Patience

This programme contains some violent scenes from the start and throughout.

SHE SCREAMS

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CAR HORN BEEPS

908... TYRES SCREECH

Watch where you're going! Sorry. Moron!

CAR HORN BEEPS

TYRES SCREECH

Oh, good. You got my text.

Yes. Thank you.

All right? Yeah.

Is that a stake? Well, that, DC Akbari, is the murder weapon.

A rather unusual one. That's pierced his ribcage.

I mean, that would require colossal strength.

Yeah. He's weirdly pale, isn't he?

A sign of tissue hypoperfusion.

The body must have lost a lot of blood.

No traces of it, though. Well, maybe he was moved.

Dr Parsons...

Yes. These are rather strange incisions.

They've likely sliced through the carotid artery.

Jesus. They look like tooth marks.

Anyone got any garlic for Will?!

Looks like the victim's camera. Half the film has been used.

We'll get it developed ASAP. Good. Cheers, mate.

Hi. Hey.

I was hoping I'd see you.

Right.

Erm... How was your training course?

Good.

But, you know, three months too long.

I would rather have been here.

Cool. I guess you're a forensic genius now, though.

Oh, totally. I can analyse tire marks in seconds!

Although, I still can't keep a cactus alive.

Elliot, we're loading up. OK. Sure.

Erm... Bye.

See ya. Yeah.

What is that? No idea.

So what have we got?

The victim's a Jonathan Starper.

He's a rising star in the photography world.

Any more detail than that?

I'd say his main influence is a romantic Gothic.

Definitely picking up on the Pre-Raphaelites.

I meant any more detail on the victim, DC Akbari?

Oh, I see. Erm... He was preparing for an upcoming exhibition, sir.

It's had a lot of buzz around it.

I could only find instant coffee.

How do you people live like this?!

DI Monroe?

Call me Frankie. DCI Calvin Baxter.

We weren't expecting you until next week.

Oh, erm, yeah. Plans changed.

I didn't fancy sticking around Manchester another week,

so here I am.

So, erm, DI Monroe is DI Metcalf's replacement.

Erm...

replacement?

No. Sorry, sir, DI Metcalf's only on leave.

Yeah, she... She was, but she decided to take a job in Glasgow.

She can't do that. She didn't... What?

I know you.

You make a habit of trying to kill motorcyclists, do you?

Permanently plugged into your headphones.

Bloody Gen Z. Erm... They're noise cancelling.

Yeah. Don't cancel your eyes, though, do they? Work experience?

Uh, no. This is Patience Evans from Criminal Records.

Oh.

Right. What's going on here, then?

Suspected homicide. Came in last night.

Bit of a strange one, this one. Yeah, that's a stake.

And the victim was found with two bite marks in his neck

and a serious loss of blood.

Really? Mm. Sorry DI Monroe, I'm not going to be able to show you around this morning.

I've got to have a public relations meeting. Sounds fun.

Like it's not enough to endure a station refurb.

The Chief Constable now thinks we should improve our image with the public.

Maybe don't tell them we're hunting vampires, sir!

These photos are creepy as hell, aren't they?

I knew I recognised the name Jonathan Starper.

He was involved in a scooter accident about four months ago.

How old are you?

23.

MESSAGE ALERT

Ma'am, Marina Murray, the woman who discovered the body, she's in the interview room.

Oh, right. Let's go and see which member of the Adams family pitched up now.

This way.

Erm...

Sorry. No, erm, the victim's accident,

it is interesting because...

Is there any chance of a proper coffee? A flat white will do.

Erm... I mean, the roasting process of coffee produces a known carcinogen... Oh, good.

Right. So you turned up at Monk Bar Tower in the middle of the night

just to get Jonathan to go home?

Mm-hm. Do you do that with all your clients? No. Erm...

But I've been his agent for 15 years.

And, erm, I knew him.

Whenever there's an exhibition, he burns himself out.

Can you think of anyone that might want to kill him?

No, of course not. He was... He was wonderful.

Well, was there anyone he had bad relations with?

No. Anything he was worried about?

Erm...

He had seemed a little out of sorts recently,

but I think that was just the exhibition.

I'm sorry I can't be more help.

No. Thank you for coming in, Miss Murray.

If you do remember anything else...

give us a call.

OK. Thank you.

Yeah, she was shagging him.

How do you know that? Body language.

And my gut, which is also telling me I need a bacon sandwich.

There's a canteen. No need.

I stopped at a farm shop this morning.

Locally sourced, maple cured. Delish.

Great, thanks.

Can I get you to sign out?

Thanks.

Oh, hi. Hi.

I'm just going to go grab some lunch. You want to come with?

Erm, I brought a salad from home.

Well, you could come sit with me?

Outside food's not permitted inside the canteen.

Oh.

Yeah, well, I'll, erm...

see you later. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Door opening.

Are you kidding? No, DI Monroe. I don't kid.

Not one drop of blood left in the body? Correct.

And what's also strange

is that the incision marks in his neck were made after death.

Which means without the heart beating,

the victim couldn't have bled out without some help...

from gravity.

So he was... Probably strung up like a pig.

You're joking?

Still deadly serious, DI Monroe.

There was a pulley system in the tower that could have been used

and forensics found blood traces.

The question is,

why would anybody want to drain someone of all their blood?

SHE KNOCKS ON DOOR

Excuse me. I've found something.

The victim was involved in a scooter accident about four months ago.

It was a hit-and-run.

The car was reported stolen and been connected to a ring of car thefts operating out of a garage.

According to Companies House that's now closed down,

but the owner, Kevin Gill, works at York Racecourse.

Sorry, why are you talking so fast?

Because otherwise you'd walk off and order another coffee.

OK. Well, thanks for this. Next time, put it in an email.

You can go.

Yeah, bring him in. Sure.

Erm... Patience is autistic.

Right? And?

Well, maybe you could, you know, go a bit easy on her.

Look, I'm all for inclusivity, but I don't have time

to hold anyone's hand just because they want to play police.

She's been an amazing asset to the team and her and DI Metcalf were really close.

She has a brilliant mind. She's helped us crack so many cases.

Well, it seems to me that if you two were doing your job properly, she wouldn't have to.

BELL RINGS

Got your letter then?

Thought you might like a cup of tea.

What's happened?

She isn't coming back.

Alfie's dad has found a job in Glasgow and...

they've got a good school for him, so they've all moved.

Well, I guess... I guess it's good for Alfie.

What else did she say?

She says that she misses me and...

And she wants me to come and visit.

Yeah, she's very fond of you.

Yeah. Unlike DI Monroe. Who's that?

Her replacement. And...

she wants me off all of the cases.

Well, she sounds like a fool then.

Oh, she's not a fool.

She's just not Detective Bea.

Yeah, I know. She really got you, didn't she?

How are you going on with these numbers? Any luck?

No.

I just...

I don't understand why my mother left me something so unfathomable.

Because it's not unfathomable. Not for you.

And your mother knew that.

She's left you a treasure hunt.

God, it's stuffy in here.

They always overheat these rooms.

I like your tattoo, Kevin. Your gang, is it?

No. Not any more.

What does it mean? It's a code of honour.

What kind of code of honour endorses kneecapping, Kevin.

I did my time for that. Cutting out people's tongues?