The Missing

The crowd was, er...

I mean, he was thirsty.

There was a big crowd watching the game.

I was holding his hand.

I don't blame you, love.

Olly!

I came back.

I thought you should know why.

I found something.

As you've probably noticed,

the gaskets have gone to rot.

The soil pipes and the stacks are rusted.

So for those of you who don't speak plumbing,

refitting this system is going to be an absolute bastard.

Pardon my French.

Now, it's important that you understand what we're doing here.

We're trying to get a heartbeat

out of a building that died

over three centuries ago.

As we restore,

we need to cling on to every morsel of historic fabric...

Anyway, you've all worked with me before.

You know I'm a stickler for detail.

But this isn't just one of our development jobs.

One day this will be my home.

'If you have him, we are begging you, please let him go.

'Take him to somewhere safe and let the police know where he is.

'Please bring him back to his family,

'who love him.

'Please bring him home.

'Please.'

Now, who loves you? Dad.

Yeah.

Cheers, bruv.

Hi, it's Mark Walsh. I'm the UK liaison officer.

Laurence Relaud. Do you speak English?

Yes, I do. Thank God.

So what's happening?

This is Vincent Bourg.

Baptiste picked him out from our list of sex offenders

in the district.

Do you think he's our guy?

Yes.

Yes, I do.

Show me. Er...

So, Oliver drew this the day that he was taken.

It's the same as the one down there. You can see that, right?

I see the similarity, of course, but... Similarity?

It's identical to the one in the basement. He drew that in there.

He was kept in there, I know it.

Julien?

You are a parent too now, aren't you?

For my sins. Six months.

So... you understand.

As well as anyone might try to.

But... what if you are clinging to shadows, Tony?

I cannot simply tell the procureur to re-open this case

because of a picture.

Oh, Jesus Christ, am I going mad?

That is the same as that!

I am asking you to try, Laurence.

As a friend.

I'll talk to the procureur as soon as I can.

Thank you. Thank you.

I cannot make any promises. OK.

Vin rouge.

Whiskey.

You pay now.

Je n'ai pas de, um...

I don't suppose these are on the house?

Didn't think so. C'est bon, c'est bon.

C'est pour moi, merci. Merci.

So what happens now, huh?

They'll send forensics in, eh?

Go over the whole scene for fingerprints and DNA?

I mean, there's a chance, isn't there?

That basement looks like it hasn't been touched in years.

Listen, this is not Laurence's decision.

I know she'll do her best, but...

In the meantime, we should go through this.

Now we have an address, maybe there's something in here that we missed.

Something that ties the two together.

Please, Tony. Tony, please.

One step at a time.

I know. I know.

You've got the police reports?

Yeah, everything's in there. Every article, every lead.

I mean, I've got more here.

Some of these documents are in French.

Vous avez appris a parler francais?

I mean, I read it better than I speak it.

Emily. I was calling her all last night.

Um... It's a bit loud in here. I'm going to go outside.

Emily, thanks for calling back. 'No, Tony. It's me. Mark.'

Now is not a good time. 'Yeah, well, I need to speak to her.'

It's Robert. He's getting worse.

Oh, Jesus.

Penny told me he was in the hospice. I was going to call, but... 'Yeah.

'Well, it's not the right time.' I know.

I know. But listen to me. I've found something. We could find Oliver.

Listen! Don't phone back! This has got nothing to do with you.

Hello?

That's good, Dad.

Try and have a bit more.

Hey.

Who was it? Carol. She wanted to know about numbers at the venue.

It's nothing. With me?

My phone was off, so she tried yours.

Hey. I am capable of answering my own phone, you know? I know.

It's just wedmin, don't worry about it.

Wedmin?

Wedding admin.

Which I've done none of. I love it.

Hey. Come on, sleepy drawers. It's time to go home.

I want to stay. I know, but it's time to go home. Come on, up.

Oliver?

Oliver, how are you?

How's school?

Dad, this is James.

Oliver, come here...

Dad, this is James. Mark's son. Oliver's not here any more.

Home time.

Oh, phone?

'Hello?' Did I wake you?

Tu sais bien que non.

Curse of being a night owl. Hm.

How is the hive?

'Fine, as far as I can tell.

'But I'm not the expert.

'Only you know what's really going on in there.'

I'll be back soon.

As soon as the case is reopened, Laurence will take over

and I can come home.

I promise.

Don't make promises you can't keep.

Oh. I have to go.

I love you.

I love you too, Julien.

Although sometimes I can't remember why.

Soon you will know.

What's going on? No-one's telling us anything.

So, they're currently questioning a person of interest. Who is he?

They won't release the suspect's name.

Look, the process here is different from at home, OK?

But from what I understand,

there is a witness who can place him at the pool.

He denies it, but he's a regular there and his alibi is, um...

It's unsatisfactory.

He claims he was out walking in the local park,

but no-one can confirm that. And, um... is he...

I mean...

Does he have a history?

We can't discuss that.

Oh, God!

That means he does, doesn't it?

Look, it's important not to think too far ahead.

Right now, we have someone we're talking to.

Yeah, but if he's done this before, that means he's not a killer,

doesn't it? Which means... Cos he'd be in jail, wouldn't he? Stop it!

For Christ's sake, just...

I can only imagine how hard this is for you. For all of you.

And I promise that the moment I know anything, anything at all,

I will let you know.

But for now, we just have to wait.

You have my card, right? Yeah.

Thank you. Thank you.

What's he saying?

Um...

Baptiste wants to know why he ran. He says he panicked.

He's afraid of the police because of his record.

Baptiste wants to know where he walked.

Where he was at the time the boy went missing.

The park.

Off la Rue Jean Buridan, he says.

Ca suffit, tes conneries la. Lachez-le. Alle? Alle ou?

Il est ou, le gamin? Il est ou, espece de sale pervert?!

Lachez-le, tout de suite.

Tu m'as fait mal.

Il m'a fait mal, vous avez tous vu. Il m'a...

On va noter dans la malcourante. Je suis desole. Vraiment desole, monsieur.

He's asking about the park again.

He is... looking for...

um... incoherences... um...

Inconsistencies. Yes.

No, no, no, no, no. They are on the house.

Et les croissants aussi.

Everyone's being so nice.

I'm not hungry.

Me neither.

Maybe we should try and eat some of it, you know, just to be polite.

What if that man who took him has him locked up somewhere...

..and we're just sitting here being polite? I didn't mean...

What if that man knows where Olly is,

he knows where he is?

We're just sitting here having coffee like we're still on holiday?

What else are we supposed to do?

Sit and think about what might have happened? What good does that do?

No, you're right, just sit here and be polite.

I'll see you back at the hotel.

That's Bourg's file. No-one can know where you got it.