Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006): Season 1, Episode 1 - Part 1 - full transcript
Oh...
Can you just go back
and wait, please?!
Ruth, any word?
It's not like Sallie
to not come home at all.
She's been out late recently,
but it's just not like her.
Look, Ruth,
I'm sure she's all right.
We rang the police.
You know what teenagers
are like.
But she's never before
tried to...
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
You've got to get to school.
Can I just speak to Penny?
She's in with Linda.
Come on.
Sallie didn't call you
later last night?
She didn't call from a phone box
or from someone's house?
I'm sorry, Mrs. Sturdy.
She didn't call me.
Is there someone Sallie
could have stayed with?
I don't know, Mum.
That'll be Gloria.
Mum?
Honey, you two better
get to school.
Right. Okay.
Give me a call when you
get there, all right?
Morning, gov.
Morning.
Sallie Sturdy, 14 years old,
reported missing at 11:30 p.m.
Mum, dad, family?
Yeah. She lives at home.
Uh, mum and dad made the call.
Sallie left home about 5:00.
Hasn't been seen since.
They also said
she's never done this before.
Sorry.
A 14-year-old girl goes missing.
She's got no history
of running away,
the family's frantic,
and no one sees fit to call me?
Call you?
What, last night?
Yeah.
There weren't any
further developments overnight.
I didn't see a need to call you
a second time.
Second time?
Yeah.
Well, has... has anyone
interviewed the family yet?
I was waiting.
She's 14, so...
Which means she's old enough
to look after herself,
or she's old enough
to get into trouble?
It depends on the girl.
Yes. Exactly. That's why
you find out who she is.
You interview the family.
Danny... Danny, can you
accompany D.C., uh...
- Wood.
- Wood on this? Thank you.
We've got a missing girl.
Sallie Sturdy.
14 years old.
Left home last night
about 5:00 p.m.
on her way to school
basketball training.
Taff, check the school,
will you?
So you need to build
a picture of Sallie...
her Internet habits, her
friends, where she hangs out.
Yeah. I have done this before,
you know.
Yeah. Right.
Told you she had a few.
Mr. Philips.
D.S. Alun Simms.
Does Sallie have a mobile phone?
No. We don't believe
in mobile phones.
Could she have a secret
one... a pay-as-you-go?
Sallie?
Look, Sallie doesn't visit
chat rooms or instant messaging.
There's nothing like that.
We have firewalls.
We have parental locks.
As you can see,
the computer's in full view.
It's just to make sure
there are no odd messages
or names that are unfamiliar.
We'll give it straight back
when we've checked it.
Who would be sending Sallie
messages?
Okay, this...
- Tony!
- No, listen.
I'm just gonna drive around
and look for Sallie.
I can't just sit here
and do nothing.
Mr. Sturdy, you said you were
at work until 7:00, right?
Like I said, yes.
So you'd be back here by 8:00?
Like I said, yeah.
We're a good family, you know.
We've always been close.
We're really close.
Do you mind if we take a look
in Sallie's bedroom?
You know,
just look at her stuff?
That's fine.
Yeah. Of course.
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
God, I hate reading
people's diaries.
Anything good in there?
A couple of names.
Oh. Cigarettes.
Hmm.
Not the only thing
she's been smoking, though.
Not quite the little angel,
then.
Some tea.
Oh, Mrs. Sturdy.
You shouldn't have.
That's okay.
Excuse me!
Excuse me!
You know my daughter, Sallie!
- You know my daughter, Sallie!
- Get away from me!
Get away from me!
I need you to help me!
I need...
I'm not a bad man!
Jane.
Final countdown, eh?
Pension and health plan
all sorted?
Getaway in Spain?
Florida, actually.
Old couples retire
to Florida these days.
You know, like the Mafia.
Could be worse.
Great golf.
How long now?
I'm not sure exactly.
It's not long, huh?
Oh!
Oh, shit.
Anything on the missing girl?
I'm just checking
the parents now.
No criminal convictions,
either of them.
And not showed up
in any investigations.
- A message from Taff.
- M m-hmm.
He said he spoke
to the basketball coach.
Sallie never got to practice.
Right.
- Oh!
- Oh!
- Sorry.
- What would you do?
Have we distributed
Sallie's photo yet?
Uh, no.
We've only just finished...
Get that out as quickly
as possible, okay?
Anything significant?
A couple of names mentioned in
her diary... Curtis and Lester.
But the parents
haven't heard of them.
Okay.
Well, ask around.
See if anyone's heard
of a Curtis or a Lester.
Okay. Good.
Mrs. Sturdy.
Yes.
I'm Detective Superintendent
Jane Tennison.
Come in, please.
Thank you.
Is there any news yet?
No. I'm afraid
there's nothing yet.
You want to do something?
I'll tell you what you could do.
See this place...
this place across the street?
All night the racket.
Buh-boom! Buh-boom!
There's a care home for
adolescent girls up the street.
One of the girls, Gloria,
is a friend of Sallie's.
Those guys that hang about
are but their boyfriends.
Boyfriends. Right.
Boyfriends.
We told Sallie... told her
to stay well clear of the place.
Sean.
Sorry. Ruth.
Hello, Sean.
Sean Philips.
I'm Sallie's teacher.
Headmaster.
Look, the reason
we've come over is, urn...
I saw Sallie
going up to the heath.
The heath?
I know...
I didn't think
it was important at the time.
Are you sure?
Are you sure, Penny?
Because... No, she wouldn't
cross the heath at night.
What time was this, Penny?
It was 6:00.
'Cause she left here
with her basketball kit.
She left to go to basketball.
Why was she going to the heath?
Penny, it's all right.
Mrs. Sturdy's not angry
with Sallie.
She just wants to make sure
she's safe.
Of course I'm not.
Of course I'm not, no.
I'm sorry.
I didn't even talk to her.
Where's my little girl?
Thank you, Penny.
You've been a great help.
Thank you.
Mrs. Sturdy, look...
Mr. Sturdy, I'm going to give
you my mobile-phone number.
I want you to call me
if you have any problems
or any questions at all.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Mrs. Tennison.
Mr. Philips?
Sorry.
Penny...
Are you sure that it was 6:00
you saw Sallie?
Don't worry about that lot.
Listen, this is serious.
What Sallie's mum said
wasn't right.
Why?
Sallie didn't have
her kit bag with her.
She didn't have it.
Gov!
Gov, can I have a word with you?
I'm... I'm sorry.
We'll have to continue this
another time.
Yes?
There's a girl
over in the care home.
I think you should talk to her.
She said Sallie was in here
yesterday afternoon, so...
Her dad's favorite place.
What's her name?
Tanya.
Tanya. Tanya.
You said that Sallie was in here
yesterday at about 4:00.
- Sitting in the kitchen.
- Was she with someone?
- No.
- So she was on her own?
- Yeah.
She was just... You know.
I said, "Hello. How you doing?"
That kind of thing.
Okay, now... Hey!
- Tanya.
Tanya, you didn't see her leave?
No.
Was she visiting someone?
Tanya.
What was she doing here?
You know, we do encourage
contact sometimes, so...
Hey, girls.
Girls, hey.
Does Sallie come here a lot?
Oh, yeah.
She hangs around here, innit?
Me and Penny saw her
up on the heath, actually.
You saw her on the heath?
What time was that?
Uh, about 6:00.
Some pervert's got hold of her.
I'm telling you.
Can you remember
how she was dressed?
Gloria! You remember
how she was dressed?
Yeah.
For like going out, innit.
She wasn't wearing
her school uniform?
Did you notice
anything unusual...
any strange men hanging about?
Sorry.
Strange and about, innit?
That's how we like them.
- The afro.
- Yeah.
Yes?
What happened to him?
No. No, no.
Look, I can't get over
right now.
What's the ward number?
What... Just...
Yeah. Just a moment.
Um... Oh.
Just one minute.
So it's ward number...
Thank you.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Would you like to sit down?
No. Thank you.
I hate hospitals.
Yeah.
It's my dad.
He's just been taken in.
Would you like a drink of water
or something?
No.
Yes. You're very kind.
Thank you.
Sure thing.
Hello, lads.
How are you?
Ooh.
Just a minute.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Take your time.
Take your time.
So, gents...
Oh, Taff, what do you think
of this place?
Oh, lovely.
Safe, sound, and secure.
Take those two that just left.
Who?
White lad... Lester Bishop.
Tall black lad... you know,
with those baseball caps...
Curtis Flynn.
Curtis Flynn's mentioned
in Sallie's diary.
They just jumped in their car.
What, you just let them stroll
out of here?
Hey, hold on, hold on.
Nobody told me about a diary.
Oh, he's a clever bastard.
Well, we'll pick him up.
Well, maybe we will.
Maybe we won't.
Oh, what a cock-up.
I, urn...
I checked the phone log
at the station.
Cox did phone you at home
last night.
The call lasted three minutes.
He's adamant he spoke to you.
You don't remember the pub?
Me leaving?
No.
Jesus, Jane.
You've got to look after
yourself.
What's the matter with you?
You remember anything?
No.
Mrs. Philips.
I'm Detective Superintendent
Jane Tennison.
Come in.
Sure I can't get you anything?
A glass of wine?
No.
No. No. I'm fine.
Thank you.
Cigarette?
No.
I can only smoke
once Penny's in bed.
She doesn't approve.
Actually, it's Penny
I wanted to speak to again,
if that's all right.
It'll only take a few minutes.
If she hasn't gone to bed,
she'll be texting her friends.
Won't talk to us, but spends
hours on that bloody phone.
Still, it's better she's got one
after what's happened to Sallie.
What do you think
has happened to Sallie?
Sallie's not a girl
who stays out all night.
Urn, Miss...
Tennison.
Tennison was wanting
to speak to Penny.
That all right?
Well, of course.
She's just downstairs.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Hello.
Hi.
Your mum said that...
What, is this your hideaway?
Yeah.
Listen, Penny, do you think...
Do you think Sallie was meeting
someone last night?
It's just that she didn't take
her kit with her,
so she couldn't have been going
to basketball, right?
So was she meeting someone?
You know, we all have secrets.
I mean, I used to when I was
your age, believe it or not,
when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Like What?
Oh, urn...
Well, uh, cigarettes.
I was addicted at the age of 16.
Boys, of course.
What about you?
I'm getting a tattoo.
Are you?
Do you know,
I've always wanted a tattoo.
Great big anchor right there.
Does Sallie have a tattoo?
No.
Her dad's a bit...
- What, he's strict?
- Yeah.
Like, really unhealthily strict.
What about you?
What are you good at?
My dad wants me to be a teacher.
Oh, really?
What do you want?
I like art.
Is that yours?
Uh, yeah.
Oh, no.
It's really bad.
No, it's really good.
Thanks.
Does Sallie have a boyfriend?
No.
I mean, she had friends
at school, but...
No one special?
No.
Sallie isn't into relationships.
She isn't into relationships.
Right.
Okay.
Well, thanks, Penny.
You've been a great help,
believe it or not.
Oh, listen,
if you think of anything...
doesn't matter
how small it is...
just give me a ring
on my mobile, okay?
Or you can text me.
Thanks, Penny.
Bye.
Danny, got anything on Curtis?
Hmm.
Curtis Flynn...
convictions for robbery,
robbery with violence,
did time in Youth Offenders.
Since then, he's turned up
in two rape investigations.
Ooh.
I've got people looking for him,
and I've pulled up his DNA.
We've got it on file.
Gov, come have a look at this.
Sturdy said he left work
at 7:00, right?
Mm-hmm.
He didn't.
He left at 10 past 5:00.
He's lying.
Good work.
We got details of Sturdy's car?
Yeah.
I want you to track
every step of his journey home.
Is there any CCTV on Sallie?
Yeah, I've got tapes of
all the roads around the heath.
All right.
Well, do that first.
But I want to know everything
about Tony Sturdy's background.
His family, his friends,
his state of marriage.
I want to know why he's lying.
But don't go in with all guns
blazing, all right?
This is still a father
whose child is missing,
so you be sensitive.
What about Sallie's diary?
What's she writing
about this guy Curtis?
Just that all the girls
love Curtis.
Is that it?
"All the girls love Curtis"?
Yeah, more or less.
If there's no sign of Sallie
by first light,
I want a search
of the northwest heath.
Sallie apparently entered
the heath from here.
- We're looking for a deposition?
- Yeah.
I want a full-compliment
search team.
"All the girls love Curtis."
Mr. and Mrs. Sturdy.
Is there anything?
If there was anything,
I promise you,
you'd be the first to know.
I'm sorry.
We're doing the best we can.
I think you should go home now.
We brought some more photos
of Sallie.
This is from her holidays.
Thank you.
And then... this.
She's always wearing
this pendant.
She's never without that.
Thank you. That's very helpful.
Thank you.
I hope it aids.
Look, it's... it's very late.
You really should go home now.
But if Sallie was in hospital,
that's where we'd be.
Yes, of course.
Uh...
D.C. Wood.
Just a minute.
Yeah.
We'll find a room for you
to wait in.
Can you find a room
for Mr. and Mrs. Sturdy, please?
Sure.
I won't be a minute.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I know this is very hard.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Are you the people your little
daughter's gone missing?
That's right.
God is good.
Is that right?
Very good.
Ruth.
In our times of tribulation...
we feel abandoned and alone.
Stop it, Ruth.
Just stop it.
In the name of Allah...
the all-merciful,
the mercy-giving.
What are you doing?
Please, please, please, please.
Well, let me guess.
Today you were starting out.
Now you're nearly an O.A.P.
Oh, I must visit you more often.
Well, police pension in what?
Uh, a month, two?
Yeah, a month.
Well, maybe you did
the right thing after all.
Good pension these days.
Dad, what are
the doctors saying?
Everything's failing.
They can't operate.
Of course they can operate.
Look, I'm on the way out.
Sorry, pet.
Oh, Dad,
you're always saying that.
Well...
there's no easy way, love.
There's a picture
of your mum and me.
- Mum?
- Yes, Mum.
Our wedding picture.
I...
I want you to fetch it for me.
I don't mean next week.
Yes, Dad.
Of course I'll get it for you.
Your sister's coming in.
Oh.
And the girls may pop in later.
How are they?
What are their ages now?
Would you recognize them
in the street?
Yes, of course I would.
Listen, Dad.
What the doctors are saying...
That's only because Pauline
sends you photos.
I haven't told her
what the doctor said.
Why not?
Well...
Well, you can handle it,
news like this.
But Pauline, she's...
Oh, she's here.
Hello, stranger.
Hi, Dad.
Hello, love.
We hear you're retiring soon.
What will you do with yourself?
Oh, I don't know.
Fancy-free.
Lucky you.
Well, Dad, I'd better be off.
Bye, sweetheart.
Bye.
Excuse me. All right.
Bye, Pauline.
Bye, Jane.
- Love to the girls.
- I will.
Excuse me. I'd like to speak
to someone immediately
about my father's condition.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You need to talk to someone
more senior.
Consultant's rounds
are at 8:00 in the morning.
Sorry about that.
Look, I'm sorry, Pauline.
I'm at Dad's house, and...
He told me tonight he's...
He's got cancer.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
I know he thinks I don't know,
but the doctors told me
about two weeks ago.
And you didn't tell me?
Well... Well, when...
When were you gonna
tell me, Pauline?
You're always so busy.
Yeah, I'm so busy
I don't need to know
when my dad's got cancer?
I'm not going to argue
with you on the phone.
Silly cow.
♪ Let me hold you ♪
♪ Stay awhile
till I've told you ♪
♪ Of the love
that I feel tonight ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Stay awhile ♪
♪ What's your hurry? ♪
♪ Any time that
you're out of sight ♪
♪ I hate to see you go ♪
♪ Tell you what I'll do ♪
♪ I'll be good to you ♪
♪ I'll make you glad
that you are mine ♪
♪ So come on, baby ♪
♪ Treat me right... ♪
♪ So come on, baby ♪
♪ Treat me right ♪
♪ Must you run now? ♪
♪ For the night's
just begun now, oh ♪
♪ Honey, please, won't you
stay awhile with me? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
Maybe four months ago,
we might have done something.
Mr. Tennison assumed the pain
was his ulcer
and let it go on.
Now the tumor's at a stage...
We're doing everything we can.
Well, obviously,
I'll want a second opinion.
I would, too.
But even if we did find someone
who would operate on his cancer,
I'm not sure his heart
is strong enough.
If anything, his heart
is a more immediate concern.
Well, we'll cross that bridge
when we come to it.
Gov?
Got Cox on the line.
Finally making his way through
all that CCTV footage.
And?
Tony Sturdy took
a weird route home.
We've got him on Coulter Road
before 6:00.
Coulter Road's just over there.
Yeah.
Well, let's bring him in.
Right.
Penny?
I'll see you at school.
Bye.
God, you're soaking.
You okay?
Here.
Dry yourself off a bit.
Penny, you said you thought
Sallie might not be happy
at home.
Her dad's a bit intense.
Mm-hmm.
I think that's why
Sallie ran away.
Do you know where she's gone?
I'd tell you if I knew anything.
But you think
that's what's happened?
Yeah.
Were you a bobby when you first
joined the police?
Yeah, I was.
Four years.
In that awful uniform?
It was much worse then.
Oh, horrible shoes, stupid hat.
I looked like
a complete pillock.
How old were you?
I was 17.
Who wants to dress like that
at 17?
You know what?
The clothes didn't matter.
It was the... the power.
Freedom.
And the stupid thought
that maybe I could do some good.
- Watch out!
Stop!
Stop the car!
Just stop the car!
No, no, no.
It's all right.
You're drunk.
I'm not drunk.
Let me out.
Please let me out.
- Let me out of the car now.
- Okay.
Oh, Penny.
Penny!
Ohh.
I haven't done anything wrong.
I appreciate this is
a very difficult situation.
Difficult?
My wife said to go home.
Mr. Sturdy, you told us
that you worked later than usual
on Tuesday night, until 7:00.
Do you wish to reconsider
that statement?
No.
You weren't mistaken?
With so much on your mind,
it would be understandable.
No.
I remember.
There's a CCTV image
of you leaving work
at 10 past 5:00.
You can see the time code.
So can you explain?
I must have been out
for a Mars bar or something...
just out for a soft drink.
This is you
about 40 minutes later
coming up Kentish Town Road.
And here you are
on Coulter Road.
That's right near
where Sallie was last seen.
That's a long way to go
for a Mars bar.
What are you saying?
- I'm not saying anything.
- Yes, you are.
I'm asking you why you lied.
Listen.
You listen to this.
Sallie's the most precious thing
in the world to me.
Here is CCTV footage of you
driving back up Coulter Road
at about 7:00.
So what were you doing
in between?
Why are you lying, Tony?
You're just making it harder
for yourself.
This really isn't helping
Sallie.
For God...
What kind of person are you?
What... What do you...
What's really...
What kind of person are you?
Where were you, Tony?
I mean, what were you doing?
There's no point
in actually tell...
I don't really think
you would understand.
- Try me.
- No, I...
Come on. Tell me.
Hmm?
Thinking.
I was just sitting
in my car, thinking.
Sometimes, after work,
I just go up to the heath
and, before going home,
just spend half an hour
just trying...
trying to catch up with...
I think, well...
But that isn't what...
I mean, I've got more important
things on my mind right now
than contemplating how crap
my life has become, you know?
Do you have any witnesses?
Witnesses? No.
I don't line up witnesses
when I'm going to spend a bit
of time alone.
I mean, Jesus Christ.
Why would I...
What... I don't... Witnesses?
And you just happened to be
sitting in the car, thinking,
right where your daughter
goes missing?
I'm giving you an answer.
Why did you lie
if it was so innocent?
Because I should have been
with Sallie
when she needed me
rather than...
contemplating how crap
my life is!
Were you drinking?
I had a can of beer.
Just the one.
So you're sitting in your car
with Sallie, drinking.
Wait a minute.
I was sitting alone.
I told you. I was...
What...
What is this?
I was alone in the car.
With one can of beer.
Just me.
Mrs. Sturdy said that Sallie
left home with her kit bag.
Did she?
I don't know.
I...
Kit bag?
I don't know.
Are you saying she didn't have
a kit bag?
I'm telling you I wasn't there!
I wasn't there!
How would I know
if she had a kit bag?
I really... really...
I mean, for Christ's sake.
I mean, that's the point.
I'm telling you,
I should have been there,
but I wasn't.
I wasn't home.
Christ.
You never made a mistake?
You never been ashamed?
What were you ashamed of, Tony?
Hmm?
Because you like a drink?
Is that what it is?
You had more than one beer
in that car, didn't you?
I mean, I can tell
you like a drink
because you smell of alcohol
right now.
No, that's not me.
That's you.
Would any of the park rangers
have seen you
sitting in your car, Mr. Sturdy?
How do I know?
I mean, really.
- Jesus Christ.
-
If I knew what
the park rangers saw...
Ask them. Ask them.
I mean...
Christ. It's getting
a bit ridiculous, isn't it?
I'm sorry, mate.
I'm really sorry.
But, you know,
it's getting a bit ridiculous.
Mr. Sturdy,
I'm afraid a body has been found
on the heath.
It fits Sallie's description.
I'm sorry.
Foxes have been at her...
fingers and arms, mainly.
May I see the photos?
So how did she die?
Hard to be certain yet.
Any sign of a murder weapon?
I'd look down there
if I was you.
Sallie! Sallie!
Sallie!
Oh, no.
Sallie.
Oh, Sallie.
Damn.
That's the mother.
I'll get her back, then.
Yes.
Thanks, Mike.
No! No! No!
No!
No! No! No.
No, no, no.
No, no, no. No!
No, she's not!
No, no.
No, she's not!
She's not!
No, she's not!
Please, no, she's not!
She's not!
Tennison.
You out of your mind, Tennison?
Don't.
Don't even.
A few weeks.
A few weeks to go,
and you turn up drunk
in an interview room.
- I was not drunk.
- Stinking of alcohol.
He says on the tape,
"You stink of alcohol."
Oh, word travels fast.
Do I smell of alcohol now?
Not now you don't.
So, what does
D.I. Traynor say?
Oh, Traynor. He's suffering
from olfactory amnesia.
But I'm gonna talk to him later.
Jane, were you sober in there?
Of course I was!
You may not believe this.
In fact, I know
you're not gonna believe this,
but I actually am very concerned
about your health.
Well, thank you very much, sir.
I'm so grateful.
I want you to take sick leave
for the rest of your service.
Take an early holiday.
We both know that events
like this
have happened in the past.
Not as bad,
but you were advised to talk
to our addictions counselor.
Yeah, who recommended that
I attend Alcoholics Anonymous.
And?
I have. I have.
I do attend.
See, there's no way I can verify
whether or not you go
to A.A. meetings.
Are you saying I'm lying?
It's not as if
they keep records.
Now, Jane, look.
There are treatment programs.
There are therapy centers.
Residential,
if that's what required.
The Met will pay for everything.
Christ knows they owe you.
And I Will.
I will go when I've retired,
because I'll have the time then.
Sir, I've got a real feel
for this Sallie Sturdy case...
and all the people involved.
I know I can find that killer.
And when I do, I will retire,
I promise you,
even if it's tonight.
Alcoholism, as we know,
is a threefold illness...
mental, physical, and spiritual.
And, for me, the mental
obsession was crushing.
When I wasn't drinking,
there was only my next drink,
you know?
My reward for getting through
the day.
And when I was drinking...
Well, we don't want to go there.
I had developed an insatiable
craving for alcohol.
I'd convinced myself
I needed alcohol to function.
Okay.
We'll take a 15-minute
coffee break,
and then resume the meeting.
Excuse me.
Jane?
Hey.
Bill.
Good to see you again.
Yeah.
Can't believe this, you know?
Actually, it's the first time
I've been to one of those.
No, I meant...
Not coming to A.A.
It's good to see you again, huh?
Well, it must be what,
10 years now?
Yeah, yeah.
More than 10 years.
Try not to judge A.A.
on the first meeting.
So how long have you
been going to, urn...
Corning February, it'll be...
six years since I've had
my last drink.
Six years?
And you still have to attend?
I don't have to, but...
it's good for my head, you know?
And... it gets easier,
promise you.
Right.
Would you like to go for...
for coffee?
Oh, I'd love to, Bill,
but I'm really busy right now.
So, sorry.
Please?
I should have done this
years ago.
Anyway...
On the job,
I was drinking, obviously.
And I... built this resentment
against you.
You know what it was like.
I haven't forgotten.
Chauvinistic bastard.
You know?
I tried to wreck your career.
I interfered
with an investigation.
Oh, Bill, it's...
it's water under the bridge.
No, no, no.
I want to apologize.
It's important.
I need to do this.
You know, back then,
I, um, I...
I just couldn't handle a woman
being my boss, you know?
And I...
And I set out to hurt you.
And I'm very sorry.
Thank you.
I never thought I'd say that.
Neither did I.
You okay?
Something worrying you?
I've got this case.
It's about a missing girl.
She's only 14 years old.
I got a phone call
the other night.
It was a very important call.
And I answered it, but I'd had
a few drinks, and, uh...
in the morning, I couldn't
remember anything about it.
Had nothing...
nothing at all.
It's one of the sweetest
feelings I have...
waking up in the morning,
knowing what I did last night,
where I was, who I was with.
Have you got anyone
you can talk to?
We can't do it on our own, Jane.
Oh. Now I've really
got to go now, Bill.
Hey, would you...
Will you give me a call?
Okay?
Yeah. Yeah.
Thanks.
Thanks, Bill.
Sallie Sturdy...
was everything
that this school is about.
Bright.
Talented.
Given no special treatment
or privileges,
and yet she shone.
Sallie was our star.
Each one of us...
and there are many of us
here today
who knew and admired Sallie...
each one of us will carry
a little of her light
and inspiration...
forever in our hearts.
Now I'd like to introduce you
to Detective Superintendent
Jane Tennison.
Thank you, Mr. Philips.
Well, first of all,
let me say how very sorry I am
that you've lost your classmate
in this terrible way.
We desperately need details
of Sallie's life.
So I'd like any of you
who knew Sallie from basketball
or from outside school
or were classmates of her,
please, will you talk
to my colleagues?
Would you stand up, please?
They'll be in the canteen
all day.
What would you expect me to say?
You almost killed me yesterday.
I was really scared.
Why do adults do these things?
- Why do they just...
- I'm sorry.
I'm not always like that.
I promise you that will never
happen again.
Promise.
Just after Sallie went missing,
someone wrote "Sallie's lost it"
in the girls' toilets.
Lost it?
You mean, like, her virginity?
I suppose so, but...
Who to?
Who would she have lost that to?
I don't know.
Would she have told anyone
about it?
Gloria, maybe.
Where is Gloria?
I don't know.
She's probably bunked off.
No traces of DNA, I'm afraid.
No evidence of sexual assault.
But up here, something was
ripped from her neck.
Well, there is a chain
and pendant missing.
What's the cause of death?
A single stab wound
to the stomach...
massive blood loss.
Massive for
an unexpected reason.
She was pregnant.
I know.
She may only have been 14,
but there was a perfectly formed
fetus growing inside her.
There it is.
Pregnancy meant
a huge concentration of blood
around the uterus.
One stab,
and catastrophic blood loss.
She would have been unconscious
in a minute,
dead in three or four.
Can we tell who the father is
from the fetus?
It's a complicated business,
but, yes, is the answer.
We have her DNA, obviously.
We need to get samples
from her mum and dad,
then isolate the DNA strips
that don't belong
to any of them.
What we're left with is some,
if not all, of the father's DNA.
Get that tested, would you?
Cause of death... single
stab wound to the stomach.
Small knife,
probably 3-inch blade.
Kitchen, penknife,
possibly a long scissors blade.
No sexual assault, but Sallie
was two months pregnant.
So if we get DNA samples
from the Sturdys,
then pathology can isolate
the DNA
belonging to the father
of the fetus.
A cross-match, then,
with any of our suspects
will identify him.
I want to start
with Curtis Flynn
because we've got his DNA
on record.
Does Sallie have
any defensive bruising?
No.
So she knew the killer.
Possibly.
We checked her dad's car.
That's clean.
There's no blood.
No sign of a struggle.
Mr. Sturdy is obviously
devastated by Sallie's death,
but that doesn't mean
he's not responsible.
But if he had fathered
Sallie's baby, that...
DNA will reveal that.
What about the headmaster...
Sean Philips?
Yeah.
Go on.
Well, he's a primary carer
and a sanctimonious prick.
- He is.
That's what I call
good detective work.
Thank you, gov.
Now, a robbery gone wrong
is still a possibility.
Something was torn
from Sallie's neck.
You'll note some bruising.
It's very possible
it's this pendant,
so we want to keep an eye open
for that, okay?
Get a better picture of that.
Got the lab reports back
on Sallie's clothing, gov.
There's a hair on her top.
It's Curtis Flynn's...
his DNA.
Well, where the hell is he?
I mean, he can't be
that hard to find.
Curtis comes and goes.
He ain't gonna tell me
where he is.
Now, you know more
than you're letting on.
It was you that wrote
in the toilets
that Sallie had lost
her virginity, right?
Yeah. So what?
It was a bit of fun.
So, which of the lucky boys
did you have in mind?
Lester?
Curtis?
Huh?
So I told him, "no way," innit?
- Of course I did!
You called?
Who you talking to?
Michelle, innit?
Tell her I said wa gwan, yeah?
All the girls love
Curtis, don't they, Gloria?
Look, could we just...
Penny.
Urn...
Sorry.
Get out of my way, okay?
It was Penny who told you
about the toilets, innit?
As a matter of fact, she didn't.
Not that it's your business.
It is my business
if someone grasses me up.
Why would she say something
just to get you into trouble?
I don't know.
I'm not Penny, am I?
Penny?
Penny!
Can I have a word with you?
Yeah. Okay.
In the car.
Would that be all right?
Ohh.
So, Penny...
was Sallie having a relationship
with Curtis?
I don't know.
Any of the other boys?
You know what boys are like.
Yeah. Well...
They never told me.
Well, if she was
meeting someone up on the heath,
who do you think
that could have been?
Could it have been Curtis?
Could it have been Lester?
Could have been any of them.
You mean, like,
she could take her pick.
Sex isn't such a big thing.
I mean,
not like adults make out.
Why would any of them kill her
because of that?
Why would they?
That was last summer.
Oh. Hurt my bum.
She looks so young.
We had a big night out
for Daddy's promotion.
That was, urn...
That was...
That was only four weeks ago.
Could we borrow this
to show on the television?
That would be a great help.
Yeah.
Sallie always wanted to be
on television.
Thank you.
We'll take great care of it.
I'm having a drink.
Is it okay with you?
Yes.
Of course.
Would you like one?
No.
No, thank you.
You could use a drink.
I don't want one, thank you.
No, we're fine, thank you,
Mr. Sturdy.
No, we've come on a rather
serious matter, I'm afraid.
Mr. Sturdy, maybe you'd
like to sit down.
I'm sorry.
This is going to come
as a shock to you, but...
Sallie was pregnant
when she died.
Pregnant? Oh, my God.
I'm sorry. So sorry.
But how... how could
she be pregnant?
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
No! God!
Oh, God!
Oh. God. Oh.
Oh, God.
Well, obviously we have
to check some things,
so it would be very helpful
if we could take some intimate
samples from you both.
What do you mean,
"intimate samples"?
Well, hair and saliva.
What for?
Well... we have to, urn, isolate
the various DNAs.
Uh...
So we need...
the DNA from both of you
so that we... we can work out
exactly who the father is.
You think I'm the father,
don't you?
Oh, Mr. Sturdy, of course not.
You're not listening.
You think I had sex
with my daughter.
You think I'm the father.
You're sick.
You're a sick person.
- No, we just...
- I don't want you in the house.
Get out.
Get out.
Get out.
Mr. Sturdy, I'm afraid
unless you give us a sample,
we're going to
have to arrest you.
There's your sample.
That's Darren, innit?
Later, you and me.
She's dirty.
Lester!
Lester.
That'll do it, mate.
Get off me!
Oh, my God, girl.
What is happening?
Come on. Come on!
Mind your head.
So, Lester,
the papers are calling Sallie
a little angel.
Was she a little angel?
I ain't saying anything.
I know nothing about all this.
You see, I keep
hearing your name... Lester.
Lester and Curtis,
Curtis and Lester.
Do you have something going
with these girls?
Bollocks!
Were you having sex with Sallie?
No!
Was Curtis?
Come on, Lester.
Let him answer for himself.
Where is he?
I've got to go.
All right.
He's with a girl... Delores.
That's all I know.
Well, Lester, maybe you
can tell Detective Simms
where Delores lives.
For the tape,
this is Detective Superintendent
Tennison leaving the room.
Because it's
an elective consultation
at another hospital,
we can't...
Yes.
I understand that.
It's only a short drive.
They'll see him right away.
I'm sorry.
We can't release the oxygen.
It's just for this morning.
You'll be all right,
won't you, Arnold?
I don't know.
Let me take that from you.
I'll get the heat on in the car,
all right?
It's not far.
Look.
It's just here.
You know, the Lothian's got
a state-of-the-art facility.
Can you afford it?
You have no idea how much
it's going to cost.
You're gonna have to
help me here, Dad.
Oh.
How we going to do this?
Can you move forward?
I can't bend, can't you see?
Let me try putting your foot
in first, all right?
Okay.
Now if you just
slide forward, maybe.
Look. It hurts.
It hurts too much.
Please, Dad,
just slide forward, all right?
Oh.
Come on, Dad. Come on.
You must help me, please.
Dad, you've got to help me.
We're gonna be late.
I don't care!
What do you mean,
you don't care?
I've got cancer. I'm dying.
Can't you see?
Yeah, but you can't just
accept it!
I have accepted it.
You're the one who hasn't.
You're not doing this for me.
You're doing it for yourself.
I'm sorry.
I don't understand.
Because you feel guilty.
What exactly is it
I have to feel guilty about?
I never said that.
I did say that you would feel
guilty anyway.
I never said you should.
You know,
you pursued your career.
You followed your lights.
That meant you had less to do
with other people.
You feel bad about that,
but why should you?
It's what you had to do.
I never wanted you to join
the police.
But I've always been proud
of you, Jane.
You've always done what's right.
Not a lot of people
can say that...
about their lives.
What about this kiddie...
the little girl
who was murdered?
Yeah.
We've got a suspect.
Good.
Good for you.
Police!
Police! Police!
Nobody move! Nobody move!
Hey! You've just
broken down my door, mate!
Curtis!
Get onto him!
Move your ass!
Move it!
Come on!
Police! Stop!
Curtis!
Stop!
Hello?
Hello?!
Are you deaf?!
- Shut it!
- You shut it!
Let's go inside.
Go inside.
Stop! This is the police!
Come on! Move!
Aah!
Around the back.
Where's he gone?
He's down in the car park.
Forensics will have to go
through this flat,
see if Sallie's ever been here.
I want all the clothes,
all the makeup photographed
in situ.
See if they ever belonged
to Sallie.
And that includes the jewelry.
That's Sallie Sturdy,
a murdered 14-year-old girl.
You don't know anything
about Sallie?
About her and Curtis?
Who's Curtis?
What, him?
I only met him last night!
He's wanted for rape
and for murder.
That's just your type,
is it, Delores?
Might be.
Oh, yeah? You find that
attractive, do you? You...
Governor!
Urn...
I've got an appointment.
I'll be on my mobile.
Oh. Thank you.
Welcome to this Tuesday
meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.
My name's Ray,
and I'm an alcoholic.
- Hi, Ray.
- Hi, Ray.
I don't want to do it.
It's really embarrassing.
Sallie was your friend.
Not like people are making out.
Ruth and Tony have specially
asked for you.
It's just embarrassing being
in front of all those people.
You're really good
at public speaking.
You know you are.
It's asking a lot of her.
She's upset.
Yeah.
Look.
I'll do it, okay?
See?
Once her mum says no.
"I did not die.
Do not stand at my grave
or ever weep.
I am not there.
I do not sleep."
"I am
a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints
on snow.
I am the sunlight...
on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken
in the morning's hush...
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds
in circled flight."
I think you'll feel a lot better
if you'd come.
Dad, I don't want to go.
Fucking bitch!
Hey.
I'm not going to the burial.
Is that what your dad and you
were arguing about?
Yeah.
Why is it when anyone dies...
it feels like the world
should stop, but it doesn't?
You know,
you read beautifully in there.
My dad's dying.
So I found that very moving.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
Well, he's quite old.
You don't seem sad.
No. You know,
when I'm at work, I can't.
But you seem lonely.
Yeah, I am.
I am lonely.
I'll give you a lift home.
Come on.
You know, I'd really like
to show you something.
No, I can't.
I got to get you back.
Oh, please.
All right, but it'll
have to be quick, okay?
It's great, isn't it?
God.
I haven't been here in 30 years.
My dad used to bring me here
all the time.
He used to bring me to openings
at the National and the Tate.
I think he wanted me to become
an artist.
Ah.
There it is.
Joshua Reynolds.
"Strawberry Girl."
Young girls,
kids used to sell fruit
on the streets and in the parks.
She looks so frightened, though.
Well, uncertain, maybe.
There's a customer coming
towards her.
What does he want?
What does life hold for her?
It's amazing...
all that just in her expression.
Anyway, I just wanted you
to see that.
So we better go.
Tennison.
Arnold Tennison.
He's having a night
of it, I'm afraid.
He's breathing unaided, but he's
not been very comfortable.
He in pain?
We're doing our best
to manage the pain.
Well, you will call me
if there's any change.
Yes.
Of course.
Thank you.
Hm.
I'm just going to my mum's
for a few days, okay?
Ask God when he's bringing
Sallie back, would you?
Tell him to check his diary.
Oh, Tony.
I still remember...
the day you were born.
And Pauline, too.
They were the happiest days
of my life.
- Yay!
- Yay!
? We won! We won! a'
? We won! We won! a'
Mr. Sturdy.
I think that you're a cold,
ruthless bitch,
but maybe that's what
you need to be to do your job.
I've got something to show you.
Come upstairs.
You see? Again.
Are you suggesting
that Sallie was having, urn,
a relationship
with her headmaster,
with Sean Philips?
That's not how I would put it.
You think Sean Philips
is the father of Sallie's baby.
You saw it, didn't you?
I mean, you saw it.
No, I don't know what I saw.
Look, you can speculate
either way.
You could say that
they're all excited,
there's a basketball win,
that he's congratulating Sallie.
And she's kissing him
like a family friend.
- He is a family friend.
- It's not.
It's not kissing
like a family friend.
It's kissing like somebody
who... Somebody...
Thank you.
Look Please, Tony.
I really appreciate
you bringing this in,
but I beg of you, please,
don't take this any further.
I love you, Dad.
I love you.
I've always loved you,
even when I was...
when I was too busy to stop
and see you.
He's gone?
Yeah.
Sorry, Bill.
I didn't know who else to call.
Shh.
Excuse me.
Sorry.
These are
Mr. Tennison's things...
his toiletries...
razor and so on.
Thank you very much.
You're very kind.
My dad never wanted me
to be a cop.
We had terrible fights about it.
You know,
he was a soldier in the war,
and he was one of the first
soldiers who liberated Belsen.
So...
Nightmare.
Yeah. He knew what people
were capable of.
And you were
his little girl, eh?
Yeah. Didn't want me to see
any of that.
You call me in the morning,
let me know you're still okay?
Yeah.
Thanks, Bill.
Hey.
He'll never leave
your heart, love.
Never.
The current wait
for accident and emergency
is estimated at four hours.
We suggest that
any non-urgent cases
return in the morning
or, alternatively,
visit their G.P. surgeons.
If you have any queries,
please come to reception.
Follow me around?
Oh, you flatter yourself.
I ain't got nothing
to say to you people.
You mean you don't want to talk
about Sallie Sturdy?
She ain't got nothing
to do with me... nothing!
Trying to set me up
'cause she's a white girl
and I'm a black man!
Bitch.
Did you just call me a bitch?
Did you?
Did you call me a bitch,
you twisted little shit, you?
What did you call me?
What did you call me?
I called you a bitch!
Right.
You're under arrest
for the murder of Sallie...
All right.
All right.
- I didn't murder no one!
- Just put the gun away.
Curtis!
Curtis, come here.
- Penny.
- Please.
Get away!
Get away!
Just get out of here!
Curtis, put that gun down.
- Stay out of my face!
- Put it down.
Please, Curtis!
Stay out of my face!
Penny, just go!
Go!
Curtis!
Police!
Bill, no!
Oh, God.
Curtis!
Oh!
- Get in! Come on!
Oh, God.
Help!
Help here!
Can you just go back
and wait, please?!
Ruth, any word?
It's not like Sallie
to not come home at all.
She's been out late recently,
but it's just not like her.
Look, Ruth,
I'm sure she's all right.
We rang the police.
You know what teenagers
are like.
But she's never before
tried to...
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
You've got to get to school.
Can I just speak to Penny?
She's in with Linda.
Come on.
Sallie didn't call you
later last night?
She didn't call from a phone box
or from someone's house?
I'm sorry, Mrs. Sturdy.
She didn't call me.
Is there someone Sallie
could have stayed with?
I don't know, Mum.
That'll be Gloria.
Mum?
Honey, you two better
get to school.
Right. Okay.
Give me a call when you
get there, all right?
Morning, gov.
Morning.
Sallie Sturdy, 14 years old,
reported missing at 11:30 p.m.
Mum, dad, family?
Yeah. She lives at home.
Uh, mum and dad made the call.
Sallie left home about 5:00.
Hasn't been seen since.
They also said
she's never done this before.
Sorry.
A 14-year-old girl goes missing.
She's got no history
of running away,
the family's frantic,
and no one sees fit to call me?
Call you?
What, last night?
Yeah.
There weren't any
further developments overnight.
I didn't see a need to call you
a second time.
Second time?
Yeah.
Well, has... has anyone
interviewed the family yet?
I was waiting.
She's 14, so...
Which means she's old enough
to look after herself,
or she's old enough
to get into trouble?
It depends on the girl.
Yes. Exactly. That's why
you find out who she is.
You interview the family.
Danny... Danny, can you
accompany D.C., uh...
- Wood.
- Wood on this? Thank you.
We've got a missing girl.
Sallie Sturdy.
14 years old.
Left home last night
about 5:00 p.m.
on her way to school
basketball training.
Taff, check the school,
will you?
So you need to build
a picture of Sallie...
her Internet habits, her
friends, where she hangs out.
Yeah. I have done this before,
you know.
Yeah. Right.
Told you she had a few.
Mr. Philips.
D.S. Alun Simms.
Does Sallie have a mobile phone?
No. We don't believe
in mobile phones.
Could she have a secret
one... a pay-as-you-go?
Sallie?
Look, Sallie doesn't visit
chat rooms or instant messaging.
There's nothing like that.
We have firewalls.
We have parental locks.
As you can see,
the computer's in full view.
It's just to make sure
there are no odd messages
or names that are unfamiliar.
We'll give it straight back
when we've checked it.
Who would be sending Sallie
messages?
Okay, this...
- Tony!
- No, listen.
I'm just gonna drive around
and look for Sallie.
I can't just sit here
and do nothing.
Mr. Sturdy, you said you were
at work until 7:00, right?
Like I said, yes.
So you'd be back here by 8:00?
Like I said, yeah.
We're a good family, you know.
We've always been close.
We're really close.
Do you mind if we take a look
in Sallie's bedroom?
You know,
just look at her stuff?
That's fine.
Yeah. Of course.
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
God, I hate reading
people's diaries.
Anything good in there?
A couple of names.
Oh. Cigarettes.
Hmm.
Not the only thing
she's been smoking, though.
Not quite the little angel,
then.
Some tea.
Oh, Mrs. Sturdy.
You shouldn't have.
That's okay.
Excuse me!
Excuse me!
You know my daughter, Sallie!
- You know my daughter, Sallie!
- Get away from me!
Get away from me!
I need you to help me!
I need...
I'm not a bad man!
Jane.
Final countdown, eh?
Pension and health plan
all sorted?
Getaway in Spain?
Florida, actually.
Old couples retire
to Florida these days.
You know, like the Mafia.
Could be worse.
Great golf.
How long now?
I'm not sure exactly.
It's not long, huh?
Oh!
Oh, shit.
Anything on the missing girl?
I'm just checking
the parents now.
No criminal convictions,
either of them.
And not showed up
in any investigations.
- A message from Taff.
- M m-hmm.
He said he spoke
to the basketball coach.
Sallie never got to practice.
Right.
- Oh!
- Oh!
- Sorry.
- What would you do?
Have we distributed
Sallie's photo yet?
Uh, no.
We've only just finished...
Get that out as quickly
as possible, okay?
Anything significant?
A couple of names mentioned in
her diary... Curtis and Lester.
But the parents
haven't heard of them.
Okay.
Well, ask around.
See if anyone's heard
of a Curtis or a Lester.
Okay. Good.
Mrs. Sturdy.
Yes.
I'm Detective Superintendent
Jane Tennison.
Come in, please.
Thank you.
Is there any news yet?
No. I'm afraid
there's nothing yet.
You want to do something?
I'll tell you what you could do.
See this place...
this place across the street?
All night the racket.
Buh-boom! Buh-boom!
There's a care home for
adolescent girls up the street.
One of the girls, Gloria,
is a friend of Sallie's.
Those guys that hang about
are but their boyfriends.
Boyfriends. Right.
Boyfriends.
We told Sallie... told her
to stay well clear of the place.
Sean.
Sorry. Ruth.
Hello, Sean.
Sean Philips.
I'm Sallie's teacher.
Headmaster.
Look, the reason
we've come over is, urn...
I saw Sallie
going up to the heath.
The heath?
I know...
I didn't think
it was important at the time.
Are you sure?
Are you sure, Penny?
Because... No, she wouldn't
cross the heath at night.
What time was this, Penny?
It was 6:00.
'Cause she left here
with her basketball kit.
She left to go to basketball.
Why was she going to the heath?
Penny, it's all right.
Mrs. Sturdy's not angry
with Sallie.
She just wants to make sure
she's safe.
Of course I'm not.
Of course I'm not, no.
I'm sorry.
I didn't even talk to her.
Where's my little girl?
Thank you, Penny.
You've been a great help.
Thank you.
Mrs. Sturdy, look...
Mr. Sturdy, I'm going to give
you my mobile-phone number.
I want you to call me
if you have any problems
or any questions at all.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Mrs. Tennison.
Mr. Philips?
Sorry.
Penny...
Are you sure that it was 6:00
you saw Sallie?
Don't worry about that lot.
Listen, this is serious.
What Sallie's mum said
wasn't right.
Why?
Sallie didn't have
her kit bag with her.
She didn't have it.
Gov!
Gov, can I have a word with you?
I'm... I'm sorry.
We'll have to continue this
another time.
Yes?
There's a girl
over in the care home.
I think you should talk to her.
She said Sallie was in here
yesterday afternoon, so...
Her dad's favorite place.
What's her name?
Tanya.
Tanya. Tanya.
You said that Sallie was in here
yesterday at about 4:00.
- Sitting in the kitchen.
- Was she with someone?
- No.
- So she was on her own?
- Yeah.
She was just... You know.
I said, "Hello. How you doing?"
That kind of thing.
Okay, now... Hey!
- Tanya.
Tanya, you didn't see her leave?
No.
Was she visiting someone?
Tanya.
What was she doing here?
You know, we do encourage
contact sometimes, so...
Hey, girls.
Girls, hey.
Does Sallie come here a lot?
Oh, yeah.
She hangs around here, innit?
Me and Penny saw her
up on the heath, actually.
You saw her on the heath?
What time was that?
Uh, about 6:00.
Some pervert's got hold of her.
I'm telling you.
Can you remember
how she was dressed?
Gloria! You remember
how she was dressed?
Yeah.
For like going out, innit.
She wasn't wearing
her school uniform?
Did you notice
anything unusual...
any strange men hanging about?
Sorry.
Strange and about, innit?
That's how we like them.
- The afro.
- Yeah.
Yes?
What happened to him?
No. No, no.
Look, I can't get over
right now.
What's the ward number?
What... Just...
Yeah. Just a moment.
Um... Oh.
Just one minute.
So it's ward number...
Thank you.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Would you like to sit down?
No. Thank you.
I hate hospitals.
Yeah.
It's my dad.
He's just been taken in.
Would you like a drink of water
or something?
No.
Yes. You're very kind.
Thank you.
Sure thing.
Hello, lads.
How are you?
Ooh.
Just a minute.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Take your time.
Take your time.
So, gents...
Oh, Taff, what do you think
of this place?
Oh, lovely.
Safe, sound, and secure.
Take those two that just left.
Who?
White lad... Lester Bishop.
Tall black lad... you know,
with those baseball caps...
Curtis Flynn.
Curtis Flynn's mentioned
in Sallie's diary.
They just jumped in their car.
What, you just let them stroll
out of here?
Hey, hold on, hold on.
Nobody told me about a diary.
Oh, he's a clever bastard.
Well, we'll pick him up.
Well, maybe we will.
Maybe we won't.
Oh, what a cock-up.
I, urn...
I checked the phone log
at the station.
Cox did phone you at home
last night.
The call lasted three minutes.
He's adamant he spoke to you.
You don't remember the pub?
Me leaving?
No.
Jesus, Jane.
You've got to look after
yourself.
What's the matter with you?
You remember anything?
No.
Mrs. Philips.
I'm Detective Superintendent
Jane Tennison.
Come in.
Sure I can't get you anything?
A glass of wine?
No.
No. No. I'm fine.
Thank you.
Cigarette?
No.
I can only smoke
once Penny's in bed.
She doesn't approve.
Actually, it's Penny
I wanted to speak to again,
if that's all right.
It'll only take a few minutes.
If she hasn't gone to bed,
she'll be texting her friends.
Won't talk to us, but spends
hours on that bloody phone.
Still, it's better she's got one
after what's happened to Sallie.
What do you think
has happened to Sallie?
Sallie's not a girl
who stays out all night.
Urn, Miss...
Tennison.
Tennison was wanting
to speak to Penny.
That all right?
Well, of course.
She's just downstairs.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Hello.
Hi.
Your mum said that...
What, is this your hideaway?
Yeah.
Listen, Penny, do you think...
Do you think Sallie was meeting
someone last night?
It's just that she didn't take
her kit with her,
so she couldn't have been going
to basketball, right?
So was she meeting someone?
You know, we all have secrets.
I mean, I used to when I was
your age, believe it or not,
when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Like What?
Oh, urn...
Well, uh, cigarettes.
I was addicted at the age of 16.
Boys, of course.
What about you?
I'm getting a tattoo.
Are you?
Do you know,
I've always wanted a tattoo.
Great big anchor right there.
Does Sallie have a tattoo?
No.
Her dad's a bit...
- What, he's strict?
- Yeah.
Like, really unhealthily strict.
What about you?
What are you good at?
My dad wants me to be a teacher.
Oh, really?
What do you want?
I like art.
Is that yours?
Uh, yeah.
Oh, no.
It's really bad.
No, it's really good.
Thanks.
Does Sallie have a boyfriend?
No.
I mean, she had friends
at school, but...
No one special?
No.
Sallie isn't into relationships.
She isn't into relationships.
Right.
Okay.
Well, thanks, Penny.
You've been a great help,
believe it or not.
Oh, listen,
if you think of anything...
doesn't matter
how small it is...
just give me a ring
on my mobile, okay?
Or you can text me.
Thanks, Penny.
Bye.
Danny, got anything on Curtis?
Hmm.
Curtis Flynn...
convictions for robbery,
robbery with violence,
did time in Youth Offenders.
Since then, he's turned up
in two rape investigations.
Ooh.
I've got people looking for him,
and I've pulled up his DNA.
We've got it on file.
Gov, come have a look at this.
Sturdy said he left work
at 7:00, right?
Mm-hmm.
He didn't.
He left at 10 past 5:00.
He's lying.
Good work.
We got details of Sturdy's car?
Yeah.
I want you to track
every step of his journey home.
Is there any CCTV on Sallie?
Yeah, I've got tapes of
all the roads around the heath.
All right.
Well, do that first.
But I want to know everything
about Tony Sturdy's background.
His family, his friends,
his state of marriage.
I want to know why he's lying.
But don't go in with all guns
blazing, all right?
This is still a father
whose child is missing,
so you be sensitive.
What about Sallie's diary?
What's she writing
about this guy Curtis?
Just that all the girls
love Curtis.
Is that it?
"All the girls love Curtis"?
Yeah, more or less.
If there's no sign of Sallie
by first light,
I want a search
of the northwest heath.
Sallie apparently entered
the heath from here.
- We're looking for a deposition?
- Yeah.
I want a full-compliment
search team.
"All the girls love Curtis."
Mr. and Mrs. Sturdy.
Is there anything?
If there was anything,
I promise you,
you'd be the first to know.
I'm sorry.
We're doing the best we can.
I think you should go home now.
We brought some more photos
of Sallie.
This is from her holidays.
Thank you.
And then... this.
She's always wearing
this pendant.
She's never without that.
Thank you. That's very helpful.
Thank you.
I hope it aids.
Look, it's... it's very late.
You really should go home now.
But if Sallie was in hospital,
that's where we'd be.
Yes, of course.
Uh...
D.C. Wood.
Just a minute.
Yeah.
We'll find a room for you
to wait in.
Can you find a room
for Mr. and Mrs. Sturdy, please?
Sure.
I won't be a minute.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I know this is very hard.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Are you the people your little
daughter's gone missing?
That's right.
God is good.
Is that right?
Very good.
Ruth.
In our times of tribulation...
we feel abandoned and alone.
Stop it, Ruth.
Just stop it.
In the name of Allah...
the all-merciful,
the mercy-giving.
What are you doing?
Please, please, please, please.
Well, let me guess.
Today you were starting out.
Now you're nearly an O.A.P.
Oh, I must visit you more often.
Well, police pension in what?
Uh, a month, two?
Yeah, a month.
Well, maybe you did
the right thing after all.
Good pension these days.
Dad, what are
the doctors saying?
Everything's failing.
They can't operate.
Of course they can operate.
Look, I'm on the way out.
Sorry, pet.
Oh, Dad,
you're always saying that.
Well...
there's no easy way, love.
There's a picture
of your mum and me.
- Mum?
- Yes, Mum.
Our wedding picture.
I...
I want you to fetch it for me.
I don't mean next week.
Yes, Dad.
Of course I'll get it for you.
Your sister's coming in.
Oh.
And the girls may pop in later.
How are they?
What are their ages now?
Would you recognize them
in the street?
Yes, of course I would.
Listen, Dad.
What the doctors are saying...
That's only because Pauline
sends you photos.
I haven't told her
what the doctor said.
Why not?
Well...
Well, you can handle it,
news like this.
But Pauline, she's...
Oh, she's here.
Hello, stranger.
Hi, Dad.
Hello, love.
We hear you're retiring soon.
What will you do with yourself?
Oh, I don't know.
Fancy-free.
Lucky you.
Well, Dad, I'd better be off.
Bye, sweetheart.
Bye.
Excuse me. All right.
Bye, Pauline.
Bye, Jane.
- Love to the girls.
- I will.
Excuse me. I'd like to speak
to someone immediately
about my father's condition.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You need to talk to someone
more senior.
Consultant's rounds
are at 8:00 in the morning.
Sorry about that.
Look, I'm sorry, Pauline.
I'm at Dad's house, and...
He told me tonight he's...
He's got cancer.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
I know he thinks I don't know,
but the doctors told me
about two weeks ago.
And you didn't tell me?
Well... Well, when...
When were you gonna
tell me, Pauline?
You're always so busy.
Yeah, I'm so busy
I don't need to know
when my dad's got cancer?
I'm not going to argue
with you on the phone.
Silly cow.
♪ Let me hold you ♪
♪ Stay awhile
till I've told you ♪
♪ Of the love
that I feel tonight ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Stay awhile ♪
♪ What's your hurry? ♪
♪ Any time that
you're out of sight ♪
♪ I hate to see you go ♪
♪ Tell you what I'll do ♪
♪ I'll be good to you ♪
♪ I'll make you glad
that you are mine ♪
♪ So come on, baby ♪
♪ Treat me right... ♪
♪ So come on, baby ♪
♪ Treat me right ♪
♪ Must you run now? ♪
♪ For the night's
just begun now, oh ♪
♪ Honey, please, won't you
stay awhile with me? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
Maybe four months ago,
we might have done something.
Mr. Tennison assumed the pain
was his ulcer
and let it go on.
Now the tumor's at a stage...
We're doing everything we can.
Well, obviously,
I'll want a second opinion.
I would, too.
But even if we did find someone
who would operate on his cancer,
I'm not sure his heart
is strong enough.
If anything, his heart
is a more immediate concern.
Well, we'll cross that bridge
when we come to it.
Gov?
Got Cox on the line.
Finally making his way through
all that CCTV footage.
And?
Tony Sturdy took
a weird route home.
We've got him on Coulter Road
before 6:00.
Coulter Road's just over there.
Yeah.
Well, let's bring him in.
Right.
Penny?
I'll see you at school.
Bye.
God, you're soaking.
You okay?
Here.
Dry yourself off a bit.
Penny, you said you thought
Sallie might not be happy
at home.
Her dad's a bit intense.
Mm-hmm.
I think that's why
Sallie ran away.
Do you know where she's gone?
I'd tell you if I knew anything.
But you think
that's what's happened?
Yeah.
Were you a bobby when you first
joined the police?
Yeah, I was.
Four years.
In that awful uniform?
It was much worse then.
Oh, horrible shoes, stupid hat.
I looked like
a complete pillock.
How old were you?
I was 17.
Who wants to dress like that
at 17?
You know what?
The clothes didn't matter.
It was the... the power.
Freedom.
And the stupid thought
that maybe I could do some good.
- Watch out!
Stop!
Stop the car!
Just stop the car!
No, no, no.
It's all right.
You're drunk.
I'm not drunk.
Let me out.
Please let me out.
- Let me out of the car now.
- Okay.
Oh, Penny.
Penny!
Ohh.
I haven't done anything wrong.
I appreciate this is
a very difficult situation.
Difficult?
My wife said to go home.
Mr. Sturdy, you told us
that you worked later than usual
on Tuesday night, until 7:00.
Do you wish to reconsider
that statement?
No.
You weren't mistaken?
With so much on your mind,
it would be understandable.
No.
I remember.
There's a CCTV image
of you leaving work
at 10 past 5:00.
You can see the time code.
So can you explain?
I must have been out
for a Mars bar or something...
just out for a soft drink.
This is you
about 40 minutes later
coming up Kentish Town Road.
And here you are
on Coulter Road.
That's right near
where Sallie was last seen.
That's a long way to go
for a Mars bar.
What are you saying?
- I'm not saying anything.
- Yes, you are.
I'm asking you why you lied.
Listen.
You listen to this.
Sallie's the most precious thing
in the world to me.
Here is CCTV footage of you
driving back up Coulter Road
at about 7:00.
So what were you doing
in between?
Why are you lying, Tony?
You're just making it harder
for yourself.
This really isn't helping
Sallie.
For God...
What kind of person are you?
What... What do you...
What's really...
What kind of person are you?
Where were you, Tony?
I mean, what were you doing?
There's no point
in actually tell...
I don't really think
you would understand.
- Try me.
- No, I...
Come on. Tell me.
Hmm?
Thinking.
I was just sitting
in my car, thinking.
Sometimes, after work,
I just go up to the heath
and, before going home,
just spend half an hour
just trying...
trying to catch up with...
I think, well...
But that isn't what...
I mean, I've got more important
things on my mind right now
than contemplating how crap
my life has become, you know?
Do you have any witnesses?
Witnesses? No.
I don't line up witnesses
when I'm going to spend a bit
of time alone.
I mean, Jesus Christ.
Why would I...
What... I don't... Witnesses?
And you just happened to be
sitting in the car, thinking,
right where your daughter
goes missing?
I'm giving you an answer.
Why did you lie
if it was so innocent?
Because I should have been
with Sallie
when she needed me
rather than...
contemplating how crap
my life is!
Were you drinking?
I had a can of beer.
Just the one.
So you're sitting in your car
with Sallie, drinking.
Wait a minute.
I was sitting alone.
I told you. I was...
What...
What is this?
I was alone in the car.
With one can of beer.
Just me.
Mrs. Sturdy said that Sallie
left home with her kit bag.
Did she?
I don't know.
I...
Kit bag?
I don't know.
Are you saying she didn't have
a kit bag?
I'm telling you I wasn't there!
I wasn't there!
How would I know
if she had a kit bag?
I really... really...
I mean, for Christ's sake.
I mean, that's the point.
I'm telling you,
I should have been there,
but I wasn't.
I wasn't home.
Christ.
You never made a mistake?
You never been ashamed?
What were you ashamed of, Tony?
Hmm?
Because you like a drink?
Is that what it is?
You had more than one beer
in that car, didn't you?
I mean, I can tell
you like a drink
because you smell of alcohol
right now.
No, that's not me.
That's you.
Would any of the park rangers
have seen you
sitting in your car, Mr. Sturdy?
How do I know?
I mean, really.
- Jesus Christ.
-
If I knew what
the park rangers saw...
Ask them. Ask them.
I mean...
Christ. It's getting
a bit ridiculous, isn't it?
I'm sorry, mate.
I'm really sorry.
But, you know,
it's getting a bit ridiculous.
Mr. Sturdy,
I'm afraid a body has been found
on the heath.
It fits Sallie's description.
I'm sorry.
Foxes have been at her...
fingers and arms, mainly.
May I see the photos?
So how did she die?
Hard to be certain yet.
Any sign of a murder weapon?
I'd look down there
if I was you.
Sallie! Sallie!
Sallie!
Oh, no.
Sallie.
Oh, Sallie.
Damn.
That's the mother.
I'll get her back, then.
Yes.
Thanks, Mike.
No! No! No!
No!
No! No! No.
No, no, no.
No, no, no. No!
No, she's not!
No, no.
No, she's not!
She's not!
No, she's not!
Please, no, she's not!
She's not!
Tennison.
You out of your mind, Tennison?
Don't.
Don't even.
A few weeks.
A few weeks to go,
and you turn up drunk
in an interview room.
- I was not drunk.
- Stinking of alcohol.
He says on the tape,
"You stink of alcohol."
Oh, word travels fast.
Do I smell of alcohol now?
Not now you don't.
So, what does
D.I. Traynor say?
Oh, Traynor. He's suffering
from olfactory amnesia.
But I'm gonna talk to him later.
Jane, were you sober in there?
Of course I was!
You may not believe this.
In fact, I know
you're not gonna believe this,
but I actually am very concerned
about your health.
Well, thank you very much, sir.
I'm so grateful.
I want you to take sick leave
for the rest of your service.
Take an early holiday.
We both know that events
like this
have happened in the past.
Not as bad,
but you were advised to talk
to our addictions counselor.
Yeah, who recommended that
I attend Alcoholics Anonymous.
And?
I have. I have.
I do attend.
See, there's no way I can verify
whether or not you go
to A.A. meetings.
Are you saying I'm lying?
It's not as if
they keep records.
Now, Jane, look.
There are treatment programs.
There are therapy centers.
Residential,
if that's what required.
The Met will pay for everything.
Christ knows they owe you.
And I Will.
I will go when I've retired,
because I'll have the time then.
Sir, I've got a real feel
for this Sallie Sturdy case...
and all the people involved.
I know I can find that killer.
And when I do, I will retire,
I promise you,
even if it's tonight.
Alcoholism, as we know,
is a threefold illness...
mental, physical, and spiritual.
And, for me, the mental
obsession was crushing.
When I wasn't drinking,
there was only my next drink,
you know?
My reward for getting through
the day.
And when I was drinking...
Well, we don't want to go there.
I had developed an insatiable
craving for alcohol.
I'd convinced myself
I needed alcohol to function.
Okay.
We'll take a 15-minute
coffee break,
and then resume the meeting.
Excuse me.
Jane?
Hey.
Bill.
Good to see you again.
Yeah.
Can't believe this, you know?
Actually, it's the first time
I've been to one of those.
No, I meant...
Not coming to A.A.
It's good to see you again, huh?
Well, it must be what,
10 years now?
Yeah, yeah.
More than 10 years.
Try not to judge A.A.
on the first meeting.
So how long have you
been going to, urn...
Corning February, it'll be...
six years since I've had
my last drink.
Six years?
And you still have to attend?
I don't have to, but...
it's good for my head, you know?
And... it gets easier,
promise you.
Right.
Would you like to go for...
for coffee?
Oh, I'd love to, Bill,
but I'm really busy right now.
So, sorry.
Please?
I should have done this
years ago.
Anyway...
On the job,
I was drinking, obviously.
And I... built this resentment
against you.
You know what it was like.
I haven't forgotten.
Chauvinistic bastard.
You know?
I tried to wreck your career.
I interfered
with an investigation.
Oh, Bill, it's...
it's water under the bridge.
No, no, no.
I want to apologize.
It's important.
I need to do this.
You know, back then,
I, um, I...
I just couldn't handle a woman
being my boss, you know?
And I...
And I set out to hurt you.
And I'm very sorry.
Thank you.
I never thought I'd say that.
Neither did I.
You okay?
Something worrying you?
I've got this case.
It's about a missing girl.
She's only 14 years old.
I got a phone call
the other night.
It was a very important call.
And I answered it, but I'd had
a few drinks, and, uh...
in the morning, I couldn't
remember anything about it.
Had nothing...
nothing at all.
It's one of the sweetest
feelings I have...
waking up in the morning,
knowing what I did last night,
where I was, who I was with.
Have you got anyone
you can talk to?
We can't do it on our own, Jane.
Oh. Now I've really
got to go now, Bill.
Hey, would you...
Will you give me a call?
Okay?
Yeah. Yeah.
Thanks.
Thanks, Bill.
Sallie Sturdy...
was everything
that this school is about.
Bright.
Talented.
Given no special treatment
or privileges,
and yet she shone.
Sallie was our star.
Each one of us...
and there are many of us
here today
who knew and admired Sallie...
each one of us will carry
a little of her light
and inspiration...
forever in our hearts.
Now I'd like to introduce you
to Detective Superintendent
Jane Tennison.
Thank you, Mr. Philips.
Well, first of all,
let me say how very sorry I am
that you've lost your classmate
in this terrible way.
We desperately need details
of Sallie's life.
So I'd like any of you
who knew Sallie from basketball
or from outside school
or were classmates of her,
please, will you talk
to my colleagues?
Would you stand up, please?
They'll be in the canteen
all day.
What would you expect me to say?
You almost killed me yesterday.
I was really scared.
Why do adults do these things?
- Why do they just...
- I'm sorry.
I'm not always like that.
I promise you that will never
happen again.
Promise.
Just after Sallie went missing,
someone wrote "Sallie's lost it"
in the girls' toilets.
Lost it?
You mean, like, her virginity?
I suppose so, but...
Who to?
Who would she have lost that to?
I don't know.
Would she have told anyone
about it?
Gloria, maybe.
Where is Gloria?
I don't know.
She's probably bunked off.
No traces of DNA, I'm afraid.
No evidence of sexual assault.
But up here, something was
ripped from her neck.
Well, there is a chain
and pendant missing.
What's the cause of death?
A single stab wound
to the stomach...
massive blood loss.
Massive for
an unexpected reason.
She was pregnant.
I know.
She may only have been 14,
but there was a perfectly formed
fetus growing inside her.
There it is.
Pregnancy meant
a huge concentration of blood
around the uterus.
One stab,
and catastrophic blood loss.
She would have been unconscious
in a minute,
dead in three or four.
Can we tell who the father is
from the fetus?
It's a complicated business,
but, yes, is the answer.
We have her DNA, obviously.
We need to get samples
from her mum and dad,
then isolate the DNA strips
that don't belong
to any of them.
What we're left with is some,
if not all, of the father's DNA.
Get that tested, would you?
Cause of death... single
stab wound to the stomach.
Small knife,
probably 3-inch blade.
Kitchen, penknife,
possibly a long scissors blade.
No sexual assault, but Sallie
was two months pregnant.
So if we get DNA samples
from the Sturdys,
then pathology can isolate
the DNA
belonging to the father
of the fetus.
A cross-match, then,
with any of our suspects
will identify him.
I want to start
with Curtis Flynn
because we've got his DNA
on record.
Does Sallie have
any defensive bruising?
No.
So she knew the killer.
Possibly.
We checked her dad's car.
That's clean.
There's no blood.
No sign of a struggle.
Mr. Sturdy is obviously
devastated by Sallie's death,
but that doesn't mean
he's not responsible.
But if he had fathered
Sallie's baby, that...
DNA will reveal that.
What about the headmaster...
Sean Philips?
Yeah.
Go on.
Well, he's a primary carer
and a sanctimonious prick.
- He is.
That's what I call
good detective work.
Thank you, gov.
Now, a robbery gone wrong
is still a possibility.
Something was torn
from Sallie's neck.
You'll note some bruising.
It's very possible
it's this pendant,
so we want to keep an eye open
for that, okay?
Get a better picture of that.
Got the lab reports back
on Sallie's clothing, gov.
There's a hair on her top.
It's Curtis Flynn's...
his DNA.
Well, where the hell is he?
I mean, he can't be
that hard to find.
Curtis comes and goes.
He ain't gonna tell me
where he is.
Now, you know more
than you're letting on.
It was you that wrote
in the toilets
that Sallie had lost
her virginity, right?
Yeah. So what?
It was a bit of fun.
So, which of the lucky boys
did you have in mind?
Lester?
Curtis?
Huh?
So I told him, "no way," innit?
- Of course I did!
You called?
Who you talking to?
Michelle, innit?
Tell her I said wa gwan, yeah?
All the girls love
Curtis, don't they, Gloria?
Look, could we just...
Penny.
Urn...
Sorry.
Get out of my way, okay?
It was Penny who told you
about the toilets, innit?
As a matter of fact, she didn't.
Not that it's your business.
It is my business
if someone grasses me up.
Why would she say something
just to get you into trouble?
I don't know.
I'm not Penny, am I?
Penny?
Penny!
Can I have a word with you?
Yeah. Okay.
In the car.
Would that be all right?
Ohh.
So, Penny...
was Sallie having a relationship
with Curtis?
I don't know.
Any of the other boys?
You know what boys are like.
Yeah. Well...
They never told me.
Well, if she was
meeting someone up on the heath,
who do you think
that could have been?
Could it have been Curtis?
Could it have been Lester?
Could have been any of them.
You mean, like,
she could take her pick.
Sex isn't such a big thing.
I mean,
not like adults make out.
Why would any of them kill her
because of that?
Why would they?
That was last summer.
Oh. Hurt my bum.
She looks so young.
We had a big night out
for Daddy's promotion.
That was, urn...
That was...
That was only four weeks ago.
Could we borrow this
to show on the television?
That would be a great help.
Yeah.
Sallie always wanted to be
on television.
Thank you.
We'll take great care of it.
I'm having a drink.
Is it okay with you?
Yes.
Of course.
Would you like one?
No.
No, thank you.
You could use a drink.
I don't want one, thank you.
No, we're fine, thank you,
Mr. Sturdy.
No, we've come on a rather
serious matter, I'm afraid.
Mr. Sturdy, maybe you'd
like to sit down.
I'm sorry.
This is going to come
as a shock to you, but...
Sallie was pregnant
when she died.
Pregnant? Oh, my God.
I'm sorry. So sorry.
But how... how could
she be pregnant?
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
No! God!
Oh, God!
Oh. God. Oh.
Oh, God.
Well, obviously we have
to check some things,
so it would be very helpful
if we could take some intimate
samples from you both.
What do you mean,
"intimate samples"?
Well, hair and saliva.
What for?
Well... we have to, urn, isolate
the various DNAs.
Uh...
So we need...
the DNA from both of you
so that we... we can work out
exactly who the father is.
You think I'm the father,
don't you?
Oh, Mr. Sturdy, of course not.
You're not listening.
You think I had sex
with my daughter.
You think I'm the father.
You're sick.
You're a sick person.
- No, we just...
- I don't want you in the house.
Get out.
Get out.
Get out.
Mr. Sturdy, I'm afraid
unless you give us a sample,
we're going to
have to arrest you.
There's your sample.
That's Darren, innit?
Later, you and me.
She's dirty.
Lester!
Lester.
That'll do it, mate.
Get off me!
Oh, my God, girl.
What is happening?
Come on. Come on!
Mind your head.
So, Lester,
the papers are calling Sallie
a little angel.
Was she a little angel?
I ain't saying anything.
I know nothing about all this.
You see, I keep
hearing your name... Lester.
Lester and Curtis,
Curtis and Lester.
Do you have something going
with these girls?
Bollocks!
Were you having sex with Sallie?
No!
Was Curtis?
Come on, Lester.
Let him answer for himself.
Where is he?
I've got to go.
All right.
He's with a girl... Delores.
That's all I know.
Well, Lester, maybe you
can tell Detective Simms
where Delores lives.
For the tape,
this is Detective Superintendent
Tennison leaving the room.
Because it's
an elective consultation
at another hospital,
we can't...
Yes.
I understand that.
It's only a short drive.
They'll see him right away.
I'm sorry.
We can't release the oxygen.
It's just for this morning.
You'll be all right,
won't you, Arnold?
I don't know.
Let me take that from you.
I'll get the heat on in the car,
all right?
It's not far.
Look.
It's just here.
You know, the Lothian's got
a state-of-the-art facility.
Can you afford it?
You have no idea how much
it's going to cost.
You're gonna have to
help me here, Dad.
Oh.
How we going to do this?
Can you move forward?
I can't bend, can't you see?
Let me try putting your foot
in first, all right?
Okay.
Now if you just
slide forward, maybe.
Look. It hurts.
It hurts too much.
Please, Dad,
just slide forward, all right?
Oh.
Come on, Dad. Come on.
You must help me, please.
Dad, you've got to help me.
We're gonna be late.
I don't care!
What do you mean,
you don't care?
I've got cancer. I'm dying.
Can't you see?
Yeah, but you can't just
accept it!
I have accepted it.
You're the one who hasn't.
You're not doing this for me.
You're doing it for yourself.
I'm sorry.
I don't understand.
Because you feel guilty.
What exactly is it
I have to feel guilty about?
I never said that.
I did say that you would feel
guilty anyway.
I never said you should.
You know,
you pursued your career.
You followed your lights.
That meant you had less to do
with other people.
You feel bad about that,
but why should you?
It's what you had to do.
I never wanted you to join
the police.
But I've always been proud
of you, Jane.
You've always done what's right.
Not a lot of people
can say that...
about their lives.
What about this kiddie...
the little girl
who was murdered?
Yeah.
We've got a suspect.
Good.
Good for you.
Police!
Police! Police!
Nobody move! Nobody move!
Hey! You've just
broken down my door, mate!
Curtis!
Get onto him!
Move your ass!
Move it!
Come on!
Police! Stop!
Curtis!
Stop!
Hello?
Hello?!
Are you deaf?!
- Shut it!
- You shut it!
Let's go inside.
Go inside.
Stop! This is the police!
Come on! Move!
Aah!
Around the back.
Where's he gone?
He's down in the car park.
Forensics will have to go
through this flat,
see if Sallie's ever been here.
I want all the clothes,
all the makeup photographed
in situ.
See if they ever belonged
to Sallie.
And that includes the jewelry.
That's Sallie Sturdy,
a murdered 14-year-old girl.
You don't know anything
about Sallie?
About her and Curtis?
Who's Curtis?
What, him?
I only met him last night!
He's wanted for rape
and for murder.
That's just your type,
is it, Delores?
Might be.
Oh, yeah? You find that
attractive, do you? You...
Governor!
Urn...
I've got an appointment.
I'll be on my mobile.
Oh. Thank you.
Welcome to this Tuesday
meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.
My name's Ray,
and I'm an alcoholic.
- Hi, Ray.
- Hi, Ray.
I don't want to do it.
It's really embarrassing.
Sallie was your friend.
Not like people are making out.
Ruth and Tony have specially
asked for you.
It's just embarrassing being
in front of all those people.
You're really good
at public speaking.
You know you are.
It's asking a lot of her.
She's upset.
Yeah.
Look.
I'll do it, okay?
See?
Once her mum says no.
"I did not die.
Do not stand at my grave
or ever weep.
I am not there.
I do not sleep."
"I am
a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints
on snow.
I am the sunlight...
on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken
in the morning's hush...
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds
in circled flight."
I think you'll feel a lot better
if you'd come.
Dad, I don't want to go.
Fucking bitch!
Hey.
I'm not going to the burial.
Is that what your dad and you
were arguing about?
Yeah.
Why is it when anyone dies...
it feels like the world
should stop, but it doesn't?
You know,
you read beautifully in there.
My dad's dying.
So I found that very moving.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
Well, he's quite old.
You don't seem sad.
No. You know,
when I'm at work, I can't.
But you seem lonely.
Yeah, I am.
I am lonely.
I'll give you a lift home.
Come on.
You know, I'd really like
to show you something.
No, I can't.
I got to get you back.
Oh, please.
All right, but it'll
have to be quick, okay?
It's great, isn't it?
God.
I haven't been here in 30 years.
My dad used to bring me here
all the time.
He used to bring me to openings
at the National and the Tate.
I think he wanted me to become
an artist.
Ah.
There it is.
Joshua Reynolds.
"Strawberry Girl."
Young girls,
kids used to sell fruit
on the streets and in the parks.
She looks so frightened, though.
Well, uncertain, maybe.
There's a customer coming
towards her.
What does he want?
What does life hold for her?
It's amazing...
all that just in her expression.
Anyway, I just wanted you
to see that.
So we better go.
Tennison.
Arnold Tennison.
He's having a night
of it, I'm afraid.
He's breathing unaided, but he's
not been very comfortable.
He in pain?
We're doing our best
to manage the pain.
Well, you will call me
if there's any change.
Yes.
Of course.
Thank you.
Hm.
I'm just going to my mum's
for a few days, okay?
Ask God when he's bringing
Sallie back, would you?
Tell him to check his diary.
Oh, Tony.
I still remember...
the day you were born.
And Pauline, too.
They were the happiest days
of my life.
- Yay!
- Yay!
? We won! We won! a'
? We won! We won! a'
Mr. Sturdy.
I think that you're a cold,
ruthless bitch,
but maybe that's what
you need to be to do your job.
I've got something to show you.
Come upstairs.
You see? Again.
Are you suggesting
that Sallie was having, urn,
a relationship
with her headmaster,
with Sean Philips?
That's not how I would put it.
You think Sean Philips
is the father of Sallie's baby.
You saw it, didn't you?
I mean, you saw it.
No, I don't know what I saw.
Look, you can speculate
either way.
You could say that
they're all excited,
there's a basketball win,
that he's congratulating Sallie.
And she's kissing him
like a family friend.
- He is a family friend.
- It's not.
It's not kissing
like a family friend.
It's kissing like somebody
who... Somebody...
Thank you.
Look Please, Tony.
I really appreciate
you bringing this in,
but I beg of you, please,
don't take this any further.
I love you, Dad.
I love you.
I've always loved you,
even when I was...
when I was too busy to stop
and see you.
He's gone?
Yeah.
Sorry, Bill.
I didn't know who else to call.
Shh.
Excuse me.
Sorry.
These are
Mr. Tennison's things...
his toiletries...
razor and so on.
Thank you very much.
You're very kind.
My dad never wanted me
to be a cop.
We had terrible fights about it.
You know,
he was a soldier in the war,
and he was one of the first
soldiers who liberated Belsen.
So...
Nightmare.
Yeah. He knew what people
were capable of.
And you were
his little girl, eh?
Yeah. Didn't want me to see
any of that.
You call me in the morning,
let me know you're still okay?
Yeah.
Thanks, Bill.
Hey.
He'll never leave
your heart, love.
Never.
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Follow me around?
Oh, you flatter yourself.
I ain't got nothing
to say to you people.
You mean you don't want to talk
about Sallie Sturdy?
She ain't got nothing
to do with me... nothing!
Trying to set me up
'cause she's a white girl
and I'm a black man!
Bitch.
Did you just call me a bitch?
Did you?
Did you call me a bitch,
you twisted little shit, you?
What did you call me?
What did you call me?
I called you a bitch!
Right.
You're under arrest
for the murder of Sallie...
All right.
All right.
- I didn't murder no one!
- Just put the gun away.
Curtis!
Curtis, come here.
- Penny.
- Please.
Get away!
Get away!
Just get out of here!
Curtis, put that gun down.
- Stay out of my face!
- Put it down.
Please, Curtis!
Stay out of my face!
Penny, just go!
Go!
Curtis!
Police!
Bill, no!
Oh, God.
Curtis!
Oh!
- Get in! Come on!
Oh, God.
Help!
Help here!