Bergerac

The victim is Tony Sallinger. He was found dead in his hotel room by his sister, Ruth.

From now on, no more secrets.

What do you think he meant by that? I have no idea.

This thing with the daughter, is that a conflict of interest?

No, it was a two-minute conversation. I'll ask for the CCTV, just so we can eliminate her.

You said you were leaving. I changed my mind.

To Kim. To Kim.

I drank. What was the occasion?

Ian Monkford, I'm arresting you on suspicion of... Argh!

It's great, detective, but you're greedy and you're impulsive,

and that makes you dangerous to be around.

KNOCK ON DOOR

Do you fancy a trip to the coast?

Hmm.

So how's things with your daughter?

Erm, yeah, she's not speaking to me.

Nope, she won't be.

She's going to punish you about 50 times

before she eventually gives you the time of day.

And what do I do until then?

Keep showing up, regardless of how much she tries to push you away.

And eventually, those 50 punishments will run down to zero.

She's leaving soon.

You'd better get cracking, then.

His car was found over there.

With the keys still in it and the suicide note on the dashboard.

I want to know a bit more about Alan.

This incident with Monica and the knife...

...when, was it?

A few days before he died. But you didn't see it?

No, I told you, I was at uni. He told me about it.

Thanks.

But in the years before I left, Monica and dad would argue a lot.

Not blazing rows, just sort of tense, small sort of snipings.

Do you remember what about?

Michael, mostly.

How Monica molly-coddled him, how dad wanted him out from underneath them.

And me.

How dad was easier on me. Well, at least according to her.

How that was giving Michael a complex.

Dad wanted out.

I know he did, but...

...not like this.

Why are you looking into all this again?

Well, it's possible that when Tony said "no more secrets", he was talking to Monica.

And you think that my dad is the secret? I think...

...I'm late for work.

Cliff top only opened to the public two months before Alan Barton was reported missing, presumed dead.

Thank you. Since then, we've sadly had one further suicide

and an accidental death there.

Now, the tide is very predictable, even in extreme weather.

And both of those times, the body washed up in the bay half a mile down the coast.

Alan's body didn't.

And no-one questioned it at the time because I guess no-one knew about the tide patterns.

Kara and I have been back to the hotel to check on Tony's sight lines.

When Tony said "No more secrets",

he was looking in a mirror at Monica.

So, what was his secret?

We've got two theories.

Either Monica killed Alan, Tony knew and was threatening to expose her.

But what was Monica's motive for killing Alan?

I mean, he had a couple of grand of savings, but that was about it.

The cottage maybe? That's what we need to find out.

The bit I don't get is why she'd then tell Tony. I mean, you'd keep that to yourself, right?

Again, that's what we need to find out.

The other theory is that Tony was summoning up the courage

to tell Monica that he lied about his job and his money.

Now, Monica says that Tony told her the week before the wedding.

What if he didn't? What if he told her that night?

What, and then she killed him? That's quite a reaction, isn't it?

Yeah, well even if she didn't kill her first husband, Alan,

the daughter said that Monica once threatened him with a knife.

So we're dealing with someone potentially prone to aggression and violent outbursts.

Kara, Sally, Dan, go back through the reports into Alan's suicide,

we need to see if there's anything that they missed.

Simon, Liam, Katie, talk to Monica's friends.

Did she mention Tony's financial situation to anyone

and, crucially, when did he tell her?

And we still haven't figured out who this figure in the coat is.

Hey, look who it is. Barney. How you doing, boss?

All right, all right. All right, all right.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, good to see you, all right.

They've discharged you from the hospital. I mean, not technically.

I thought you'd all be missing me by now!

Are you OK? Oh, yeah, doctor said it's a scratch.

Sorry, Jim, you carry on.

That's OK, we were just finishing.

Thank you, everyone.

Mate.

Hey, boss. Thanks, mate. Cheers, mate.

Yes, mate. Good to have you back.

How you feeling? Like I just got stabbed.

So no, you shouldn't be here. What am I supposed to do? I can't go to the gym.

Let me bring you up to speed. Yeah, all right.

Erm, lots to fill you in on.

Hmm.

Ian has confessed to killing Karl and to swapping the bloods

and obviously to the attack on you.

He's adamant he didn't kill Tony.

You believe him? I do.

Wish I didn't.

So, yeah, the current focus is Monica.

And there's a possibility that her first husband's suicide was actually staged.

Yeah, and Tony knew and threatened to expose her.

That's what Nicola said, right? Yeah.

The other theory is that Tony told her about his financial situation. And she lost her shit, yeah.

Erm, about what you said at the hospital... Jim.

What happened was really shit.

I'd like to put it behind me, OK? We're good.

What happened there?

I've no idea. Barney.

I didn't expect to see you back so soon.

Discharged this morning.

That's surprising, after such a close shave.

Thank God Jim arrived when he did.

Take it steady, Barney.

Understood, ma'am. About time some of the others did some work, eh?

Boss, have you got a minute? Well...

...yeah. So the footage from the night of Tony's murder came in.

What footage? Costello's, the restaurant.

The footage of you and Nicola Barton.

When you disclosed you had contact with Nicola the night of,

you said it was a two minute conversation.

It wasn't. It was longer. Really?

Way longer.

It was 43 minutes. 43 minutes?

Wow, OK, yeah.

You do understand I need to put this on the CMS, don't you? Yeah, of course.

Which means that everyone in here can access that footage. Yeah, I know how the CMS works, Kara.

And see that your two minute conversation

with a person connected to the case was actually much longer.

And much more cosy than you initially let on. Cosy is, erm... It's subjective.

Maybe. But the time stamp isn't.

Look, maybe you lost track of time,

or maybe you thought it was inconsequential.

But, please, get your fucking story straight...

...sir.

I thought you'd gone back to Manchester.

I decided to stick around, visit some old haunts.

Like the cliff?

A friend saw you there this morning.

Sorry, that sounds...

I mean, you can... You can do what you like. I just mean that I...

I wish I'd known you were still here.

We could've spent a bit of time together.

And done what?

I thought we'd made some progress, Nic.

I explained how your father was.

I know that it must've been difficult for you to...

But, you know, I thought it might have answered some questions for you.

No. It did.

It's just being back in Jersey.

It's harder than I thought it would be.

Being back around me, you mean.

I mean, have you heard about love languages?

People have different ways of demonstrating their love

and I think that I had a way of showing you that I loved you,

because I did.

I... I do.

And I think it's something that I learned from my mum.

She was, erm...

She was practical.

She was endlessly practical.

So the house was clean and we were clean

and there was food and... You know?

I think that that's what I associate with love.

And it's just as deep as something more demonstrative.

But maybe it's not how you needed to be loved.

Yeah.

That would make a lot of sense,

if I hadn't seen you do it with Michael.

You weren't practical with him.

You engaged with him.

You gave him energy.

And time.

And love.

And I got...

...what was left.

Well, Michael just demanded more, he needed more.

You didn't have to give it to him. You could have said no.

You can't say no to a child like that.

So I'm left with this impossible choice of what to believe, yeah?

That, oh, you couldn't love me because of some...

...flaw in you?

Some bit in you that's missing?

Or that ultimately because I'm just too hard to love.

What?

No. That's not... Christ, no. Just stop!

Sh.

This is why I didn't want to see you.

Because these conversations are too hard.

I'm sorry...

...about Tony, but...

...I want you to leave now.

Have kids.

Then we'll talk.

Kim.

I know you're furious with me and you have every right to be.

But you're leaving soon, you know, and I would just love it

if you would consider forgiving me