05x03 - Retreat

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Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

How is he? The rituals are taking longer.

I think they're blocking the grieving
process, but

he won't talk about it.

Adelaide would be glad you're here. Oh,
that's

that's good to hear. I did some research.

There's a highly respected OCD
specialist based just outside of

Cambridge. I can give you the link,

please.

Stan, the guests are arriving.

Kendrick. Is this the famous? Yes, it is.

Oh, hello. How are you?

Oh, I'm good. How are you?
Oh my god, you look good.

Thank you. I know. This is Kendrick. He
looks much better.

It's so nice to properly finally meet you.

Are you ready for your mental detox?
I think I think Stan might be ready for

us.

Scarlet. Nice to see you again.

Me, too. Scarlet.

Billy. Hello.

Hello. This is Kendrick.

Hello, Kendrick. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.
Stan. Stan. This is Kendrick. It's first

time at High Water.
First of many, hopefully.

Excited to be here. I'm Stan.

Uh, yeah, I got that.
Hey, Stan. Remember me?

Florence?

Where's Billy?

Is everybody in? Let the ceremony begin.

Right.

I am strong.

We are strong.

I am mighty.

The circle cannot be broken.

The circle cannot be broken.
Let the magic flow.

Let the magic flow.
Let the magic flow. Let the magic

flow. Hey,

you all right?

I'll be okay. Okay,

we're okay. No biggie. Everyone chill
for five. More wood for the fire.

We should call an ambulance.
He's all right. No ambulance needed.

Look at him. No ambulance.
He's going to be fine.

We're okay. I am strong.

I a mighty.

Heat. Heat.

Zelda in here.

Are you decent?
Depends what you mean by decent.

What was so urgent that you required my
presence to its sweet?

This. I'd never forgive myself if it got

broken. Your mother insisted you should
have it. Said she put it on the landing

to keep you in your room.
Well, when I gaze upon it, I shall think

of you.
Oh, and you can take this as well.

Photographs, hundreds of them. No idea
who anyone is.

Why is it that when you tell some people
you do not wish to discuss something?

And by some people, you mean Jasper?

Are you asking for help? Absolutely not.

The thing you need to know about women
is

they do not listen.
No. No. We listen very carefully,

which is why we hear things that are
felt but not said.

I need to go. Take the box.

I do not wish to look at my mother's old
photographs.

What about this?
Or that ceramic atrocity.

I have some news.

The hospital called.
Our friend Kendrick Ma has passed on.

When I close my eyes, I see a beautiful
young man dancing, smiling, his heart

open to a new experience.
Let us take a moment to transmit love.

Let him know as he ascends
to a place of peace, a place of joy

that he is in our thoughts.

The pathologist is waiting for
toxicology and a full body MRI, but she

said the cause of death was intraranial
hematoma. Well, the paramedics said he

fell while he was dancing.
Well, apparently he had an abnormally

thin skull.
And just here around the bruising,

there's a large buildup of blood. Well,
allegedly he said he felt fine. Refused

to go to the hospital
and he was alive this morning.

He might have been breathing, but the
damage had been done.

Please come in. Thank you.

DeS Winters. Hi,

DC Highmith. Hello.

Welcome to High Water Hall. The welcome
is warm, but the circumstances are

somber. I'm Scarlet,
my indispensable help meet.

The guests are all aware of what
happened. They're happy to talk.

Did Kendrick arrive here alone?
He came with Billy.

Billy Armstrong. He's down by the lake
with Flo. Scarlet, you'll fetch him,

please. Of course.

Thank you. Please follow me.

Yes. So, on the first night, we always
have the circle dance. Kendrick lost his

balance.

I look around. Flo's trying to help him up.

How was Kendrick after he fell?
He said the chant sounded echoey.

Why didn't anyone call an ambulance?
Well, he was like what 5 hours in AandE

when I should be here.
And there was no chance of any drug use.

Alcohol. No alcohol. No drugs.

This is a purely spiritual gathering of
body and soul.

Lady Cynthia insists she won't even
allow sugar in your tea.

All saying the same thing. He fell,
refused help, he died.

Apparently, Lady Cynthia is pretty
uncompromising when it comes to sugar.

Yeah, she also takes her phones.
Digital detox. One of them told me I

should try it. Apparently I've got phone
face.

Do you think it's a cult?
Cult. Part-time piece.

Yeah, but you can't just pay to join.
You have to be invited. Billy invited

Kendrick and Flo.
You staying for supper? I am making my

famous strawberry daquiries. No.

Alcohol-free. We'll be heading off.

Oh, is that it? Unless the toxicology
report throws up any anomalies.

Well, if it does, you are more than
welcome.

We haven't spoken to the mini bush
driver yet.

It's Dan. Oh, you can't miss out Stan.

Does he take part in the ritual?
He'd be tucked up in bed, but he'll sulk

if you don't speak to him. Second floor.
He's made a nest for himself in one of

the box rooms.

After you

stand

sugar. I thought Lady Cynthia didn't allow

sugar.

Yes. Yes. I love one. Thanks.

I'm all right. Thank you.

So, Stan, you work here.
If it needs doing, I do it.

Oh, snap.

Do you know why we're here?
Chap had a fall. I think he died.

That's right.
And where were you when it happened?

Where I always am, which is

in here.
The medicine dance starts. It's time for

bed.

The medicine dance. Time for bed, said
Zebedee.

Thank you. Why uh why'd you call it the
medicine dance?

Because it makes people better.

Don't tell Lady Cynthia.

What would she say if she caught you?
Don't tell her.

Morning. Morning.

Morning. Thank you.

So, how was your day communing with the
free spirits? A

lot of rich kids trying to find
themselves. Well, the toxicology report

came in for Kendrick Mor, the lad who
fell and there's no drugs, no alcohol in

his system, but the path report and a
broken oicle in the left ear. That's

probably why he said the chance sounded
echoey.

There's damage to the left ear. There's
a head injury to the right parietal.

There's a strong possibility that this
Kendrick fell after an as*ault. I want

you to go back, find the cracks, dig in,
prize them open.

Hey, how's it going, mate? Keep it down.

Does Leon's old man know she's dating an
officer of the law?

Hang on.

I'll catch up. What she done?

What I've done or what saying I've done?
Intend to supply.

All right.
Yeah, I bet she hasn't told her. Dad,

you know, a cop k*lled his brother.
All right, calm down.

Well, as you know, I promised my sister
I would act as guide and mentor to my

nephew. But I don't need to tell you
that. Well, he won't listen. Yes. That's

why I need your help. You want my help?
Well, only because you've known him like

forever. I mean, well, I've had a I've
had a life to lead. Charming. Adelaide

was clearly aware that Helena was good
for him. However, I haven't lately

witnessed a relationship under distress.
You want me to advise him?

Well, when it comes to the art of love,
I am something of an expert. Gold star

for perseverance.
Meanwhile, you might be better suited to

logistics. Logistics? Yep.

Jasper
Zelda, have you discovered a sudden

passion for criminology?
Jasper, I'm going to be very frank with

you. Helena is a fine woman.
Do you wish me to respond?

No. I want you to listen. If you want to
keep her, you need to take some advice.

A man
should never seat a woman facing the

wall. Never raise your voice.

A gentleman never kisses on the first
date. Can see why you never married.

Any respectable woman will only marry
for love and keep marrying until she

finds it.
Uh, if you'll excuse me, I'm requested

to give the police my advice.
I think you got the message.

So, an anomaly has arisen,

I'm afraid. So, this is our consultant,
Professor Jasper Tempest.

Professor of what?
Psychological criminology.

Ah, I'm in the presence of a rival
shaman.

Am I to know the nature of this anomaly?
We'll come to that. We're going to need

a couple of rooms at your service.

So, how long have you been running these
um

spiritual retreats? 30 years this summer.

And why did you We needed the money.

Without some form of income, we would
have been forced to sell

the anomaly.
I should point out that I do also help

people.

Many of my guests have been with me on
this journey from the start.

Your guests have been lying.

Been coming here for about 5 years now.
The first time was just after my mother

died. It's not cheap coming here.

My uh mom, she got knocked down by a
police car. I've got compensation money.

Sorry, you weren't driving.

How did you find out about High Water
Hall? Uh,

Lady Cynthia got in touch, offered me a
free holiday.

Whose decision was it not to call an
ambulance?

Kendrick's.

He wasn't capable of deciding what was
best, was he?

Kendrick was hit round the side of the
head.

Did you see who did it? It didn't happen.

He got dizzy and fell over. That's it.
Well, the postmortem shows that Kendrick.

Ma sustained injuries consistent with
being assaulted prior to his fall.

Really? Is that what they're saying?

Tell me, officer, isn't that the
slightest possibility that Kendrick

might have incurred this injury before
he came here?

Isn't that more likely than the idea
that all of my guests are lying?

Used to be scared of these.

How long have you worked it? If it needs
doing, I do it.

Sorry, am I interrupting?
Not at all. We were making

inconsequential small talk. I have to say,

a few luminous moments apart,
I have had no real clairvoyant

experiences, but watching you arrive,
you were trailed by an aura.

I hope you don't mind me asking.
Has a life-changing event recently

occurred?


that would explain it.

The cosmos never forgets.

Helena,

yesterday you said that Kendrick told
you he was hearing echoes.

Who hit him? No one.

If the ambulance had have been called,
Kendrick might still be alive.

I wanted to. Who stopped you?

Florence. Sorry to interrupt. We're
going to need this room. We're holding.

Kendrick's memorial here.

We can continue this at the station.
I need to be here.

Okay.

Just if you remember anything,

Helena, there is nothing that an OCD
specialist can tell me.

I know. I know that you think
that I do not know already. Look, I'm

sure Kfka.

Kfka,

mother.

Professor,

are you lost? I thought I um.

Have you seen a little dog?
I don't allow dogs.

Do you think it might have been an
embodiment of something?

Well, I heard it barking. Um,
when you arrived this morning, as I

already intimated,
you were accompanied by a powerful

presence.

So many unresolved issues.
Doesn't anyone recently berved have

unresolved issues? Jasper,

dear boy.

You have a scar
just here on the back of your head. You

were knocked off your bike when you were


I know this the way one knows things in
a dream.

And you have visions. I know you do.
I did. I mean, I had visions. I thought

they had gone.

You think you're here to find the truth,
but you're looking for the wrong truth.

Something inside you is dying.

Need a hand. Brown trout for the visitors.

Nice.
Cook it on the bonfire before the dance.

It's the medicine dance.

The rope that connects the living to the
dead.

Thanks.

You know, when I got your text, it's
already working.

I thought, "Wow, I'm getting the brush
off here."

Why didn't you tell me about your dad?
Who talks about their dad on their first

date? You know what I'm saying?

My dad got burned nine years in prison.
Must

been tough. Your dad in prison.
I should have told you right off. I

didn't want to scare you away.
You wouldn't scare me away.

Uh he he runs his own business now.
Imports cosmetics.

Uh you know the King's Hedges drop in
center.

Yeah. For for drug addicts.
He helps to fund that.

His company's doing really well.
Yeah, I saw his car when he picked you

up. He

has a magnet for traffic cops.
Well, you should get a family saloon.

Lose the personalized number place.

We Okay. Yeah.

Yeah, we're okay.

So, did you just totally forget that we
were going to try the Indonesian?

I forgot. Well, I brought some anyway.

I have already eaten.

Okay.

Jasper, could you at least have a glass
of wine or something?

Um, I shall have a glass of water.

Um, are you aware that
you hung up on me rather abruptly this

afternoon?

Did I? Yes. We were talking about the

specialist, the OCD specialist. Yes, I

saw something.

Are you going to tell me what it was?

I saw my mother.

The hole.

Well, that makes sense. I mean,
everything is connected. So, this vision

and the spike in your compulsive
behavior. What worries me is that, you

know, if you if you don't accept help,
then comorbidities could start to engulf

you. Coorbidities.

Yeah. Anxiety, depression,
intrusive thoughts. My current relapse

has nothing to do with my mother.
Well, what then?

The smell of that food is making me want
to wretch.

Well, if it has nothing to do with your

mother, then what is
I do not wish to discuss it and I refuse

to be back in the relation of client to
your therapist.

Jess, what do you imagine I get out of
this?

I mean, does it ever cross your mind
that for any relationship to work, there

has to be some some mutual give and
take?

I don't want to be your therapist either.

I wanted to be your lover.

I think it's just better if we go.

Hallelujah.

Sior.

Let us all partake.
So that we might honor the memory and

spirit of our friend Kendrick
while scrupulously maintaining the

security and sanctity of this holy place.

Go in. Hello, Mom.

Um, I've been thinking about what you
said. Uh, I checked out Chester

and it's all legit. His business, the
drop in center. He helps people.

So did Ronnie and Reggie Cray trying to
impress the judge with their charitable

work. But they were still brutal
psychopaths. Yeah. I mean, people can

change. Do you know about his brother?

Uh, yeah, I do. He died in custody.
It was why old Nick and I was on duty

and Wesley Vass was violent and loaded
and we got him into the cell and he had

a heart attack and keeled over. That was
the end of the story.

But then the family accused us of
k*lling him and covering it up.

Dan, you do realize this whole thing
could be a setup.

I mean, does Leoli strike you as the
kind of girl who hangs around an old

man's pub? You might be getting played.

And as you breathe in and out,
I want you to focus your attention to

the sounds that you can hear outside the
room.

You shouldn't be in here.
I needed my phone. Put your phone back.

You need Cynthia's permission. Put it
back.

Do you see? Hi, Smith. Hi, it's Florence.

Flo. Hi.
I'm leaving the retreat. I want to make

a statement.
Yeah. Yeah, I can I can I can come get

you. I have my car. I'll be there in 40

minutes. Okay.

Come in.

Ah, you're back for Hume. Hume?

I discovered the monkeykey's name. Look.
Photo of Hume with your mother. She's

written his name on the back. Ah,

so much of Adelaide's life. I had no
idea about There's one of her with Keith.

Moon for goodness sake.
I can scarcely believe I am saying this,

but um I'm here for advice.
Relationship advice?

Regrettably, yes. If I'm to help you,

you have to tell me where you're up to.
Up to

with Helena. I saw you dancing at our
wedding. Have you

kissed? No.

Do you um do you pay her compliments?

Well, I have expressed admiration for
her academic achievements.

Yeah. What about the way she looks? Do
you say for example um Helena, you look

absolutely ravishing today?
Of course not.

What prompted you to come here?
Helena seems to require answers to

questions,
things that I'm not ready to type out.

Jasper, there is one thing without which
no healthy relationship can survive.

Emotional honesty.
You have to be able to tell Helena how

you feel. Where did you get this?

Jasper, did you hear what I said?
I'm standing right here. Of course I

did. Oh, I found it about 5 minutes ago.

Adelaide with Lady Cynical.
Lady Cynthia.

Oh, you were correct. My mother has
written Lady Cynical.

It seems she is trying to solve this
case from beyond the grave. Could you

call me a taxi? Sure.

A double first from Cambridge
University. Does my mother mention that

to the lady of the manor? No. I fell off
my bike. That is what she talks about.

Flo. Florence.

I'm being followed.
Who? Who? Who's following you?

Flo. Florence.

Um, we we we have to go. Flo just
called. She she screamed. The line went

dead. We have to go.

The robot that connects the living to
the dead.

Where are you?

Uh, would you stop the car, please?

Billy

Stan comes here to fish. He's um wanted
back of the hall at

you drove the minibus. Yes.

Quite a distance for Stan to walk.
Yeah. Well, he uh he loves fishing.

So, you assumed that you'd find him
here?

Yeah, even though his equipment is still
in the mini bus.

We're looking for a young woman.
Florence Ray, brown hair, mid20s,

average height. We've got a worry for
the whole property. So, every bush or

the outhouses, leave no stone unturned.
Okay. Every second counts.

I hope you don't mind me asking as you
wreck my home and shred the tranquility

of my guests. How long is this going to
take?

It will take as long as it takes.
Flo told Billy she was upset about

Kendrick. She decided to go home. Did
you bother to call her? Was your first

instinct to send for the goon squad.

Florence wanted to talk yesterday before
Lady Cynthia interrupted.

Florence Ray, I think we can assume, was
about to reveal that the rituals here

center around the use of iawaska.
It is a class A drug, hence the uniform

denial. It was imperative that 12 hours
passed before Kendrick Ma received

medical attention
to make sure that the drugs had left his

system. Exactly.

Flo wanted to call an ambulance. Someone
stopped her.

Well, hang on. Your search team found
nothing. Right. No traces of drugs in

the house or the grounds. Lady Cynthia
runs a tight ship.

Where'd you pull Iaska from? 10 years in
the job. I've never once come across it.

Yesterday in our encounter with Stan, he
referred to the medicine as a rope

between the living and the dead. In the
Ketwa language, a means ancestor. Huska

means rope. If you're right,

I am. That means that Flo is a threat to

everybody here. If she's alive.

Yeah, right. We're making arrests.

Professor.

Tempest saw you down by the river.
I was looking for Stan.

Billy, we think you went to the river
looking for Flo.

If she was in trouble, you would want to
help.

Of course.
Come on, Billy. We're losing time.

Billy, are you scared of Lady Cynthia?

Willie is not ready to let go of his mother.

His mother?
His surrogate mother. I should talk with

him. Uh, no.

A young woman is missing. Time is
running out. Does that not obviate the

luxury of correct procedure?

What am I doing here?

Three weeks ago, my mother died.

As you no doubt recall, such an event
changes everything.

I was at my most vulnerable, and
Lady Cynthia exploited this. She invaded

the grieving process for her own ends
purely to distract me from investigating

the death of your friend, Kendrick.
You're wrong.

Lady Cynthia is the kindest person I
have ever known.

I um
I found this today amongst my mother's

things.

I assume she saw my mother's obituary in
the local paper, remembered her, and

then recognized my surname.

She used my mother's death
just as she used yours knowing that you

had been awarded compensation. She
prayed in your grief. She just wanted

your money.
Lady Cynthia may have taken the place of

your mother, but you have other loyalties.

You were not able to prevent Kendrick's
death,

but you can save Flo.

I saw Cynthia and Stan. She was angry.

This is a big problem. You understand?
Florence has to go and she does not come

back. By the time I got to the car park,

Flo's car was gone. And so was Stan.

I took the neighbors.

Stan took Flo because Cynthia told him
to.

He shot his dog because his barking
annoyed her.

So, Stan, do you recognize this person?

Florence.
That's right. Florence. Yeah. And can

you can you tell me when was the last
time you saw her?

I can't do this. I can't. Mom,

it's okay. Is that Stan?

November 92.

Lord Stansfield.
Lady Cynthia's taken him for everything.

She's not from money. Her father's
unknown. Her mom's a cleaner. Stan had a

mental collapse after an Iaska
addiction, and Cynthia's been

controlling him ever since. I can't.

I let her down.
Stan, listen to me. It's okay. Did you

let down, Cynthia?

She told me to deal with her.

Stan, what did you do to her?

Stan, what did you do?


Requesting EMS.

You all right, love?

Kendrick was off his face.

First time you you don't know how I
Oscar is going to hit you.

And I kept asking him to stop.

Billy came over and grabbed him by the
shoulder. Barely touched him,

but Kendrick fell.

Why didn't I do the right thing?

You did

when it was too late.
She told me to deal with her.

But that's your evidence, is it?

We found Flo.
She will testify that you ordered her

not to call an ambulance for Kendrick
Mor,

which is the cause of his death.
Scarlett Ogood and most of your guests

will testify to the same effect.
No ambulance. That would put every

single person here at risk.

People like that
they'll say anything to save the skins

posh b*stards.
Cynthia, you are underestimated.

Lady cynical defense question.

My mother always was an excellent judge
of character.

Thank you.

I got your message. I wanted to explain

this.

It has nothing to do with my mother.
It is to keep you safe.

I know it is not rational.
It's to dissipate tension.

I'd never considered the possibility
that my mother would die.

Her death means

everyone is in danger.
So it is about your mother.

No, the the intensity of
These obsessive compulsive behaviors,

they are entirely commensurate with the
strength of my feelings for you.

Well,
might there be other ways to express

those feelings?

Although that would greatly increase the
danger.

I could
I I suppose I mean I could perhaps

kiss you. You could.

Jasper,

it has to be Now

the solo.

Foreign

speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech.

Say,

Say so. Say to

say so.