02x04 - Alistair

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references to suicide and scenes
some viewers may find distressing

MAN: Hi, yeah. Um, I'm calling
about Daniel Frater again.

I know this is a difficult time,
but please do call me back.

Danny seems to have convinced
himself your daughter was m*rder*d.

Good afternoon.

Dr Susannah Newman
to see Daniel Frater.

Please take a seat.

No, I... I don't need an escort.

You can just buzz me in
and I'll find my own way.

Please take a seat.

She's here. Yes, OK. Thank you.

Excuse me. Is everything OK?

Someone will be
with you shortly.

Oi!

Dr Newman?

Dr Underwood. Alistair.
You got my messages?

Yeah. Thank you.

I'm just here to
see Danny privately.

This way.

Well, it's, ah, it's so
nice to finally meet you.

It's just here.

Where are we going? It's
not much further, I promise.

I really don't have
time, so whatever you

want to discuss will have
to wait for another day.

I'm afraid this
won't wait. Why not?

I'll explain in my office.
Tell me what's happened.

It's just up here.

Look, I'm sure it's very
nice and that you are too,

but I have things to do.

So whatever you have
to say, say it now.

Danny's had an accident.

Is he OK? I'm afraid not.

Is he... He's alive. We
got to him just in time.

They've taken him
to the hospital.

Will he... Is he gonna be OK?

We hope so.

No, really. Tell me the truth.

It's too early to say.
He was unconscious.

They'll need to operate. Please.
You need to come with me.

No, I should be there.

No, you've had a shock
and you need to sit down.

Well, what if he dies?

He's in good hands. They'll
take him into theatre.

He'll be in ICU and then you can
see him when he comes through.

But for now,

we need to look after you.
Will you let me? Come on.

I was going to call,

but I'd already sent

so many messages
about Danny's issues,

I was worried you'd think
it was just about that.

What kind of accident was it?

A fall.

Well, what kind of fall?

He fell from the roof.

In my father's time, he'd have
had a brandy in a drawer for

a moment like this.

And sadly, this is
all I can offer.

Although.

Go on. Have one.

Suppress your hypothalamic pituitary
adrenal access response to stress.

You could have said HBA.

Yes, but then you
wouldn't have smiled.

And that also sends positive
signals to the brain. So...

How did Danny fall?

I'm afraid we don't
know that yet.

You must have some idea from whoever
it was that got to him in time.

It's best not to speculate.

How did he get up there?
Surely there's no access?

Well, there shouldn't be,
but he managed somehow.

Where there's a will.

Oh, you think he
did it on purpose?

I don't like to jump to...

I don't want to draw
any conclusions.

There'll be a full and
proper investigation.

Did you call the police?

They've been informed, but the
ambulance was the priority.

Because it was an accident.

I... I am sorry.

I only said it was
an accident to you.

I know you've been through a lot
and a person can only take so much.

Tell me about it. I
need to talk to Danny.

Well, you can talk
to me if you like.

Despite the desk job,

I'm still at my best
listening, helping.

Our first response
is always to say no,

cos we're the professionals.
We're too smart,

too strong.

But sometimes we're the
ones who need it most.

I'll be OK. I just need to...

No, you don't need to do
anything. It's all in hand.

Why don't you tell me what
brought you here today?

Finally, after all my messages.

I came to see Danny to talk

to him about something
private, uh, only he knows.

I understand, but I...

I don't want whatever it is

to be preying on
your mind now. So,

is there anyone else that
you've felt able to confide in?

Uh, you see, people
can't function like that.

You've gotta take the
pressure off yourself.

You've gotta let it all go.
And if you go to pieces,

well...

...you are in the right place.

You'll lock me up.

Did your GP prescribe anything
to help with your loss?

Any medication to
help with the shock?

Oh, no. I don't need
anything like that.

No. That's what Danny
said. Mr tough guy.

And he'd go to any lengths
to avoid opening up.

Come on, tell me
what's going on.

I came to talk to Danny about
Christina, our daughter.

I know about Christina. Go on.

I haven't been able to face it,
but suddenly I just needed to ask.

What? You needed to ask
your husband about what?

Can I see his room?

Danny's room?

Yeah. Danny always
kept notes, diaries,

details on his phone.
I'd like to see them.

Well, patients aren't allowed
to keep things in their room.

Really? Well, not
patients at risk like

Danny, in case they
harm themselves.

You still have his belongings.
I could look through them.

But what is it that you're
actually looking for,

Susannah? This isn't
about your daughter,

Christina, is it?

Now you tell me

and I'll see what I can do about
getting access to his things.

A client who came to
see me this morning made

a confession under hypnosis.

He claimed he's going to
k*ll a young woman tonight.

Really? I know, but I swear,

he's the only person today who
seems to be telling me the truth.

OK.

I have a lead who might be
able to tell me more about it.

Who... Who is she?

I don't know her name.

I just know that she works for

a pimp called Jaisal
that Danny knew.

No, not like that.
Through work. I just,

I need to get a contact number

and address so I can
track this girl down.

Well, have you
spoken to the police?

They say they're looking into
it, but I don't trust them.

But you trust a
hitman and a pimp?

I just need to get
their contact details.

I don't think this is something
you need to be getting involved in.

Trust me, this is the
last thing I wanna do,

but I don't have a choice.

I can't just sit here eating

biscuits while this b*stard gets
away with k*lling another girl.

No-one's going to get hurt.

How do you know?

Oh, I can see how this story
would resonate after your loss.

It's the same with Danny
and his conspiracy theories,

trying to convince himself that
Christina didn't take her own life.

Well, what if Danny was right?
I was asked to sign this,

to keep Danny here,

to stop there being a trial so
that he'd have to keep quiet.

Keep quiet about what?

Well, he thought there
was some cover-up,

that Jackie was in on it.
Some link to corruption.

Those are just his
paranoid fantasies.

I've been calling
asking for help,

not to indulge his
paranoia even more.

All I know is I didn't sign
and Danny has an accident

and is silenced anyway.

He can't keep asking
questions about Christina

and he can't help me
find the answers I need.

Maybe if I had signed,
he'd still be here.

Boom.

You're feeling guilty
about Danny and Christina

and it's understandable,
but it's not your fault.

This is not about my guilt.

If you had answered my calls,
perhaps he'd still be here.

What if it is about Christina and
all these things are connected?

Please, have a seat
while I call the police.

Now, I agree.

They should investigate this even
just to put your mind at rest.

I'm not gonna f*cking sit down

and I am not going
back to the police.

It was an officer who gave
me a lead on the girl when

the police were too
stretched to investigate,

just like they're too
stretched to come here.

Seems to me some people really
do get away with m*rder.

Now, the only m*rder we know

to have taken place is
Danny k*lling Jackie Sowden.

And he did not get
away with that.

Let me show you.

Danny left that
note in his room,

and that's why I
can't let you in there

because we need to
preserve the scene.

The police are on their
way, but there's no rush.

It's clear what happened.

Danny realised he was
wrong about Jackie,

that he k*lled an innocent woman,
and it was too much to bear.

Now, Christina took her own life

and your husband
tried to do the same.

I didn't want you to have
to deal with this now,

but you're spiralling,

and I don't want the same
thing to happen to you.

So...

...I need you to take these.

Oh, uh, no, I'll be OK.
I just need some air.

That's a great idea. I'll
let you out in the grounds.

But first you have
to take these.

SHE COUGHS

There, there. Did
you get it all out,

did ya? Ah,

they're the good
ones. Nice and strong.

I don't need them. I'm a doctor.

Yeah, I know who you are.

How?

No-one can see us here.

No, but they can hear us.

So if you come any
closer, I'll scream.

Why would you wanna do that?

Because you're scaring me.

Well, you're wrong about them.
They won't help ya. Susannah.

What's your name?

I'm just a patient,

prisoner. Not really
a person anymore.

Are you here to k*ll me?

Do you want me to? Put
you out of your misery?

Who sent you? Can't you guess?

Richard? His bosses. The client?

Oh, no, you're not...

Danny. Danny sent you.

What did he say?

Uh, if anything happened to him,
I should give you a message.

Was it something about Christina
or Jaisal? A way of contacting him?

He said that you'd
give me a kiss first.

No, he didn't. No, but you could
if you wanna know what he said.

I don't. Are you sure?

Because they got to him
and they'll get to you.

And it makes no
difference to me.

Who are they? How did
they get to him? Why?

I could get a lot more
than a kiss if I wanted.

You are still a person.

They may have taken
away any power you had.

You probably didn't have
a lot in the first place.

But you can make a difference.

A big difference if you
help me, like you promised.

Tell me what he said.

He said you should go to Joseph.

Joseph, not Jaisal?

Some old friend from the Army.

Yes, I know Joseph. But why him?

He will protect you.
You're not safe anywhere.

Do you know what happened to Danny?
Do you know who tried to k*ll him?

They use the phone
signals to control people.

They can take over anyone. So
you... you'd better watch out.

Thank you, I will. How
did you recognise me?

Da... Danny had a photo.

I thought he
couldn't keep things.

No, we all keep things hidden.

Where? In his room?

He gave me the photo as
payment for doing this.

It's of you and your daughter.
She's... She's very pretty.

She's dead.

Yeah, I know. f*ck you.

Anytime. Ugh.

Susannah. How are you feeling?

Oh, much better.

The meds are really
helping. Thank you.

You really shouldn't
be driving on them.

So, how about you
have a rest here

and I take you to
the hospital later.

I need to see Danny's room
first, under your supervision.

I feel like it would help me to
see it to move forward. Please.

Of course.

Who found it? Uh, one of
the cleaners, I believe.

Before Danny fell or afterwards?

I'm... I'm not sure
of the timeline. Why?

Danny's k*lled
before in the Army.

He never talked about
it. That wasn't his way.

He just did what had to
be done. That's who he is.

He's not the kind of
man who would fall apart

and jump off a roof because
he had blood on his hands.

Danny keeps going.

That's when he had
something to keep going for.

A wife, a daughter, career.
He had nothing left.

Being a detective wasn't
just a career for Danny.

It's who he is. He
hated unsolved cases.

He couldn't sleep if he thought
justice hadn't been done.

Never mind sleep forever.
He'd never be at peace.

Did he tell you that
he spoke to her,

Christina, after she died?

He said he saw her

and she spoke back to him
that night he k*lled Jackie.

No, he never said.

No, because he would've
known you'd diagnose him

with psychosis. Poor
man was having visions.

He was communing with the
deceased, his little angel.

It makes perfect sense that
he tried to be with her.

I tried to talk to her.
I longed to see her.

Thought I heard her
voice this morning.

Our mind plays all
kinds of tricks on us to

help us deal with our loss.

That doesn't mean we're
psychotic or suicidal.

It would've comforted
Danny seeing her,

especially in here, might
even have spurred him on.

Well, that's a nice
sentiment. But with respect,

this place is for
seriously ill criminals.

We may be private and over-spill
from the beleaguered system,

but we're still a world
away from your nice,

private clients who
like to just cry it out.

Danny was my patient

and it is my professional opinion
that he wanted to end his own life.

Danny was my husband,

and I know he didn't
write that note.

Where's the pen and paper? You
said he couldn't have anything.

Well, he must have
just found a way.

Oh, like he found
his way to the roof.

Did he really, or did
someone take him up there,

push him off?

The same someone who wrote
that note and planted it here.

I have no reason
to believe that,

but I can see why you'd
have a reason to not

want to accept the reality.

I don't think you
know what reality is.

I think you turn a blind eye.
Everyone hides things in here.

Oh.

Well, that just proves my case.
Danny was unmedicated, unbalanced.

Or maybe he just wanted
to have a clear head,

not get manipulated by you.

Or he'd overdose if

the jump failed. That's
much more likely.

He kept hold of this when we
split and he had nothing else.

He would never have
left this behind.

Danny didn't jump and he
didn't write that note.

There's no pen or paper.

That doesn't prove anything.

Except you just violated
a crime scene in

an hysterical state.

Maybe you do need locking
up for your own safety.

What are you hiding,
Doctor? Enough!

Will you leave this room or do
I need to call for assistance?

You know, I was impressed by how
calmly you steered me through

the storm.

But then I noticed the
itching and the sweating

and I realised anxiolysis.
Twilight sedation.

Your dad had a bottle
of brandy in his drawer.

Your hero, a high
functioning alcoholic.

You have oxycodone,

just enough to take the
edge off this thankless job,

but enough to get you in
trouble if it was discovered.

Are you being blackmailed?

Only by you, it seems.

No. Someone's making you lie about
Danny. Cover up what they did.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Oh, OK. Well, then I'll
have to blackmail you.

You show me Danny's
things before

the police get here or
you will never work again.

Do you think Danny was
right about Christina?

I just want to get
on with my job.

Yeah, I didn't
wanna know either.

That's why I didn't
return any of your calls.

But it's our job to
find out the truth.

When we hide from pain, we
choose lies, and we're lost.

I think Danny was right,
but it wasn't just Jackie.

It was bigger. That's why
he had to be kept quiet.

That's why you
have to keep quiet.

My client was meant
to as part of his job,

but he couldn't. He
needed to confess.

He wanted to be stopped.

I don't know if all these
things are connected...

...but I have to find out.

It's up to you what you do.

Do you really believe that?

Do you think that we have
a choice in any of this?

I'll see myself out. No...

Open the door.

Ah.

Let me out. Ah.

Help me.

Uh...

Can you let me
out, please? Argh.

ALARM BEEPS HE LAUGHS

Help!

Stop!

Come here.

Back off, now.

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