[ Siren wailing ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Girl: Mum.
Woman: Coming, darlin'.
[ Girl speaking indistinctly ]
Come on. Come on, this way.
This way. Come on.
Come.
Go, boy. Go on.
[ Dog barking ] -Oh.
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No.
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Not the mud again.
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Trip. Come on boy.
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Trip. [ Dog barking ]
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Come on, Trip. Trip. Back here. Come on.
Get back here. Come on, darling. Come on.
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[ Theme music plays ]
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[ Breathing heavily, heart beating ]
[ Crowd shouting ]
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[ Fighters grunting ]
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[ Siren wailing ]
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[ Camera shutters clicking ]
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Nikki: Does it hurt?
Only when I breathe.
-Can you help me here? -Huh?
[ Groaning ]
-You got it? -Yeah.
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
-I hate the mud. -What?
I hate the mud.
-Do you? -Mm-hm.
But you like getting punched in the face?
One of my favourite things.
What are your other favourites?
A needle in the eye? Colonoscopies?
Getting to know each other?
Good-looking woman, strapping bloke,
out in the fresh air, having a lovely little chat,
enjoying yourselves.
while we are battling the elements.
Who are you?
Warren Bull. Detective Inspector.
And I need you to get a move on.
We are moving as fast as we can.
Between social interludes?
Did you know that 95 miles of the Thames is tidal,
and we are standing at about, well, mile 91?
You think I give a shit about that?
-What? -He said he didn't know that.
See time is running out, and the tide is coming in.
I think we'll be okay. We've got, um.
47 minutes.
Student of the tides are we?
No. Just professional.
What is wrong with him?
He bit his tongue.
I know the feeling.
I have to bite mine all the time.
So, 47 minutes you say?
If you need anything, let me know.
Thanks for having my back.
I have your front too, unless something's changed.
Dial it back. You sound a bit pervy.
I meant to.
Man: And the next one, Haidar.
And the next one.
Thank you, Haidar.
These are crime scenes.
What is a crime scene?
A place where a crime took place?
A place where a crime took place.?
Of course, you're correct. Congratulations.
Now ask yourself how you got in to this University,
because I'm struggling with it.
Can anyone advance this discussion?
No.
A crime scene is a collection of facts.
Your job is to find and assemble those facts without bias.
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Celeste.
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Woman: You've taken them.
It's an emergency to me.
He didn't come home last night.
It's not normal.
Why do I have to wait 48 hours?
Why isn't he home?
My husband comes home.
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What's he doing?
Looking after a body.
Looking after dead bodies. Imagine doing that for a job.
Bit of a conversation killer.
"What do you do for a living?" "Well, I look after dead bodies."
"Really? Well, fair play to ya."
Probably gets you further than saying you're a police officer.
What?
Have we been able to identify the deceased yet?
Fingerprints and DNA didn't come back with a match.
Nothing on MisPers yet that fits his description.
The deceased is a white male,
approximately 40 to 60 years old.
[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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Velvy?
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Cherry: We will not be doing any of that
"multiple choice online assessment" nonsense.
Man: The Department recommends it because it's less subjective,
and it protects you from complaints.
I know why they recommend it.
It's bollocks, excuse my French.
The mid-term exam will not be online.
Yes, sir.
-Woman: The Dean may object. -Well, let's hope by then
we are more intimate with the Dean.
Tell the class there will be three essays,
subjectively marked, followed by a one to one,
extremely subjective tutorial with me,
where they can defend their work.
Yes, sir.
Celeste, we should devise a practical exam
for later in the term.
Stage a crime scene that can be investigated and assessed.
I'll put some ideas together, sir.
Have you got a list of the members of the panel?
Yes. Elizabeth Newport is the chair.
Oh, young Lizzy. Sweet but ineffectual.
Oh, Harrison Cairney? You know about this guy?
You don't want to be in a left alone in a lift with him.
No. Scum rises to the top and drapes itself in the cloak of woke.
Valerie Fullerton?
Wasn't she part of the management
of that lab in Manchester?
Yeah. She was. She insisted she had nothing to do with it,
and then it turns out she was the administrator.
She can lie with a straight face.
Make her perfect for academics.
Oh, I read your paper on the detection of synthetic drugs.
I have some thoughts and ideas, but it really is first rate.
Excellent work. -Thank you
Does that drug you described, does it really make you randy?
Apparently.
Well, we better keep it away from Cairney then.
Professor Priapic. [ Laughter ]
Right, well. Wish me luck.
You won't need luck, sir. You'll make a fantastic Dean.
There's no one better. in the country, anywhere.
Well, that's very kind of you, Haidar.
It's also very true.
Good luck, Professor.
Thank you, Celeste.
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Do you think the panel will judge me "subjectively?"
[ Laughter ]
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Hello, uh, Cara.
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Um, I don't sign. Sorry.
Your work has been excellent.
And I think you're ready for some practical experience.
So we need to find you a work placement.
I'll ask a few people, and we'll get something sorted.
Do you have someone to work with on your assignment?
Okay. Well, just let me know if there is anything
I can help you with.
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Dr. Alexander?
Hm? Oh. Thanks.
The lungs were overinflated and overlapped in the midline.
Frothy fluid is present in airways...
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...and the alveolar spaces of the lungs.
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Let's have a look at his heart.
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Pulmonary edema appears to be non-cardiogenic,
and there were no other obvious causes of death at post mortem.
What does that mean?
He drowned.
Well.
How long was he in the water?
Not certain.
I can do a "less than" based on water temperature and evidence
of predation, or rather lack of it, in the water.
I'd say less than 24 hours. Possibly less than 18.
Water temperature was 11 degrees celsius.
Sorry, I heard "water temperature?"
Eleven degrees.
The cold water slows decomposition
and makes determining time of death...
Inaccurate?
More generalised.
-Alcohol? -No trace.
Blood tests are negative.
He has a significant head injury.
Velvy?
[ Beep ]
The water has washed away any blood spatter pattern,
but there was an extensive subgaleal haemorrhage,
so it's most likely that it occurred before he died.
Does anyone have any idea how this happened?
Blunt force injury.
He understood.
Presumably there's no weapon found.
-No. -Distinguishing marks, tattoos?
-No.
-Wallet, money? -No.
-Was he wearing a watch? -No.
A tan line where the watch would have been?
Yes. He did.
-Clothing? -Marks and Spencer.
-You've run for drugs? -Yes. No Class "A"
opioids, cocaine, heroin. -Velvy: Or "Bs" or "Cs."
We picked up no illegal drugs in the blood screen.
Medical condition? Heart attack?
We didn't see any obvious medical condition
in the post-mortem. No stroke, no heart attack.
We did find a significant subdural haematoma
as a result of the blunt force injury to his head.
Operating theory --
Robbery or assault resulting in death?
That's where I end up, but we don't know motive.
CPS would look at it as a homicide,
but more than likely to be manslaughter.
And it's hard to be certain of motive
if we don't know who he is.
Well, I won't argue with that.
Diatoms?
Help me?
We can look for diatoms in the body.
Diatoms vary on the basis of morphological
and taxonomic characteristics of a particular habitat.
It's possible to find the location or site
of the drowning by comparing water found in organs with water
from possible sites.
It's a river?
Doesn't the water and the diatoms move?
It may help.
We'll need his dental charts.
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Cherry: "Fairness" is about emotion.
It's about how we feel.
Justice is about facts.
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Our students, our society
tends to confuse these two things.
The fundamental principle of justice is that,
"equals should be treated equally,
and unequals unequally."
Really? This is your conception of justice, Professor Cherry?
Not mine. Aristotle's. You've heard of him?
We forget that "we" are the law,
individually and corporately.
Justice and fairness are our responsibility,
not grievance.
It would be my goal, as Dean of this School,
to not simply equip the students with the tools
to pursue justice -- working a crime scene,
harnessing technology,
creating plausible scenarios based on our understanding
of human behaviour -- but to aspire to fairness.
Plato observed,
that it would be better to be guilty of manslaughter
than of fraud about what is just and fair.
And the Greek geezer was right.
The very stability of society depends upon "just and fair,"
symbiotic but separate concepts.
Where we have gone wrong in our society
is to confuse grievance with fairness
and allow that conflation to impersonate justice.
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Would you mind? I can't do it myself.
Oh, yes. Yes. I see it.
Ah?
Okay. Hold still.
[ Groans, slams table ]
Did I get it?
[ Hisses in pain ]
Oh.
Oh, I think you did.
That stuff's so good.
-How bad did you lose? -What are we talking about?
-Your face. -This is what winning looks
like, baby.
Oh. You won.
Well. Congratulations.
You enjoy this?
-Fighting? -Yeah.
-Why?
-It's a reminder. -Of what?
Being alive?
You're looking sharp.
Oh. Dressed to kill.
Maybe "dressed to impress."
"To kill?" Not so great, considering where we are.
-I'll stick with "impress." -Who were you impressing?
An interview panel --
but I can't imagine they'll be judging me on my clothes.
Have you seen his shoes? You should get shoes like that.
My shoes are fine.
Oh, my God. He can talk.
Your shoes are functional.
Those are "take me to the dance" shoes.
Did they take you? To the dance?
I haven't heard the music yet.
How far do we think the deceased travelled down the Thames?
'Ol Father Thames is a fickle thing.
Oh, "Father" not "Mother?" Male not female?
-You got it. -Sexist.
I didn't name it.
You gave it a presumptive pronoun.
Well, the river's the great provider.
It's just the history of it.
The cultural history defence.
Don't try and hide behind that.
'Ol "Father Thames" was also the source of the spread
of diphtheria, cholera, and scrofula.
Killed tens of thousands.
Leave it "male?"
Yeah.
Can we just go back to the question?
Jack won't be able to remember it.
Too many blows to the head.
Well, the ebb and flow of the Thames can reach
4 to 8 knots -- up to ten miles an hour.
Flows out and ebbs back at roughly the same rate.
Flow tends to last longer than the ebbing tide.
Two high tides and two low tides a day -- twelve hour cycle.
How far the body would have floated depends
upon when it entered the water.
Boom!
It becomes tidal at Teddington Lock?
-Correct. -How many crossings are there
between Teddington Lock and Hammersmith Bridge?
Nine.
Could he have fallen from a boat?
No reports from Port of London Authority.
Gabriel: Slipped on steps leading down to the river?
Possible.
It feels like an assault.
I don't know.
That requires two actions -- the assault,
and then dumping him into the river.
A dead weight. Difficult to move.
Unless he was assaulted on a bridge.
How high is the bridge balustrade?
1,200?
His weight?
Um, 92 kilograms.
A dead lift of nearly 200 pounds
over a 1.2 metre high balustrade?
He's 6'1" -- 188cm.
Hit from behind, then pushed.
Momentum. No dead lifting required.
He could have fallen from the bridge.
He strikes his head on the foundation
before he hits the water?
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We'll run DNA.
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[ Telephone ringing ]
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Can someone make sure I'm on MisPers alerts?
I need to see them as they come in.
[ Telephone ringing ]
[ Sighs ]
We need more police.
[ Beep ]
Whoa. Pardon.
Vanessa. Hi.
Hi. Come on in.
What kind of project?
"Disruption of a crime scene."
You two are partners in crime?
Yeah. OK, I can help.
Who's your professor?
-Peter Cherry. -Cherry?
No way. [ Laughs ] He's a "Wu Li" master.
He is brilliant.
He's a nut job though Up and down like a yo-yo.
-I hate him. -Yeah, of course you hate him.
You have to to survive. He makes you feel like a fool.
Because you are, compared to him.
You are lucky though.
You might not know it now, but one day you will.
Trust me.
Ah shit, sorry. Sorry.
Uh, what does he want you to do?
Okay. You know it's a trick question, though, yeah?
Never mind.
Has he given you a crime to assess?
-Photos. -Photos?
Okay. My advice?
Step one, break into quadrants, one, two, three, four.
Step two, make a list of what you find in each quadrant.
Yeah? Three...
See you tomorrow.
What? Did you think I was going to do it for you?
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Hey.
You alright?
See you later?
[ Buzzer sounds ]
-Jack? -Hm?
How's your tongue?
It's a bit of an intimate question,
and I'm probably not the one to ask.
-I mean the cut. -I know what you mean.
You're winding me up?
That's what I love about you, Prof.
You're lightning fast.
I think it needs some more of my magic gear.
Fabulous.
Where do you train?
A gym not far away. By Euston.
[ Groans ]
Bollocks.
God.
[Grunts] That stuff is so great.
I want you to train me.
To do what?
To fight.
[ Laughs ]
Are you winding me up, Professor?
Don't be daft.
I want to fight just once.
I want to know what it feels like.
To hit someone? Or to get hit?
-Both. -Both?
You need to rethink this.
I "think", Jack. It's what I do.
It's what I've always done.
I think, and I --
I don't know what it feels like to live a visceral life.
I'm starting again.
And I want to feel everything.
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Train me.
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Nice and relaxed.
Punches in bunches.
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Keep trying.
No pressure.
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Do you like music?
'Course I like music.
Mozart. Particularly like Stravinsky.
Smetana. "Ma Vlast" is a favourite.
Right.
I was thinking of something with more of a beat.
"Stronger" by Kanye. "Lose Yourself," Eminem.
Ah. I see.
I'm not familiar with those.
Why would you be?
That's it. Keep going.
Really good stuff.
[ Siren wailing in distance ]
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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[ Telephones ringing ]
Man: Hello, Madam. How can I help you?
I called 999.
They asked if it was an emergency.
They said to call here, but no one answers.
I can't find my husband. He hasn't come home.
I don't know where he is.
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[ Gasps ]
Sorry.
Sorry. I, um --
I missed my last train and I thought that --
I decided that -- uh, I slept here.
Thank you for waking me.
Velvy, are you okay?
Yes. Um...
A cup of coffee and I'll be good as gold.
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Thanks for seeing me on such short notice.
I wanted to speak to you in person.
Pleasure.
[ Door closes ]
"Blood splatter through the ages."
Potential for a paper, I think.
Please.
I'm afraid I have some disappointing news,
and I wanted to tell you in person.
Who did you hire?
We intend to announce it tomorrow.
You ticked a box.
I appreciate you might feel entitled to an --
"Entitled?" Yes, I do.
"Entitled" by 35 years of experience.
"Entitled" by being good at what I do.
You hired to buff up your image.
We hired who we believed was the best candidate.
"Best" candidate? There is no better candidate.
Peter, I don't want to belabour this,
but as you know, there's been a complaint
by a student about some of your views,
which the university is still reviewing.
-One student. -All over social media.
So 35 years of experience is sacrificed on the altar
of a 20-year-old's sensitivities.
Along with freedom of thought and expression?
Peter, you attract controversy.
I've said nothing controversial.
I don't think you get to be the judge of that.
The "complaint," the "controversy"
is just your excuse. Shame on you.
The panel was unanimous in its choice.
Unanimity doesn't guarantee quality.
Less accomplished, but you get to virtue signal
and to impress all your liberal friends in academia
at the expense of my humiliation.
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I wanted you to know.
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Do you think it's fair?
Do you think it's just?
##
We live in the age of unreal "reality," don't we?
The triumph of artifice over substance.
Merit is sacrificed for appearance every day.
What's happened to us?
The people on that panel are criminals.
They are enemies to justice.
And there's no justice without fairness, is there?
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DNA from the bridge plinth.
Matches the deceased.
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He fell, hit his head on the way down,
possibly concussed, and then drowned.
Camera might have picked something up.
Hello? Yeah.
I need you to review some footage from a camera.
Hammersmith Bridge. South West. Last 96 hours.
Quick as you can. Ta.
The DNA suggested it's likely he was British.
You really can tell from that?
No drugs or alcohol.
What about mental health? Someone must miss him.
No missing persons report?
Not that I found. Not so far. There's so many.
Did you know that a person is reported missing in the UK
every 90 seconds? That's 98,000 adults every year.
85% are found within two days.
14,700 aren't.
That's tens of thousand of people.
Running away from something.
Taking a break from their lives. Maybe, one day,
they wake up, they don't recognize their own life.
They don't know who they are anymore.
Maybe he's one of them?
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Hello? Did you get it?
Oh. Perfect.
Well, just give me the time and date it went down.
Camera's out.
Has been for several days.
##
Not an accident.
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[ Cacophonous noise ]
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Man: Watch out, mate.
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[ Noise fades ]
##
Can you help me, please? Couple of quid.
For food?
What happened to you?
Why do you allow yourself to live like this?
-Allow? I'm a victim. -Well, of course you are.
We're all victims. Do you know what you are?
Yeah. I'm hungry.
You're unfulfilled energy.
-You harassing me? -Potential discarded.
Leave me alone. You don't know anything about me.
-I know more than you think. -He's harassing me.
No, no, I'm sympathetic. Here.
Look, for you.
Why would anyone care if you eat?
Or live or die?
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Genuine question.
Piss off, old man.
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[ Speaking indistinctly ]
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-Cherry: Harrison. -Peter?
This is completely inappropriate.
That's right.
And you know "inappropriate" intimately.
You'll excuse me?
Do you know what it feels like to have your career destroyed
by an allegation? You will.
I thought you were the most qualified candidate.
Did you? You killed me, Harrison.
That's what you did.
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[ Cellphone vibrates ]
##
Remember her?
When she was your student?
I've tracked her down.
They all fall in love with you, don't they?
Then they see who you are.
How many were there? Did you lose count?
It's all over for you, Harrison.
Are you threatening me?
Think of me more as your "Cassandra."
More of a prophecy than a threat.
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What do you think? New job?
Nikki: You think he's leaving?
Jack: Goes to an interview all dressed up.
Tells me he's, "starting again."
I have taken enough of your time.
Please, I can show myself out.
Thank you.
It is my absolute pleasure, Professor.
[ Door opens ]
What was an "absolute pleasure?"
Oh, the smile's too much. I can't take it.
I have been appointed Dean of the School of Criminology.
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-You're leaving us? -No. No. I'm staying.
I'll still be working out of here.
Well, that is fantastic news, Gabriel.
I didn't expect to be selected.
-Congratulations. -Congratulations.
That's a big job.
I guess the training will have to go in the bin.
No. No. I'll make time. I'm committed to do training.
Super.
Good stuff. Good stuff.
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I didn't have time to finish it.
Sorry.
Are you done?
Mm-hm.
Great. Got it.
Do you mind if you just send that to me?
Thanks.
That guy you know at the Lyell Centre.
Tall.
He's kinda hot.
[ Gags ]
[ Laughter ]
[ Mouse clicking ]
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Hello.
-This is Dr. Alexander. -Nikki. Nice to meet you.
Elaine Robinson.
Want to come this way?
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This is Velvy.
Is he in there?
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Yes.
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We do need you to identify him.
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Are you ready?
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[ Woman screaming ]
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Cherry: We are human.
We fall prey to systematic distortion
unsupported by evidence,
otherwise known as "bias," in virtually everything we do.
"Love" is a distortion.
"Love is blind."
[ Woman shrieks ]
So is hate.
Bias can help protect us
by making us disproportionately wary of danger.
A child learns what is dangerous through trial and error.
If a white dog bites a child,
then they are less likely to trust white dogs
until their ability to reason can trump their fear.
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[ Sighs ]
I dare say many of you will never acquire that ability.
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Cherry: We bring bias to every crime scene.
We can't help it.
It's like a sauna in here.
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If we are good at our job, we are aware of that bias.
##
Heart attack?
##
Bias which we, not unreasonably,
develop through experience
can make us deny the facts of a new experience.
It's dry. Who put the towel over him?
Best check.
A crime scene is like a time capsule.
Maintaining the integrity of the crime scene
once it is discovered is critical.
You found the body?
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-Anything? -No marks.
-You? -Heat and steam.
I'm not going to get much.
Do the honours?
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There maybe ejaculate on his thigh.
We instinctively assign value to some things we discover,
and dismiss other things.
##
We might get something else off the body.
The defiance of expectation is always surprising.
##
-No cameras? -No. Privacy.
It catches us off guard
and it can distract us from where our focus should be.
It plays on our bias.
##
Who found this?
##
I know him.
Harrison Cairney?
##
He was on the interview panel.
##
[ Indistinct conversations ]
You like mushrooms?
I do. Yeah.
I like them, too.
I couldn't eat them for two years...
whilst I was in prison.
##
Your lab in Manchester faked the result of my drug test.
Said I was guilty.
I went to prison because you lied.
I didn't lie.
How can someone do that?
##
What? What do you want?
Hundreds of cases, Valerie.
-I didn't do the testing. -You ran the lab.
The university ran the lab. I was just overseeing the --
All those people in prison.
Nothing to do with you.
Your career continues unscathed.
-Leave me alone. -You took no responsibility.
Moved on. New job. Reputation unsullied.
Unlike Roy and dozens of others.
What makes you think you're fit to judge anyone?
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-Hi. -Hi.
-Where's Cara? -Uh, I don't know.
She'll be here.
I did the work you asked for.
Let's see what you've got.
-You buying or am I? -What do you want?
-Rum and coke? -Rum and coke, please.
Are you from Ireland?
Six counties. Northern.
Does it hurt?
No. It's fine.
[ Cellphone chimes ] Excuse me.
[ Cellphone pings ]
-Here you are. -Thanks.
Sorry.
Cheers.
You sure Cara knows about tonight?
'Course.
Mm-hm.
I like older guys.
They've got, I don't know, more depth.
Yeah. We need to reschedule when Cara can make it.
This doesn't feel right.
Then why'd you ask me out?
Jack: I didn't ask you out.
And Cara knows nothing about us meeting.
-That's not my fault. -Okay. I'm gone.
I thought you were going to help me out with the project.
Three basic punches --
six if you want to count both hands.
Can you hear me?
You're right. The music really helps.
What are you listening to?
Overture. "Marriage of Figaro." Mozart.
Do you know it?
##
On your toes, on your toes, bob and weave.
Bob and weave. Really hit them.
##
9, 8, 7...
6, 5, 4...
3, 2, 1.
Oh, yeah!
You ready? He's ready.
You're ready.
[ Both chuckling ]
This is a good start.
Hmm...
I'm not going to be helping Vanessa going forward, okay?
She's not your friend.
We can't.
Not with her.
Yep. That's me.
##
Did he have a history of depression?
No.
The business was difficult with COVID.
He was happy.
My husband was happy.
We were happy.
What kind of business was he in?
Ant Robinson was an electrician.
He knew which wire to cut to knock out the CCTV.
Speculation. But yes.
So no one would see him take his own life?
So there'd be no record of what happened on that bridge.
Male suicide in his demographic is common.
Even when there are no signals.
Just want them to reach out. For support.
It's really hard.
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Mrs. Robinson?
##
Do they still call you that when your husband's dead?
##
Do you still get his name?
##
How can I help you?
##
Tell me who killed my husband.
##
Who took him away from me?
##
He loved me.
##
[Crying] Who killed -- Who killed my husband?
##
So I'm sitting in this pub, waiting for Cara
with this twenty-year-old girl.
She's all dressed up. Working too hard.
Wants to play in the big leagues.
Thinks putting out an "open for business" sign
is enough to attract customers.
Usually it is.
Well, then I get a text from Cara.
Cara's great friend Vanessa hadn't told her we were meeting.
So did you go shopping?
Piss off.
I worry about Cara. Do you think she has friends?
Real friends?
Cara will be OK.
Will she?
I think she's a bit naive.
She'll probably believe Vanessa.
Why would she do that?
She's a woman and she's Irish.
She'd jump off a bloody cliff to a conclusion.
[ Laughs ] That's all Irish women generalised.
Do you want to offend anyone else?
Nah, that's enough for one day.
I'm feeling a bit tired now.
Anyway, I really only care what you think.
That's sweet of you.
As if any students could steal your man.
You're way too hot.
Ooh, you're my man.
You're like a possession that can be stolen.
-You know what I mean. -Like a watch or a --
Or a bicycle.
-Bicycle! -Bicycle.
-Bicycle? -For all it's obvious connotations.
A very special bicycle.
Because you're a very special person.
Keep it going.
You'd be, I don't know, sports personality of the year.
They have that sort of thing for you now.
-[ Laughs ] -This sort of thing.
That's so special.
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[ Screaming ]
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[ Breathing heavily ]
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[ Cellphone vibrates ]
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Dr. Alexander?
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