05x05 - Faith 1

[bunniefuu]

[heart pounding]

[bell ringing]

- Cutting it fine.

- Everything all right?

- Yes, yes.

[organ plays]

[singing in foreign language]

- [Doctor] If you look
at the hilar region,

you can see the shadowing.

The area is enlarged.

- Which means it's a tumor?

- It might indicate a tumor,

but until all the results
are in we don't know.

- Today's reading is from the
Gospel according to Matthew.

"While he spake these
things unto them, behold

"there came a certain ruler,
and worshiped him saying,

"my daughter is even now dead

"but come and lay thy hand
upon her, and she shall live."

- So what's the next step?

- [Doctor] While we're
waiting for the results

of the investigation,

we can address what may
be a secondary infection.

A course of antibiotics

might alleviate some
of the symptoms.

- But the underlying problem,

what will be a
realistic prognosis?

- I think it would be dangerous
to encourage optimism

in a situation like this.

[suspenseful music]

- I hope you're all hungry.

- I think I could force a bite.

- Helen was threatening
to make ratatouille.

- I'll eat anything.

- Good, I don't see why
I should suffer alone.

- How are the
extracurriculars going then?

- The white paper should be
ready for publication next week.

Oh, she can't have gone out.

Now I'll have to hide
it somewhere else.

Make yourselves
at home in there.

[g*n fires]

Oh god.

- [Student] Sir?

- Lord, what's happened?
- Sir?

[intense music]

- For God's sakes,
get them out of here!

Get them out of
here, down the stairs!

[intense music]

["Silencium" - John Harle]

- Mr Craig, I'm Sam Ryan,
I've organized this room for us.

- Her name was Constance
Carr, she founded the Sisters

of Magdalene in
Kingsberry in the 1930's.

Did a lot of good work in
the area, opened one of

the first hospices
for cancer patients.

She d*ed in 1959, in 1983
a miracle associated with

Constance was proven to
the satisfaction of the church

and she was beatified,
since then there's been a

growing movement
to have her canonized.

But before she becomes
Saint Constance,

we need a second miracle.

These were taken
when she was exhumed,

part of the
beatification process.

- In 1983.
- That's right.

[phone ringing]

- So she'd been
dead for 24 years.

[phone ringing]

- [Priest] Her body
hasn't decomposed.

- Excuse me, hello.
- You're obviously very busy.

- I'm sorry about that, so why
do you need a pathologist?

- It's believed there may
be a sign from God contained

within Constance's heart.
- What sort of sign?

- Constance wrote
in her journal that an

angel of the lord
appeared to her one night

and pierced her
heart with a lance.

Recently, numbers of our
parishioners have had visions

of Constance, in these
visions, she reveals her heart.

They all said the same
thing, the heart has a hole in it.

If the autopsy were
to bear this out.

- That would be
the second miracle.

- If the heart holds a
sign, I want it gratified

by someone with your reputation.

- I can't make any promises.
- Ring me.

[intense music]

This sort of thing
can change lives.

[intense music]

[chatter] [intense music]

- Professor Ryan,
Detective Inspector Tolma.

- Hi, pleased to meet you.
- Can I?

- No, I'm fine thanks.
- As you probably know,

Mr Dupen is the Government
Education policy advisory.

Prime Minister's office
want this wrapped

up as quickly as possible.
- Do they?

- Helen Dupen sh*t
herself just as her husband

returned from Chapel with
his Deputy and the head boy.

[phone ringing]

We found the key in her room.

- Who held devices for these?

- She did, she trained cop dogs.

- Hello, hello Minister,
yes, of course.

I'll pass the message on.

- Mr Dupen.

This is Professor Ryan,
home office pathologist.

- I'm very sorry.

- How long will it take?
- Difficult to say.

- I know this probably sounds,

just the thought of
her lying up there.

- We'll be as quick as we can.

- Will you look after her?

Will you do that?

- Of course.
- According to the Deputy

Head, Mrs Dupen had
a history of depression.

- Wonder why she didn't
use these to k*ll herself.

- Probably to
make sure. [coughs]

Who's room is this?
- Mr Dupen's.

- And this is Helen's.
- Seems they had

a rather old fashioned
arrangement.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Am I all clear?
- Okay.

- Thank you.

- Oh dear.
- Mr Consedine.

- Professor Ryan, thought
I'd come down and take a look.

- Fine.
- Bit of a high

profile case.
- Okay.

- DI Turner's been
giving me the details.

- These witnesses
you were talking about.

- Yes, Mr Dupen, his
Deputy and two peoples

were all inside the house.
- What time did they say

they felt this had happened?
- 12:30, why?

- It's nearly three now,
the amount of rigor, body

coolings is far more
advanced than I expected.

- How long do you
think she's been dead?

- Off the record, I'd say she
d*ed between nine and 11.

- Where is she, where's Helen?
- Bloody hell.

[intense music]

- Where's my daughter?

- We're in the middle of
a forensic examination.

- I want to see her.
- Let me, Inspector.

[crying] [intense music]

- I was in my car and
on the radio, my girl.

- You can see her if you
want to but it might be best

if you wait until we've had
time to take care of her.

[sad music]

- Anne.
- I'm alright.

[sad music]

- We should do this
post mortem today.

I need a forensic
team and ballistics here.

- Based on what?
- I think there's

a question mark
over the time of death.

- Are you sure?

- Well, I'm here
to give my opinion

and that's what I'm doing.

- Well from the expense,
apart from the fact that

it's a clear su1c1de,
Lloyd Dupen is one of the

Prime Minister's inner circle.

If we authorize a
special post mortem,

what do you think the
press is gonna make of it?

- Well it's the fact that
he such a public figure

all the more reason for this
to be dealt with thoroughly.

- It is being dealt
with thoroughly.

- If we fail to act, vital
evidence could be lost.

- Vital evidence, you're
talking as if this was

a m*rder inquiry, the
woman sh*t herself.

She was depressed,
it's obviously a su1c1de.

I see no reason for a
specialist, Mr Consedine.

- I'm very sorry, Professor
but are you alright?

[coughs]

- I'll get you some water.
- No, I'm fine, I'm alright.

- Sit down.

- How do you want to proceed?

- I have to agree
with DI Turner.

I think we're
looking at a su1c1de.

- So you're ignoring my advice.

- No, I listened very
carefully to your advice.

I've made my decision.

- In that case, I am afraid
I cannot continue here.

- [Chief] You're not
well, you'll feel differently.

- Don't patronize me,
having a cough doesn't

effect my judgment.
- If we don't resolve this

now, we're forced to
call in another pathologist.

- You do that.

- Professor Ryan.

[intense music]

- Where are you going,
I heard you arguing.

- I'm sorry, we
should've kept it down.

- What's going on?

- I wasn't in there long
enough to make an assessment.

You'll have to talk with
the coroner, I'm sorry.

[intense music]

[heart pounding] [intense music]

Norman, I thought you
were in the Caribbean.

- No, came back
last week, bored.

All that beautiful scenery
and good weather.

I heard about the
Dupen thing, well actually

I heard about the gossip.

- And now you want
to hear my side?

- No, if you want
to talk about it.

I'm really more concerned
about how you are.

- So what have you heard?

- You walked off, seemed to
be under pressure, not well.

- My estimated time of
death differed with that of the

police, we couldn't reach a
compromise, it's done with.

- According to witnesses,
Mrs Dupen k*lled herself

at about 12:30, you
put the time of death

between nine and 11, based
on what, rigor, temperature?

- Both.

- Did you consider the
possibility of cadaveric spasm?

- No.

I don't know why I
didn't think of that.

- It's not very common,
the body going into spasm

after the trauma of a
g*nsh*t wound might

account for the amount
of rigor you found.

What is it?

- Well the fact that it isn't
common doesn't matter.

It's my job to explore
every possibility.

- You need a break.

- The thought of sitting around

doing nothing
doesn't appeal to me.

- The point is we all get tired.


witness evidence helped

a man go free at
the crowned court.

Shortly after that, he
committed his second m*rder.

Academia had never
seemed more welcoming.

[phone ringing] [chatter]

- I know they're
just doing their job.

My concern is for the pupils.

- Have they actually
come onto school grounds?

- No.
- Well, there's

absolutely nothing we can do.

The state might help
if you feel up to it.

- Do you want a hand?

- She used to
love bright colors.

Look at these, they're so sad.

[cries]

What happened to her?

- She was very depressed.

- Yes and we know why, don't we?

[shutters snapping]

- Have you all got
nothing better to do,

freezing your
nackers off out here?

- Prime Minister's
supposed to be dropping in.

- Don't give me that, you're
harassing a bereaved man.

You're harassing the
pupils of a private school.

- It's a public school.
- Don't get smart, son.

If I have to get a warrant
to shift you, I shall do that.

So why don't you save
yourselves a hassle and just leave?

[engine running]

- Sam, what are you doing here?

- I just wanted a quick word.

- Do you mind if we walk?
- No, of course not.

I was thinking of going
away for a few days.

Would that be okay?

- Yes, the results
won't be back for a bit.

- That's the thing I got,
I think it's affecting my

judgment, I had a
case the other day.

I made a botch of it.
- You're ill.

Of course it will affect you.

- Been around death so
long you think I'd be used to it.

- Now wait a minute, you don't

even know what you've got yet.

- My mother had any
doubt there was a heaven

and that she'd be
there, I don't have that

kind of faith to fall back on.

- Sam, you made a
mistake, you're upset.

Let's keep things
in perspective.

- How do I do that?

- You may feel
differently after a rest.

- I don't need a rest.

- Well, you must decide
what it is that you do need.

[sad music]

- Can I speak to
Bishop Craig please?

[intense music]

I'd like a room
overlooking the sea, please.

- You can have
any room you want.

Sister Geraldine told
me you were coming.

- Sister Geraldine?

- She's organizing the
canonization of Constance.

- I'm Matt Dywer by
the way, I own the hotel.

This canonization
means a lot of Kingsberry.

For some of us,
it's our last chance.

- Chance of what?
- Making a living.

The town's been dying for years.

They're saying it
can change all that.

How did you get here, I
mean, if you need anybody to

drive you around.
- I have my own car.

Thank you.
- I'll let you unpack.

- Thanks.

[heart pounding] [intense music]

[shutter snapping]
[intense music]

[music with foreign
language lyrics]

- Is something wrong?

- No, I just wasn't hungry.

- You going up to the graveyard?

- Yeah.
- You know the way?

- I'll find it.

- Well, I can give you a lift.

- I'm fine.

[slow music]

- Hello, I'm Sister Geraldine.

[slow music]

This is my empire.
- Tell me about the

canonization.
- Well, we have to

gather all the evidence
before it goes to Rome.

When I arrived here,
they were just putting

the beatification together
so I was able to work on it.

That was an
extremely exciting time.

The Pope sent his personal
head boy to Kingsberry

for the beatification ceremony.

He actually spoke to me,
he told me my feeling is

we have a Saint here, it
was such a vindication after

the church had refused to
accept Constance for so long.

- Why was that?

- She was accused of
speaking out on political matters.

Constance believed
that in a moral society,

the stronger should help
to support the weakest.

- I don't see the
problem in that.

- Well, the church wants to
be seen to be above politics.

The real reason was
the male hierarchy.

They were scared of a strong,
outspoken woman, excuse me.

- How was your night, Teresa?

- Alright, got some sleep.
- Any nice dreams?

That you can tell me about?

- I don't know.

I just remember running,
running through the fields.

In my dreams, I could still run.

[heart pounding]

- So many of the people
who come here have

been isolated by their
illness, starved of touch.

Constance knew
the power of touch.

- What was her
first miracle, the one

that allowed her
to be beatified?

- A young girl called
Maureen Wise born with a form

of Muscular Dystrophy,
this was the 1930's.

She'd never been able to
walk, she anointed herself

with water that had been
blessed by Constance.

The doctors had never
seen anything like it.

Her muscular was
restored within days.

She had the use of her legs.

- You see, I think I
might have questioned the

original diagnosis,
there might have

been other reasons
for her improvement.

- You put your faith in
science, I put mine in God.

It will be interesting to see
which comes out stronger.

- [Nun] Sister Geraldine.
[intense music]

- Oh Mary. [intense music]

- Would you like to see a Saint?

- Sorry.
- Have a seat in there.

[gasping]

- Sam, do you need oxygen?

[gasping]

- Thanks, I'm sorry about that.

- Don't, give yourself a minute.

Do you mind if I
give you something?

- What is it?
- Water.

It was blessed by
Constance, I hope

you'll take it in the
spirit it's being offered.

[intense music]

- Thanks. [intense music]

[chatter]

- First of all, I would like
to thank most sincerely

everyone who has
expressed their feelings of

sympathy following
my wife's death.

[intense music]

It's been a time of great
pain both for Helen's mother

and me. [intense music]

But I have duties to perform,
I have a duty to this school

and to my colleagues in
the department for education.

I'm asking you now to allow
me to perform those duties

without further
distraction, thank you.

[chatter]

- [Woman] Is there anything
he can do to prevent it?

- If you really want a second
post mortem carried out,

Mr Dupen can't stop you.
- What about the coroner?

- He might prove more difficult.

I mean, how far do
you want to take this?

Are you willing to
take it to the high court?

- If I have to.

- [Man] I can't imagine the
grief you must be feeling.

But may I ask what
you hope to achieve

by having the
second post mortem?

- I have to know the
truth about Helen's death.

- There's no guarantee
they will find anything new.

In fact, I think
it's highly unlikely.

- I don't care, I have to try.

[clicking of heels]

I'm looking for Professor Ryan.

- [Woman] I'm sorry I
think she's gone away.

[intense music]

- The body's a well
nourished Caucasian female.

Mid 40s, no obvious
signs of injury or illness.

No indentations associated with
engagement or wedding rings.

[intense music]

[gasps]

[birds chirping]

[loud clanging]

- Morning.
- Morning.

- Big day today.
- That's right.

- We had a reporter
around earlier.

He's doing an article
on the canonization.

He wanted to meet you.
- What did you say to him?

- I said I'd check
it with ya first.

- If he comes back, could
you tell him I'd rather not?

- Sure, I, we're
all counting on ya.

[clanging]

[policeman chattering]

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

- I'm going to the graveyard,
would you like a lift?

- [Sam] That's very
nice of you, okay.

- How have you
found Sister Geraldine?

- She's a very impressive woman.

She showed me the hospice.

She's very good
with the patients.

- Well, she's had six
years of medical training.

- It's more than that, there's
something quite special

about her, the way
people respond to her.

- She influences people alright.

She has a vision,
everybody has a vision.

- [Sam] Isn't that what
Constance was accused of?

Influencing people?
- Sister Geraldine holds

some views that are against
the teachings of the church.

- Such as?
- Approval

of the use of contraceptives,

acceptance of
h*m* practices.

- Hardly controversial
ideas these days.

- And it's rumored there
have been instances

of assisted death
in the hospice.

If Constance is canonized,
it will give Sister Geraldine

a platform for those views.

I know it will help the town.

Saints attract pilgrims and
pilgrims would mean business.

I'm sure Matt Dywer's
had a word with you.

- Yes.
- He's put a lot of

money into funding this
cause, it's a very costly process.

But you can't let things
like that influence you.

- I don't allow anyone
to influence me.

- When the Pharisees
heckled Jesus for a miracle,

he shouted back at them,
an evil and adulterous

generation seeketh
after a sign and thou shou

no sign be given to
it, faith should be pure.

Once we demand
proof, it's no longer faith.

[sad music]

[clanging] [sad music]

Where are you doing the autopsy?

- In the church hall, my
team's setting it up now.

[sad music] [clanging]

- I've requested a
second post mortem.

- What are you doing here?

- I'd like you to perform it.

You thought there was
something wrong, didn't you?

- You shouldn't be here.
- I need you.

I need to talk to you.
- I'm sorry, I'm working.

You're gonna have to leave.

I'll talk to you later.

[intense music]

No sign of external
abnormality or trauma.

[intense music]

Thanks.

Overall skin discoloration.

[intense music]

Some wrinkling consistent
with loss of tissue.

The body shows surprisingly
little sign of post mortem

change which is hard to
explain but could be due

in part to the
condition of the vault.

The metal lining of the
coffin itself, the apparent

drying of the body before
putrefaction could commence

resulting in a form
of mummification.

[intense music]

Alright, in view of
the circumstances,

I think we should take
a look at the heart first.

[intense music]

[snipping]

- [Everyone] Eternal rest
brought onto her, oh lord.

And let perpetual
light shine upon her.

May she rest in peace.

Let her soul and the
souls of all the faithful

departed rest in peace,
in the name of the father,

the son and the
holy spirit, amen.

[intense music]

- How did it go?

- Okay. [water dripping]

- What did you find?

- You'll have to
wait for the report.

- I just need to
know if there was a.

- I can't discuss
anything until I've written

my report and I'll need to
see Constance's medical notes.

- They're at the
hospice, I'll tell them to

have them waiting for you.
- Great.

- Was the body in tact?

- The body is in
remarkable condition.

[sad music]

- Why did she need
the notes, either there's

a hole in the
heart or there isn't?

- I don't know.
- Maybe she's giving

you a positive message,
body's in remarkable condition.

You know Watson's Mill, I
was thinking about buying it.

Turning it into a hotel,
what do you think?

- Is it just business for you?

- No, it's not, it's
not just business.

You know it's not just business.

- Professor Ryan
is seriously ill.

- Is she?

- In extremes, we
cling to our faith.

Professor Ryan's
faith is in science.

I wonder whether she has
room in her heart for miracles.

[slow music]

- [Sam] I don't think that I'm
to be spared for much longer.

I pray to god that he will
give me the strength to face

what may come, piercing
spasms happen almost hourly now.

And I no longer
have the will to resist.

God is piercing my heart
and I must come to his will.

[intense music]

[laughing]

- Excuse me, Professor
Ryan, my name's Alex Harper.

I work for the Catholic Herald.

I'm doing a feature
on Constance Carr.

I was wondering whether I
might have a few minutes.

- I'm afraid I don't have time.

- I'm sorry to
approach you like this.

I'm really not very
good at this sort of thing.

- It would be
unprofessional of me

to comment on the autopsy.

- Maybe some general
background then.

I know our readers
would be very interested

in hearing about you.
- I doubt it.

- No, trust me,
you're one of the

most experienced
pathologists in the country.

- I think we'll leave this now.

- I admire you, I admire
anyone who can do your job.

I think the things they're
saying about you are disgusting.

It's been said that you made
a serious error of judgment

over the Helen Dupen case,
that you called in for another

post mortem because
you've got an a* to grind.

- Get out of my way.

- This is your
chance, put your side.

- This man's harassing me.
- I thought I told you

no questions.
- Is it true

that you were sacked
for incompetence?

[gasping]

- Professor Ryan.
- Will you look after her?

Will you do that?
- Did you consider

the possibility of
cadaveric spasm?

[heart pounding] [intense music]

- DI Turner please.

It's Sam Ryan, World
Pier Hotel, Kingsberry.

Can you ask him to call
me when he does get back?

Yeah, Kingsberry, thanks.

[knocking]

Come in.
- I'm sorry to

disturb you but I
must get back tonight.

I just need to
know will you do it?

The second post mortem.

- It's a pretty serious
thing to request.

Do you think it's necessary?

- Helen was a Catholic,
she'd never have k*lled herself.

I know it.
- So do you think

it was an accident?

- Helen always wanted me
to think she had the perfect

marriage but I could
tell she wasn't happy.

Eventually it came
out, I forced it out of her.

She thought Lloyd
was having an affair.

That's what men do, I told her.

She said there was
more to it, things

she didn't want to tell me.

- Helen was being
treated for depression.

Isn't it possible that she
might've let her imagination?

- Lloyd was making her
depressed in the first place.

- These things, what
do you think they were?

- I don't know but I told
her if it's bad enough,

thr*aten to go public, Lloyd
loves his power so much,

his position, if she threatened
that, he'd have to stop.

[intense music]

- Did she take your advice?

- I don't know, two
days later she was dead.

[intense music]

["Silencium" - John Harle]