Bergerac

That family...

They're not what they show the world.

It wasn't Mia and Tomos.

They've got a solid alibi.

You know what he did. Yeah, but what if he didn't?

What if Bergerac really did try to falsify that evidence?

I hear you have a story for me.

Why did you go back to work?

Grief was defining me. Because I was a mess.

Because I needed to prove something.

We were gonna talk, weren't we?

Er, yeah, we will. You keep saying that.

Ellie, these photographs were on your phone.

They're of the Wakefield house. Did you take them?

Cate sent them to me.

So Cate's got a second phone.

The last text that Cate sent to Ellie.

Well, if you won't expose Arthur, I will.

Whoever killed Cate will be brought to justice.

I'm missing zumba for this.

Well, you don't need it.

You look top notch.

That came out wrong. I... Didn't it just?

Morning, good morning, good morning. Erm...

Right. I just went to the opera house.

Well, I had to track down the guy with the keys

and get him out of bed first.

So, on the night that Cate was murdered,

Arthur and Julien Wakefield are sat up here, yeah? In the box.

Yeah.Margaret is down there in the stalls.

Now, we've got witness statements saying that Arthur

and Julien didn't leave the box during the performance.

But when the lights are down, during the performance,

you can't actually see into the box.

So Arthur and Julien could have left and no-one would have seen them.

Er, yeah, but we spoke to the ushers,

who said that nobody left until the interval.

Yeah, so outside the box, there is a short corridor

with two doors. One door leads to the, erm...

what-do-you-call-it. The...The landing.

The dress circle! Another door opens onto a stairwell,

down a fire escape,

leading to an alleyway behind the theatre.

So Arthur could have slipped out of the box,

down the fire escape, back to the house,

killed Cate, back to the theatre,

mingled in with the crowds after the interval

and absolutely no-one would have seen them.

Or Julien.

You said Arthur could have slipped out. But Julien could have too.

Yeah. Arthur or Julien. Yeah, I said that.

Or Margaret, come to that. Well, no, Margaret's the only one

with an alibi that we can corroborate,

because there was an usher on duty

outside the door to the stalls all evening.Er, no.

Arthur and Julien both gave statements that says

that neither one left the box throughout the performance.

Yeah, I know. And we just believe them?

Influential, high-status individuals, they're like

"it wasn't us," and we're like,

"yeah, I mean, I guess it rules THEM out."Jim...

Yeah, except now that we know that Arthur,

not only does he have a motive,

because Cate was going to expose him as a fraud,

he also had opportunity as well.

Well, you're right about one thing.

Arthur Wakefield is a high-status individual.

He's a former Member of the States,

not to mention the advisory committees he's on, the...

It doesn't mean that he's above the law.

It means we have to tread carefully.

Fine. Well, I promise I'll play nice.

You promise you'll play nice when?

Well, I want to arrest him.

Absolutely not!

See, this, this right here, this is how they get away with it.They?

Yes, rich, powerful men. Guilty men.

Because everyone is too scared to stand up to them.

Yes, you're right, I'm quite the establishment stooge.

Well, I want to search his house, then.

Come on, Cate had a second, secret phone

that she's hidden somewhere.

I mean, who knows what we're going to find on that?

Cate wouldn't hide a phone containing compromising information

about Arthur in his house.

Yes, but if he killed her, he could have taken it.

Fine. But don't antagonise him.

New line of inquiry,

really appreciate his cooperation, all that.

Er, thinking about this, maybe it is best Jim is lead on this.

I mean, it's his suspect, it's his theory.

That's incredibly selfless of you. Thank you, Barney.

Where are we with the ransom money?

I've been in touch with the banks, the high-end stores.

That money will pop up sooner or later.

Keep me posted. Go away. Thank you.

Watch him. I don't want to spend the rest of my career

teaching schoolkids how to cross the road.

Ah. Sorry for the intrusion, Mr Wakefield.

As a result of new information which has come to light,

we've obtained a warrant to search the property

for digital and electronic devices belonging to Cate Wakefield.

Let's not be coy, DCI Bergerac. We both know what's going on here.

Did you know that Cate was in contact with Ellie Robson?

Ellie had shared her... concerns

about your purchase of her father's company.

I don't know what Ellie would have gained from that,

but the Robsons had hired a team of lawyers

to go through the contract line by line.

Cate... she was a lifeguard from Coventry.

Had they missed something, I hardly think

she'd be the person to find it.

Fond of her though I was.

Anyway, erm, tell your officers

to help themselves to tea and coffee,

and I think Margaret might have left out some biscuits.

Barney.

Look, I've got to go. I've got a thing, and then

I'm having lunch with my daughter. I'll be back about two.

Whoa, where? What about the search?

Well, keep going. You never know, you might find that phone.

He's up to something.

Yeah. Probably looked like I was hiding there,

but I was actua... I had to search that area.

Mm-hm.

We've got a suspect.

He's powerful.

He's connected. He's a bit of a bully.

And so bringing charges against him is gonna be...a challenge.

Sounds like quite a breakthrough.

It is. Yeah, it is. And so this, this is a distraction.

If... just if I'm honest. It's a split focus.

So you'd like to stop.

Look, I am stable.

I'm sober. You know? I'm meeting Kim later for lunch.

We're going to talk about her mum. I'm actually going to initiate that.

I'm better at this than I thought.

Yeah, you are. And so, you can tell Uma that I'm fixed. Yeah?

Why don't you tell her?It would be better coming from you, I think.

But look, hey, I can... do you have, like, Yelp reviews?

I could leave a good review. I'd be very happy to do that.

And what about tomorrow?

Well, I just said, I won't be coming.

Your mental state tomorrow.

See, grief is like a minefield.

You're fine, you're walking along... Click! You're in pieces.

I know there might be some bad days.

I don't think you know how bad.

I lost my wife too.

Nine years ago. Heart attack. She was 36.

I'm... I'm sorry.

I was... well, you can imagine.

I was not a person.

I was just grief. The patron saint of grief.

A therapist saved my life. Literally.

It's... it's why I became one.

And it's why I offered to take you on as a client.

You asked for me? Well, no, I mean that sounds...

No, Uma sent a request out to a bunch of us

and I guess I was the one who responded first.

But the reason I did so was because...You've been here.

And I have a map with the way out.

You are in a different world now. Different rules apply.

1st of May, 2014, Sophie Armstrong is abducted.

Sophie's found by Bergerac on the 4th of May.

She identifies you by your voice.

So you're arrested,

your house searched, your car seized.

But they don't have enough to charge you, so you're released.

This is a request to search your car by Bergerac.

7th of May.

When they find a strand of

what is later discovered to be Sophie's hair.

You're charged, you go to court,

you go to prison.

You were smart, though.

Getting your lawyer to request all the evidence under

the Freedom of Information Act.

Yeah, yeah, he went through all this,

he said there wasn't anything

reliable that we could use in an appeal.

Yeah. The problem is, your lawyer is an idiot.

I kept thinking "if there's a request to search John's car,

"there must be one for his house." There isn't.

You know why? It's so fucking obvious.

Searches are automatic. When someone's arrested,

police can search any property in their possession or control.

So I looked, and sure enough,

a search WAS done on your car straight after you were arrested.

And it found nothing.

So this is an additional search.

Specifically requested by Bergerac.

Which magically produced the evidence.

He planted it!

HE EXHALES

I knew it!

I knew it.

This hair is literally the only reason that I went to prison.

This proves it. This...

He stitched me up.