Before We Die

All set?

Are you going to the after party? Maybe.

Well, maybe I'll see you there.

Hey?

What's your name? Issy.

Can you see him?

White and black jacket by the bar? Yeah.

What are you doing? What are you doing?!

Mum?

What have you done? I warned you, Christian.

What have you done?!

What you thinking about?

Stuff.

It might never happen, you know?

Do you promise? Yeah.

I promise.

Oi?

That's for, Nick's birthday. Ah!

I wondered what we were celebrating.

Celebrating? More like drowning my sorrows.

Oh, Christ. Is that today? Hmm.

You sure it's what she wants to talk about?

She's barely spoken to me for months and now, suddenly,

she wants to have a catch up.

Well, maybe it's for the best.

I don't want a bloody transfer. Why can't they just give me

a decent case and leave me alone?

I meant for us. Hmm.

Issy with an S.

It's a work thing. The other, other woman.

She's a contact.

Sean, I'm teasing. It's better that I don't know.

You don't need to tell me anything.

Maybe I do, actually.

What do you mean? Not now. We're late as it is.

Aren't you coming in with me? No, I need to pop home.

Oh, is Helen coming back today? Yeah.

I should at least try and make it look like I've been living there. Mm.

See you.

'Yeah.

'I've unmade the bed, dirtied some dishes.'

Are you heading in? 'No, I'm meeting someone in Clifton.

'Listen, I meant what I said.'

What, about your contact?

'About them wanting to talk to you about the transfer.

'It really might be for the best.'

How come?

'Well, maybe it's a sign you should be thinking of early retirement.

'And I should too.'

What - are you thinking about leaving the force?

'Yeah, and my wife as well.'

Are you sure? 'I want to be free, Hannah.

'Free to be with you.

'To..to take care of you, to buy you things,

'like, expensive bottles of scotch...'

...and beautiful black dresses.

Have you - have you been at that bottle?

'Hey, if we...'

Sean?

Sean, are you there?

'Hi, this is Sean. I can't take your call, please leave a message.'

You've got an exemplary record, Hannah.

You've got nothing left to prove.

Hannah? Yeah..yes?

Are you even listening to me? Um, yeah, yeah.

Of course. Uh, you said that it wasn't personal.

Well, it's not.

I know it probably sounds like a bit of a desk job,

but at this stage of your career perhaps that isn't such a bad thing.

Hannah?

Sorry, erm, I was just wondering,

have you heard from Sean at all this morning? No.

Why do you ask?

It's just that I thought that he'd be back by now.

Back from where?

He said that he was meeting a contact.

He told you that?

Uh, yeah. Yeah. This morning.

He doesn't need a baby-sitter, Hannah.

No. No, no, of course not.

Let's focus on the matter in hand.

'Hi, this is Sean. I can't take your call, please leave a message.'

Hello.

OK, thank you, that's OK.

Fine.

No? OK. Thanks for your time, bye-bye.

'Hi, this is Sean. I can't take your call, please leave a message.'

Sean, erm, it's me.

Look, I, I'm worried now. Will you call me back? Bye.

'..Beautiful black dresses...'

Hi, good morning.

Sorry to bother you. Erm, I was just wondering,

did you happen to see a blue Volvo parked outside the shop

this morning? Shortly after nine?

Uh, yeah, that sounds about right. I don't know if it was a Volvo,

but it was definitely blue. And what made you notice it?

I didn't at first. It was the driver who caught my attention.

Oh, what was the reason for that?

He was stood outside the window for ages,

staring at that dress.

OK.

Is that him?

I'd have bet anything he was going to come in and buy it.

You can usually tell the type.

So, what stopped him? I don't know. Next time I looked,

he was standing by his car. That's when I noticed it was blue.

And, then he just drove off?

Couldn't tell you, this grey van stopped and blocked my view,

and, by the time it moved, the car was gone.

OK, thank you.

Have you made up your mind on the dress?

There are cameras all over that part of town.

Can someone check through the footage? I'll do it.

Thanks, Rachel.

Marcus, Fran, Darius, will you go door to door?

Sure. Yeah.

Should we get uniform to help?

Let's keep this to ourselves - could be a wild goose chase.

Anything you'd like to add?

Billy, have you got a moment?

Well done.

For what?

For finding that witness - bit of a needle in a haystack.

Not really.

Oh, come on, Hannah. You just happened to make a beeline

to the one person in Clifton who noticed Sean this morning?

There's clearly something you're not telling me.

Leave it, Billy. It's not material.

So... why am I here?

Sean told Hannah about a contact.

You've been working with him recently.

I thought it might help if she talked you through what he told her.

His contact is called Izzy.

Hang on.

He told you her name?

Uh, not exactly. It was an accident.

Well, what else did he tell you?

Almost nothing, but I'm pretty sure that he was on his way to meet her.

But you're not certain?

Uh, well, he mentioned her this morning.

Uh, but why were you with Sean this morning?

Billy...

And then, when I spoke to him again, later on,

he said that he was meeting someone in Clifton,

and then our call got cut off, just like that.

And that's it? Yeah.

Just take a look through his current investigations.

See if anything stands out.

OK.

And work with Hannah on it.

You fucking cowards.

Show yourselves, you fucking cowards.

Come on.

Yeah, yeah, go and do that way. I'm gonna go in there.

I was just wondering if you've seen a blue Volvo around here. No, I ain't see anything.

I'm from Avon and Somerset Police.

I'm sorry. OK.

OK, Issy.

Hi.

Any luck?

Look, I... I haven't been completely straight with you.

I found this in the street where Sean went missing.

What makes you think it's his?

There's a text message from Issy.

Why did you not tell Tina?

Well, it's hardly regulation, is it, a second mobile phone?

She's not a complete jobsworth, you know.

You don't get as far as she has by doing everything by the book.

So, what do I do with it?

What do you want to do?

Well, I don't know. Text her?

See if I can find out anything that might help us track down Sean?

You can't go... You can't go blundering blindly

into someone else's investigation, Hannah.

Who says I'm blundering?

We don't know for certain if Sean is missing.

He won't thank us for scaring off a contact

if he walks through that door tomorrow morning.

For God's sake, Billy.

Issy clearly doesn't know that Sean is missing.

I can just pretend to be him.

You never know, she might give us something to go on.

This conversation never happened.

It's your funeral.

Hannah. Hello, Samantha.

Hi, hi.

I haven't got the wrong day?

No, no, it's today. Come in.

How are you? Very well. Nice to see you.

Nice to see you too. You look very well. Thank you.

Happy birthday, Nick.

Hannah! I didn't know you were invited.

Well, I think it was one of those invitations

where you're not expected to show up. Nonsense.

How are you?

Ancient, knackered.

The twins make me feel my age.

Oh, the girls full of beans? Full of beans.

Hmm, this might take the edge off.

Hey.