The Secret (2016): Season 1, Episode 2 - Part 2 - full transcript
Capitalizing on the fact that Lesley had previously attempted suicide and Trevor is desolate at the thought of his wife's infidelity Colin persuades a nervous Hazel to collude in killing their spouses, assuring her that the pair will go to heaven and repeats that it is God's will. The police investigate and are reasonably satisfied that the deceased couple took their own lives out of grief at being betrayed but Pastor Hansford is not convinced and bars Colin from the church.
[foreboding music]
[garage door clattering]
- How would it work?
- You'll need to alert me
when Trevor's off duty.
And he'll have to
have been sedated.
- If we get caught,
my life would be over.
I'd drive off a cliff.
- Nobody is gonna catch us.
It's God's wish
that we be together.
It's the best way.
Lesley and Trevor will
be in heaven soon,
and they'll be happier there.
[Hazel pants]
Which one are you eating, Dan?
- [Lesley] Are you not
going to put your hat on?
- Okay?
- [Lesley] Well, birthday boy.
Big present ready?
- Ah, yeah, almost.
I'll just go and get it.
[children talking distantly]
Right, shall we do the cake?
[children cheering]
- Thanks for coming.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Where are you going?
- Where are you going?
- Mum, where are you going?
Mum, where are you going?
- [Boy] She's probably
going to the shops.
- She's just going to
the shops, aye, exactly.
Come on.
Back in, please.
A lot of tidying to do now.
[children laughing]
- [TV Announcer] The start of
talks on Northern Ireland's
political future
which begin next week.
[TV mumbling]
- You okay?
[radio playing quietly]
[telephone rings]
Is he home?
- Yes.
- Has he taken a sleeping pill?
- Yes.
- Tonight's on.
We're going to do it.
[soft, tense music]
[muffled music from headphones]
[engine starting]
[engine purring]
[Lauren coughing]
- Matthew. [coughing]
Matthew!
Matthew!
[muffled screaming from Lesley]
[Colin panting]
[phone rings]
- I finished with Lesley.
Is everything ready?
Is he asleep?
- Yeah.
- Is the garage clear?
- It will be.
- I'm coming round now.
[dialing tone]
[soft music plays
from headphones]
[ominous music]
- Is that Lesley?
- Mm-hm.
Go and check on Trevor again.
Go on.
[car engine starting]
[door creaking]
[Trevor coughs]
[Trevor grunting]
[banging]
[Trevor grunting]
[Colin coughing]
Clothes.
Hazel.
[Hazel coughing]
Open the windows.
Keep the curtains closed.
[ominous music]
Get rid of that.
Make sure you vacuum
the whole house.
Wash the bed linen.
Open as many windows as you can.
- I'll do the door.
- [Colin] Okay.
[Colin grunting]
[Colin panting]
♪ From the pain I have to bear
♪ The night is cold
and quiet, my Lord ♪
♪ Oh, let this cup
pass from my lips ♪
♪ For I am so afraid
♪ The nails are sharp
and cruel, my Lord ♪
♪ Oh, save me from
a cross of wood ♪
[baby crying]
[telephone ringing]
- Hello?
- Listen, I've got
a bump on the head,
so the story has to be
that you heard Trevor.
Hold on.
[baby moans]
Hey, come here.
It's okay, it's okay.
Lie down.
Shhh.
The story has to be that
you heard Trevor and Lesley
in your house at
about three, okay?
- Did I speak with them?
- No, you stayed in bed.
Shh-shh-shh-shh.
[baby crying]
It's all right, it's all right.
- Colin?
- Just stick to the story.
Everything will be fine.
[dialing tone]
Shh, shh.
[baby moaning]
♪ This I know, for
the Bible tells me ♪
[ominous music]
Oh, hello, Derek,
it's Colin here.
I'm sorry to bother you
so early in the morning.
I'm just a bit concerned.
Lesley's disappeared.
I think she's with Trevor.
- [Child] It's really
sugary, it's too sweet.
- [Child] I don't know
why you don't like it.
- [Child] Do you
know what's gross?
Chocolate milk with banana.
- It's awesome.
- It's really not.
It's absolutely disgusting.
- [Child] It's really nice.
[doorbell rings]
- [Hazel] Hilary?
- Hazel, Colin's
just called Derek.
We heard that
Trevor's gone missing
with Lesley in the night.
Is he here?
- He wasn't here when I woke up.
- [Hilary] Can I come in?
- Yeah.
- No, you broke my.
[child mumbles]
I built that up myself.
- [Child] Where are
you going to find this?
[children mumble]
- Any news?
[doorbell rings]
[whispering in passage]
- Colin.
I'm terribly sorry to say
that Lesley has been found,
and Trevor too.
And I'm afraid it appears
that they have taken
their own lives.
- What?
How?
- They were in your car.
Inside her father's garage.
- It was...
carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Are you sure?
Are you sure it
wasn't an accident?
- Colin, I'm so
very, very sorry.
Shall we offer a
prayer for her soul?
- [Man] Yes, let's do that.
- No.
I need to tell the
children first.
Lauren?
Matthew?
- I'm afraid the Pastor's
got some very bad news.
Trevor's been found dead, Hazel.
In a car, with Lesley.
It seems they took
their own lives.
[Hilary sobs]
Oh.
Hazel?
Are you okay to
talk to the police?
- Detective Inspector
Hutchinson, Mrs Buchanan.
I'm very sorry
about your husband.
He was a fine officer and
a great loss to the force.
I appreciate this is a
difficult time for you,
but I have a few questions.
Is that okay?
- Yes.
- And is there any
reason, do you think,
why Trevor might have
taken his own life?
- Well...
we had problems in our marriage.
I...
I'd had an affair
with Lesley's husband.
Trevor just couldn't
get over it.
Maybe...
it was also the job.
You know?
- Yes,
I understand it takes its toll.
So what do you
remember of last night?
- Well...
I was wakened, very late.
- What time would you say?
- Well...
I think it would have been
around three or four, maybe.
I heard Trevor talking a while
in the hallway with Lesley.
I recognized her voice.
Then they were gone.
- Did you not go out
and talk to them,
see what was going on?
- She and I aren't
really on speaking terms.
I haven't been seeing her
husband for months, but...
it's still very difficult.
- Yes, that's true.
Hazel and I had been
having an affair.
It ended six months ago.
But Trevor couldn't get
over what had happened.
He was still so angry.
He came round last night and
it got a bit out of hand.
He sort of went for me and I
got a bump on the head here.
But then I calmed him down.
He apologized.
Then he left and I
went back to bed.
- And do you know
what Lesley did?
- I thought she'd
stayed up drinking.
Since her dad died, she'd
taken to sleeping on the sofa.
So it wasn't till this morning,
when I woke up, that
I knew she was gone.
- [Inspector] Which
aroused your concern?
- Yes, especially...
when I read this.
- "Dear Colin, I'm just
trying to go to sleep now.
How long for I don't know.
Thank you for all your
help over the past few days
and for the good
times in our marriage.
If I wake up in the morning,
let this be our secret."
Sir.
Can we take it with us?
- Oh, yeah, of
course, please do.
- What help was she
referring to, Mr Howell?
- Well, you know,
her father dying
such a short while before.
I did what I could.
But obviously not enough.
I blame myself.
She tried to...
kill herself before,
you see, but...
I never thought she'd
actually go through with it.
[somber music]
[Hilary mumbling condolences]
- Jim, I'm so sorry.
- [Man] I'm very sorry.
- [Man] Condolences.
He was a real
credit to the force.
- Why did you do it, son, hm?
Why didn't you come to me?
Why didn't you come to me?
- You okay?
- Hazel, can I have
a quick word, please?
Perhaps just go through there.
Just go in there.
I won't be a moment.
- Chris, Andy.
As her brother, I'm sure she'd
have wanted you to have this.
It was the actual music she
was listening to on her Walkman
when she passed away.
- No, no.
- Okay.
Come on, you.
Let's go and hand those out.
You're doing a good job.
- [Man] Thanks very
much for having us.
- Pastor, I really appreciate
the church's support
in our hour of need.
- I'll just be a second.
Colin, the elders and
I have been thinking
that once this is all done,
that you would
maybe find yourself
more welcome at another church,
if you understand me.
- What?
Please.
- Now I have--
- Pastor, please.
What about the children?
- The children have--
- I have said the same
to Hazel and she's agreed.
She also said she never
wishes to see you again.
- Really?
[tense music]
- Colin, it is my belief that
you are wholly responsible
for this terrible tragedy.
- What are you saying, Pastor?
- I simply cannot
accept that Lesley
would have abandoned
the children.
- Andy.
Derek.
[light music]
[garage door clattering]
- How would it work?
- You'll need to alert me
when Trevor's off duty.
And he'll have to
have been sedated.
- If we get caught,
my life would be over.
I'd drive off a cliff.
- Nobody is gonna catch us.
It's God's wish
that we be together.
It's the best way.
Lesley and Trevor will
be in heaven soon,
and they'll be happier there.
[Hazel pants]
Which one are you eating, Dan?
- [Lesley] Are you not
going to put your hat on?
- Okay?
- [Lesley] Well, birthday boy.
Big present ready?
- Ah, yeah, almost.
I'll just go and get it.
[children talking distantly]
Right, shall we do the cake?
[children cheering]
- Thanks for coming.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Where are you going?
- Where are you going?
- Mum, where are you going?
Mum, where are you going?
- [Boy] She's probably
going to the shops.
- She's just going to
the shops, aye, exactly.
Come on.
Back in, please.
A lot of tidying to do now.
[children laughing]
- [TV Announcer] The start of
talks on Northern Ireland's
political future
which begin next week.
[TV mumbling]
- You okay?
[radio playing quietly]
[telephone rings]
Is he home?
- Yes.
- Has he taken a sleeping pill?
- Yes.
- Tonight's on.
We're going to do it.
[soft, tense music]
[muffled music from headphones]
[engine starting]
[engine purring]
[Lauren coughing]
- Matthew. [coughing]
Matthew!
Matthew!
[muffled screaming from Lesley]
[Colin panting]
[phone rings]
- I finished with Lesley.
Is everything ready?
Is he asleep?
- Yeah.
- Is the garage clear?
- It will be.
- I'm coming round now.
[dialing tone]
[soft music plays
from headphones]
[ominous music]
- Is that Lesley?
- Mm-hm.
Go and check on Trevor again.
Go on.
[car engine starting]
[door creaking]
[Trevor coughs]
[Trevor grunting]
[banging]
[Trevor grunting]
[Colin coughing]
Clothes.
Hazel.
[Hazel coughing]
Open the windows.
Keep the curtains closed.
[ominous music]
Get rid of that.
Make sure you vacuum
the whole house.
Wash the bed linen.
Open as many windows as you can.
- I'll do the door.
- [Colin] Okay.
[Colin grunting]
[Colin panting]
♪ From the pain I have to bear
♪ The night is cold
and quiet, my Lord ♪
♪ Oh, let this cup
pass from my lips ♪
♪ For I am so afraid
♪ The nails are sharp
and cruel, my Lord ♪
♪ Oh, save me from
a cross of wood ♪
[baby crying]
[telephone ringing]
- Hello?
- Listen, I've got
a bump on the head,
so the story has to be
that you heard Trevor.
Hold on.
[baby moans]
Hey, come here.
It's okay, it's okay.
Lie down.
Shhh.
The story has to be that
you heard Trevor and Lesley
in your house at
about three, okay?
- Did I speak with them?
- No, you stayed in bed.
Shh-shh-shh-shh.
[baby crying]
It's all right, it's all right.
- Colin?
- Just stick to the story.
Everything will be fine.
[dialing tone]
Shh, shh.
[baby moaning]
♪ This I know, for
the Bible tells me ♪
[ominous music]
Oh, hello, Derek,
it's Colin here.
I'm sorry to bother you
so early in the morning.
I'm just a bit concerned.
Lesley's disappeared.
I think she's with Trevor.
- [Child] It's really
sugary, it's too sweet.
- [Child] I don't know
why you don't like it.
- [Child] Do you
know what's gross?
Chocolate milk with banana.
- It's awesome.
- It's really not.
It's absolutely disgusting.
- [Child] It's really nice.
[doorbell rings]
- [Hazel] Hilary?
- Hazel, Colin's
just called Derek.
We heard that
Trevor's gone missing
with Lesley in the night.
Is he here?
- He wasn't here when I woke up.
- [Hilary] Can I come in?
- Yeah.
- No, you broke my.
[child mumbles]
I built that up myself.
- [Child] Where are
you going to find this?
[children mumble]
- Any news?
[doorbell rings]
[whispering in passage]
- Colin.
I'm terribly sorry to say
that Lesley has been found,
and Trevor too.
And I'm afraid it appears
that they have taken
their own lives.
- What?
How?
- They were in your car.
Inside her father's garage.
- It was...
carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Are you sure?
Are you sure it
wasn't an accident?
- Colin, I'm so
very, very sorry.
Shall we offer a
prayer for her soul?
- [Man] Yes, let's do that.
- No.
I need to tell the
children first.
Lauren?
Matthew?
- I'm afraid the Pastor's
got some very bad news.
Trevor's been found dead, Hazel.
In a car, with Lesley.
It seems they took
their own lives.
[Hilary sobs]
Oh.
Hazel?
Are you okay to
talk to the police?
- Detective Inspector
Hutchinson, Mrs Buchanan.
I'm very sorry
about your husband.
He was a fine officer and
a great loss to the force.
I appreciate this is a
difficult time for you,
but I have a few questions.
Is that okay?
- Yes.
- And is there any
reason, do you think,
why Trevor might have
taken his own life?
- Well...
we had problems in our marriage.
I...
I'd had an affair
with Lesley's husband.
Trevor just couldn't
get over it.
Maybe...
it was also the job.
You know?
- Yes,
I understand it takes its toll.
So what do you
remember of last night?
- Well...
I was wakened, very late.
- What time would you say?
- Well...
I think it would have been
around three or four, maybe.
I heard Trevor talking a while
in the hallway with Lesley.
I recognized her voice.
Then they were gone.
- Did you not go out
and talk to them,
see what was going on?
- She and I aren't
really on speaking terms.
I haven't been seeing her
husband for months, but...
it's still very difficult.
- Yes, that's true.
Hazel and I had been
having an affair.
It ended six months ago.
But Trevor couldn't get
over what had happened.
He was still so angry.
He came round last night and
it got a bit out of hand.
He sort of went for me and I
got a bump on the head here.
But then I calmed him down.
He apologized.
Then he left and I
went back to bed.
- And do you know
what Lesley did?
- I thought she'd
stayed up drinking.
Since her dad died, she'd
taken to sleeping on the sofa.
So it wasn't till this morning,
when I woke up, that
I knew she was gone.
- [Inspector] Which
aroused your concern?
- Yes, especially...
when I read this.
- "Dear Colin, I'm just
trying to go to sleep now.
How long for I don't know.
Thank you for all your
help over the past few days
and for the good
times in our marriage.
If I wake up in the morning,
let this be our secret."
Sir.
Can we take it with us?
- Oh, yeah, of
course, please do.
- What help was she
referring to, Mr Howell?
- Well, you know,
her father dying
such a short while before.
I did what I could.
But obviously not enough.
I blame myself.
She tried to...
kill herself before,
you see, but...
I never thought she'd
actually go through with it.
[somber music]
[Hilary mumbling condolences]
- Jim, I'm so sorry.
- [Man] I'm very sorry.
- [Man] Condolences.
He was a real
credit to the force.
- Why did you do it, son, hm?
Why didn't you come to me?
Why didn't you come to me?
- You okay?
- Hazel, can I have
a quick word, please?
Perhaps just go through there.
Just go in there.
I won't be a moment.
- Chris, Andy.
As her brother, I'm sure she'd
have wanted you to have this.
It was the actual music she
was listening to on her Walkman
when she passed away.
- No, no.
- Okay.
Come on, you.
Let's go and hand those out.
You're doing a good job.
- [Man] Thanks very
much for having us.
- Pastor, I really appreciate
the church's support
in our hour of need.
- I'll just be a second.
Colin, the elders and
I have been thinking
that once this is all done,
that you would
maybe find yourself
more welcome at another church,
if you understand me.
- What?
Please.
- Now I have--
- Pastor, please.
What about the children?
- The children have--
- I have said the same
to Hazel and she's agreed.
She also said she never
wishes to see you again.
- Really?
[tense music]
- Colin, it is my belief that
you are wholly responsible
for this terrible tragedy.
- What are you saying, Pastor?
- I simply cannot
accept that Lesley
would have abandoned
the children.
- Andy.
Derek.
[light music]