Wire in the Blood

Wire in the Blood

Still She Cries Season 2 - Episode 01

Road ahead now closed.

Your passage is secure and clear.

Repeat: passage is secure and clear. Over.

Proceed from hotel.

Surveillance still required.

No unwanted visitors. Over.

I thought we were meant to keep them to ourselves.

Tony asked if she could come.

She's one of his students.

She's been helping him out academically with Maggie.

Yeah, I'm sure she has.

So far it's all been theory, Laura.

This is where we come face to face with our crime.

- You okay? - Yeah.

Take your time.

And just tell us as you remember it.

I'll try.

We pulled in off the road.

I liked to take them for a picnic.

Tony.

Are you sure this is a good idea?

Tony. Who's that girl?

Oh, no. It's my fault. It's my mistake.

I should never have put you in that position.

Is this coming from the police?

They don't want me there?

Do they know how much I've been helping you with this case?

No, not the police.

I should never have let you anywhere near my patient.

I mean, it's taken Maggie five years to tell me

where she's buried the bodies, five years of her believing

her world revolves around me.

And your presence almost destroyed that.

Her victims are on that hillside.

And I owe it to them and their families

not to make such a stupid mistake.

Stupid. Well, it's nothing personal, Laura.

You still have access to the tapes and files for your Ph.D.

and I'm happy to talk about the case with you.

But it was a mistake to let you physically near it.

Well, I guess it wasn't all bad.

Today, I met my first killer.

No, "patient".

Ah, possible sighting of Mica Van Marten

on a train near Swindon.

- We're checking it. - Someone actually heard our appeal?

Oh, I'm not sure it's completely reliable.

Elderly man, he's not certain of her hair color.

So he saw a young woman?

- Exactly. - Case can't

just dry up like this.

Well, unless she did just go back to Holland.

Well, then, why was her mobile phone found smashed up?

No, no, if she was in Holland, we'd know about it.

You're fond of nurses, Kevin

go back over all the statements of her colleagues,

then do the bus drivers. Anything you're not happy with,

re-interview them.

Paula, concentrate on friends and family.

Someone must have seen something,

even if they don't know what that something is.

Carol!

The woman is an attention seeker.

How has it taken her five years to remember where she buried them?

Well, Dr. Hill believes it's all bound up

with her acceptance of what's she's done.

Does he?

Has she actually pinpointed any precise locations?

The aim is to give the families the bodies of their children.

In four days, has she come up with anything concrete?

- No. - Then get her off that hillside.

If she wants to remember, she can do so in the comfort of her cell,

not at the expense of our reputation.

I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it was further down the ridge.

We've dug there.

When we talked, you mentioned a small depression in the ground.

- You said there were trees. - Yes. Yes, I did.

A depression and trees.

- It'll have to wait till tomorrow. - Stand everyone down, Don,

we're calling off the search.

- When? - Now.

We could still be here next year

without something more concrete to go on.

We don't have that kind of time.

Come on, love.

What haunts me most are the legs and eyes.

The more I held the nose and mouth shut,

the more they kicked, the more their eyes stared,

bulging, pleading for help.

- Where did you kill them? - We had pulled off the road

by some crags.

I led them up a track.

You don't mind?

No.

and I'm-I'm returning your book.

Are you okay?

They called the search off.

- No bodies. - Were you in the right place?

Oh, yes. it's just the exact locations are required.

It happens.

Sorry.

I'm heading up to the bar, if you fancy a drink.

No, uh, I, uh...

Now look around you.

- What do you see? - There's a hill.

- Some trees. - Where?

On your right? On your left?

- Hattie. - At last!

- Sorry I'm late. - You're buying.

See ya!

What haunts me most are the legs and eyes.

The more I held the nose and mouth shut,

the more they kicked. The more their eyes stared,

bulging, pleading for help.

- Where did you kill them? - I led them up a track.

Now look around you.

- What do you see? - There's a hill.

- Some trees. - Where?

- On your right? On your left? - My right.

Stand everyone down, Don. We're calling off the search.

We were in the right place!

I have to go. I've got to be in early.

Yep, me too.

Yeah, I have to beg off.

- Talk to you in the morning? - What do you think?

Do you want a lift?

Come on, guys, someone's gotta keep me company!

Hi, Nelson.

Didn't you make Mummy any supper?

No?

We'll have to trade you in, mate.

No, it'll be here any minute.

Yeah.

See you tomorrow.

Love you!

Hattie!

Ok!

- Hi, Luke. - What is it with Hattie?

I've been calling all morning.

Typical.

She'll still be in bed.

She rang last night, said she was on her way here.

DS Merrick.

Yeah, of course I remember you.

Say again?

It was just pushed through the door overnight.

Well, it might not be anything to do with us.

Have we got a sample of Mica Van Marten's hair?

Yes, we do.

What is it?

That girl of Tony's.

I was at home, preparing for my math tutorial.

When Hattie called, it was just all the usual stuff.

You know, where she'd been, who she was with,

when she'd see me.

She was a bit pissed, but it's not like her to go missing.

Nothing to indicate that she was unhappy in any way?

No.

You were with her. How did she seem?

Just her usual self.

I left early and she was going to follow.

I think something awful has happened.

It seems she left the union bar at 11:20.

She made a call on the mobile to her boyfriend from 11:21 to 11:31.

And she wasn't at the bus stop when the bus passed by at ...

11:35.

Four minutes to disappear.

Don's upstairs talking to her boyfriend and her housemate.

- Do you wanna ... ? - No, I'll read it all later.

Carol Jordan.

Right. Thanks.

They've just found her mobile

in the undergrowth near the bus stop.

- Mica Van Marten. - Yep.

Paula's with the parents. Let them know, will you?

They need to hear this from us, not the ten o'clock news.

What haunts me most are the legs and eyes.

The more I held the nose and mouth shut,

the more they kicked! The more their eyes stared!

Bulging, pleading for help!

Uh, yes, this is Tony Hill.

I'm too busy to come to the phone right now,

but do leave a message.

Tony, hi, it's me. Are you there and just not talking to us?

No, maybe you're out.

Listen, we need your advice on something. Can you give me a call?

If we're going to convince the police, we need to be more specific.

I'm trying, Tony, really, I'm trying.

They came again last night, all five of them.

Through the wall. Through the ceiling.

Okay, Maggie. Maggie.

Try to use it as a trigger to remember.

But when you kill someone, you're in this other place.

A rush, a focus on the task,

and you want it to be so perfect, but it never can be.

It as though the outside world doesn't exist.

Just this indelible bond being created between two people.

I know what I did, Tony.