Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006): Season 3, Episode 4 - Agua Cadaver - full transcript

It's the 8th on Saturday
isn't it?

Is it?

Something special
about that date.

I can't quite put
my finger on it.

Any ideas?

Me?

No.

Neil said he'd meet us
in the Alcazaba.

Come on.

Ooh, big place.

You know, the Moors
are amazing.



They built palaces like this one
all over southern Spain.

They brought rice, lemons, and
peaches, and new ideas in

philosophy, science, medicine.

People came from all over
Europe to consult their

learned men.

Mind your feet, Rosemary.

That's a funny place
for a drain.

It's the water supply for the
garden I want to show you.

Being desert people, the Moors
treated water with respect,

and used it cleverly.

To them, paradise was a shady
place with running water, and

that's what they tried to
create in the classical

Moorish garden.

I'm hoping you can create
something like this for me.



The Shahar Bach.

Oh, very good.

That's a perfect
pronunciation.

Well, you spend enough
time teaching it.

That was a long time ago.

Well, some things
never leave you.

Rosemary told me you
wrote a book.

Yes he did, "the
Moors in Spain."

Aah, fascinating subject.

Yes it is.

I'm writing a follow up now,
though, this has delayed me.

I fell up some steps.

Silly really.

Who were
the Moors exactly?

Arabs from north Africa
who invaded

southern Spain, and turned it
into the most cultured society

en the whole of Europe.

They're Moroccans,
part of a new

Moorish invasion, an economic
one this time.

Ooh, I bet that's
the boss, on the horse.

Yes, our neighbor,
Luis Mendes.

Love his hat.

That must be hell
on your hands.

Oh, hi Nicola.

Well, you wouldn't mistake
them for a baby's bottom.

How was the visit
to the Alcazaba?

Oh, inspiring.

Neil asked me to
give you this.

It's a list of authentic
plants for the garden.

Of course he insisted on using
the original Arabic.

He would.

He hasn't changed since you and
he were, well, you know.

Oh, that was over years ago.

Well, maybe.

You were still the first
person he thought of

when he realized he couldn't
t do he garden himself.

Right.

Well, anyway.

Plants. Chuzama, lavender,
narjes,

narcissus, yasmeen, jasmine.

Well, these should be easy
to source locally.

Well, the romans may have
brought the irrigation system,

but of course, it was the
Moors who perfected it.

Ah, Rosemary, Laura, come
and meet everyone.

This is Greg and Maria Carson.

Hi.

Rosemary Boxer.

Laura Thyme, how do you do.

Do you like Andalusia?

Or, you could say
al-andaluse.

We love it.

Do you live nearby?

On the other side of the hill,
in a little town called

Ojen Pueblo.

We run an estate agency.

So, if you ever want to
buy in the area--

Hey, hey, hey, enough
of the commercials.

And this is Todd and Jenny
whiting, and they're stopping

with us for a week or so.

Our place is being
redecorated, or

should I say made over.

Done over, more like.

The prices the bloody builders
are charging.

Hello everyone, or should
I say, Hallah?

You know, when the Spanish
say Hallah, they're quite

possibly saying Allah.

It's a corruption.

Did you know?

Yes.

Have I told you before?

Yes.

Come on..., guys.

Please, please, take a seat.

Hi everyone.

You're still drinking lunch?

Fresh faces?

This is Billy, our
local handyman.

If you need anything doing
around here, Billy's your man.

If you can drag him
away from Nicola.

She always has plenty of
work for Billy to do.

Oh, but darling, you've
got a broken wrist.

Billy doesn't go falling
over rocks, do you?

Right, let's get you started.

Please, excuse me.

No peace for the wicked, eh?

Just came to say adios.

Siesta time for us.

All right for some.

I'm off to the office.

Neil, pop in later, I'll
give you those plans.

I'm sure the ladies will
find them interesting.

Greg's found some old plans
of the house and the

surrounding area.

Oh, I'd like to see those.

They could help us
with our design.

You know, we're going to have
to move this pomegranate.

It's exactly where we want
the fountain to be.

I'll go and get a spade.

I'm sure you two have got
lots to talk about.

We always could find plenty
to say to each other.

I remember.

Come on, I've got something
to show you.

I think that's a Moorish tile.

Fantastic.

I knew there had to
be something here.

I mean, the house is 18th
century, but I always felt

sure that there was an older
building on this site before,

a Moorish house.

The original garden must have
run under this terrace.

We could look for some
old tiles to match.

I'll make some inquiries.

Perhaps we could look together.

Perhaps.

See, what I want here
is a haven of peace.

A little touch of paradise.

I'll do my best Neil.

Well, don't forget that job
you promised to do for me

later.

How

could I.
- Billy.

It's, um, it's Rosemary's
birthday on Saturday.

I want to buy her something.

There are some nice
shops in Ojen.

Try the old square.

Is there one that sells
riding gear?

Yeah.

Have you seen Billy?

He was just around the back
of the house with Maria.

Billy, he's a charm, but
reliable he's not.

You can't take your eyes
off him for a moment.

Did this tank ever
have water in it?

Um, not since we've
been here.

The natural supply's seems
to have dried up.

I think I just dropped
Billy in it.

We're going to need a constant
supply of water for

the new garden.

And this tank, presumably, had
water in it, but where did the

water come from?

It'd be so much better to use
a natural source rather than

the domestic supply,
wouldn't it?

Yes, but it's so
dry everywhere.

Did you see that flash?

What?

Oh, it would be the sun
glinting on something.

That's Maria's scooter.

Do you think she's in trouble?

Trouble, no.

She seems to be managing
nicely.

With Billy.

Avert your gaze.

I can't say I'm surprised.

Did you see her eyes when
Billy arrived at lunch?

Lit up like a Christmas tree.

Huh, I wonder if there's
any water in it.

Hang on.

Dry.

Pity about the well.

It could have solved
our water problem.

You don't happen to know the
arabic for good afternoon, by

any chance?

No, but I know the English
for back the way we came.

They're still here.

Well, hopefully, Billy and Maria
are in a warm

afterglow stage by now.

No Billy.

Strange position for a doze.

Do you think she's
had an accident?

Maria?

Oh my god.

Maria?

Maria.

No.

She must have slipped.

Slipped, or been pushed?

We are so sorry,
senor Carson.

She didn't have an enemy
in the world.

Everyone loved her.

Poor Greg.

Do you think we should
mention Billy?

I don't think this is quite
the right moment, do you?

Look, Luis Mendes.

Muchas gracias.

The police are suspicious.

They thought it was an accident
at first, now they

think she might have been
hit with something.

Murdered.

How awful.

What was she doing
up there anyway?

And where's Neil when
I need him?

Working on his damn
book, I suppose.

Sometimes I could with a little
less interest in the

Moors and a little more interest
in the here and now.

Where have you've been?

I went to look for
some tools.

Why were the police here?

I've got to tell
you something.

He seems
genuinely shocked.

Well now, he's had a couple
of hours to practice.

I just can't believe it.

Poor Maria.

Only a few hours ago we were
sitting having lunch together.

Did you know her well?

Our paths had crossed
a few times.

Todd's an architect.

He and Greg have done a few
development projects together,

which reminds me, have
you seen him?

Todd?

No, I'm sorry.

We were having a nap.

When I woke up he was gone.

This must be the old square.

Well, it's squarish
and it's old.

Oh, look, Greg Carson's
office.

I wonder if Neil managed to
get the old plans off him?

Probably not top of Greg's
agenda seeing that he's just

lost his wife.

It might be useful
to us, though.

Do you think we should just
pop our heads in?

We can't both just
go barging in.

Good thinking.

I'll wait here.

Go on.

Todd, fancy meeting you here.

Listen, you never saw me, ok?

It was pretty somber
in the estate

agent's office.

They were in a state
of utter shock.

Yes, of course.

There's the house.

Hmm?

Ahh.

You know, you could be right.

It looks as if the garden did
go under the terrace.

And that could have
been a fountain.

So, there must have been
a natural water supply.

Well, there's a line.

That seems to run from
the garden into the--

Where?

to the hills.

That could be a boundary.

A boundary?

The line, between
here and here.

I think it's time
I turned in.

Good night.

Do you have anything
in that pattern?

No.

All right.

Thank you, thank you.

Sorry.

Thank you.

No.

Still, we can--

we can use these old
pavers, and these--

these old bricks are lovely.

Excellent.

We'll just...

It's a shame about the tiles,
but I'm sure there's plenty of

other places.

You're very quiet
this morning.

Am I?

Oh, hi.

Hi.

I didn't expect to
see you here.

Oh, I love these old places.

Todd and I want one of those
big old enamel tubs for the

new bathroom.

I assume you found
Todd yesterday.

Oh, not until much later.

Had a problem with a client.

Had to get to Malaga.

Well, better push on.

The sooner we get the house
finished the sooner

Todd and I can go home.

You're having the
whole place done?

Top to bottom.

It was Todd's gift to me to
cheer me up after Benji died.

Benji.

My little poochie.

Sorry.

Dog, probably.

Well, that makes three.

Oh, well done.

Your numeric skills are...

No, not these, men.

Todd, Billy, and Neil, all
missing when Maria died.

Four, actually.

According to the girl at the
office, Greg didn't go back

again there yesterday, so
he was missing too.

There's a lorry with
some men outside.

They say they've got
something for you.

Oh, that'll be the fountain.

Excellent.

Did she say fountain?

Oh, yes.

If we're going to restore this
as it used to be, we're going

to need a centerpiece.

See?

Oh, are these the plans
that Greg found?

Oh, how fascinating.

Oh, could I borrow them
for a closer look?

Ah, yes, of course.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, a fountain would be lovely,
but where's the water

going to come from?

Well, we're going to have
to run a pipe from

the domestic supply.

We're in the middle
of nowhere.

Our domestic supply
comes in a tanker.

Neil didn't tell me.

Oh, he wouldn't.

Too busy dreaming about his
little touch of paradise.

Oh, we can't go on
meeting like this.

I was just having
a look around.

Very useless space there.

Oh, every home should
have a tool shed.

Well, as much as I'd love to
stand her chatting with you--

Ah, Jenny said you went
to Malaga yesterday.

I could have sworn I saw
you in Ojen Pueblo.

Did you tell her that?

No.

Well see you don't.

The fountain looks good,
though, doesn't it?

Yes, but without water, it
is about as much use as a

chocolate teapot.

I've been thinking.

You know that line I found
on the old plans?

Yes.

I think that might
have something to

do the water supply.

It's, obviously, man-made, and
that old fountain up there

must have worked once.

I think we've got to
look up higher.

Oh, hold on.

Look, look.

There's some sort of
gully over there.

Yes, look.

That's definitely something.

It could be
the line on the plans.

Go on.

It looks like a little canal.

Yes, quite.

It's certainly man-made.

No wonder the garden's dry.

Aahh.

We'll need something
to unblock this.

That's it.

Ok.

Now, we'll see a difference.

What are you doing up here?

Looking for water.

With some success, I see.

Hi-ya.

Who's that in the
olive grove?

Greg.

He's putting flowers on the
place where Maria--

I can't believe she's gone.

Billy, why did you
lie yesterday?

You told Nicola you were
going for tools, but

you were with Maria.

We saw you together.

Ok.

But, I swear, she was alive
when I left her.

Honest to god, I had nothing
to do with her death.

And there was someone
else out here.

Luis Mendes.

Why would he harm Maria?

I don't know, but she
used to work for him.

Is it ready to collect?

Tomorrow.

But you said today.

Ok.

But I'm not taking it unless
it's perfect, and I want to

see it again.

All right, midday.

Oh.

Rosemary and Laura discovered
an old Aethekias.

Isn't it great?

Yeah, wonderful.

An aethe--

What?

Well, the Moors devised a way
of carrying rain and snow melt

from the hills along channels
called Aethekias.

Why on the earth was
it blocked off?

I don't know, but it's
unblocked now.

That's the main thing.

What have you done
to your face?

Oh, uh, I was hacking down
some brambles earlier.

They fought back.

Water.

Wonderful.

Funny, what Neil was saying.

I haven't seen any brambles
around here.

And what about his wrist?

Now, he said he tripped
up some steps.

Nicola said he fell
over a rock.

I have a feeling things
aren't going too

well between them.

Are you sure that's not
wishful thinking?

You have interfered
with the water.

Interfered?

No.

No, we just unblocked it.

You will pay for this,
huh, you will pay.

I'm warning you,
Neil, I can't

take much more of it.

I can't help it.

I'm sorry you feel this way,
but it's not my fault.

Well, it's certainly
not my fault.

Oh, Rosemary, can I help you?

Um, I was wondering if--

I need to check something
on the plans.

Do you think that I could
have them back?

Ah, yes.

Here you go.

That's Todd, what's
he doing there?

And who's that in the car?

And the angle needs to be,
um,..., not

flat,...

No.

And not phoof, too fast,
.....

Um, it needs to be just wah,
wah,...

Si, si, si.

If they understood that
it will be a miracle.

You're making wonderful
progress.

God is the gardener of
the world and the

architect of time.

It is he who breeds the
plant of man in the

of creation.

You remembered that
from my book.

Well, I was there when
you wrote it.

Rosemary loaned me her copy.

Gosh, I had no idea that water
was so important in a Moorish

garden.

Each corner represents
the cardinal

points on the compass.

And the four water
channels are

the four rivers of paradise.

Rosemary, I've just had
a call from a man in

Malaga, who thinks he may have
found some tiles to

match the old ones
you found.

Shall we go and have
a look at them?

Do you still have
the book then?

Good.

I thought you might have
dumped it along with

the rest of my stuff.

Yes, well, I was tempted,
believe me, but

I've still got it.

Neil, why did you ask Laura and
me to work on your garden?

Because you're the best, and
I knew you would approach it

with sensitivity.

There must be dozens of Spanish
gardeners who could've

done it.

And I wanted to
see you again.

Is that what we're
looking for?

It could be if we
both want it.

I see what you mean,
yes, that's it.

We are so lucky.

Yes, we are.

A perfect match.

I'd say so.

It's just like the old
days, isn't it?

Oh, Neil.

I heard you and Nicola
arguing.

Please tell me it wasn't
because of me.

No.

It was just one of many.

You said things were fine
between you, but they're not,

are they?

No.

And that scratch,
and your hand?

Ah, Nicola gets a little,
uh, agitated.

That's awful.

Oh look, it hasn't
been easy for her.

She didn't want to come and live
here, but she gave it a

go for my sake.

It hasn't worked.

Our marriage is a sham.

Seeing you again has made me
realize how much you meant to

me, how much you still
mean to me.

Rosemary, I'm still
in love with you.

I'm sorry.

I'd better go and pick
up those tiles.

I can get back to work.

No, it's absurd.

We're not kids living in
an Andalusian fantasy.

He's got a wife, I've got a
life, and it was all over

years ago.

Are you sure?

Yes, I'm absolutely sure.

It's got to be.

Well, I'm convinced if
you're convinced.

And by the way, the
water's stopped.

What?

Oh, no.

I bet Mendes has blocked
it up again.

Sod him and the horse
he rode in on.

I wonder if those
guys are kosher?

I doubt it.

They're arab.

No.

Legal, I mean.

What if Mendes is employing
illegal immigrants, and then

Maria found out?

Now that-- that would be a
reason to silence her.

Where are you going?

We are going to unblock
the water supply again.

Senor Mendes, why are you so
determined to destroy Neil and

Nicola's garden?

I have no idea what you
are talking about.

In any case, you had no right
to take the water.

It belongs to me, for my farm.

Senor Garcia sold me the
rights before he

sold them the house.

But they need the water
for the garden.

Not my problem.

And you are impolite to break
open the Aethekia.

It is discourtesia, ah.

So is threatening people.

Senor Mendes, I'm sorry.

We would have asked your
permission if we'd known that

you owned the water.

We are very sorry,
pardonez nos.

We're sorry, aren't we Laura?

Yes, I suppose so.

Ok.

I accept your apology.

So, may we have the water?

You already have it, I think.

No we don't have the water.

It's been blocked off again.

I don't know anything
about that.

Ah, just a minute.

Where were you when
Maria died?

You have no right to
ask me such things.

We know that Maria worked for
you, and that you were on the

hillside at the time.

Enough.

Not a man to be trifled with.

Great hat, though.

But there's hardly a
trickle in here now.

Oh my god.

Laura, quickly, come quickly.

Oh no.

Billy.

There's a gun and a note.

"Forgive me for all the
pain I have caused.

I love Maria.

But she no longer loved me.

I killed her because I could
not bare to be parted from

her. "Now we are together
in death."

Oh, Laura, how sad.

How very, very sad.

Billy killed Maria?

No.

He wouldn't do a thing
like that.

How well did you know him?

He did a few jobs
for Todd and me.

He was a bit of a flirt,
but he was no murderer.

And I certainly never took him
for the suicidal type.

What did the police say?

That it was lamentable.

Poor Billy.

I suppose the guilt drove
him over the edge.

It's pressure of the water
and the channels.

It keeps the fountain flowing
round and round, like the

cycle of life itself.

You know, is the Moors were--

Not now, for god's sake.

I'm sorry I was so
fond of Billy.

We all were.

Right.

I've got something
to do in Ojen.

Have you?

What?

I'm going to go and see Iago
again, see if he's got one of

those old doors we've
been looking for.

Oh, right.

Old door?

We thought it would be a good
idea if we put a door in the

wall to sort of break
it up a bit.

Leading to?

No, not leading anywhere,
as sort of an

effect, tromp l'oeil.

What do you think?

You don't like the idea?

No, I think it's a
very nice idea.

It's just a bit of a metaphor
for my life, really.

That's leading nowhere too.

Oh Neil.

I'm beginning to think that my
coming here was a big mistake.

Rosemary, I've decided I'm
going to leave Nicola.

I want you to come and live
here in Spain with me.

I let you go once before, and
I spent years regretting it.

I'm not prepared to let
that happen again.

I don't know what to say.

Just say yes.

No, I can't.

You're not saying no.

Yes.

No.

Neil, things like
this take time.

Take as much time
as you want.

Greg?

How are you?

Billy, a man I liked and
trusted, had an affair with my

wife and killed her.

I'm devastated.

How's, um, how's things
going with the garden?

Oh, we're nearly finished.

The fountain is ready to go,
the flowers are all in, we

just need one more thing,
an old door to put

in the terrace wall.

What for?

Well, it's a-- a feature.

We'll train clematis around it
and it will look like it's

always been there.

I was hoping to find one
at the architectural

reclaim, but no luck.

What is he doing with
those cages?

Maybe, something to do with
one of his experiments.

His name is Rafael.

He's a biochemist.

It was the same car
we saw Todd get into,

and the same driver.

And, apparently, he works in
the lab in a fertilizer

factory near Antaquera.

So I've wondered if, whatever's
going on between

him and Todd, is
drugs related.

Mind you, how would
that fit in with

Maria and Billy's deaths?

It doesn't have to, does it?

Well, not if you buy
the suicide theory.

You, obviously, don't.

No, it's too neat.

What if someone killed Maria,
then shot Billy, planted the

gun, and forged the suicide
note, and thus, thrown

suspicion onto Billy.

Two for the price of one.

You're making a good
job of this.

I tell you what, give
me your number.

I could always use a good
garden designer.

Why would I want
to work for you?

You threatened me.

Well, only because I didn't
want you letting on to Jenny.

I had a very good reason.

Anything to do with a man in an

open-top car, by any chance?

I saw you coming out
of his house.

That's right.

Rafael.

Oh, Rafael, who I later
saw carrying some

very strange cages.

They're puppy cages.

...can take
the pups to the vet

for their shots now.

The vet.

I'm getting Jenny a dog.

It's a surprise.

That's why I asked you not
to say anything to her.

What about the afternoon
when Maria died.

Well, I waited until Jenny fell
asleep, and then I went

into Ojen to do the deal with
Rafael for the puppy.

It is where I'm going
right now.

Do the words tree, wrong, and
barking spring to mind?

In stomping, great
capital letters.

So, we can scrub Todd off the
list, that leaves Mendes, and

I'm sorry, but Neil.

And if my two for the price of
one theory is right, we're

looking for someone who can
lay their hands on a gun.

Well, Mendes has a gun.

Well, we only saw the holster,
we don't know for

certain there was actually
a gun in it.

And another thing,
the suicide note.

Why was it all in
capital letters?

Why didn't Billy use
his normal hand?

Well, perhaps, that
is his normal hand.

Yeah.

Maybe, but the letters were
very strangely formed.

Some of the g's have
these little--

little tails, like this.

And the m's, too, they have sort
of a loop...

Who's writing?

I've seen those m's
and g's before.

Where.

I don't know where.

Oh, Greg.

Sorry, um, that door you're
looking for, I know where you

can get one.

I'll take you there
if you like.

Ok.

Fine.

Yes, well, once that's in place,
we've got everything.

Come on.

It's going to be beautiful.

Where's Rosemary?

Ah, that's her now.

She's off door hunting
with Greg.

I suppose you'd, um, you'd
better have these back.

Oh, hold on a minute,
what's that writing?

The g's and m's.

Huh, Greg found these
plans, yes?

In some old deeds and things.

Oh my god, I think I've
just let Rosemary

go off with a murderer.

Why are we here?

I was here the afternoon Maria
died with Luis Mendes.

I'd just bought it from him.

I was going to rebuild
it for Maria.

Our dream home.

Not anymore.

If there's a door you want
help yourself, take

anything you want.

Get away from her.

Stand back, you murderer.

Murderer.

Yes, look at the writing.

It's the same g's and m's as on
the suicide note you faked.

Why did you kill Maria?

I didn't kill her.

And that's not my writing.

Billy found these plans when
he cleared out the house

before Neil and Nicola
moved in.

So Billy did commit suicide?

No.

That's not his writing either.

What?

I found these in
Maria's things.

I can hardly bare
to look at them.

Love letters to her
from Billy.

He's right.

And there was no writing on the
plans when they left the

office.

What?

This was written in the
last few days, it

could've been anybody.

You were with Mendes, so that
rules him out and you.

It wasn't Billy or Todd.

I suppose that always
leave Jenny.

It wasn't Jenny.

Neil's list of plants
in arabic.

I knew I'd seen that writing
somewhere before.

Look at the m's.

Neil.

I'm so sorry.

Bastard.

Nicola's all alone with him.

Nicola.

Nicola.

Nicola.

Nicola.

Nicola.

Nicola.

Oh, thank god you made it.

He attacked me.

I had to fight him off.

Neil.

He's dead.

Laura, Neil couldn't have
written that plant list.

He's right-handed.

You must have written it.

Just as you wrote Billy's
suicide note

and left it by him.

So she killed Maria,
and then Billy.

And now you've killed Neil.

Have you any idea what it's
like being with a man who is

more interested in
what happened

thousands of years ago?

So I took poor, sweet Billy as
my lover until that bitch

Maria stole him from me.

How could you do that?

You're our friend,
how could you?

Rosemary.

Quick.

Stop her.

Get off me, get off me.

Get off.

Is this the little touch
of paradise you wanted?

The little touch of paradise I
really want is in here,

with you.

Huh, oh Neil.

We're different people now.

The past is not the best
way to the future.

You've got to start a new life,
and I've got to go home.

But we'll always be friends.

Thank you.

Happy birthday birthday girl.

It's your birthday.

How did you know Laura?

I'd never even admit it to
myself let alone tell anyone.

You shouldn't leave your
passport lying around.

Oh Laura, it's Mendes' hat.

How do I look?

All you need now
is the horse.

Here, happy happy birthday.

Happy birthday Rosemary.

Renaldo.

Renaldo, here boy, here boy.

We brought him to show you.

Sorry.

Here's to my haven of peace.

Well, nearly.