
Episode 2
Episode 2 | 45m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Bergerac pushes on in his quest to find kidnapped baby Lily before it is too late.
Bergerac doesn’t care how many cages he rattles in his quest to find kidnapped baby Lily before it is too late. Along the way he clashes with his mother-in-law, Charlie Hungerford, over Kim’s welfare and the battlelines are drawn with his old foe, convicted kidnapper John Blakeley.
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Episode 2
Episode 2 | 45m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Bergerac doesn’t care how many cages he rattles in his quest to find kidnapped baby Lily before it is too late. Along the way he clashes with his mother-in-law, Charlie Hungerford, over Kim’s welfare and the battlelines are drawn with his old foe, convicted kidnapper John Blakeley.
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I've stopped because it's meant to.
CHARLIE: We have decided that Kim needs an environment that is sober.
- Sober, as in?
- As in the opposite of this.
Between the hours of 8 p.m.
and 11 p.m., a young woman was killed, identified as Cate Wakefield.
[baby wails] You're going to be investigating that?
That feels like a big step, Dad.
- You think he's back for good?
- I think he thinks he is.
You were head of Crime Services, then I was.
Acting, technically.
Cate wasn't killed because she walked in on a burglary, but an attempted abduction of Lily Wakefield.
An ANPR camera picks up a car registered to John Blakely at the time of the crime.
- What time'd you leave the pub?
- 11:30.
MOLLOY: Would've taken five minutes to find that out.
REPORTER: Questions are already being asked about the handling of the inquiry.
Jesus, no.
No.
She's gone!
Someone's taken Lily!
[tense music] [waves crash] [somber music] [knocking lightly] Good.
You're back.
[radio playing quietly] They're interviewing Piers Morgan, and it's making me violent.
Did you see the news earlier?
It was ghastly.
Catastrophes.
Carnage.
Incompetence.
- [laughter on TV] - TV HOST: So, first of all... But you probably don't want to talk about work.
As much as I love our chats... Charlie, could we do this another time?
You think I don't like you?
You don't.
It's complex.
My daughter loved you.
Kim loves you.
But you disappoint her at times, you hurt her at times.
And that I don't like.
Life... Life without Rachel... obliterates everything else.
It's where I live now.
And you do too, I know.
We're cellmates, if you will.
We may as well try and get along.
And in that spirit, I've come to remind you that it's Kim's parents' evening tomorrow.
I know she'd like you to be there, and I think you'd enjoy it, too.
Thank you.
I did actually know that.
Name me three of her teachers, and I'll dance the tarantella on that table.
Tempting, though, that is.
Charlie, I went back to work too soon.
I thought it would help me so I could help Kim.
Now I'm not so sure.
I'm going to resign.
That family needs someone... in one piece.
So does Kim.
[somber music] [cell phone buzzes] Hmm.
We'll expect you tomorrow evening, 6:15, sharp.
[phone buzzes] - Uma.
- DALAL: Your theory was right.
Lily Wakefield has been abducted.
[theme music] The two investigations will run in parallel, Barney will continue to lead the murder of Cate Wakefield, and the abduction of Lily Wakefield will be headed by Jim.
Given the crossover, you'll have to pool resources and information.
So... think you can play nicely together?
Yeah.
No, of course.
I'm not overly thrilled with either of you.
We're 26 hours into the investigation.
We have no suspect, and babies are being stolen from under our noses.
Now, piss off.
I need to get changed.
I was at a thing, and this just looks... weird now.
John Blakely's just completed a sentence for a crime almost identical to this.
His name will come up as a person of interest, and we should be ready for that.
So this time, handle it better.
By the way, you have an appointment at 8:30 tomorrow morning.
Counseling, as we agreed.
I booked you the Family Room.
It has the comfiest chairs, and... given what happened yesterday, I think a daily check-in would be a good idea.
No, I don't have time to talk to someone every day.
Not arresting the wrong people should free up your diary a bit.
[tense music] [office din] Okay, what have we got?
Lily was taken from a ground-floor room in the main house some time between 8:40 and 9:00 p.m.
tonight.
It was only when Arthur went in to check on her that he realized she was missing.
Didn't we have any Uniform there?
An officer in a marked car outside the house.
We think they accessed the grounds via the wall at the back of the garden.
So either they also knew about the lack of CCTV-- Or whoever killed Cate Wakefield came back.
We've got forensics in the main house as well as the annex now.
Arthur and Julien have decamped to St.
Brelade's Bay Hotel.
- I'll head over first thing.
- Good.
What about press?
Oh, we're all good so far.
No one's noticed.
- No one's asking.
- Let's keep it that way.
Okay.
This takes us back to yesterday's theory that Cate was killed while attempting to stop an abduction.
But we won't know for certain until whoever took Lily makes contact.
So we need traces on all calls to and from the Wakefields' phones.
Um, yeah, sorry, We're waiting on authorization, - but I will trace them.
- Good.
Is it strange for there to be no ransom demand yet?
BERGERAC: Usually it comes pretty quickly.
Unless whoever took Lily doesn't want money.
They just want her.
That's a line we should pursue, but I don't think that's what this is.
So, we need a door-to-door on all surrounding properties, looking at CCTV and security camera footage.
Let's hope they got better coverage than the Wakefields.
We also need to look at anyone recently released from prison who's been involved in similar offenses.
And yes, that means, uh, John Blakely.
[intriguing music] We've issued an all-ports warning, with a description of what Lily was wearing in case anybody tries to take her off the island.
Great.
I'm gonna talk to Mia.
Go over her statement.
Kara, find out what's happening with road closures, - and vehicle searches.
- MOLLOY: Yes, boss.
BERGERAC: I'll brief Uniform, to see what they can spare for door-to-door.
[birds chirp] [horns honking distantly] [sighs heavily] [clock ticking] I don't need this.
And yet, here you are.
Yeah, because Uma said I need support.
You don't agree?
I think all things considered, I'm doing pretty bloody well.
All things considered?
Can you unpack that for me?
No.
No.
Because it's all in my file, which you'll have read.
I get the sense that you view this as a punishment, like paying a toll to cross a bridge.
A bit of annoying but necessary admin.
- No, that's not true.
- No?
No.
Because, like I said, I don't think this is necessary.
What if it helped?
What if this was a safe space for you to grieve, to process, to reflect... to rage?
It can't-- None of those things.
They're not my priority.
Not right now.
- What is?
- Honestly?
The case I'm working on.
Should be working on.
So talk about that.
[sighs] [intriguing music] [whooshing] [quiet hum of chatter] [dog barking] MIA: Could she have been taken off the island?
Oh, it's unlikely.
The ports are being monitored.
She could've been taken off in a private boat, but I'm not gonna think about that right now.
[speaking Portuguese] Tomos spent a lot of time with Lily when I would bring her here.
Uh, Mia, I wanted to talk to you about Cate.
Just about her life away from the Wakefields.
When we had our daughter, my wife made friends through the, uh, NCT.
Did she do anything like that?
They didn't get Lily until she was seven months old, and groups like that are sort of established by then.
S-- I'm sorry.
They didn't get Lily?
Lily's adopted.
They tried to have a baby ever since they got married, but they... So they adopted Lily.
Didn't you know that?
Clearly not.
Chief Inspector Margaret sacked me yesterday, so we'll be leaving Jersey as soon as we can.
Tomos was offered a job in Porto.
My friend has died, and now I don't have a job.
We have nothing here.
[intriguing music] [children laughing] [children shouting] There's a police officer in Reception.
I said to wait, so that we can make ourselves presentable.
I think it was about the letters.
I told you, I think we should let the police decide.
You know, this will finish us.
Them asking the questions.
We'll lose everything.
And for what?
A line of bloody inquiry.
It's gotta be one of the staff.
- [sighs] - It has to be.
[cell phone buzzing] [Arthur sighs heavily] [tense music] Yeah, Arthur Wakefield.
Can you hold, please?
I'm just gonna put you on speaker.
MARGARET: Julien.
Okay, go ahead.
DISTORTED VOICE: We have Lily.
Jesus Christ!
Just give her back, please!
Yeah, I, um, I presume there's a deal to be done, so, uh... shall we talk terms?
DISTORTED VOICE: 250k, in a plain hold-all, in Royal Square, under the statue of King Georg.
Six o'clock this evening.
Uh, when-- when do we see Lily?
DISTORTED VOICE: Well, first I need to know if I can trust yo.
Because I'm telling you now, if I see one cop there, Lily goes for a swim in the harbor.
Are we clear?
Crystal.
How-- How do we know that you have her?
DISTORTED VOICE: I took her from her room on the ground floor.
Wood paneling, a stuffed-- I don't know, dog in a car.
Christ, just give me back my daughter, please!
DISTORTED VOICE: That's the plan, so don't fuck with me.
No, wait, wait!
[sighs shakily] Did you kill Cate?
[call ended beeping] [tense music] Just give me their room number, I'll head up.
Oh, I'm so sorry to keep you waiting.
Margaret, Mr.
Wakefield's Chief of Staff.
He and Mr.
Wakefield Jr.
have had to go to a meeting, but... please, come on up.
A-- A meeting?
[door beeping] Today?
MARGARET: Well, uh, it's not so much... ♪♪♪ [intriguing music] - This is a joke, right?
- Look, I wanted to apologize.
Uh, yesterday could've been handled better.
That's on me.
All right, somebody yelled at you, did they?
Yeah, well, message delivered.
I need to know where you were last night, John.
Are you okay?
I'm being serious, should I call someone?
Because I spent most of the evening with you.
- You do remember that?
- After that.
We need to eliminate you from our inquiries.
JOHN: You already did.
Wait... Cate Wakefield died the night before.
This is in regard to a separate incident.
This is never gonna end, is it?
I just need to know where you went after you left the police station.
I went home, I took a shower, I watched TV, and I prayed.
You're in a hostel, right?
Someone must have seen you.
Talked to you.
No one that would speak to you.
- So, same time tomorrow?
- BERGERAC: Yeah.
The saddest story, how you're the victim of a great miscarriage of justice.
And I bet it plays well with the other ex-offenders.
But none of them were there.
None of them know what you are.
♪♪♪ [machinery rumbles] [unlocking beeps] [sighs] [sighs] [line ringing] Boss?
BERGERAC: Here's an interesting thing.
Lily Wakefield was adopted.
Yeah, we probably should have known that.
BERGERAC: Yeah, look, see if you can trace the birth parent.
Uh, any word from the kidnappers?
MOLLOY: Nothing yet, but listen.
Arthur and Julien aren't here.
And Margaret, the PA, she said they had to go to a meeting.
Sorry, a meeting?
Uh... His daughter's been abducted, he couldn't reschedule?
Literally what I said.
BERGERAC: Okay.
Uh, I'm heading over.
ARTHUR: Seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, carbon-ceramic brake system, naught to 60 in 2.9 seconds.
You know when Keats said a thing of beauty is a joy forever?
He could've been talking about this car.
I heard about Cate.
Obviously I did, we all heard about Cate.
And is this... connected?
Or just horror upon horror?
Pretty much horror upon horror.
Hmm.
And, uh, how much do you need?
250, cash.
But quickly.
You know, everything that I have, it's-- it's tricky to access, I mean, you understand.
Curse of the rich, eh, Dickie?
[chuckles] Yeah.
Oh, we're old ghosts, you and I. You'd think the world would have had enough of us by now.
Give me 30 minutes.
Thanks.
[knocking at door] - Hey.
- Boss.
Uh, hello, Margaret, I was hoping to speak with Julien, but I hear they're in a meeting.
Did I say meeting?
Uh, they've actually gone to see friends.
And they're quite distressed, as you can imagine.
- [light knocking at door] - Um... MARGARET: Um, I'll get Julien to call you soon as they return.
Hi.
I'm so sorry to disturb you.
Um, I'm a resident here.
And, well, I recognized the gentleman from the television.
- Right.
- And I just wanted to pay my condolences.
That's, uh... thank you.
I'm gonna ask you not to tell anyone about this.
No, no, of course not.
Are they in?
MARGARET: Well, perhaps I could... I tell you what, um, I'll talk to them later.
- Give 'em that.
- You are kidding me.
- Hey.
Hey!
- Um... Hey!
[tense music] [elevator beeping] [sighs] [elevator door beeping] [low hum of chatter] BERGERAC: Hey!
Hey!
Ah, Chief Inspector.
BERGERAC: I don't think you're a guest here.
Well, I wouldn't want to be.
Have you tried the Wi-Fi?
- Hmm.
- So, it's true?
Lily Wakefield's been abducted.
Where did you hear that?
Well, that explains why the Wakefields are here.
And why you're here.
You've got experience with child abductions, haven't you?
Has there been a ransom demand?
Well, and surely this has got to be connected to the death of Cate Wakefield the night before.
We have nothing to share with the press right now.
- Or with you.
- I am the press-- Oh.
I see what you did there.
- Hysterical.
- Uh, excuse me.
This lady's wandered in off the street.
Can you escort her out, please?
Don't get me thrown out.
The shame of it.
Liz Truss got me thrown off a boat.
Literally.
Listen, we want to run this in the evening edition.
So, any comment from you would be really great.
Can you give us a sec?
- Good.
Off the record?
- Mm-hmm.
The situation's extremely delicate right now.
If you publish this, you could be putting Lily's life in danger.
And that's not me bullshitting you.
So, I'm asking you not to.
Please.
Fine.
But you owe me.
Oh.
Mr.
Wakefield.
Bergerac.
Um, any news?
Uh, no, nothing yet, I'm afraid.
Listen, I just wanted to assure you that we're doing everything we can to get Lily back.
Oh, good, good.
Thank you.
Yeah, Margaret said you were at a meeting.
A meeting?
Hmm.
Well, uh, no, it was, uh... well, just a gathering with friends.
There's a lot of attention on you both right now.
Attention that we could do without.
So can you just-- can you just stay put?
Don't make this any harder for us.
In the meantime, I'd like a quick word with Julien.
Oh, yeah, sure, of course.
- Dad?
- Yeah.
- [Arthur grunts] - [bag thumps heavily] [Arthur clears throat] The last time I dealt with an investigation like this, the family received a ransom note, but they felt that they would be better off handling it themselves.
This impacted on our ability to conduct the investigation, and also delayed the rescue of their daughter.
Now, I'm telling you this on the off chance that you've heard something from whoever it was who took Lily, and don't know whether or not to tell us.
It's always best to tell us.
[tense music] Dad?
Okay, I received a phone call this morning.
♪♪♪ [low hum of chatter] ♪♪♪ Okay.
When Steve here gives you the signal, head to the square at a normal pace.
Don't talk to anyone.
If someone asks you for time or directions or anything, just answer politely.
Continue to the drop-off.
Put the bag down at the foot of the statue.
Look at your phone for 30 seconds.
Then move away, leaving the bag like you've forgotten it.
And then you come back here.
Okay.
And where will you lot be?
We'll be monitoring the situation remotely, but we've got people in position all around the square.
But-- but they said no police, so... Because they want you isolated.
We don't intervene when they pick up the bag.
- We follow them.
- Oh.
BERGERAC: And that should take us to Lily.
Yeah.
Trust me.
This is how we get her back.
Yeah.
Okay.
♪♪♪ Have him stay, because if he comes around, right, he's there, [indistinct], yeah.
That's it.
BERGERAC: Who's us?
The telecom engineers.
They've been in place for over an hour.
Scratch your ass, Billy.
And the couple, uh, Daisy and Fergus.
And other Billy is the guy in the stall.
We've gone full Village People.
And, uh, various spotters in windows.
Have we got the bag?
Tracer in the lining.
Signal is-- is loud and clear.
BERGERAC: Uh, anyone we don't like?
A couple of kids.
The guy in the Crocs.
But I think that's more about the Crocs.
[chuckles] Having fun, are we?
You're too right.
No one becomes a cop to fill in forms.
[cell phone buzzing] Oh, shit.
I have to take this.
[door creaks] Hi, love.
Are you on your way?
I-- Look, um... look, I'm so sorry, but something's, uh, just come up at work, and it's, uh, it's, uh, quite a big, uh, operation.
And I-- I have to be here.
Right.
But listen, I'll come over to Granny's once I'm done here, and you can, uh, you can tell me all about it.
They won't talk to me.
BERGERAC: What?
The whole point is it's the parents who... I just mean I can speak to them any day at school.
Hold on.
[sighs heavily] I can take you.
Granny says she can take me.
Uh, yeah.
Yeah, if she's sure she doesn't mind?
He says, are you sure you don't mind?
Mind?
It'll be a pleasure, Jim.
Te-- Tell her, thank you.
And, um, I'll see you later.
I love you.
- Something came up at work.
- Hmm.
Well, never mind.
Now you can show me off to your friends.
You ready, boss?
By the way, I spoke to the adoption agency.
Uh, Lily's birth parents are both dead.
There was a house fire on the mainland, hence the adoption.
Okay.
Thanks.
- Sorry, um, can I have a word?
- Yeah.
I was looking at the CMS earlier.
Turns out that John Blakely's alibi was logged.
An off-duty officer spotted him in the pub where he was doing the quiz.
Uh, the officer hadn't seen him there before, so he filed an intelligence report.
So it was on the CMS.
But only on medium priority.
Yeah, no, I-- That happens.
It's an old operating system, so... The thing is, it was logged by you.
Okay?
But later, when I was pitching John as a suspect to the team, you didn't mention that you literally just filed an alibi for him.
Oh, yeah, um... I mean, I logged a lot of intel yesterday.
I-- I must have forgotten about it.
I-- I'm really sorry.
[intriguing music] These things happen.
♪♪♪ CALVERT: Fuck.
♪♪♪ - [mouse clicking] - [typing] Okay.
Green light.
♪♪♪ [GPS beeps] ♪♪♪ [GPS beeps] ♪♪♪ [hum of busy street chatter] Who else is watching him?
♪♪♪ Drop off ahead.
[GPS beeps] ♪♪♪ Now, go.
Who's that?
Who is he talking to?
MAN: What are you talking about?
You were carrying it-- - Get out of my way.
- No, no, no, no!
Don't leave that bag there!
[tense music builds] Somebody find out what's going on.
MAN: You've gotta take your bag, it's a security risk.
He's leaving that bag there!
It must be a bomb.
[snaps fingers] Get them out of the bloody way.
Jesus, will you get him out of there?
Listen, get somewhere safe, and I'll see what's goss.
Okay.
Move back, please.
Where's Julien?
[GPS beeping] The bag's moving across Halkett Place into the Central Market.
♪♪♪ - BERGERAC: Move!
- [woman gasps] WOMAN: Oh.
Blimey!
WOMAN 2: Oh, what the-- Did you see that?
He saw you and he knew it was a set-up, so then he told me to follow him, and then he hit me and he took the money.
You down there, you that way.
Jesus Christ, what's he going to do?
What's he going to do with my daughter?
[seagulls squawking] TOM: Not going to be a regular thing, then.
A lot of the other lads are in the same situation as you.
So having police coming in and out makes them nervous.
This is not a situation that I created, so what would you suggest I do?
- Well, that's what I'm saying.
- What?
What is what you're saying, Tom?
You're not saying anything, Tom.
You've got no plan beyond coming over here and whining like a little bitch.
What do you want me to say?
"Oh, I'm sorry.
Please don't sack me.
I'll be a good boy now."
Talk to the police.
I didn't want you here.
No one who's hurt kids, that was my rule.
But I made an exception for you, so maybe watch your mouth, mate.
- [thudding] - [groaning] For we know him who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay."
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
[Tom panting] [birds chirping] CHARLIE: She's gone out with her friends.
This is something they do now after a parents' evening.
If we have to bail her out of jail again, you'll have to drive.
Lily Wakefield has been abducted.
She's the daughter of the young woman who was killed two nights ago, and today there was a huge operation to get Lily back.
And no one else could have taken your place?
Turns out I'm Jersey's child-abduction expert.
- And did you get her back?
- No.
Some expert.
How did the parents' evening go?
The teachers were all very complimentary.
She's a popular, likable child.
But there's been a steady decline in her grades.
Obviously, this-- I mean... Her mum died six months ago.
A decline that began before then.
A decline I believe is exacerbated by the school's limitations.
What-- What limitations?
Kim says they're lucky to get the same teacher for more than half a term.
The buildings are constantly under repair.
They don't have the equipment or the resources they need.
And so... I think Kim should go to St.
Bernadette's.
Your-- Your old school?
Ra-- Rachel's old school.
CHARLIE: I will pay for all the fees and the costs.
I cannot stand by and watch my granddaughter's education be compromised like this.
Uh, no.
Kim likes her school.
Her friends are there.
She needs stability right now.
If you want to pay for something, pay for her tutor.
Make a donation.
She doesn't need to be airdropped into some up-its-own-arse private school with a bunch of bankers' daughters.
I wouldn't be too dismissive of privately-educated bankers' daughters, seeing as you married one.
And another just stood in for you at Kim's parents' evening, while you were... - [chuckling] - While I was what?
What?
[scoffs] This is the thing, Charlie.
Even when Rachel was a kid, you didn't need a job.
You didn't have to balance work and being a mum.
It must look so easy from the outside.
Every-- Every failure, every missed appointment can only be laziness.
It can only be a lack of care because not once in your life did you ever have to choose.
If choice is so important to you, why don't we ask Kim what she thinks?
Because... no, she's a child.
I do find it extraordinary that you'll go to untold lengths to protect this missing child, this abstract stranger's child, yet you'll jeopardize your daughter's education, her future, out of... out of what?
Pride?
- Snobbery?
- No.
My concern is the type of person she'll become.
Someone like me, you mean?
You're telling me that's not the plan?
Of course it isn't the plan!
Don't be so idiotic!
I'm not trying to take Kim away from you.
Then why is she here?
Why-- Why is she in your house?
Why are you trying to get her to go to your school?
I'm not her parent, Jim.
You are.
But I can love her, too.
I can worry about her, too.
I can want what's best for her.
Don't fucking patronize me, all right?
I'm not saying that you... What?
You're not saying what?
Tell Kim I'll be here tomorrow morning, before she goes to school.
[intriguing music] Barney, I know where Lily Wakefield is!
♪♪♪ I went to your apartment.
Landlord said you'd packed and gone.
I knew you wouldn't go to an airport or a public port.
I basically told you not to.
We can make her happy.
We can-- We love her.
Do you think Julien does?
I know him.
He-- He can't protect her.
Mia, this can't happen.
You know that.
MIA: Just listen.
You got here ten minutes late.
Okay, you-- you know where we're going.
Just-- Just give us a head start.
If you find us, okay.
But if you don't, she-- she'll be happy.
I swear.
And we'll love her.
Just pretend.
Okay?
There was traffic, and you got here - ten minutes late.
- Mia... Mia.
[speaking Portuguese] [Mia crying] MIA: No, no, no.
[police siren wailing] [Mia sobbing] [Mia sobbing] [somber music] Walk me through the night Cate died.
This is irrelevant.
My client is not under arrest in relation to the murder of Cate Wakefield.
I'll rephrase that.
An attempt to abduct Lily was made on the night before you abducted Lily.
And so the next morning you go into work, what happened?
MIA: The house is full of police.
And they tell me that Cate has been killed.
When did you decide to take Lily?
Was it the first attempted abduction that - gave you the idea?
- No.
We had no idea that's what had happened.
We didn't know that someone had tried to take Lily.
But on the very next night, coincidentally, that's exactly what you do.
Why?
Because I love her.
I couldn't let her live in that house.
I didn't think she was safe.
You didn't think she was safe?
That family?
They're not what they show the world.
It's all carefully managed by Margaret.
Were you scared of them?
MIA: Always a little.
Now especially.
Because you attempted to abduct Lily?
No, because of what they did to Cate.
You think they killed Cate?
You don't?
BERGERAC: Let's say you're right.
Let's say the family are weird and complex, and you took Lily to keep her safe.
Where I come unstuck is the quarter of a million pounds you tried to extort from the family afterwards.
No, we didn't-- There was no ransom.
Listen, I have a kid.
So I know how expensive they are.
If anything, you should have asked for more.
MIA: I don't know what you're talking about.
BERGERAC: The money wasn't with you when you were arrested.
So has it already been shifted off the island?
We're assuming you have an accomplice, because it wasn't you or Tomos who made the ransom call.
- We didn't ask for money.
- [knocking on door] [door opens] BERGERAC: Time is 9:17 p.m.
For the purposes of the recording, DC Calvert has just entered the room, and handed me a piece of paper.
DC Calvert has just left the room.
[door closes] There's a banking app on your phone.
The most recent transaction is a deposit of 16,000 pounds.
- My-- My wages.
- MOLLOY: What is that?
A month?
Oh.
I want to be a nanny.
But your wages come from a Wakefield family account.
This was from an account with just Cate's name.
She was putting some money aside.
- For what?
- I don't know.
[soft intriguing music] For her.
Arthur had made Julien make Cate sign a-- a prenup, so when they got divorced, Cate would get nothing, so she had been putting some money aside for her and Lily.
She told you that?
For the purpose of the recording, Miss Alves is nodding.
Why would she transfer it all to you?
MIA: I don't know.
I think she wanted to pay me in advance.
From her own account, with the money she had been saving?
That doesn't make any sense.
We did a data request on the account, and we found this.
For the purposes of the recording, I'm showing Miss Alves a copy of the application to open Royal Jersey account number 8790081.
It was set up in Cate's name four months ago.
Is this Cate's signature?
Yeah, I think so.
Okay, well, that's weird.
This is a club membership that Cate signed in August last year.
As you can see, the signatures don't match.
BERGERAC: Before you answer, Mia, just think, for a second, how this looks.
Okay-- Okay, yeah, I-- I set up the account.
Okay?
She couldn't get away from Julien long enough to do it and if he found out, he would ask what it was for.
- So I did it.
- MOLLOY: So, if you set it up?
I'm guessing you can access it, too.
- Yeah, I-- I suppose.
- BERGERAC: Okay, so, Cate was squirreling away money in case Julien divorced her using an account that you set up but for some reason, she decides to give it all to you as, what, seven months wages in advance?
For the second time, Mia can't answer for someone who's dead.
My client has admitted to her part in the alleged abduction of Lily Wakefield.
If this continues, I will ask for a break to have a further consultation with my client.
But the money was transferred yesterday, by which point Cate had been dead for 18 hours.
Mia, I've spoken to so many people in your position.
They always think they can hang on to all the threads of the story, and they can't.
These conversations always end the same way.
♪♪♪ Okay.
Yeah, I-- I transferred the money.
Okay, it was Lily's money.
We needed it to look after her.
Because by this point, you had decided to take Lily rather than leave her with Julien, and Arthur and Margaret.
Okay.
We're getting somewhere.
I don't think this was a decision that you made yesterday.
I think you've been planning this for a very long time.
This bank account had nothing to do with Cate, did it?
She didn't even know it existed.
You were the one stealing the money.
- MIA: No-- - And if anyone noticed, they wouldn't be suspicious because the account was - in Cate's name.
- That's not how it happened.
And when you had enough, you could grab Lily, and get off the island.
- But it's taking too long.
- BERGERAC: So you need to accelerate things a bit.
You know Cate's gonna be home later.
You know there are no security cameras.
You decide, this is our best shot.
I advise you to make no further comments.
Killing Cate was clearly an accident.
- Maybe Tomos lost his temper.
- Because if that's what happened, that's a different conversation... - No, no, no.
- ...a much easier conversation.
Tomos would never hurt anyone!
Why couldn't Cate protect Lily?
- Why was it up to you?
- I would like this interview - terminated immediately.
- [all shouting at once] She wasn't going anywhere.
Was she, Mia?
Cate was gonna stay in this toxic, volatile household, and live this pretty luxurious life.
No-- She needed-- She said she needed a safety net first.
The fact is, Cate had no plans to leave the Wakefields, because she fitted right in.
No.
That's not true.
She wasn't happy, she was-- She will not answer any more of your questions.
And you were the only one who cared for Lily.
The only one who knew what growing up in this - environment would do to her.
- I cared for her.
She must have driven you absolutely insane.
You must have thought, "Jesus Christ, - Cate, be a grown up."
- Yeah!
I was angry!
Okay?
She-- She could have left at any time and she didn't.
She knew what that family was like and she stayed.
Why?
Why did she stay?
Because she was greedy, and she was weak.
SOLICITOR: DCI Bergerac, you need to terminate this interview immediately or arrest my client for further matters.
You read my mind.
Mia Alves, I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Cate Wakefield.
Some time between the hours of eight and 10 p.m.
on Tuesday, 3rd of September, 2024.
[cheering, applause] [buzz of excited chatter] I've got to ask.
How did you know it was Mia?
Well, when I saw Mia earlier, she wasn't distraught about Lily's abduction.
Which, given how much she loves her, it just seemed like an odd reaction.
And then, this evening, I was talking to someone about something else, and they reminded me that you don't need to be someone's parent to love them unconditionally.
I don't know, it just kind of fell into place.
- Yeah.
- Oh, it's on.
It's on.
The police haven't released any details as yet, but sources close to the investigation say this latest and potentially crucial breakthrough - was made by Jim Bergerac.
- [cheering] DCI Bergerac, a well-known figure in Jersey, was a controversial choice for the investigation, but it looks like this gamble might well have paid off.
[thudding] You off?
Yeah, I'm gonna get a good sleep before tomorrow.
I'll take the lead on Tomos when the interpreter gets here.
Good result here.
Well done.
Thanks, Barney.
I can't take all the credit.
Yeah, no one's asking you to.
[hum of laughter, chatter] [phone vibrating] Uh, hi, love.
Um, so, love, I'm really, really sorry about tonight, but Granny said that-- That thing on the news just now, - is that why you couldn't come?
- BERGERAC: Uh, yeah.
Yeah, it's been a bit of a, uh, day.
But I should have given you a heads-up earlier, and I'm really sorry.
So you found who did it, then?
Who killed that lady?
- Uh, yeah, possibly.
- KIM: That's amazing.
[chuckling] Um... Yeah-- Well, look, we're putting a case together and we're close.
[soft music] So, um, maybe we could talk about you coming home?
We could take it slowly, you know, a few days at home with me, a few days with Granny while I tie things up here.
I'd like that, Dad.
So, have you seen the time?
- Why aren't you in bed?
- Love you.
Cheers.
Thanks.
Bye.
[chuckling] ♪♪♪ [officer] Nice one, Jim.
♪♪♪ [music turns pensive] ♪♪♪ You got out just in time.
Simon's one Rolling Rock away from starting a conga.
So where are we at with charging?
Well, uh, we should have an interpreter in the morning, so we can interview Tomos.
And then, uh, re-interview Mia for Cate's murder.
I reckon we should be able to charge her by the close of play tomorrow.
Well, it's a great result, boss.
Why didn't Mia and Tomos take Lily on a night they had her?
Why choose a night she'd be with Cate, risking the exact thing that happened?
To throw suspicion off them.
I mean, it worked.
We never even considered them.
Yeah, but up until that point, Mia had been so careful.
And then on the crucial night, they go and do this... insane, reckless thing... Doesn't make sense.
[intriguing music] So, what are you saying?
I don't think they killed Cate.
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