The Body Farm

'When a murderer takes a life, he takes everything that we are,

'everything that we strive to be and everything we hope to become.

'I have two promises that I vow to keep.

'My promise to the murderer is this.

'I will find you, because when you stole that innocent life

'you unknowingly left your trail deep in a new chain of events.

'You left behind you that which does not belong...

'...the manmade traces of your kill.

'The evidence,

'the murder secrets.'

Eve, it's Hale. Call me.

Oggy, Rosa, breakfast.

I'm in tropical.

Have you got the toxicology on the Brazilian specimen?

Good news is the seeds from his last meal have taken root. Great!

Is Oggy with you? He's in the morgue experimenting on himself! Right.

Oggy!

Oggy. I'm running my skin contamination tests.

How's it going? 50-50. I need a fresh donor.

Well, food's up. Come and eat.

£6,000 for air travel?

Our last donor is from the US. Next time, make your own breakfast.

Can you pass me the ketchup?

What am I supposed to do with this?

Eve, you going out? I won't be long.

I've just made breakfast for you. Be back soon.

'And this is my promise to the victim.

'I will do whatever it takes to unlock the mechanism of your murder.

'Cos that is where your killer is hiding from justice.'

Hale. I'm here. Where are you?

Eighth floor. The lifts don't work.

Great

So...

I heard you might be looking for a job. I might be.

Depends what it is. I was hoping you'd tell me that! That good?

Yes.

Flies.

A mixture of calliphora vicina and a few sarcophagi species.

Flesh flies, young and well fed.

So...

Where's the main course?

Just keep going down the corridor.

A couple of council guys were clearing the place of squatters

and... Well, look!

They found this.

And then this.

Dense colony of flesh flies,

established and hatching on a carpet

of decomposing carrion

that covers the entirety of the walls...

floor and ceiling.

Human remains?

A mandibular arch. Excellent.

Which is what? It's the small latch

that holds your jaw in place when you open and close your mouth.

You notice it when it clicks. So that makes it human?

Yeah.

So, take the job? I'd love it.

You and the team? The team? You want the whole team?

Yeah. Why not? The Body Farm's a research facility...

Eve, they're closing down the labs. I'm sending off samples to Germany.

And you think we'd be cheaper? No.

Not at all. I happen to think you're the best at what you do. Thank you.

So? OK. You'll take it? I've just got to run it by my partner.

It would have been nice to have discussed it before you ran off.

I didn't know what it was until I got here. Wait until you see it.

OK, I'll get the pick-up and a full removal kit. Great.

I'll get started.

The fatty acids are like Viagra to the bacteria. Anything?

The bacteria is trying to establish itself in your living tissue.

Haven't seen that before.

Do you know what the effects will be on your skin? Guess I'll find out.

Can I see the activity?

No, no. Ratios aren't right. Get your coats. We're going out.

Out where? To a crime scene. Yes!

Since when do we go to crime scenes? Now. We had a meeting about it.

Was I there? It was you and me.

OK. Maybe it was on a Monday. What's the problem?

We get to field test our research. It's a no-brainer.

Have you ever been at a crime scene? No. Rosa, we need a full kit, OK?

There is a difference between bodies donated for scientific research...

...and people who have been murdered.

Generally, it's brutal and horrific. Lighten up, Oggy.

You don't get it. Let's leave the theoretical debate.

You stay here and look after the farm.

So, what kind of a crime scene is it? You'll find out. Come on.

You, um... You are up to speed with your medication, aren't you?

Course. Great.

Computer, initiate Find My iPhone for Eve's phone, would you?

OK, give me a satellite view of that location.

I'm guessing a bomb maker messed up. Maybe. What do you think?

About what? My theory.

Not a bad theory. How come you make it sound like crap? Elements fit in.

Elements?

We have matter spread evenly to the extreme corners of the room.

So extreme forces were at work. So it's a bomb. An explosion.

Caused by a bomb. It's a hypothesis. Hypothetically, it's a bomb.

It could have been a gas explosion. But what do you think is the most likely reason?

That is cop logic. I'm sorry? The who, how and why.

The empirical triangle. I use a different triangle. Your triangle?

Manner, cause and mechanism. There are five manners of death.

Natural, accidental, homicidal, suicidal... Undetermined. Exactly.

Well, we know we have the remains of a body. We know more than that.

Really? I think we have the remains of more than one body in there.

'I'm not saying that Oggy's clinical.'

He just hasn't left the farm in six months.

He just doesn't like going outside. You think that's normal? For Oggy.

And it's good for research.

We can't do live tissue cross-contamination tests on a dead donor.

You think of him as a live donor? I think Oggy thinks of himself in that way.

You're both beginning to worry me. Eve, we're here.

Eighth floor. Lifts aren't working. Great

We're going to have to haul it eight floors.

Hey. Earth calling Rosa.

Thanks.

Shall I take those? No, I'm OK, thanks.

And you are? Rosa. And you are? I'm DI Hale, the officer in charge.

OK. I've got a little job for you, Rosa. What kind of job?

See those children? Yeah. I'd like you to have a chat to them.

But I'm not a cop. I am and they know that.

As soon as I go over, they'll just run away.

So? But... Why don't I take these, and you give it a go?

OK. You never know. They might have seen something.

Hi, there.

Well, seems like they don't like forensic babes either.

Don't call me babe. No. No, of course not.

Thanks.

I think I was a Sherpa in a former life. You make a lovely Sherpa.

You do know we have an arsehole problem? I can deal with him.

He's asking Rosa to canvas the street for him. Rosa can cope.

Don't be so paternal. I know. I just...

Don't like him. Yeah. Nail on the head.

Where is it?

What do you think?

Nice crime scene. Should prove pretty interesting, hey?

Have you got my camera? Yeah.

Thanks. Can you get a separate air sample for each room? Sure.

Mike? Hm?

Are you getting this, Oggy?

Good radiance from established fungi and larvae growth colonies.

Very healthy and active. Thanks, Oggy.

Only step on the plates, Rosa.

I know. Putrefied remains of at least two human bodies

over six sides, being the floor, ceiling and four walls

of what was a bathroom.

Can you come through here, please? Yeah. We have to be systematic.

Square foot by square foot into separate evidence bags.

You want me to mark out the room?

Exactly. Oggy says it's very active.

So as soon as we break through the initial crust of decay...

...we'll get major maggot mass. Great.

I'll get out of your way. Yeah. Good idea.

Sorry.

Can you move back a bit, please?

Thank you. What is that?

This? Well, it's a chemical nose.

It absorbs air particles and takes a forensic sample we can analyse.

A chemical fingerprint of the environment but, er...

the fumes from your aftershave seem to be overwhelming it.

OK.

How is she?

There's no change.

Hey, Mr Collins.

Do you want a cup of tea? I'm OK.

Angel?

Would you get me a cup of tea? - Yeah.

How is she? She's strong.

She needs you now. You can depend on me.

Mike, 27C. C for Charlie? Yeah. 27C.

Mouse.

Section 27D. 27D.

Oggy, can you open the gate?

There is someone following you. It's OK, Oggy.

Just open the gate, can you?

The decomposition suggests that death occurred a month ago.

We can verify there are the remains of two bodies.

Not a lot of fat. They must have been fit.

Rosa, cause of explosion? The trace elements are there. I can start compiling.

I need to know if it's a bomb.

Well, it was only half a bomb. There's no shrapnel.

And no ignition device. They were ripped to shreds.

Compression? The compression of a moderate explosion

would have had that impact on those bodies in an enclosed space. Great.

We know the time of death,

the number of dead and that they might have been involved in bomb making.

One other factor in the distribution of matter - a strange one - they were naked.

Nude bomb makers? Subversive naturists!

Oggy! No, it's not a bad idea.

It would be a very good way to make sure your clothes aren't contaminated.

But we didn't find any clothes.

There would have had to have been a third party involved to remove them.

I LOVE looking for third parties. What about the blood samples?

It's next on the list. Can you pull an ethnic profile from that lot?

I've already done it. They were both teenage males of mixed race. Really?

Any idea of the mix? Norman, Angle, Jute, Saxon

What? - We beautiful English mongrels.

I hate to interrupt your bonding moment, boys,

but we have some history here on the tower.

Police file. - No, medical.

Six weeks ago, an attempted suicide.