The Five

What are you thinking, is Jesse dead and Marosi was telling the truth?

- He didn't get him. - Then how do we explain his DNA turning up?

When I went to lure him in, someone arrived.

- Who was that? - His father.

Alan Wells, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Jesse Wells.

The lab spotted an anomaly.

Alan Wells is not Jesse's father.

- Who was he? - His name was Frank Lipton.

- Where is Frank now? - He moved away.

He moves to a remote house and he tries to make himself invisible.

I love you.

Is Jesse's DNA from that plaster?

What about blood donation?

Do you happen to know the names of the people that used to own this place?

You have to see this.

Mark.

Frank.

Hello, Mark.

I suppose you being here means you want answers.

Beans, beans, good for your heart.

The more you eat, the more you fart.

The more you fart, the better you feel.

Girls, that's enough.

- It's not swearing. - Yes it is.

And even if it isn't, it's still very irritating.

His name's Robert.

His name's Karl.

No, he's mine.

No...!

Girls!

I'm so so sorry.

I tried calling but you must have left.

It's Mark, he's been up all night. Temperature and vomiting.

- I'm going to keep him home today. - Oh boy, I'm sorry.

I can still pick up your girls after school, though.

Alan should be home by then. It's not a problem.

You're sure that's OK?

Yes, of course.

Thanks, Julie.

I hope Mark's feeling better.

- Have a good day, Frank. - You too.

Girls! Pack it in!

Would you stop? Hannah, will you stop irritating your sister?

In a split second, everything changed.

My wife and I were never the same again.

She blamed me for what happened.

Your mother was kind.

She was there for me.

Our lives were destroyed by a moment.

One decision,

taken

in the blink of an eye,

the consequences last forever.

I don't need hope.

I need reality. That's what I'm dealing with now.

Simple, basic

reality.

I think she did it out of pity.

But afterwards she regretted it.

She loved your father.

- Doesn't make any sense. - Frank, you're married.

I'm married.

She's left me.

You're a beautiful, beautiful man, but this was never supposed to get serious.

Jesse.

I asked her once if he was mine.

She said: "No, I'm certain."

As Jesse got older, I'd look at him.

I could see it.

I knew, he was mine.

Then, that day in the park happened...

Ah, just go!

Slade!

What are we gonna do?

- Suppose Jesse tells. - He won't. I'll make sure of it.

And neither will we.

We tell no one, OK?

Daniel!

Come back here!

Get back here, now!

In!

Hi there.

You haven't seen a...

little golden labrador around here, have you?

His name is Blacky.

Damn.

I let him off his lead and now I can't find him anywhere.

Should I tell you why I call him Blacky?

He was from a litter of pups.

That means babies that mommy dog has.

And they were black.

Except Blacky.

He was golden.

So when I took him home I thought it would be nice to pretend

that he was like his brothers and sisters.

I have a picture if you'd like to see it.

- Where are you going? - I have to go home.

- No, no wait. - I can't.

Don't they teach you manners at school?

Don't they teach you to respect your elders?

Leave him alone!

get your hands off him!

I know him. Who the hell are you?

His father.

You wanna bring him up properly.

He's got foul mouth.

Come on, Jesse. Let's go.

That man lost his black dog.

- Did he? - That's what he said.

Will you take me home after?

Your mom phoned and said it would be OK

if you stayed the night.

Told her it might be funny to spend some time with me. Boys together.

And wait for me.

Good boy.

Wait a minute.

This way.

Where are we going?

To the seaside.

Donkey rides and ice-cream.

I want my mommy!

There's some things I need to tell you, Jesse.

Big things.

About who you are and who I am.

Are you a big enough boy to listen carefully?

You're sure?

I've been left a house in the country.

I moved Jesse there.

Where no one knew us.

This used to be my mother's house, your grandma.

- When did she die? - A long time ago.

Before you were born.

She was a lovely woman.

She would have loved you.

Jesse, when you move to a new place,

you get a chance to start everything all over again.

I've been thinking, I don't want to be Frank anymore.

I want to be Ronald.

Who do you want to be?

If you weren't Jesse, if you had the choice of any name in the whole wide world?

I'd come back to Westbridge, now and again.

Show my face, mow the lawn.

After a couple of years I sold it.

Left the area for good.

Karl.

Good luck today.

It's all in there. What can they ask me about chemistry that I can't answer?

Call me afterwards.

I love you.

Everything was fine for years.

Until one night...

- What do you do? - Police forensics.

Analyst.

It's really cool.

It's like what you see on TV.

Same again?

Yeah and shots. Black Sambucas.

I'm on call.

- So have you ever seen a dead body? - Hundreds.

Where the fuck is this murder, anyway?

Violet Hotel, I should've written it down.

- Give me a suit! - No way, man.

Come on, let me see the scene.

Splatter, isn't it?

It's Jackson Pollock in here.

Forensics report, from Ken.

With the DNA results from the plaster found at the scene.

I need you to double-check these forensic results.

Why, what's the problem?

We've had a DNA hit from the MISPE database from a kid that went missing in 1995.

So how about you stop pressing with your boyfriend and check it again? Thanks.

Go!

I'm his father.

Thanks nurse, that's great.

Son.

Dad.

Dad...

There's something I need to ask you.

Who the hell am I?

It's Karl.

My boy.

I'm dying, Mark.

I mean look at me, all these tubes.

If you want me to pay for it,

if you want me to suffer...

The pain that you've caused...

You've ruined their lives.

You lost your daughters, you know how it feels to have something snatched away.

That made it easier.

Life had shat all over me. I had nothing to lose.

And Julie still had their child.

Their real child.

You.

But Karl...

or Jesse, he was as much mine as theirs.

And look how they neglected him.

Letting him nearly get killed by that man.

He saved my life.

That boy saved my life.

It's Karl.