05x02 - The Ring

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No,

no to Mary.

Mother.

Mother, no to Mary. Don't be afraid.

It's just what mothers have been saying
to their children forever.

She's asleep.
My mother is not conscious and she is

still instructing me on how to comport
myself.

Well, that's one way of looking at it.

Okay, let's go.

Yeah,
Hi, this is Hannah McBride reporting for

the Cambridge Student Network. And you
may be wondering, where is this boxing

match Hannah promised us? Here to tell
us more is the Cambridge Blue Gloves.

Coke. Hi.

I should start by saying full
disclosure, this strapping lad is also

my brother. Yeah. Uh, tonight's event is a

fundraiser for the charity Boxing MS.
Our lads, uh, all students going

toe-to-toe with the locals from the
Ironside Boxing Club.

Town versus Gam. Bring it on. And who's
going to win tonight?

Cambridge. Easy. The blue glass.

What you doing, Reese? Hey, you got a
fight in 10 minutes. Can you have a

word? He's your boyfriend. It's Fela.

Reese Gibson, team captain. Compton.
We haven't lost a fight yet.

New experience for you tonight then?
I'm the opposition coach.

Why do you do it? What gets you out of
bed in the morning? Kids that come to my

gym, uh, I try and give them a sense of
purpose, you know, of code. Um, a sense

of what's right and wrong.
Reese's 27 fights undefeated.

Yeah. He's up against your lad,
Joseph Boxer. When that bell rings,

things get real.

What?
Keep your guard up, mate. Come on.

Nice.

Heat.

Oh, there he is.

Fight.

Hey, I'm talking to you.

Hey, don't walk away when I'm talking to
you.

How much you pay the referee, Joe?

Cheating. Low life scum. What' you say?
What' you say?

Today we're going to talk about how to
communicate with your dog. By observing

a variety of breeds, we've learned some
of the signs our best friends give out

to let other dogs know they're
non-threatening. Just watch.

Don't be afraid. Just a grown woman
pretending to be a dog. Now, remember

what we were working on yesterday? Of
course you do.

Smile. Close enough.

Sad.

Mrs. Hamilton. I've retained my own
name.

Which one? So many to choose from.
My professional name, Zelda Radcliffe.

You uh you never entered the arena, did
you?

If you are referring to the bull ring of
marriage, I have never been one to

compromise. Neither have I.

Oh, Miss Le, have you seen Adelaide
this morning? Briefly. She was asleep.

We came as soon as we'd heard.
How was your honeymoon?

Wonderful. You should try it sometime.

Sexy Sergeant Winters and DC Highmith.
Can we come in?

No. Look, we got a notification from AandE.

Also, two eyewitnesses at you attacked
by three men outside the Black Ball.

Park. You're going with us?

We had a similar incident a couple of
years ago. Situation escalated.

Yeah, I remember.
So, tensions between locals and students

is bad for everybody.
One of the eyewitnesses gave us a name.

We need it corroborated. Yeah.

Joe, who attacked you?
Is it Reese Gibson?

If we need justice, we'll go out and get it.

Thank you, Jasper. Darling,

Zelda, how is she?

Driving everyone to distraction,
insisting that they call the airline.

The airline?
They appear to have mislaid her luggage.

I understand she lost consciousness on
the flight.

Indeed, the doctors are performing a
spate of tests. And whilst nothing would

give me greater pleasure than to hear
every detail of your honeymoon, I have


that wise? Julie,

I can confidently predict will outlive us all.

Writing during the US depression, Then
Selin attributed social unrest to a

clash of values.
We are not living in the middle of a

depression and we too are experiencing a
period of social unrest.

From your reaction, I deduce that you
are familiar with the term elite

overproduction.
It claims to describe a country that

produces too many elite members.
Indeed, such as too many graduates

pursuing too few jobs. We have 100 more
billionaires in Britain than we did 15

years ago. Icribe no moral judgment. I
am merely stating a fact.

I don't see what the politics of envy
have to do with criminology.

Then let me introduce you to
plyodnamics,

a mathematical tool the study of social
change. It has proved without doubt that

elite overprouction is always associated
with a spike in violence.

Hence the link to criminology.

Just

think it's just so easy for you, isn't it?

All right. Here we go again. Oh, yes.
Cuz god forbid I was born into a wealthy

family.
You don't get it. Things are different

for you than they are for me.
Dear Swinces, I need to ask you a couple

of questions.
Do I need my lawyer to be here? Are you

about to confess to a crime? No.

All right. This is informal. I just want
to know what you were doing after the

boxing match. Um,

after the match, I was exhausted. Went
straight home.

Right. You know, Joe Steel was attacked.
No. How would I know that?

Well, we have a couple of eyewitnesses
and uh they said that you were there.

Really? And how drunk were they?

So, you went home. Is there anyone that
can corroborate that?

Right. Well, this is starting to feel
not informal. And I'm due at a lecture.

So, is that all right?
Yeah, for now. Professor.

Hi.
Listen, you don't happen to know Reese

Gibson. He's a um
I am the reason that he is here. I

conducted his entry interview.
What What can you tell me about Ree?

He was interviewed the same day as his
fiance�. Of the two of them, she was the

more impressive candidate.
Well, let's start with Ree.

Your headteer describes your ambition as
at times unedifying.

A man's reach should exceed his grasp.
But what's a heaven for?

I am reminded of the expression on the
face of my mother's cat

when he deposits a dead v on the
doorstep.

You're comparing Robert Browning to a
dead V. I

am not. Voss are highly intelligent.

You can be ambitious without losing your
humanity.

I read that you are an orphan.
Will they count that against me?

Did you m*rder your parents? No.

Then it will not. I take it you have
some means of financial support.

This is a demanding course and unlike
other universities, we do not recommend

that our students undertake part-time
work.

My brother works. He supports me.
And you expect this to continue.

The last thing my mother did was make
him promise to look after me.

Well, must be a huge responsibility for
you deciding who can cope.

A promise to a dying parent has to be
kept. In the case of Hannah, we have a

woman masquerading as a girl.

I've got a confession to make.
You're not really in a brass band. Just

said that to impress me. Um

I'm a cop.

You don't look like a cop.
What do cops look like?

I don't know. Not usually handsome.
Your bills, sir.

Thank you.
You've even got a couple of admirers.

Yeah, I I'll work with that one.
So, I'm surrounded.

Should I um book us a cab? Um I'm

sorry that that was um
I don't even know where you live.

It's okay. My dad said he'd pick me up.
He lives nearby. Offered to take me

home. Speak of the devil. Uh I better go.

Thank you.

All right, I'm done. First date.

Yeah. You think there's going to be a
second,

Dad? Just kidding.

Clean cut. I like it.
Thanks. That was nice. Come on, Dad.

I forgot something.

I'll call you. Yeah.

Sorry.

Is everything okay?
I don't know if this is any of my

business. Try me.

I saw Dan last night. I was at that new
fish place. He was on a date. The woman

he was with, someone came to pick her
up. Someone that I recognized. Um,

and it turns out it was a dad.
Chester Vas

Chester Vas
armed robbery out on probation. I know

him well. Dan clearly didn't recognize
him. I just I didn't know what to do.

No, you did the right thing telling me
you did.

Look, I don't suppose there's any way
that you could just not tell Dan that

I'm the one that told you.
You were at the restaurant. He was at

the restaurant. I think he might work it
out.

Yeah.



They broke into the trophy cabinet.
The Golden Gloves trophy is gone.

I know I did this.

Don't do anything stupid.

The trophy that was stolen was from


Officer at the club said he heard some
of the students organizing a scrap in

the alley leading up to the black ball.
Organizing a scrap? What happened to

spontaneity?
I know the landlord at the black ball. I

mean, I could have a chat, see if we can
head this off.

Yeah. Okay. Uh, Dan, hang on.

New girlfriend, Leone.
I wonder who told you that.

Leoni Vas,
right? Well, until now, I didn't notice

her name.
As in Chester Vas's daughter. You have

heard of him? Yeah.

Mhm. Major crime family?
Well, Leon's nothing to do with that.

How do you know? You didn't even know
her full name 5 seconds ago.

Well, she's a businesswoman.
I see the attraction, but don't don't

get involved there, Dan.
You're talented. You could be a chief

inspector in a few years. Do not throw
that away.

I'll let you know how I get on to the
Blackpool.

Joe, what's in the bag?

Hey. Hey. Wouldn't be the golden gloves
trophy, would it?

You got a warrant? I can get one.

Yeah, I'll just wait here while you do that.

Come down the alley side. Yeah.

You calling an ambulance?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The man's on the

ground. It's not moving.
How long are you going to be.

Bri and Joe still on suspicion of m*rder.

Circos reckon blunt force trauma
probable m*rder weapon is a champagne

bottle. Any nonsense from his old man,
he comes too. Yeah.

Okay, I'll meet you there.
So, you think Joe Steel?

Maybe.
I'm guessing you've spoken to DCI.

Goswami about what?

Mate, look. I'm sorry. Sorry. I didn't
know what else to do. All right.

Okay.

Right. Right.
Joe, remember coming here?

Give me back.

Bit careless. Hey, walking around with
this.

Go on.

Tempest.
Professor, I'm sorry. I I've got some

bad news. Um, the student we spoke
about,

Reese Gibson, he's been found dead.

Professor,

it was the funniest looking thing you'd
ever seen.

Then you'd clamber into my bed.
Well, the wardrobe was staring at me.

I remember pleading with you to hold my
hand.

Oh, I was far too grown up for that sort
of nonsense.

Well, I was only what? How old would I
have been?


Oh, stop it. I was three. Four at most.

Then you'd say,
"Oh, yes." And then I would say, "Um,

would you hold my little finger?"
What was that phrase? Um, what was that

phrase? No. Oh, no. Yes.

Don't be afraid.

Come in,
Mrs. Tempest. We'll just get you ready.

No, you will not. This is my sister.
I've not seen her for almost a year. I'm

sorry. You'll have to come back.


Thank you.

I should like to see Kfka. Well, I can
report Huffka's fettle has never been

finer. Nevertheless,

if it can be arranged. See,

Dan, look, I recognize Leone. I did some

research. Her dad
Yeah, I know about her dad.

I was up half the night worrying about
what to do.

It's not hard. All right. You find
something like that, then you bring it

to me. Then it's my problem. Don't go to
the boss.

I only wanted to help.

Look,
if I didn't care about you, I would have

just let it go.

It's a young lad in the mort tree. Why?
Just concentrate on the job.

They're still looking, but I said I'd
send someone from uniform down. So, if

you see anything, would you let me know?
Thanks.

I spoke to Reese Gibson's housemate. He
said he saw Reese carrying a champagne

bottle when he left the house. I'm
sure the bottle was his.

Yeah. He doesn't know where he was going
or what he was celebrating, but he had

the champagne bottle.
Right. Okay. Thanks, Mom.

Okay.

Well, guess Joe, that was the Golden
Gloves trophy in your bag when I met

you. No comment.

You're 200 yards from where Reese Gibson
was m*rder*d. Do you arrange to meet up?

Return the trophy. My comment.

What did Reys Gibson say to you?
Must have been pretty insulting make you

lash out like that.
Caught you with your guard down.

Nobody catches me with my guard down.

We don't think the attack was
premeditated.

No. No. Grab an argument. You can help
him here.

New sentencing guidelines. Yeah, a
confession saves him 5 to 10 years.

I need to speak to my lawyer in private.

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

Miss Snares, how thoughtful a picnic.
Is she awake?

Of course I'm awake.
I brought you a visitor. I don't think

this is the right. Oh, C.

Oh, it's been so long.
Oh, baby. Hello, Charlie.

Oh,

I've um I've been asked to say a few
words.

Reys was uh I don't need words.

Sorry, Cormarmac. Like the candles, the
flowers. I'm not feeling it.

You know what I'm feeling?
I'm feeling rage.

White hot rage. We know we did this. We
know our brother.

Get carried away.
I say we march into town right now.

We toss our stinking off all day.
Calling Jim. We watch him burn to the

ground and we piss on our
way. We are better than that. Hannah's

right. Hey, listen. Listen.

Hannah knew Reese better than any of
you.

Now, the police have made two arrests
already, and we have to trust them.

What happens when you fight angry?
I'm asking, what happens?

You lose. You lose.

Let's not make things worse.

Oh, I just uh I just dropped something
off for your mother. Oh.

Uh how did she seem? Um

determined.

Uh, maybe I should come back. Um.
Oh no, Jasper. I I wouldn't advise

delaying.
The police need my assistance. A student

has been k*lled. Oh my god.

Look, Jasper, I know it's it's hard, but
I do think that you should see your

mother. Work can wait.

You know what this means? We time.

Mhm. We won't be long.

Tests all done. Results in 3 to 4 hours.

Mother, you appear much improved.
Oh, Jasper, dear boy. You are the

world's worst liar.
I don't know why you even try.

I was attempting to be nice.
Another thing that has never come

naturally.

How are things with Helena?
Things um things are much as one would

expect. Oh, for goodness sake, Jasper.
She's a delight.

Look what she gave me. She knows what
people need. She knows what you need.

Helena is good for you.

Our lives are written on the wind.
Only love.

Oh, I need my beauty sleep.

Mother,

I'm not going anywhere.

Jasper. Uh, she is asleep.

You heard about Rhys Gibson?
I did. Absolutely dreadful.

Uh the police are expecting me.

Is that why you can confident it will

you?
Just wait. I wouldn't advise the most.

I do think you should see another.
Shut up.

You talked to my boss about retrieving
fingerprints?

Yeah. Have you seen what they picked up?
It's the same type of bottle.

You're going to suggest make a mold,
stick the fragments to it, find the

prince.
Yeah, pretty much. Have you any idea how

long that would take? And no guarantee
we'd find anything. It's your boss

that's made it a priority. Victims of
Gibson.

Have fun.

It wasn't an easy job, but I managed to
get these pictures.

Okay, good luck.

Come on, professor.

How's your mother on the men?

Good. Uh, do you know about this?
Yes. Any updates?

Our forensics is trying to piece
together the champagne bottle,

the m*rder weapons. Maybe.

Maybe.
Yeah. The victim suffered a blunt forced

trauma to the head, but particular on
his eyelids indicate that strangulation

may have been the cause of death.
Oh, and the wallet.

Oh, yeah. Soo found uh his wallet behind
the wheelie bin at the back of the pub.

Credit card and cash inside. Therefore,
theft was not the motive. Uh could it

have been dropped?
No, it was right at the back of the bin.

So, must been thrown.
We've already interviewed Joe Steele and

his daughter, Frank.
I need to see the tapes. Also, Reese.

Gibson's fiance�, Hannah McBride, was
reporting on the events that evening. We

should request the footage.
Yeah, we can. We've got this, Professor.

Don't you think you should be at the
hospital?

Reese Gibson was at Cambridge because of
me. I interviewed him. I am capable of

deciding where I should be.

Miss Sners, I've lost Kfka.

Oh, for the time being, I would advise
keeping this from Adelaide.

I had no intention of telling Adelaide.
I had.

You need to calm down.
Yes, I'll do my best.

Hello, bud.
Bit careless. Hey, walking around with

this.

I'm going to take a wild guess here. You
had the golden gloves trophy in your bag

when I saw you correct me.

So, what did you arrange to meet up with
him? Return the trophy. We're coming.

Reese Gibson confident. I
haven't lost a fight yet.

Would piss on us.

Yes, sir.

Look, we don't think the attack was
premeditated.

Gra an argument.
You can help him here.

Well, all signs point to Joe Steel.
Means motive opportunity throwing a bit

of class conflict.
Everything you say is true, and I came

here hoping for a swift conclusion. Yet
certain questions persist.

Why had Hannah dive vested herself of her
engagement ring? She wore it on the

fourth finger of her left hand.
What was her fiance intending to

celebrate?

Mom. Yeah.

Frank Steel called. He wants to make a
statement.

A statement?
Says he k*lled Reese Gibson.

This thing on. Yeah. So, Reese Gibson,

I k*lled him.

Why? Reys Gibson was a
privileged little [�__�]

who knew he could attack my son and
nothing will be done

by you. I told you you don't steal a boxing

trophy. You earn it. I told him to call
Gibson and arranged to take it back.

They arranged to meet at the black ball
at 1:30.

I disconnected to start a motor to Joe's
car and went miss.

When Gibson saw me, I could tell he
wanted to run, but that's him.

He's holding the bottom. He swings,
misses. I grab it and smash it over his

head.

Self-defense.

Didn't mean to k*ll him. I just wanted
him to know

there are some lines you do not cross.

Sir. Uh, hold on.

Not a word of what Frank Steel told you
is true.

Not a word.
I would not even trust his conjunctions.

He is lying to protect his son. In his
confession, Frank Steele claimed he told

Joe to return the Golden Gloves trophy
to Reese Gibson, a task he made

impossible. First by disabling his son's
car, then of course by k*lling Ree. It

would be perfectly logical, therefore,
for the trophy to be in um.

That's your phone
in his son's sports bag.

Footage of the arrest of Frank and
Joseph Still.

Pause. Frank's expression when he sees
the trophy in the bag is one of

surprise.
He is discovering for the first time

that Joe stole the trophy. His
confession is worthless. He is covering

for his son. Um,
excuse me. I really must just take this.

Dean
Jasper, I'm calling at the assistance of

your aunt.
She detects a deterioration in your

mother's condition. Has someone spoken
to her about the test results?

Feminine intuition is the basis of her
diagnosis,

but I must say regrettably,
your mother's breathing does seem more

labored.

Thank you.

I'll get a car to take you to the hospital.

Right before the boxing match, your dad
gave an interview.

He said he tries to give his boxers a
code to live by.

That sense of right and wrong.
Do you think that's true?

Yeah. You love your dad?

Yes.

Question is, Joe, are you going to let
him go to prison for something that

you've done?

Okay, John. I need you to listen to me.

DS Winters, DC Highmith, please come to
the DCI's office.

What's that about? No idea.

We had him. He's literally about to
confess and you

think I'd do that without good reason.
Our science bods have managed to put

together the shattered bottle and
they've lifted a print. Not only that,

we have a match. Hannah McBride.
Hannah McBride.

We found her print on file from some
climate protest. But the professor

thought Joe did it.
We all thought Joe did it.

Yeah. No, but the professor. How often
does that happen?

Well, his mother might be dying. I know
I made loads of mistakes when

you know what I'm saying. So,

sorry. Can you give me one second?
Yeah.

Call it in, please.

Am.

I too late? No, no, it's okay.
Where is the consultant?

I've I've just spoken to her.
What did you say?

He said, "Your mother's spirit is
willing, but her heart I'm sorry."

Her heart is what?
Her heart is extremely weak.

Her loss of consciousness on the plane
was a result of two, possibly more

cardiac arrests.
Then why is she not in surgery?

She would not survive surgery.

How long? Hours.

So lovely. It's really good.

It's your color. Oh.

Oh, there's Kfka. I thought we lost him.
How long,

mother?
How long are they going to keep me in

for
Have you spoken with the consultant?

He was busy. Busy?

What's the point of subjecting me to all
these tests if he's too busy to tell me

the results?

What are you doing here? Have you
nothing better to do,

Zelda? What did the consultant say?

Hannah.
Wait, why don't you tell me what's going

on? Yeah, that's my sister,

Hannah. Wait, why's she under arrest?
Well, you're just going to ignore me

then, are you? Yeah, sir.
I'm going to ask you to take a step

back. Really?
You can't go any further, sir. Turn

around. Yeah.

Where were you between the hours of 1
and two today?

Two nights ago, you wouldn't drink the
champagne that Reese gave you.

Hannah, you're pregnant, aren't you?

And you told Ree
and he broke off the engagement.

Can I just point out that Hannah has an
alibi for the time you're asking about?

Well, we need to hear it from Hannah.

I was at the university boxing club.
Her brother will corroborate.

Your prints were found on the m*rder
weapon. Can you tell us how they got

there?
I must have picked up a bottle when I

was at Reese's house.

I've just seen Hannah McBride with her
brother.

Yeah, her alibi checked out. Oh,
corroborated by callmag.

It was. Don't worry, I haven't gone
soft. There was some CCTV from shops

nearby and they showed that she arrived
before 12 and left after 2. And before

you ask, the windows were barred and
there's only one exit. So,

so we go again with Joe Steel.
Yeah, tomorrow. He's on his 8 hours,

remember? Right.

I'm going to entrust Kfka to Miss Snares.

I need you to do everything in your power

to ensure that Jesper, my dear sweet
boy, comes to no harm.

Promise me, Zelda. Promise me you'll
look after Jasper.

I promise.
The last thing my mother did was make

him promise to look after me.

I really do think you should go back in.
I um I I need a moment.

A moment for what? Just

professor, how's your mom?
Swami, were you aware that the peacock

is a symbol of the Roman Catholic
Church? The eye on the feather

represents an all seeing god.
Okay. Why?

I know who k*lled Ru Gibson.

You released Hannah because she was at
the gym. She was at the gym with me.

Well, we have proof that Anna was there.

I was there. Yeah, we know. But you left
at 1:15. What does that prove?

You don't have an alibi for the m*rder
of Reese Gibson.

I'll tell you what we know. Hannah's
pregnant. Reese dumped her. Then he's

off to share a bottle of champagne with
his mates to celebrate his freedom.

And you have made a deathbed promise to
your mother.

You already feel like you've let her
down and now Hannah's pregnant. You

blame yourself for that, too.
This rich kid, Reese Gibson, never had

to worry about a thing in his life, but
he's about to walk away from his

responsibilities.
You just want him to do what's right.

The tape, I am showing the suspect Reese
Gibson's wallet.

Do you know what he said?

He took out his wallet and he said, "How
much to make it go away?" Like my

sister's baby could be thrown out like
trash. Like like everything our family

believes in could be bought. So yeah, I
was angry and I shouted and I wanted to

lash out, but I I didn't because I'm not
I'm not a k*ller.

Come, mate. Listen carefully.
This isn't just about you, mate. Hannah

gave us a false alibi, and that makes
her an accessory.

You continue to deny it, and she will be
giving birth in prison.

We pieced together the champagne bottle.
We tested it for fingerprints.

Don't have yours on file, but when we
do, we'll have proof you handle the

m*rder weapon.

Just tell us the truth. And Hannah's
statement doesn't have to go to the CPS.

You have no idea how hard I've tried.

My mother, she knew she was dying.
And I I promised her that I'

and I've let her down.

No need to marry.

Just me.

Heat.

Heat.