Hinterland (2013–…): Season 3, Episode 3 - Episode #3.3 - full transcript
[door opens and closes]
[knocking at door]
[Powell] DCI Mathias?
Can we talk?
The day before Iwan Thomas died,
he called you.
You didn't inform DS Owens?
No, I didn't.
What did Iwan say when he called you?
He asked me how my head was.
[Powell] And that's it?
It was a short conversation.
And that's why you went looking for him.
The night he died.
Because there was more to say.
I wanted to say that enough was enough.
And you didn't get the chance?
Do you think Iwan Thomas killed himself?
Do you?
The last call Iwan made...
was to Chief Superintendent Prosser.
You surprised?
Yeah.
Did Iwan ever discuss
his relationship with Prosser?
Listen.
If you've got any questions about Prosser,
then you really should be asking him.
Shouldn't you?
[phone rings]
[door opens and closes]
Mathias.
[woman] He was a regular.
He came here most mornings.
This morning, can you tell me
what happened, what you remember?
He stopped, got the petrol,
and a man walked up to him.
And he just...
He just shot him.
[Mared] The attacker.
Do you remember what car he was driving?
[woman] Um...
Sort of reddish.
Small... Petrol.
The man with the gun,
did you see his face?
[Lloyd] Sir.
The victim's pickup
is registered to a Liam Hughes,
worked in the rubbish depot.
We're still trying to trace the family.
Why would anyone want to hurt Liam?
He wouldn't harm anyone, he was always...
He's always joking around,
making people laugh.
Do you know if Liam
had any family living in the area?
Um... I think most of his family
come from over Welshpool way.
Was Liam in any kind of trouble recently?
Couple of weeks ago,
he got into a bit of a scrap.
Nothing much, though,
it wasn't Liam's fault.
Whose fault was it?
Llew Morris.
Liam made a crack about his wife, a joke.
Llew lost it, threw a brick
through the windscreen of Liam's truck.
I had to sack him. Llew, that is.
-I had no choice.
-Yeah. Do you know where he lives?
Thanks.
[phone rings]
-Lloyd.
-[Lloyd] I've just spoken with the DVLA.
They've confirmed that Llew Morris
is the owner of a red Nissan Micra.
There's something else.
Llew's wife, Bethan,
issued a restraining order against him.
When?
Five weeks ago, sir.
I'll send you the address now.
Bethan Morris?
Can we come in?
[Mared] Five weeks ago, you set up
a restraining order against Llew?
-Could you tell us about that?
-Why?
It is important, Bethan. Please.
Was Llew ever violent towards you?
No, never. He is not a violent man, he...
He just couldn't accept
that our marriage was over.
What happened?
Llew ran a printing business.
He put everything we had into it.
Then when things started changing,
he didn't keep up.
When the business went bust,
Llew found it hard.
He thought he'd failed us.
And it all got on top of him.
He became angry.
[Mathias] Go on.
The debts kept getting bigger.
His mother got ill,
in and out of hospital.
-Llew just couldn't cope.
-Why the restraining order?
After we split up, Llew kept pestering me
at the hospital where I work.
Coming round to the house all hours,
crying, shouting.
I didn't want Bryn
seeing his father like that.
-Bryn, your son?
-Yeah.
-Is this him?
-Yeah.
Where's he now? At school?
Yes, at Gwel Y Môr school, down the road.
Did Llew ever mention
a Liam Hughes to you?
No.
Do you have any where Llew is right now?
If he's not at home,
he might be at his mum and dad's.
He goes there to check on his mother.
Pathology on Iwan Thomas.
And?
Injuries consistent with a fall,
alcohol in his blood,
traces of black fiber under his nails.
Anything on the fiber?
No, not yet, they're still running tests.
I've still got questions
to ask DCI Mathias.
I went to see him this morning.
We just talked.
[footsteps]
Call an ambulance now. He's still alive.
Police! Down!
-Armed police!
-Police!
-Clear!
-All clear!
-Room clear!
-Clear!
[camera clicks]
He's not coming back.
Just got a call
from Gwel Y Môr Primary School.
Bryn Morris, Llew's son, he's gone missing
from the yard during the lunch break.
The other kids said
he left with his father.
We know how hard this must be for you,
Bethan, but we need your help.
We need to find out
everything we can about Llew,
about his family, friends,
places that he liked to go.
You have to find him.
We will.
But we need your help.
I want my son back.
I want him home. I want him home now.
[Bryn] Where's your hair gone, Dad?
[Llew] Got to look smart today, Bryn.
Why?
[Llew] Your great-great-grandfather
built this place.
And look.
It's still standing strong,
long after he's gone.
What do you think of that?
[sighs] Come on.
It's getting cold.
Where do you want to go?
We can go anywhere you like.
-Anywhere?
-Anywhere.
What do we know?
What can you tell me about him?
A failed marriage, a failed business,
debts piled high,
and a terminally ill mother he doted on.
[Mathias] Llew is a man in free fall, sir.
This morning,
he drove to his parents' house
early, before anybody was awake.
There, he suffocated his mother
and then shot his father.
Then he went looking for Liam Hughes,
and when he found him
he shot him dead, too.
We know that he's taken his son.
We have to work on the assumption
that he intends to harm him.
We've put roadblocks on all the major
roads in and out of Aberystwyth.
-So far, there is no sign of Llew's car.
-[Prosser] Where are we on ballistics?
The report confirms that the gun involved
is similar to a shotgun
licensed to Llew's father.
He was a game keeper
on the Cefneithin Estates.
The shotgun was not found at the property.
We're still waiting to see
if the shotgun cartridges retrieved
from the scene are a match.
[Lloyd] Sir, news from the hospital.
The father, he's been rushed
into emergency surgery.
It's touch and go.
Llew's brother is on his way there now.
[door opens]
Do you have a moment? We have a situation.
Of course.
DS Owens, could you report back
to DCI Mathias?
Now?
-What about the Iwan Thomas case?
-That'll have to wait.
[Powell] Was there something else?
No.
[man] I can't believe this is happening.
I knew Llew had problems,
but to do this...?
[Mared] When did you last see
your brother?
Um... last week.
We argued, OK?
-You argued? What about?
-What difference does that make now?
Shouldn't you be out there,
looking for Bryn?
Why was there so much bad blood
between Llew and his father?
Dad wanted us to be strong.
He knew that life wouldn't give you
anything, that you had to fight for it.
And he was a real fighter.
He is a fighter.
What about Llew? Is he a fighter too?
No.
When Llew's business went bust,
he got into trouble.
Debts, bank loans, and stuff.
So he asked the old man for some money.
Dad refused.
He said, "If you made this mess,
you sort it out."
Do you have any idea where he might be,
where he would have taken Bryn?
No.
[knocking at door]
[Powell] The last person Iwan called
was his old boss,
Chief Superintendent Prosser.
-So?
-[Powell] Don't you think that's odd?
Do you?
Depends what they talked about.
I can't help if you don't tell me
what you know.
I'm just trying to find out the truth.
That's all.
I've spoken to the neighbor.
She said she was woken up
by a loud bang this morning.
When she went over to the window,
she confirms it was Llew's car
that she saw.
-What time was this?
-Around 7:00, 7:30.
She thought something was up
with his mother,
and when she went back an hour later,
the car was gone.
Thanks, Sian.
Hey.
It's good to have you back on the team.
Thank you.
Any idea where this was taken?
[dishes clatter]
[Bryn] Dad?
Dad.
What is it?
I need a wee.
OK, come on.
License matches.
He could be in there, with the boy.
This might be our only chance.
Call it in.
[Mathias] Have you seen this boy?
[Bryn] Dad?
[Sian] Thank you.
Bryn's coat?
The waitress remembers the father
carrying a bag or a rucksack.
With a gun inside?
Well, they can't have gone far,
not on foot.
That's what I'm afraid of.
Llew on foot puts other lives in danger.
We had them, Mared, they were here!
We let 'em go.
Sir, the father, he didn't make it.
He died in theater.
[Mathias] We've got an armed man
with a child.
Three people are dead.
We set up a roadblock here,
there, and over there.
We've established a 15-mile perimeter,
and uniform have begun
their meter-by-meter search
of the surrounding woodland.
Residents in the immediate area
need to be warned.
Search dogs and air-support vehicles
are being made available to us.
We have three victims, two crime scenes,
two active investigations.
We can't take anything for granted.
We need to treat this investigation
just like any other, build the case.
And I want to be informed
of all developments at all times.
Any questions?
-No.
-Good.
DCI Mathias.
What happened? How did we lose them?
I made a judgment call, sir.
I got it wrong.
Dad.
Dad, where are we going?
I want to go home.
We've got to keep moving. Come on.
I'm sorry. We have to be sure.
[sobs]
How could you let him get away?
You need to let me through.
Move the car. Move the car!
[officer] Sir, I'm sorry,
this is a roadblock.
Please get back in your vehicle. Sir.
Get back in your vehicle,
we can't let you through!
[Mathias] What are you doing here, Dafydd?
Have you found them?
Have you found Llew and Bryn?
I was only trying to help.
I knew what Bethan
was going through with Llew.
She was struggling.
Llew kept going up to the house,
waking Bryn.
I tried talking to him,
but Bethan and Bryn were his world.
He wouldn't accept it.
She called me one night, and I went over.
By the time I got there, Llew had gone.
Bethan, she was in pieces.
I don't know how it happened.
It only happened once.
Llew found out, he was watching the house,
saw me arrive.
When was this?
[Dafydd sighs] Last week.
Is that what you were arguing about?
I did this to him.
My own brother.
Come on, almost there.
[woman] Can I help you?
[woman] What a pity your car broke down.
[dishes clatter]
Quite an adventure, I bet. You and Dad.
Well, you haven't...
Never mind. This'll warm you up now.
Everything will be alright, you'll see.
Dad'll sort it now.
[Llew] Spoken to the garage.
They're sending someone as soon
as they can, about an hour.
We've just been having a little chat.
He's a quiet one.
He's just shy.
You should hear him at home.
You hungry, bach?
He's OK, he's eaten. We've both eaten.
Not even room for a biscuit?
[chuckles]
So where were you two heading
when the car broke down?
-Just out for a drive.
-No school this afternoon?
Never mind. I won't tell.
Here you are. Ah!
-Say thank you to the lady.
-[Bryn] Thank you.
[woman] Oh, so you can talk.
[Llew] It's quiet here.
Peaceful.
Do you live here on your own?
[woman] Since my husband died.
I've got a son.
And a daughter.
Moved away. I hardly see them.
That's the way with children.
They've got their own lives to live.
You've got all that to look forward to.
Once this gets out,
we're gonna be overwhelmed with calls.
The longer it takes to find him,
the more danger the boy is in.
I'm well aware of the danger, Tom.
But we have no choice.
We have to give the press something.
Thank you for coming at short notice.
I won't keep you long.
At 8:42 this morning,
officers were called to a shooting
at Ifor Evans's agricultural suppliers,
where a member of the public
was fatally wounded.
This is our red zone.
We're still continuing
with door-to-door enquiries.
Most of the farms inside the red zone
have been checked,
and there have been no sightings.
We have managed to contact most
of the residents in the outer cordon too,
warning them about Llew and Bryn,
advising them to be vigilant at all times.
But there are a number
of unanswered properties on this list.
-We're trying to arrange call backs.
-Trying?
-It's a vast area, sir.
-Trying?
They're moving as fast as they can.
Hey, Elin.
-[Elin] What time are you home tonight?
-Why?
I was thinking of going over to Lynwen's.
Right. Do me a favor
and stay home tonight.
Really? Why?
Because I am asking you to.
-OK.
-Thank you.
Love you.
How's the investigation?
Ongoing.
Any progress?
Some.
Mar...
Can I see her?
Elin?
Where's DCI Mathias?
Where did you say the car was
when you broke down?
Not much traffic passes along these roads.
Not much around here.
Where are you going?
Maybe I can give you a lift somewhere.
[Llew] We're fine. We'll just wait.
Don't want to put you through any trouble.
No trouble.
Maybe you should give
the garage a call back?
See if someone's coming.
I don't think the garage
will be sending anyone tonight.
Well, let me take you.
I think it's best for everyone...
if we just stay a while longer.
[chuckles awkwardly]
Bryn?
Would you like to see if we can find
some old toys... in the other room?
I think Bryn would be more comfortable
in the front room.
[Llew] Do you want to go
to the other room?
Come on, bach.
Let's see what we can find.
Right, you sit there, now.
Here we are.
You said you were different.
Not like the others,
said I could trust you.
Prove it.
[phone rings]
-Hello?
-[Manon] Am I disturbing you?
Um, no. No, no.
Yeah, well, I saw the news.
I was...
I was worried about you.
Worried?
Will I see you tonight?
I'd like to see you.
I'd like to see you too.
I've got to go.
OK.
Be careful.
OK. Bye.
-Hey, bach. Goodbye.
-Thanks.
There's no garage, is there?
No car...
No one's coming.
Whatever you've done,
you can't run away from it.
You've got the boy to think about.
You have to do what's best for Bryn.
Why?
What's the point?
You work hard,
you make plans.
You think you've got something
to live for, and then it's all a joke.
I was just trying
to make things right again.
To prove I could do it.
I know I made mistakes,
but everyone makes mistakes.
I just wanted my family back.
But all people did was make fun of me.
But I showed them.
I showed them.
I had the last laugh.
He didn't see me coming.
[vehicle approaches]
-Who is it?
-I don't know.
Who have you called?
-Who have you told?
-I told nobody. How could I?
Get rid of him.
Whoever he is, whatever he wants,
do not let him inside.
If you do, it'll be your fault
what happens next.
Hello.
I'm DCI Mathias. Sorry to disturb you.
I'm looking for a young boy
who's missing, and a man in his 30s.
-Have you seen him?
-No, no.
-I'm sorry.
-Are you sure?
Yes. Yes, I'm sure.
OK.
Well, if you do hear or see anything
suspicious or indeed see this man,
don't try and approach him, just...
call me immediately.
[woman] Thank you.
Are you sure you're OK?
Yes.
Yes, I'm sure. Thank you.
OK. Well, thanks for your time.
Good luck.
[Llew] Get away from there!
Get out the car.
Get out the car, now!
Get in there!
On your knees. On your knees!
Why are you here? You could have gone!
You had the chance.
You've ruined everything!
-Don't. Please, don't.
-[Llew] This is your fault.
[Mathias] Don't do it, Llew.
-Not in front of Bryn.
-Don't talk about my son.
Don't even mention his name.
[Bryn] Dad?
I'm not angry with you, Bryn.
I was just playing a game with him.
I wasn't gonna hurt him.
That's right, isn't it?
Yeah, yeah, just a game.
Just playing a game.
Don't be afraid.
I want to go home.
I want to go home to Mum.
[Mathias] You'll be home soon enough, son.
I promise.
[Llew] Shut up! Don't talk to him!
Don't say another word.
They know where I am, Llew.
And they're gonna find me.
So let them go,
it's got nothing to do with them.
Take off your tie.
Take off your tie, now!
Hurry up!
Take it. Move!
Stay there.
Tie his hands.
Tie his hands to that.
I want the knot tight.
Now everyone be quiet. Nobody move.
The ground team
is being suspended for the night.
-They'll resume first thing.
-And uniform?
They'll continue with their door-to-door,
and the air search is ongoing.
I'm sure Llew and Bryn
have taken shelter for the night.
We can only assume
they're both still alive.
Ballistics.
Confirmation that the indentation
on the shotgun cartridges
that we retrieved from both crime scenes,
the garage and Llew's parents house,
were made by the same firing pin.
-Same gun, both shootings?
-Yes, sir.
Where's DCI Mathias?
He returned to the field, sir,
to help with the search.
Alone?
You contact me the moment he gets back.
DCI Mathias. Leave a message.
Tom, ring me when you get this message.
[phone rings]
Tom?
What is it, Lloyd?
He's punishing me.
I never meant to hurt him.
What happened with Dafydd...
He was there for me,
after Llew and me...
He listened.
One night, that's all it was.
It's not your fault, what's happening now.
With Llew.
It's about more than just one night.
I love my son.
So much.
Please find him.
Please.
DCI Mathias. Leave a message.
Doesn't have to be this way, Llew.
It's not too late.
The police, they know where I went,
so they'll find me.
-It's only a matter of time.
-Shut up.
Shut your mouth.
Stop telling me what to do.
I'm in charge here.
I'll make the decisions.
I understand, I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to tell you what to do.
-I just wanted to help.
-Help?
Bryn.
You gotta let him go, you don't need him.
You don't need either of them.
No one is going anywhere.
So, how can I help you?
I understand you were chief superintendent
when Iwan Thomas came through the ranks.
Yes.
His body was found.
-Up at Devil's Bridge.
-Yes, I know. Suicide, wasn't it?
Well, that's what I'm trying to find out.
We met before.
Police conference.
Must be...
Oh, eight, nine years ago now?
You were guest speaker.
Another life.
Take a look at this.
Where did you get this?
Gareth Thomas.
Iwan's cousin.
Why would Iwan Thomas
keep a file on DCI Mathias?
On Chief Superintendent Prosser?
Why would he keep a file on you?
How should I know?
What do you remember
about the Kieron Jones case?
Nothing. After my time.
I was retired by then.
Any idea why Iwan Thomas would choose
to kill himself at Devil's Bridge?
It's a mystery.
What's your relationship with Prosser?
My relationship?
Look, where are you going
with this line of enquiry?
I hope you're not suggesting
that Chief Superintendent Prosser
is involved in some way.
I'm not suggesting anything.
I'm just trying to get at the truth.
Whose truth?
One must be careful
of digging too deep into the past.
I understand
that you and DI Rhys were once...
quite close.
You were her superior officer.
You had a duty to disclose
the relationship, and you didn't.
Your wife, your children,
you didn't tell them either.
Did you?
Maybe what's in the past...
should stay in the past.
Thanks for your time.
[phone rings]
-Prosser.
-[Owen] Powell was here.
Something has to be done.
I have an armed man on the loose
with an abducted child.
Powell will have to wait.
Let's not wait too long.
[knocking at door]
Come.
Sir, we have a problem.
DCI Mathias.
No one can get hold of him.
As of 2130, we have been unable
to contact DCI Mathias. Lloyd?
A uniformed officer last reported
seeing DCI Mathias
at the inner roadblock here at 2045.
The assumption is DCI Mathias
returned to the field
to continue the door-to-door search.
We believe that DCI Mathias
was working from this list,
properties from within the inner cordon
where the police were unable
to make contact.
We need to check off everyone
on that list,
phone speak to whoever you can
to see if anyone has had any contact
with DCI Mathias at those addresses.
Trace all his movements.
We need to establish a timeline, fast.
I know how hard it must've been for you
to keep things going.
To never give in, to keep fighting.
That's what your father
wanted you to do, isn't it? To be strong.
To be a fighter.
So when things went wrong
and you asked him for help,
he refused, didn't he?
Your own father. That must have hurt.
You know nothing about it.
I mean, to beg your own father for money
when your business was failing.
If he'd have just given you the money,
Llew, none of this would have happened.
-Stop talking.
-He might still be alive.
Your mother might still be alive too.
Shut up.
All my life, I tried to please him.
To make him proud of me.
I lost everything because of him.
He deserved to die.
What about your mother, Llew?
Did she deserve to die too?
She was ill.
Suffering.
In pain. She was dying.
You smothered her.
I helped her. I set her free.
[Bryn] Is Nana dead?
Granddad too?
[Mathias] Answer him, Llew.
Look at your son.
Tell him what you did.
I'm sorry.
[woman] Nana and Granddad
are in a better place.
They're happy.
They'll be together forever now.
[sobs]
[helicopter approaches]
[helicopter grows louder]
Eiry, come over here and untie me.
Eiry, come on. Untie me.
Now. Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
Come on. That's it.
Hurry.
-Have you got a knife?
-Kitchen.
There's no time for that.
-Car keys. Where are your car keys?
-On a hook out the back.
-Can you get them?
-I don't know. What if he catches me?
This might be the only way
that you and Bryn can get out of here.
-I can't do it. I can't leave you here.
-Yes, you can. This is your only chance.
Sorry.
[helicopter flies off]
Bryn.
Bryn, look at me.
When I went upstairs...
what did the man say to the woman?
What did he say, Bryn?
Nothing.
-I need to go to the toilet.
-No.
Please.
Be quick.
I know about your brother.
About what happened
between him and Bethan.
-You spoke to them?
-Yeah.
It was just a mistake.
It wasn't anybody's fault,
they weren't trying to hurt you.
You think that's what all this is about?
You don't know me.
No, but I think that was the last straw.
It's what drove you to do what you did.
It's what made you feel
like you had no other choice.
-Stop talking about it.
-Listen...
Bethan doesn't deserve any of this.
No mother deserves this, Llew.
Think about him, think about your son.
Let him go back to his mother.
I said, shut your mouth!
No! Dad, stop!
Don't!
[Llew] Sit down.
Nobody move.
I've just spoken to a woman
on Llwyn Yr Eos farm.
DCI Mathias was there at 2055.
The next neighboring property
on the list is Yr Hen Berllan.
I tried calling Yr Hen Berllan,
but the phone line is dead.
The provider said
the phone's been cut off at the property.
There's no record of DCI Mathias
visiting anywhere else
after Yr Hen Berllan.
[Prosser] Inform the armed response unit.
I want all AFOs at that address, now.
[Sian] Yes, sir.
Lloyd, with me. Now.
Yeah, I need urgent backup
at Yr Hen Berllan farmhouse.
[Mathias grunts]
[grunts]
-Eiry.
-[footsteps]
Go now.
-Now!
-Come on, Bryn. Quick. Quick.
[engine splutters]
[engine splutters]
[Llew] Bryn!
Bryn!
Bryn, no!
[engine starts]
Bryn!
Bryn!
Bryn!
No!
[helicopter rotors whir]
-Are you hurt?
-No.
-And Bryn?
-No.
DCI Mathias, is he still in the house?
-Is he hurt?
-No.
Bryn?
I'd like it if you both went
for a little ride
in this ambulance to the hospital,
to talk to the doctor.
And when you get there,
your mum will be waiting for you, OK?
Thank you.
DCI Mathias is still in the house, sir.
AFOs are moving into position now,
there's no way out.
What about Tom?
We'll do everything we can.
[helicopter rotors whir]
Llew.
Llew, think about what you're doing.
You don't need to do this.
You can still walk away,
you still have a choice.
Think about Bryn.
You can still see him again.
No, I can't.
Not after this.
My son will only see me as a killer.
A murderer.
That's why you have to stop
doing this now!
You can have a chance,
another chance to put things right.
Don't throw it away!
Look, let Bryn see
who his father really is.
He's your son, he will understand.
We think we can control life,
but we can't.
None of us can.
I lost control.
The pressure was too much.
Things went wrong.
It all went wrong.
I just wanted one last day.
One last perfect day with my son.
To see him smile.
To see him happy.
I didn't want him to suffer.
Not Bryn.
I didn't want him to live
with the shame of what I'd done.
I wanted to set him free.
Like I set my mother free.
No more pain.
But I couldn't even do that right.
Llew. Llew, look at me!
If you go out there with that gun...
Just think about Bryn!
I am thinking about Bryn.
Please tell Bryn
that this is not who I am.
Don't go out there, Llew!
Please! Stop, Llew!
-Armed police!
-Stay where you are.
[indistinct shouting]
-Armed police!
-Armed police!
Put the gun down!
-Put the weapon down!
-Drop the weapon!
Put the weapon down!
[helicopter rotors whir]
Tom.
Hi.
You look tired.
I am tired.
What time is it?
Early.
Is everything OK, Mum?
Your father's here.
In town.
And he wants to see you.
It's not a decision I can make for you,
it's your choice.
He... hasn't shown interest in me
in 17 years.
Why would I want to see him now?
[doorbell rings]
[knocking at door]
[Powell] DCI Mathias?
Can we talk?
The day before Iwan Thomas died,
he called you.
You didn't inform DS Owens?
No, I didn't.
What did Iwan say when he called you?
He asked me how my head was.
[Powell] And that's it?
It was a short conversation.
And that's why you went looking for him.
The night he died.
Because there was more to say.
I wanted to say that enough was enough.
And you didn't get the chance?
Do you think Iwan Thomas killed himself?
Do you?
The last call Iwan made...
was to Chief Superintendent Prosser.
You surprised?
Yeah.
Did Iwan ever discuss
his relationship with Prosser?
Listen.
If you've got any questions about Prosser,
then you really should be asking him.
Shouldn't you?
[phone rings]
[door opens and closes]
Mathias.
[woman] He was a regular.
He came here most mornings.
This morning, can you tell me
what happened, what you remember?
He stopped, got the petrol,
and a man walked up to him.
And he just...
He just shot him.
[Mared] The attacker.
Do you remember what car he was driving?
[woman] Um...
Sort of reddish.
Small... Petrol.
The man with the gun,
did you see his face?
[Lloyd] Sir.
The victim's pickup
is registered to a Liam Hughes,
worked in the rubbish depot.
We're still trying to trace the family.
Why would anyone want to hurt Liam?
He wouldn't harm anyone, he was always...
He's always joking around,
making people laugh.
Do you know if Liam
had any family living in the area?
Um... I think most of his family
come from over Welshpool way.
Was Liam in any kind of trouble recently?
Couple of weeks ago,
he got into a bit of a scrap.
Nothing much, though,
it wasn't Liam's fault.
Whose fault was it?
Llew Morris.
Liam made a crack about his wife, a joke.
Llew lost it, threw a brick
through the windscreen of Liam's truck.
I had to sack him. Llew, that is.
-I had no choice.
-Yeah. Do you know where he lives?
Thanks.
[phone rings]
-Lloyd.
-[Lloyd] I've just spoken with the DVLA.
They've confirmed that Llew Morris
is the owner of a red Nissan Micra.
There's something else.
Llew's wife, Bethan,
issued a restraining order against him.
When?
Five weeks ago, sir.
I'll send you the address now.
Bethan Morris?
Can we come in?
[Mared] Five weeks ago, you set up
a restraining order against Llew?
-Could you tell us about that?
-Why?
It is important, Bethan. Please.
Was Llew ever violent towards you?
No, never. He is not a violent man, he...
He just couldn't accept
that our marriage was over.
What happened?
Llew ran a printing business.
He put everything we had into it.
Then when things started changing,
he didn't keep up.
When the business went bust,
Llew found it hard.
He thought he'd failed us.
And it all got on top of him.
He became angry.
[Mathias] Go on.
The debts kept getting bigger.
His mother got ill,
in and out of hospital.
-Llew just couldn't cope.
-Why the restraining order?
After we split up, Llew kept pestering me
at the hospital where I work.
Coming round to the house all hours,
crying, shouting.
I didn't want Bryn
seeing his father like that.
-Bryn, your son?
-Yeah.
-Is this him?
-Yeah.
Where's he now? At school?
Yes, at Gwel Y Môr school, down the road.
Did Llew ever mention
a Liam Hughes to you?
No.
Do you have any where Llew is right now?
If he's not at home,
he might be at his mum and dad's.
He goes there to check on his mother.
Pathology on Iwan Thomas.
And?
Injuries consistent with a fall,
alcohol in his blood,
traces of black fiber under his nails.
Anything on the fiber?
No, not yet, they're still running tests.
I've still got questions
to ask DCI Mathias.
I went to see him this morning.
We just talked.
[footsteps]
Call an ambulance now. He's still alive.
Police! Down!
-Armed police!
-Police!
-Clear!
-All clear!
-Room clear!
-Clear!
[camera clicks]
He's not coming back.
Just got a call
from Gwel Y Môr Primary School.
Bryn Morris, Llew's son, he's gone missing
from the yard during the lunch break.
The other kids said
he left with his father.
We know how hard this must be for you,
Bethan, but we need your help.
We need to find out
everything we can about Llew,
about his family, friends,
places that he liked to go.
You have to find him.
We will.
But we need your help.
I want my son back.
I want him home. I want him home now.
[Bryn] Where's your hair gone, Dad?
[Llew] Got to look smart today, Bryn.
Why?
[Llew] Your great-great-grandfather
built this place.
And look.
It's still standing strong,
long after he's gone.
What do you think of that?
[sighs] Come on.
It's getting cold.
Where do you want to go?
We can go anywhere you like.
-Anywhere?
-Anywhere.
What do we know?
What can you tell me about him?
A failed marriage, a failed business,
debts piled high,
and a terminally ill mother he doted on.
[Mathias] Llew is a man in free fall, sir.
This morning,
he drove to his parents' house
early, before anybody was awake.
There, he suffocated his mother
and then shot his father.
Then he went looking for Liam Hughes,
and when he found him
he shot him dead, too.
We know that he's taken his son.
We have to work on the assumption
that he intends to harm him.
We've put roadblocks on all the major
roads in and out of Aberystwyth.
-So far, there is no sign of Llew's car.
-[Prosser] Where are we on ballistics?
The report confirms that the gun involved
is similar to a shotgun
licensed to Llew's father.
He was a game keeper
on the Cefneithin Estates.
The shotgun was not found at the property.
We're still waiting to see
if the shotgun cartridges retrieved
from the scene are a match.
[Lloyd] Sir, news from the hospital.
The father, he's been rushed
into emergency surgery.
It's touch and go.
Llew's brother is on his way there now.
[door opens]
Do you have a moment? We have a situation.
Of course.
DS Owens, could you report back
to DCI Mathias?
Now?
-What about the Iwan Thomas case?
-That'll have to wait.
[Powell] Was there something else?
No.
[man] I can't believe this is happening.
I knew Llew had problems,
but to do this...?
[Mared] When did you last see
your brother?
Um... last week.
We argued, OK?
-You argued? What about?
-What difference does that make now?
Shouldn't you be out there,
looking for Bryn?
Why was there so much bad blood
between Llew and his father?
Dad wanted us to be strong.
He knew that life wouldn't give you
anything, that you had to fight for it.
And he was a real fighter.
He is a fighter.
What about Llew? Is he a fighter too?
No.
When Llew's business went bust,
he got into trouble.
Debts, bank loans, and stuff.
So he asked the old man for some money.
Dad refused.
He said, "If you made this mess,
you sort it out."
Do you have any idea where he might be,
where he would have taken Bryn?
No.
[knocking at door]
[Powell] The last person Iwan called
was his old boss,
Chief Superintendent Prosser.
-So?
-[Powell] Don't you think that's odd?
Do you?
Depends what they talked about.
I can't help if you don't tell me
what you know.
I'm just trying to find out the truth.
That's all.
I've spoken to the neighbor.
She said she was woken up
by a loud bang this morning.
When she went over to the window,
she confirms it was Llew's car
that she saw.
-What time was this?
-Around 7:00, 7:30.
She thought something was up
with his mother,
and when she went back an hour later,
the car was gone.
Thanks, Sian.
Hey.
It's good to have you back on the team.
Thank you.
Any idea where this was taken?
[dishes clatter]
[Bryn] Dad?
Dad.
What is it?
I need a wee.
OK, come on.
License matches.
He could be in there, with the boy.
This might be our only chance.
Call it in.
[Mathias] Have you seen this boy?
[Bryn] Dad?
[Sian] Thank you.
Bryn's coat?
The waitress remembers the father
carrying a bag or a rucksack.
With a gun inside?
Well, they can't have gone far,
not on foot.
That's what I'm afraid of.
Llew on foot puts other lives in danger.
We had them, Mared, they were here!
We let 'em go.
Sir, the father, he didn't make it.
He died in theater.
[Mathias] We've got an armed man
with a child.
Three people are dead.
We set up a roadblock here,
there, and over there.
We've established a 15-mile perimeter,
and uniform have begun
their meter-by-meter search
of the surrounding woodland.
Residents in the immediate area
need to be warned.
Search dogs and air-support vehicles
are being made available to us.
We have three victims, two crime scenes,
two active investigations.
We can't take anything for granted.
We need to treat this investigation
just like any other, build the case.
And I want to be informed
of all developments at all times.
Any questions?
-No.
-Good.
DCI Mathias.
What happened? How did we lose them?
I made a judgment call, sir.
I got it wrong.
Dad.
Dad, where are we going?
I want to go home.
We've got to keep moving. Come on.
I'm sorry. We have to be sure.
[sobs]
How could you let him get away?
You need to let me through.
Move the car. Move the car!
[officer] Sir, I'm sorry,
this is a roadblock.
Please get back in your vehicle. Sir.
Get back in your vehicle,
we can't let you through!
[Mathias] What are you doing here, Dafydd?
Have you found them?
Have you found Llew and Bryn?
I was only trying to help.
I knew what Bethan
was going through with Llew.
She was struggling.
Llew kept going up to the house,
waking Bryn.
I tried talking to him,
but Bethan and Bryn were his world.
He wouldn't accept it.
She called me one night, and I went over.
By the time I got there, Llew had gone.
Bethan, she was in pieces.
I don't know how it happened.
It only happened once.
Llew found out, he was watching the house,
saw me arrive.
When was this?
[Dafydd sighs] Last week.
Is that what you were arguing about?
I did this to him.
My own brother.
Come on, almost there.
[woman] Can I help you?
[woman] What a pity your car broke down.
[dishes clatter]
Quite an adventure, I bet. You and Dad.
Well, you haven't...
Never mind. This'll warm you up now.
Everything will be alright, you'll see.
Dad'll sort it now.
[Llew] Spoken to the garage.
They're sending someone as soon
as they can, about an hour.
We've just been having a little chat.
He's a quiet one.
He's just shy.
You should hear him at home.
You hungry, bach?
He's OK, he's eaten. We've both eaten.
Not even room for a biscuit?
[chuckles]
So where were you two heading
when the car broke down?
-Just out for a drive.
-No school this afternoon?
Never mind. I won't tell.
Here you are. Ah!
-Say thank you to the lady.
-[Bryn] Thank you.
[woman] Oh, so you can talk.
[Llew] It's quiet here.
Peaceful.
Do you live here on your own?
[woman] Since my husband died.
I've got a son.
And a daughter.
Moved away. I hardly see them.
That's the way with children.
They've got their own lives to live.
You've got all that to look forward to.
Once this gets out,
we're gonna be overwhelmed with calls.
The longer it takes to find him,
the more danger the boy is in.
I'm well aware of the danger, Tom.
But we have no choice.
We have to give the press something.
Thank you for coming at short notice.
I won't keep you long.
At 8:42 this morning,
officers were called to a shooting
at Ifor Evans's agricultural suppliers,
where a member of the public
was fatally wounded.
This is our red zone.
We're still continuing
with door-to-door enquiries.
Most of the farms inside the red zone
have been checked,
and there have been no sightings.
We have managed to contact most
of the residents in the outer cordon too,
warning them about Llew and Bryn,
advising them to be vigilant at all times.
But there are a number
of unanswered properties on this list.
-We're trying to arrange call backs.
-Trying?
-It's a vast area, sir.
-Trying?
They're moving as fast as they can.
Hey, Elin.
-[Elin] What time are you home tonight?
-Why?
I was thinking of going over to Lynwen's.
Right. Do me a favor
and stay home tonight.
Really? Why?
Because I am asking you to.
-OK.
-Thank you.
Love you.
How's the investigation?
Ongoing.
Any progress?
Some.
Mar...
Can I see her?
Elin?
Where's DCI Mathias?
Where did you say the car was
when you broke down?
Not much traffic passes along these roads.
Not much around here.
Where are you going?
Maybe I can give you a lift somewhere.
[Llew] We're fine. We'll just wait.
Don't want to put you through any trouble.
No trouble.
Maybe you should give
the garage a call back?
See if someone's coming.
I don't think the garage
will be sending anyone tonight.
Well, let me take you.
I think it's best for everyone...
if we just stay a while longer.
[chuckles awkwardly]
Bryn?
Would you like to see if we can find
some old toys... in the other room?
I think Bryn would be more comfortable
in the front room.
[Llew] Do you want to go
to the other room?
Come on, bach.
Let's see what we can find.
Right, you sit there, now.
Here we are.
You said you were different.
Not like the others,
said I could trust you.
Prove it.
[phone rings]
-Hello?
-[Manon] Am I disturbing you?
Um, no. No, no.
Yeah, well, I saw the news.
I was...
I was worried about you.
Worried?
Will I see you tonight?
I'd like to see you.
I'd like to see you too.
I've got to go.
OK.
Be careful.
OK. Bye.
-Hey, bach. Goodbye.
-Thanks.
There's no garage, is there?
No car...
No one's coming.
Whatever you've done,
you can't run away from it.
You've got the boy to think about.
You have to do what's best for Bryn.
Why?
What's the point?
You work hard,
you make plans.
You think you've got something
to live for, and then it's all a joke.
I was just trying
to make things right again.
To prove I could do it.
I know I made mistakes,
but everyone makes mistakes.
I just wanted my family back.
But all people did was make fun of me.
But I showed them.
I showed them.
I had the last laugh.
He didn't see me coming.
[vehicle approaches]
-Who is it?
-I don't know.
Who have you called?
-Who have you told?
-I told nobody. How could I?
Get rid of him.
Whoever he is, whatever he wants,
do not let him inside.
If you do, it'll be your fault
what happens next.
Hello.
I'm DCI Mathias. Sorry to disturb you.
I'm looking for a young boy
who's missing, and a man in his 30s.
-Have you seen him?
-No, no.
-I'm sorry.
-Are you sure?
Yes. Yes, I'm sure.
OK.
Well, if you do hear or see anything
suspicious or indeed see this man,
don't try and approach him, just...
call me immediately.
[woman] Thank you.
Are you sure you're OK?
Yes.
Yes, I'm sure. Thank you.
OK. Well, thanks for your time.
Good luck.
[Llew] Get away from there!
Get out the car.
Get out the car, now!
Get in there!
On your knees. On your knees!
Why are you here? You could have gone!
You had the chance.
You've ruined everything!
-Don't. Please, don't.
-[Llew] This is your fault.
[Mathias] Don't do it, Llew.
-Not in front of Bryn.
-Don't talk about my son.
Don't even mention his name.
[Bryn] Dad?
I'm not angry with you, Bryn.
I was just playing a game with him.
I wasn't gonna hurt him.
That's right, isn't it?
Yeah, yeah, just a game.
Just playing a game.
Don't be afraid.
I want to go home.
I want to go home to Mum.
[Mathias] You'll be home soon enough, son.
I promise.
[Llew] Shut up! Don't talk to him!
Don't say another word.
They know where I am, Llew.
And they're gonna find me.
So let them go,
it's got nothing to do with them.
Take off your tie.
Take off your tie, now!
Hurry up!
Take it. Move!
Stay there.
Tie his hands.
Tie his hands to that.
I want the knot tight.
Now everyone be quiet. Nobody move.
The ground team
is being suspended for the night.
-They'll resume first thing.
-And uniform?
They'll continue with their door-to-door,
and the air search is ongoing.
I'm sure Llew and Bryn
have taken shelter for the night.
We can only assume
they're both still alive.
Ballistics.
Confirmation that the indentation
on the shotgun cartridges
that we retrieved from both crime scenes,
the garage and Llew's parents house,
were made by the same firing pin.
-Same gun, both shootings?
-Yes, sir.
Where's DCI Mathias?
He returned to the field, sir,
to help with the search.
Alone?
You contact me the moment he gets back.
DCI Mathias. Leave a message.
Tom, ring me when you get this message.
[phone rings]
Tom?
What is it, Lloyd?
He's punishing me.
I never meant to hurt him.
What happened with Dafydd...
He was there for me,
after Llew and me...
He listened.
One night, that's all it was.
It's not your fault, what's happening now.
With Llew.
It's about more than just one night.
I love my son.
So much.
Please find him.
Please.
DCI Mathias. Leave a message.
Doesn't have to be this way, Llew.
It's not too late.
The police, they know where I went,
so they'll find me.
-It's only a matter of time.
-Shut up.
Shut your mouth.
Stop telling me what to do.
I'm in charge here.
I'll make the decisions.
I understand, I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to tell you what to do.
-I just wanted to help.
-Help?
Bryn.
You gotta let him go, you don't need him.
You don't need either of them.
No one is going anywhere.
So, how can I help you?
I understand you were chief superintendent
when Iwan Thomas came through the ranks.
Yes.
His body was found.
-Up at Devil's Bridge.
-Yes, I know. Suicide, wasn't it?
Well, that's what I'm trying to find out.
We met before.
Police conference.
Must be...
Oh, eight, nine years ago now?
You were guest speaker.
Another life.
Take a look at this.
Where did you get this?
Gareth Thomas.
Iwan's cousin.
Why would Iwan Thomas
keep a file on DCI Mathias?
On Chief Superintendent Prosser?
Why would he keep a file on you?
How should I know?
What do you remember
about the Kieron Jones case?
Nothing. After my time.
I was retired by then.
Any idea why Iwan Thomas would choose
to kill himself at Devil's Bridge?
It's a mystery.
What's your relationship with Prosser?
My relationship?
Look, where are you going
with this line of enquiry?
I hope you're not suggesting
that Chief Superintendent Prosser
is involved in some way.
I'm not suggesting anything.
I'm just trying to get at the truth.
Whose truth?
One must be careful
of digging too deep into the past.
I understand
that you and DI Rhys were once...
quite close.
You were her superior officer.
You had a duty to disclose
the relationship, and you didn't.
Your wife, your children,
you didn't tell them either.
Did you?
Maybe what's in the past...
should stay in the past.
Thanks for your time.
[phone rings]
-Prosser.
-[Owen] Powell was here.
Something has to be done.
I have an armed man on the loose
with an abducted child.
Powell will have to wait.
Let's not wait too long.
[knocking at door]
Come.
Sir, we have a problem.
DCI Mathias.
No one can get hold of him.
As of 2130, we have been unable
to contact DCI Mathias. Lloyd?
A uniformed officer last reported
seeing DCI Mathias
at the inner roadblock here at 2045.
The assumption is DCI Mathias
returned to the field
to continue the door-to-door search.
We believe that DCI Mathias
was working from this list,
properties from within the inner cordon
where the police were unable
to make contact.
We need to check off everyone
on that list,
phone speak to whoever you can
to see if anyone has had any contact
with DCI Mathias at those addresses.
Trace all his movements.
We need to establish a timeline, fast.
I know how hard it must've been for you
to keep things going.
To never give in, to keep fighting.
That's what your father
wanted you to do, isn't it? To be strong.
To be a fighter.
So when things went wrong
and you asked him for help,
he refused, didn't he?
Your own father. That must have hurt.
You know nothing about it.
I mean, to beg your own father for money
when your business was failing.
If he'd have just given you the money,
Llew, none of this would have happened.
-Stop talking.
-He might still be alive.
Your mother might still be alive too.
Shut up.
All my life, I tried to please him.
To make him proud of me.
I lost everything because of him.
He deserved to die.
What about your mother, Llew?
Did she deserve to die too?
She was ill.
Suffering.
In pain. She was dying.
You smothered her.
I helped her. I set her free.
[Bryn] Is Nana dead?
Granddad too?
[Mathias] Answer him, Llew.
Look at your son.
Tell him what you did.
I'm sorry.
[woman] Nana and Granddad
are in a better place.
They're happy.
They'll be together forever now.
[sobs]
[helicopter approaches]
[helicopter grows louder]
Eiry, come over here and untie me.
Eiry, come on. Untie me.
Now. Trust me, I know what I'm doing.
Come on. That's it.
Hurry.
-Have you got a knife?
-Kitchen.
There's no time for that.
-Car keys. Where are your car keys?
-On a hook out the back.
-Can you get them?
-I don't know. What if he catches me?
This might be the only way
that you and Bryn can get out of here.
-I can't do it. I can't leave you here.
-Yes, you can. This is your only chance.
Sorry.
[helicopter flies off]
Bryn.
Bryn, look at me.
When I went upstairs...
what did the man say to the woman?
What did he say, Bryn?
Nothing.
-I need to go to the toilet.
-No.
Please.
Be quick.
I know about your brother.
About what happened
between him and Bethan.
-You spoke to them?
-Yeah.
It was just a mistake.
It wasn't anybody's fault,
they weren't trying to hurt you.
You think that's what all this is about?
You don't know me.
No, but I think that was the last straw.
It's what drove you to do what you did.
It's what made you feel
like you had no other choice.
-Stop talking about it.
-Listen...
Bethan doesn't deserve any of this.
No mother deserves this, Llew.
Think about him, think about your son.
Let him go back to his mother.
I said, shut your mouth!
No! Dad, stop!
Don't!
[Llew] Sit down.
Nobody move.
I've just spoken to a woman
on Llwyn Yr Eos farm.
DCI Mathias was there at 2055.
The next neighboring property
on the list is Yr Hen Berllan.
I tried calling Yr Hen Berllan,
but the phone line is dead.
The provider said
the phone's been cut off at the property.
There's no record of DCI Mathias
visiting anywhere else
after Yr Hen Berllan.
[Prosser] Inform the armed response unit.
I want all AFOs at that address, now.
[Sian] Yes, sir.
Lloyd, with me. Now.
Yeah, I need urgent backup
at Yr Hen Berllan farmhouse.
[Mathias grunts]
[grunts]
-Eiry.
-[footsteps]
Go now.
-Now!
-Come on, Bryn. Quick. Quick.
[engine splutters]
[engine splutters]
[Llew] Bryn!
Bryn!
Bryn, no!
[engine starts]
Bryn!
Bryn!
Bryn!
No!
[helicopter rotors whir]
-Are you hurt?
-No.
-And Bryn?
-No.
DCI Mathias, is he still in the house?
-Is he hurt?
-No.
Bryn?
I'd like it if you both went
for a little ride
in this ambulance to the hospital,
to talk to the doctor.
And when you get there,
your mum will be waiting for you, OK?
Thank you.
DCI Mathias is still in the house, sir.
AFOs are moving into position now,
there's no way out.
What about Tom?
We'll do everything we can.
[helicopter rotors whir]
Llew.
Llew, think about what you're doing.
You don't need to do this.
You can still walk away,
you still have a choice.
Think about Bryn.
You can still see him again.
No, I can't.
Not after this.
My son will only see me as a killer.
A murderer.
That's why you have to stop
doing this now!
You can have a chance,
another chance to put things right.
Don't throw it away!
Look, let Bryn see
who his father really is.
He's your son, he will understand.
We think we can control life,
but we can't.
None of us can.
I lost control.
The pressure was too much.
Things went wrong.
It all went wrong.
I just wanted one last day.
One last perfect day with my son.
To see him smile.
To see him happy.
I didn't want him to suffer.
Not Bryn.
I didn't want him to live
with the shame of what I'd done.
I wanted to set him free.
Like I set my mother free.
No more pain.
But I couldn't even do that right.
Llew. Llew, look at me!
If you go out there with that gun...
Just think about Bryn!
I am thinking about Bryn.
Please tell Bryn
that this is not who I am.
Don't go out there, Llew!
Please! Stop, Llew!
-Armed police!
-Stay where you are.
[indistinct shouting]
-Armed police!
-Armed police!
Put the gun down!
-Put the weapon down!
-Drop the weapon!
Put the weapon down!
[helicopter rotors whir]
Tom.
Hi.
You look tired.
I am tired.
What time is it?
Early.
Is everything OK, Mum?
Your father's here.
In town.
And he wants to see you.
It's not a decision I can make for you,
it's your choice.
He... hasn't shown interest in me
in 17 years.
Why would I want to see him now?
[doorbell rings]