C.B. Strike (2017–…): Season 4, Episode 1 - Troubled Blood: Part 1 - full transcript

♪ You and me ♪

♪ Me and you ♪

♪ Somehow we make it through ♪

♪ I may be gone ♪

♪ I may be far away ♪

♪ But I walk beside you ♪

♪ Every step of the way ♪

♪ When you're used ♪

♪ Bruised ♪

♪ Black and blue ♪

♪ Don't think about it ♪



♪ Never doubt it ♪

♪ I walk beside you ♪

-[general chatter]
-[laughter]

You look beautiful.

Thanks.

You look... terrible.
[laughs]

It's this jacket.
It needs taking in.
[sighs]

Anyway, I'm not staying.
I just wanted to say
that I'm sorry and...

And I want you back.

-What?
-Come back.

To work. Have our job back.

Sorry. I haven't slept.

You didn't have to be
so dramatic, you know.

Bursting into the church.
You could have just called.



I did.

No, you didn't.

I've left four messages.
I assumed you'd blocked me.

Why would I...

Cormoran? I just, uh...

It's a bit of a strange day
to be...

Yeah, sorry. Go and mingle.

Will you stay though?
I want to talk to you
properly.

Promise me you'll stay?

I'll stay.

-[Matthew] Hi, beautiful.
I was just saying--
-[Robin] We need to talk.

[people chattering]

[Robin's aunt] It's a devil
to cut a cake like that
and have it not fall apart,

but then I thought,
well it's Robin's cake,
she's always loved that cake,

and maybe what's
needed is a different
type of icing...

[voice fades away]

[guests chattering]

[man speaking indistinctly]

[guests laughing]

Ladies and gentlemen.
Now, let's usher in the night
as we gather next door

for the first dance!

[guests clapping, cheering]

♪ Been wondering ♪

♪ Who will be there
To take my place ♪

♪ When I'm gone
You'll need love ♪

♪ To light the shadows
On your face ♪

♪ If a great wave shall fall ♪

♪ And fall upon us all ♪

♪ Then between the sand
And stone ♪

♪ Could you make it
On your own ♪

♪ If I could, then I would ♪

♪ I'll go wherever
You will go ♪

♪ Way up high, or down low ♪

♪ I'll go wherever
You will go ♪

♪ And maybe, I'll find out ♪

♪ A way to ♪

-What are you doing?
-Just give me one minute.

♪ To watch you, to guide you ♪

[music continues faintly]

Cormoran?

Are you sure?

Yeah. I am.

Look. Across the day
as a whole I'd say there
was more good than bad.

Your job was
to follow the taxi.

Yeah. And I did do that.

You don't think crashing
a moped into the back of it
might have tipped them off?

Do you think you'll
need me again this week?

I think it's unlikely.

[door closes]

Take him off the list
of subcontractors.

Sorry... do you want me
to do that?

Hiyah.

[Cormoran]
How's the dodgy
doctor?

Oh, he played
squash after work.

-Did you know who
he's playing with?
-[sighs] A man with a beard.

Don't think he'll be trading
sex for a free boob job.

What's the name
of my six o'clock?

Oh, no, he called
this morning to rearrange.

The meeting I've
just come all the way
across London for?

-Hmmm.
-[Cormoran] Well. See you
both tomorrow.

-[Robin] See ya.
-[Denise] Good night,
Mr. Strike.

-Is the work mostly people
cheating on each other?
-Mostly.

It's not what I thought
it would be.

Hello. Good day?

-Yeah, you?
-Mm.

[panting]

It's like Tetris,

only the boxes
don't vanish
if you make a line.

-[chuckles]
-How was your day?

Ah. The usual.

-[sighs]
-[Matthew whispers
indistinctly]

[sirens wailing in distance]

[sniffling]

[doorknob rattling]

[door opens]

[Robin] Hiya.

[Cormoran] Morning.

[door creaking]

[Cormoran]
Don't touch anything.

Take pictures.

[camera shutter clicking]

[Billy] I seen
a girl strangled.

[shudders] They strangled
her up there.

[Cormoran] My name's
Cormoran Strike.

-Do you wanna sit down?
-[yelling] Don't ask
me things!

Just...

I shouldn't even
be talking.
Just listen.

Okay, the girl,
the girl I saw killed,

she's in the dell behind
my dad's cottage.

He helped them bury
her there.

[breath trembling]
I can't go...

I can't go...
I can't go...

[Cormoran] I'd like to
help you. But please
don't hurt yourself.

You can tell me
anything, okay.

We'll look after you.

[breath trembling]
They buried her
in a pink blanket.

[Billy] They didn't know
I seen 'em, but I did,
and...

They buried her.

Where's your dad's house?

No. I can't. I can't.
I can't...

[growling]

[breathing heavily]

I start every investigation
the same way.

My client writes down
their name and address

so I can keep 'em updated.

[Cormoran] You came here
to ask for our help.

We can help you.

You're one of
our clients now.

So, please.

Yeah, but you'll
tell the police,
and you can't do that.

Him and his mates,
they control the police.

Then he'll fi...
He'll find out.

What's your name?

Billy.

Billy, this is Robin.

Hi, Billy.

We can move forward
much quicker on this,
if we know

how to get hold
of you, so please.

[breath trembling]

[Billy crying softly]

[girl screaming]

He put her on,
on the eye...

[shudders]

...and choked her.

And she pissed herself
as she died. She wasn't...
She wasn't big.

She was little and she had
long... [trembling] brown hair.

And I can't not see it!
[cries]

I can't hold it in and...
[sobs]

-When was this?
-Six. I was about six.

-[gasps] Oh, my days!
-Who are you?

Err, would you like
a cuppa tea, Billy?

I only did it so you'd know!

-I only did that so you
would know!
-[Cormoran] Billy...

Forget... Forget this.
Forget this...

-You have to.
-[Cormoran] Billy?

You have to.

-You all right?
-I'm fine.
Are you all right?

I want to get paid
for the whole day,
but I'm not coming back.

Okay.

[Denise's footsteps leaving]

Do you think he was
suffering with psychosis or...

He's definitely ill.
But it doesn't mean
he's not telling the truth.

The pink blanket,
the girl wetting herself.
It's all very specific.

I believe him.

-That could be a five?
-[Robin] Maybe an eight?

-I didn't know people
still did this.
-It's a classic.

I left my phone filming
so I should have some
good images of him.

And should we maybe call
round psychiatric hospitals?

Their job will be a lot
easier if we can give
them a definite address.

-[Cormoran] Charlemont Road.
-Should we maybe go there?

Can't hurt, can it?

Let's just see
where this goes.

Check 218.

[knocking on door]

[sighs]

There's one toothbrush
in the bathroom.

There's one bed made-up.
There's lots of books
on class warfare.

And in the wardrobe,
there's a banner with
the word "core"

written on it. And some porn.

-Horse. Skirting board.
-[Robin] Oh.

Hair on the sleeping
bag's the same length
and color as Billy's.

If he has been staying here,

I don't think it's his
permanent home.

The good news is,
it's Tuesday.

What happens on Tuesday?

Tuesday's when
whoever lives here

changes the world.

We've got
a few hours to kill.

We could show
the photos of Billy
to the local shops.

Actually, I've got
somewhere I should be.

Okay.

I could probably stay
for a bit though.

No, I'll cover it.

Okay.

[camera shutter clicking]

[camera shutter clicking]

Community-Organized
Resistance. It means
taking back what is ours!

[crowd clapping]

There's ghost towers
all over London.

Empty flats as an
off-shore investment.

Call it "the West
Bank strategy."

You build an
illegal settlement,
then cry racism

at the protestors.

Now, over there
they enforce
it with the IDF.

Here, they use
property law, but it's
all the same thing.

The people's land
gets stolen out
from under them.

[cheering, clapping]

For those of you who
don't know me, my
name's Jimmy Knight.

Come and say hello,
get involved.

-[crowd cheering, clapping]
-[Jimmy] Cheers.

-There you go, madam.
-[speaks Polish]

-[speaks Polish]
-Only a bit.

And mate, you need to stop
calling people "Madam."
It's deferential.

Sorry, I didn't
understand all?

[Flick] Only speaking English
is classic imperialism.

Just 'cause someone
is English and it's not
your first language

doesn't mean they are
better than you.

Speaking three languages
shows is you went to a very
posh school.

Fuck off! And I'm not
taking lectures on
posh when you've

got me cleaning toilets
and scrubbing sinks.

[Jimmy] That's hardly a job.

[Shanice] So feminism
is what, now? A minor
aspect of Communism?

What's absurd
is saying Afghanistan
was Dubya's

women's lib project!

I'm not sure even
feminism justified
an illegal war.

I was there.
In the army.

The whole war
was about equal pay
and paternity leave.

Who are you?

My name's Cormoran.

Any of you know Billy?

Why?

He gave me one
of these, encouraged me
to come along.

I liked him. I thought
I might run into him.

-Where'd you see him?
-Is he a friend of yours?

He's his brother.

[Cormoran] Has anyone got
a phone number for him?

Email?

I'd like to know he's okay.

No need. I look after him.

That's not really
what I asked.

Yeah, I heard
what you asked.

Another time then, comrades?

[car starts]

All I could do was try
not to pass out.

[inhales]

I need to be better
than that. [exhales]

My job depends on me being
better than that and I don't
think this is helping.

No, the behavioral therapy
was useful.

And getting a bike instead
of taking the tube, that was
good, but this part.

I just...

[therapist] Last week
you talked about Matthew
blocking your phone,

and how you chose
to still go on
the honeymoon.

Perhaps, we could
explore that a little
further?

[waves splashing]

-[sighs]
-[Matthew] Oh.

The water's amazing.
It's like a bath.

You can't go in at all?

You know I can't.

That's a shame.

I suppose it's
the price you pay.

For what?

For working for him.

What for?

For catching a murderer?

For putting
a child-abuser in prison?

What exactly do
you mean, Matt?

Well, it's the price I pay,
for being happy.

And are you?

With work, I am. Yeah.

What do you mean by that?

I mean, you know
I love my job,
or I thought you did.

I literally... I can't
say anything, can I?

Every time I come out
of here, I go home
feeling wrung out.

[inhales] And then
my husband does
the same thing.

Pushing me.
And my mum on the phone.

And I... [scoffs]

The only person who
isn't at me all the time

is my work partner.

Mr. Strike.

Yeah.

But have you told him
about the acute anxiety
you're experiencing?

The panic attacks?

[exhales]

Erm, I've moved
to a new place now,
so that'll help.

New start. New memories.

This is going to be
my last one.

[Chiswell] Mr. Strike.
Could I have a word?

Why does nobody in your
office pick up the phone?

I called twice this morning,
well within office hours.

We've been a bit
short-staffed.
Sorry, who are you?

Don't play games.

I'm Jasper Chiswell,
as you very well know.

The Minister?

I'm not gonna yammer
in the street. Get in.

-Can I ask--
-We'll talk at my club.

Sturges, call ahead
and have them find
a jacket for my guest.

A large one.

[Chiswell] So...

Do you work like
a solicitor?

As in, you can't ever
be hired by both sides
of the dispute?

My clients trust me.
My reputation
depends on that.

I have to say, I looked
you up yesterday
and I thought, Christ,

he is one who actually looks
like he could do a number
on somebody.

-Thanks.
-And nobody's ever
approached you concerning me?

In any capacity?

No. Was there
maybe a job you'd
like to discuss?

Follow me. [clears throat]

[Cormoran] Could I have
some mustard?

[Georgina] Yes.
Of course, sir.

-Any for you, sir?
-No. My taste buds are shot.

Just make things
look yellow. [laughs]

[Cormoran] Couple more
potatoes wouldn't hurt.

[grunts, inhales]

I am being blackmailed
by two men.

I haven't paid them
anything, yet. I assumed
it would only encourage them.

That's often how it goes.
Have you gone to the police?

No, and I shan't
be doing that.

Only takes one bent copper
to flog it to a newspaper.

And besides, one of the men
is intent on destroying me.

I doubt he'd be
deterred.

What they blackmailing
you over?

My conscience is clear,

that's all you need
know about that.

I'd thought it would
be fine... but, er,

apparently now
there are pictures.

And once they
get hold of those...

I need something
I can use against them.

The threat of
"an eye for an eye,"
do you see?

So that everybody
has something to lose.

So who are the two men?

Geraint Winn. He runs
the office for his wife
Della, the MP.

She's blind, isn't she?
She's done some
work with veterans.

Never bloody
shuts up about it.

Listening to her,
you'd think that playing
a game with

a full set of limbs
is a kind of cheating.

The other man's
a very different fish.
He's hard-left.

One of those people
whose against everything.

His name's
Jimmy Knight.

Minister, can I ask you,
how you knew I've been
looking for Billy Knight,

-his brother?
-Billy?

I shan't go into any of that.

Your assignment is
to protect me.

You don't need
to know my business.

Well in that case,
thank you for the lunch.

I wish you the very
best of luck--

You can't just leave
me with this thing.

[snaps fingers] Sit.

Will you please sit?

I've got a policeman
watching Jimmy Knight.

I said that he'd threatened
to disrupt Wimbledon,

so they kept an eye on him.

He identified you
at Knight's house.

If you take the job,
I can let that man go.

I'd be glad to do that.
He's a waste of public funds.

I'll pay whatever
it takes.

Just begin, would you.
I need haste.

No phone calls,
no emails.

I know what we're
capable of in that regard.

We'll discuss
things in person.

Are you hired?

So you stayed
in the Army after
you lost your leg?

-[Cormoran] I was SIB.
-[Chiswell] Yes, I know.

You investigated
my son's death.

I remember you
from the report.
You've an unusual name.

Freddie went into
my old regiment.

Well, it was the Queen's
Royal Hussars by the time
he joined.

[inhales] He had
so much promise.

He'd be running
the family estate by now.

We made him a coffin
from one of our oaks.

Cut from the woods
where he used to play.

I'm very sorry.

He was your eldest
child, wasn't he?

Yes eldest of four.

I've got two girls,

and then there's
the other boy, Raphael.

He's had problems
all his bloody life.

Can't stick with anything.

My friend here,
Drummond is giving him
a chance.

But he'll squander it.

My wife thinks
he's a lost cause.

Jasper. Hello.

-[Chiswell] I'll be with you
in a moment Henry.
-Of course.

You really never
knew Freddie?

It's a shame.
He was one
hell of a boy.

[Robin] Cormoran,
that's amazing!

A government
minister for a client!

We might even be able
to afford a new lock
for the door.

You know who his son is,
don't you?

Yeah, I did the investigation
into Freddie's death.

He was a shit.

Never had so many people
ask me if an officer had
been killed by his own men.

[Robin chuckling]

[Robin] No, I actually meant
the younger one, Raphael.

Chiswell mentioned he's had
trouble settling down?

That's one way of putting it.

He got high and ran over
a young mother. Killed her.

He got a really light sentence.

I expect his dad
helped with that.

Mmm-hmm.

I'm not sure how
we'll cover all this.

Chiswell's job needs
two people undercover.

Dodgy Doc is
a full-time job as well.

-Well, couldn't we put Emerson?
-I fired him. He was rubbish.

Oh...

It's all right though.
I know a few
ex squaddie's...

The other thing is,
the Chiswell job's gonna

require the operative's
to do something that
I'm not sure you'd--

Anything you'd do,
I'd do--

Hear me out,
before you decide that.

You'd be posing as
the Minister's goddaughter
doing an internship.

And under that cover,

you'd bug the office of
one of the blackmailers.

-Geraint Winn.
-What's the legal situation?

It's a grey area.

The Minister will get the bugs
in using his Red Box.

That's never searched.
But you don't want to
get caught placing 'em.

I'd do it, but my face
has been in the papers.

Not sure I'd make a convincing
goddaughter either.

I'll do it. I'm in.

Okay.

Are you gonna
cover Dodgy Doc?

Yeah. But I'm mainly
gonna be looking for Billy.

Pretty sure Chiswell knows
who Billy is.

I could see it on his face...

Didn't ask him about
the strangled girl.

We'll tread carefully
on this one.

[shuddering]

[snorting]

Uh...

Are they gonna find me?

They won't. Not here.

Just do what I tell you
and then I'll look after you.

All right?

Do it!

[doorbell ringing]

-What is it?
-Delivery for your husband.

I'm afraid he has
to sign for it.

Jasper! Work.

If my partner gets caught
planting these,

she'll deny you had
anything to do with it.

You can say she fooled you,
claiming to be
an old friend's daughter.

Yes.

Of course,
if she does get caught,

I hope you'd do everything
in your power to make
the problem go away.

The girl's competent,
isn't she?

Extremely.

Shouldn't be an issue then,
should it? Good night.

-Woo.
-[gasping] Fuck!

What have you done?

It's for work.

Thank God for that.

Because it knocks you down
to a B-plus.

Hey, I'm kidding!

Listen, that's a compliment!

Means you're normally
way up there.

[chuckling]

You're an A Plus, Rob.
You always have been.

[sighs heavily]

[scanner beeping]

Thank you.

Hello.

Hello, I'm Venetia Hall.

Oh, I like the choice of name.
It's very pretty.

-Thank you...
-I'm Izzy.

This is a bit... incredible.

I know.

It's the heart of the capital.
Along with Selfridges!

We do have a lot of mice,
so it's not all glamour.

Quite a few rats.

And far too many Labor MPs.

Can't seem to get rid of them!

Actually some of them
are lovely.

I know it's a bit tragic,

forty and still working
for your father,

but... anyway, here we are.
Our humble parliamentary abode.

Oh, Papa left some things
on your desk for you.
You're expecting them, no?

Della and Geraint's office is
just a few doors down. Okay?

-[distant phone ringing]
-Okay.

-You can sit there.
-Thank you.

You're very calm,
I must say.

Cool as the
proverbial concombre.

[exhaling deeply]

[indistinct conversation]

-[Barclay] Here he is.
-[Cormoran] Afternoon, Barclay.
Pint?

[Barclay] Can't hurt, can it?

[Cormoran] Pair of the usual,
please, Steve.

-Still smoking?
-I'm vapin' it now.

Me and the wife had a baby,
so... health kick.

So, if you're looking to score,

sorry, but I'm not your man.

I was gonna offer you a job.

-Doing detective stuff?
-Hmm.

I'm not vaping every night.

I could knock it on
the head if I had to.

I'd start you on
30 hours a week.

You'll bill me as a freelancer.

What's the gig?

That's Jimmy Knight.

He leads a housing activist
group called CORe.

I need you to
get in with him.

You'll have to admit to
being ex-army.
You look like a squaddie.

Yeah, no problem.

I'll be the poor wee lad
who never knew what
he was getting himself in to.

They love that shite.

Let 'em patronize me.

Say you've been drifting
since you left the army

and you're looking
for a new cause.

Well, it shouldn't be too hard
to convince him there.

-So you gonna tell me
what he's done then?
-Nope.

You're gonna tell me that.

Another thing, he's got
a brother called Billy.

If Billy turns up,
drop everything and call me.

And stay with him
until I get there.

Is that what you've being paid
to do then? Find Billy Knight?

Can you start today?

Ugh.

I mean, it's just been ghastly
for Papa these last few months.

He's under so much strain.
Well, we all are--

Oh. Oh... oh. Thanks!

Raff's being helping
out a bit when he's
not at the gallery

chasing Henry's assistants,
which is not what

his Art History degree
was meant for,
but there we are.

Anyway, I'm thrilled
you're here.

You'll sort things out,
won't you?

We'll do our best.

Oh, I have to tell you.

I had a total crush on
Cormoran when we were younger.

[gasping]

I didn't know you knew him.

Hmm. Met him at Oxford
when he was dating Charlie.

He was just so unapologetic.

He obviously never gave
a toss what people thought.

Thought about what?

Well, him and Charlotte.

I mean, she could
have had anyone,

but he acted like he was
definitely good enough for her.

It was very sexy.

What can you tell me
about Geraint Winn?

Horrible little man.

Him and Della have always
been off with us.

I think they're bitter.

See we were
a big family and...

Well, their only child died.

She committed suicide,
didn't she? I read about that.

It must have been
awful for them.

But it does a tiny bit
make you wonder how
they were as parents.

I should go
and introduce myself.

Mmm.

[exhales heavily]

-[knocking on door]
-Come.

Hello! So sorry to interrupt,

I have no idea how to use
the phone system.

I really wanted to
introduce myself.
Is that okay?

-Yes of course! Err but...
-So...

I've got an internship here.
But I also was thinking

maybe I want a career
in the third sector
charity world.

And everyone said,
you have to talk
to Geraint Winn,

because he does both
really brilliantly,

running her office and
their charity, and I thought,
get over it,

just chuck yourself in there,
Vee! Is that totally awful?

Mm.

Charity and politics.
It's a juggle, I won't lie.

Aamir, look after our guest?

Cup of tea?

Lovely! Would you mind
awfully if I had Earl Grey
with soy milk?

I'm not sure
they're gonna have that.

He'll track some down.

So, what was your name?

Venetia.
A bit like the blinds.

-Oh, God! shit, I'm so sorry.
-Why?

Because of Della being blind.

[laughing]

Oh, we've got
tougher skins than that!

Would you mind
if I charge my phone?

It's about to die.
I'll be in trouble
if they can't reach me.

-Go for your life.
-Thank you.

Thank you.

Need a hand?

No. No. I'm erm.
Just erm...

It's, just a bit... you know
I think I've bent my charger.

-Ooh.
-Anyway. Thanks though.
Thank you.

No. Wait, wait...
Come here...

Come, come and take a seat

and let me show you what
we've just done.

-Our new campaign video...
-Thank you.

Here we go.

Most sports test
the human body.

So... this is
who we are, Venetia.

[Elspeth]
But the ways in which
Marcus has been tested

make his achievements
all the more remarkable.

[Marcus] ...five months
after my accident...

Lovely chap.

[thudding]

Yes.

[inaudible]

-So what do you think?
-[gasping]

I... I have somewhere
I need to be.

-So sorry. Thank you.
-What about your tea?

[Robin]
Thank you so much.

[breathing heavily]

[gasping]

It's okay! Sorry!

Are you...

[Robin breathing heavily]

[steward]
Are you alright, dear?

Asthma...

[steward] Got an inhaler?

I'll be fine.
I just need a second.

You take your time.

[exhaling deeply]

[Chiswell] Women don't just
take off and leave like that
for no bloody reason.

I'm no a fool,
and I won't be
taken for one!

[Raff] Stop shouting.
She just freaked out.

I barely even said hello.

[Chiswell] I mean, can't
you do something useful

with your
pathetic little life?
Hmm?

-What'd he do to you?
-Sorry?

I saw you belt out
of the room.
Did he make a pass?

-Dad, I'm not--
-Be quiet, boy!

Oh, no. I had no idea
he was in here.

I got a shock and then
I needed the loo.
He didn't do anything.

[Kinvara] First time
for everything, I suppose.

What are you doing
here anyway? You're not
due for another hour.

I thought
you valued punctuality?

Being early is not punctual.
Being on time is punctual.

Give him something
to do, will you.

And who are you?

Venetia Hall. I'm interning.

Are you?

She's my goddaughter.
Robert's girl.
Before your time.

These, erm,
these wheelchair
athlete-chaps.

Err, Miller wants to know,
do we have a ramp on
every bloody staircase?

Not on the main flight, no.

No, if you went down that
in a wheelchair you'd take off.

It'd be like a ski ramp!
But there is a lift.

So long as we don't
have civil servants
giving them a piggyback.

Kinvara, come on.
Jump to it.

[Kinvara tapping]

I hope you learn a lot.

[door closing]

So... This is Raffy.

I'm so sorry.
I completely over-reacted.

No it's okay. Erm,
for the record,
not a sex-offender.

[chuckling]

Although, I have
been an offender.

-You don't have to--
-No, I prefer people know it.

Erm, I messed up.

I knocked someone down
when I was high. I did that.

And I have to hope that
people believe in the
possibility of redemption.

I think everyone
makes mistakes.

Thank you.
That's very nice of you.

Anyway, what's your story?
It's Venetia, isn't it?

Some people call me
Vee, but I've never
really liked that.

In our family, that'd see
you called Vee
for the rest of your life!

We're merciless.

Come to supper this week?

That'd be a joy.

Maybe we can invite
Vee to join us?

[Izzy] Hm. Maybe.

Off you go then.

Take these to the Ministry.

I'm so sorry.

It's like he can't speak
words without flirting.

Italian mother.

Not to be racist,
but I honestly think
it's a factor.

[Cormoran] The company
directors are Jasper Chiswell
and Jack Knight,

nature of the business is
listed as "general exporting."

Do you have any more
detail, or is it just
what's on the website?

[crunching crisps]

Yeah, two brothers.
Jimmy and Billy Knight.

I doubt they'd have
been there together.
There's a big age gap.

Do you happen to have
their old address?

Wear the grey one.

It think it makes
me look pale.

I like you pale.

All right.
I'll wear the grey one.

[indistinct conversation]

[laughter]

You look nice, Sarah.

Do you mean
the earrings?

Engagement present.
A bit OTT.

TOM: I'm going to be
a kept bloke.

Sarah's about to
auction a Constable.

Stubbs. Should go for
at least twenty mil
if the market holds.

ROBIN: Cheese?

All right Corm,
mate, come on in.

Welcome to the new gaff.

[Cormoran] Thanks.
This is Lorelei.
Lorelei, Matthew.

Hi. Gorgeous road.

-[general chatter]
-[laughter]

What have we have here then?

Chorizo and manchego.

Classic double-act.
Guys, dig in.
Thank you, darling.

So nice to finally meet you.

-Cheese?
-Yes, please. Thank you.

-Hi. Hi, Lorelei.
-Hi.

I've heard
so much about you.

Oh, I'm confident
he doesn't

actually talk about
either of us.

Got you a bottle of wine
and a present.

Thank you.

It's a nice house.
You pleased?

Err, any luck with Billy?

I didn't find him. But I
found out where he grew up.

Their dad had
a worker's cottage

on the Chiswell family estate.

Oh, so, the cottage with
the dell and the girl?

Yeah. Jack Knight ran
an export business
with Jasper Chiswell.

I'm going to
go up there tomorrow.
See what I can find.

Right, I'll drive.

What about House of Commons?

Err, equipment's
all in place.

Okay.

Man-che-go!
Robin, we've got the need,
the need for cheese.

Well, I better
take these around.

And we should
meet your friends.

Oh, no, they're not mine.

I mean, they're mostly Matt's
colleagues from work.

Do you want us
not to talk to them?

No. No. No. I mean...
Enjoy yourself.

[upbeat music playing]

Cheese?

♪ And then
Change your number ♪

♪ I guess that
I don't need that though ♪

♪ Now you're just somebody
That I used to know ♪

♪ Somebody ♪

[sighs]

Hi, Cormoran.
I've made a mistake.
I think I want...

[woman over phone] Sorry,
this isn't Cormoran.

I can wake him up,
if it's urgent.

Hello?

Matt, are you awake?

[Matthew] Hmm.

This has got nothing to do
with anyone else,

but I've been
going over it all,
and I can't...

I think we need to go back.

I want to tell our parents
that we're separating.

Mum! Mum!

Matt? Matt?

I don't feel well.

Oh, God.

Hi. We need
to send for a doctor.

And tell him bring antibiotics.

It's urgent. Yeah.
Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Matt? Matt?

Please don't leave me.

I won't. I won't.

And she bakes.

[sight softly]

Did you have
an all right night?

You can make it up to me now.

I've got to
get through today.

Yes. I know.

I'll call you.
As soon as I can.

[operator] Your call
has been forwarded.

[sighs heavily]

-[woman] Hello?
-Hello, can I speak
to Robin, please?

She's on her honeymoon.

She went?

Of course, she went!

You weren't expecting her
to work, were you?

Sorry, I got my dates wrong.

Don't tell her I called.

[band playing]

♪ At the end of the day ♪

♪ You're all that I need ♪

♪ You came into my life ♪

♪ I fall on my knees ♪

♪ Before you ♪

♪ Before you ♪

♪ Before you ♪

♪ Before ♪

I thought Lorelei
seemed lovely.

Jack Knight's business address
is part of the Chiswell Estate.

Billy more or less
grew up here.

[Robin]
What did the business do?

[Cormoran] I can't find
anything about that.

Got an address for
deliveries to his workshop,
and that's it.

Look. Up there.

Have you got the bit with
Billy talking about the eye?

Yeah.

He put her on, on the eye...

[shudders]

...and choked her.

A girl was strangled here,
and a six-year-old boy
witnesses it.

Were they brought
here specifically?

Was it some sort of ritual?

[Robin] Hmm.

The girl I saw killed,
she's in the dell
behind my dad's cottage.

He helped them
bury her there.

They buried her
in a pink blanket.

They didn't know I seen 'em.
But I did. They buried her.

When Billy says helped "them."
Could he mean
the Chiswell family?

Do we know
who we're working for?

Chiswell estate's that way.

[Robin]
The tracks overgrown.

[Cormoran]
Probably hasn't been used
since he died.

What we want is old paperwork.
Anything with an
address for the cottage.

Cormoran?

Cormoran. Round here.

[rattling]

[grunts]

Maybe they made furniture?

[Cormoran]
Billy's been carving
those for a long time.

There's a cottage
marked here.

It's on the Chiswell estate.

Buried her
behind the cottage.

It's got to be it.

What do you think?

[Robin]
This must be the dell.

-[Cormoran] Argh.
My fucking leg.
-Oh. You all right?

[Cormoran]
I can't fucking feel it
when it catches something!

[Robin sighs]

-[Robin] Let me go.
-Yeah?

[Robin]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine.

[Robin exclaims]

[Cormoran] Robin!

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine. I'm fine.

[Robin grunts]

[Robin panting]

[Cormoran] I can see it.

Cormoran.

I can see bones.

[theme music playing]