later, yeah?

No, it's fine. I'll take
a look. Go ahead,

Dylan. I'll meet
you there.

You...

okay to talk to Lowri?

Is this boat thing
really worth the bother?

Think about it. Why is someone
trying to leave the island now?

The storm's still between
us and the mainland, right?

It's really dangerous.
They must be desperate.

Why? Are they
connected? Have

they been threatened to?

You didn't answer
my question.

About what happens
with you and me.

Oh, we're not
going to laugh about

this one day, if
that's what you mean.

I need you to stop
coming here. That's

twice now you've
jeopardized the investigation.

Do it again and I'll arrest you.

Fine.

I came here to
say goodbye.

Listen, you're right.
First time was a

d*ck move. The
second time - no regrets.

I did it to keep you safe.

It's great you have this
massive b*ner for the law.

But be careful
you don't wake up

all alone one day
and realise, oh sh*t,

the law just wasn't
that into you.

Catch you on the
flip side, dickhead.

Right. You can go home.

Owen's going to talk to
Lowri. I'll let you know if there's

anything else we need.

And if it all checks out
with Lowri, which it will.

I don't know.

Go about your day.

I think I'll stay.

Why? I need to talk to Dylan.

I want you to tell
me to my face.

Come home, Gruffudd.

I'm fine. You go, love.

You've not had any lunch.

Has this ever
happened before?

People aren't
unusually daft enough.

The weather's still
mad over the water.

That's why I reported it.

Someone's
looking to get drowned.

All right, Mister Prosser?

Ohh...

Lucy!

Hello love.

Is Grace around or Owen?

No, they've been
called away.

Right.

Is there anything
I can do to help?

Umm...

no, I....

So is Grace gone long, then?

Well...

There's no telling.

I could take a message
if you like.

I don't know.

You don't know?

All right. Umm..

Tell them, I was walking
past the church and I could

hear shouts from inside,
like someone's trapped.

Someone's trapped in
the church?

That's my message.

Someone's trapped in
the church.

Did anyone else from
the island disappear

around the same time
as Cai?

Uhhh...Not that we
heard about. Why?

Well, if someone's

trying to leave St.
Jory now, perhaps

they did the same a year
ago when Cai disappeared.

But how do we find
out, though?

With this.

This CCTV footage of the
tourists getting on the ferry last year.

Every time we've
looked, we've been

trying to spot Cai.
We didn't think to

check if someone else was
trying to leave the island.

How did it go with Lowri?

Yeah, ehh... she confirmed
Gruffudd's story.

He was with her for
the 2 hours, complaining

about how no one speaks
clearly on TV any more.

How did he take it?

Well, I haven't told him yet.

See him later if you want.

He wasn't
here. Well, he made a

whole thing of being
told face to face.

Here. See if you
can recognise anyone

getting onto the boat.

Well?

Sorry,

it's none of us.
Just tourists.

Bollocks!

Wait.

Someone missed the boat.

Who is that?

That's Douglas.

We have to get to
the church. We have to

speak to Douglas - now.

I think that's where
Gruffudd's gone.

Vicar?

You there, son?

Oh, Gruffudd. Ah, sorry. I
was, uh, I was downstairs.

How can I help?

Oh, we got a
report.

People can hear shouting.

Like there's someone
trapped in here.

Hear anything?

No, no, I was a...

No...

Sorry, you got the report.
I thought you'd retired.

Oh, I was in the station
at the time and uhhh....

and Grace and Owen
were busy,

so...

why don't I take

a quick look, eh?

Come on.

Doing a bit of DIY, I see.

Yeah, yeah.

Just furnishing an
old building like this.

Obviously it's a full
time job.

No. Yeah, someone playing
silly buggers, I'm afraid.

- Sorry to have bothered you.
- No, no, no.

Let me help you
put this lot away.

No, no, there is no
need, really, Gruffudd.

No, I absolutely
insist.

It's a myth
about retirement.

You always want to
be useful.

Cooking now,
would you believe?

Making salads and

everything. Beetroots,
pine nuts. Radish...

What's this?

This is Cai Prideaux's.

I...

I...

I didn't put that there.

It was you...

all along, my
God. It was you.

And I caught you. I did.

I...

Oh, God. Oh, God.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

No, no. No.

No, No, No. No. No. No. No

No, no. No.

No. No. No.

Come on. Keys.
Where are you?

No. No. No.

Douglas?

Gruffudd?

Anyone here?

Gruffudd?

Gruffudd, can you hear me?

Come on. It's
me.

It's your
favourite person.

He's gone.

Owen. Owen, stay with me, yeah?

You go that way.

I swear to you, I have
absolutely no idea

how that bag got
there. As I said, like

Gruffudd, he went
into the storeroom,

then suddenly he
turns round and he's

holding this backpack
that I've never seen before.

And then what happened?

He just sort of came for me.

I didn't mean to
hurt him.

And then he
handcuffed me.

So you sawed his hand off?

You said there was some
sort of, like, satanic cult

on the island.

I thought Gruffudd was a
part of it.

They k*lled Cai.

They'd done.. that, to
Mihangel. And.. and now.

And now they were
coming for me.

The day Cai disappeared,
we've got CCTV

footage of you trying
to board the last

boat to the mainland.

One of the tourists,

they'd left a wallet
behind in my church.

I was just trying to
get it back to them.

That Bible quote
that Cai asked you for,

the one about love.
That was for Lucy

Popkin, right?

Yes.

But when I asked you
before, you said you

didn't know who it
was for.

No, I said I didn't
know at the time.

Okay, so sometime

after he asked you
for it, he told you who

it was for.

Look,
Cai wasn't stupid.

He was 13. He knew
that it was never gonna

gonna come to anything.

When Cai found out

about Lucy and his
dad, he must have been

really upset.

He was.

He was devastated.

Cai found out about his
dad and Lucy the night

he disappeared.

But when I asked you

before, you said you hadn't
seen him for a few days.

When you asked me before,
I waved my right to a solicitor.

I'd like to reconsider that now.

You need to go outside.

What are you all doing here?

We know you've
arrested Douglas.

We know he k*lled Cai.

And then today...

he k*lled Gruffudd.

Well, we have someone
in custody.

That's all I'm willing to say
right now.

You'll do your best, I'm sure.

But the law, as
you understand it,

is fundamentally
flawed.

Thank you
for the pep talk.

Go home.

In my grandfather's
time... the islanders

devised their own form
of trial and sanction.

So...

in order to ensure
justice is done,

we will deal with
Douglas ourselves.

Well, you don't
have the authority.

But we do.

This is our island....

and we...

are The True Way.