[ Dramatic music plays ]
I could collapse on the pavement,
then Roy could explain that I've had an episode, rush me home...
Benny. Please. You promised.
I know, I know.
Biggest smile.
Best behavior.
[ Music continues ]
[ Jazz music plays ]
[ Indistinct conversations, laughter ]
"Im Blauen Zimmer" by Friedrich Gustav.
His most famous piece.
Painted in 1942,
it was intended as the first in a series...
but he died before he completed it.
Do you mind, mate? 'Cause I'm just tryna...
- [ Scoffs ] - Excuse me.
I'll tell you later.
Your attempts at mingling going well?
Ha, quite the opposite.
My fault for inviting such a shallow pool.
See that lady in the red hat?
We had a scintillating conversation
about earthquakes in Chelsea.
Now, I did suggest it had something to do
with her townhouse being on top of the District line, but...
Still, free champagne.
I think we can survive the night.
Oh, stand to attention, knave--
the Queen Of Chelsea has arrived.
[ Jazz playing, indistinct conversations ]
- Ah! - Darling, sensational!
Oh! Thank you.
- Hi! - So proud of you.
- Congratulations. - [ Laughs ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Cassie! Save me.
Oh, thought these were your people.
[ Rebekah scoffs ]
Have you seen Gulliver's latest?
I know that we're getting older, but is it my imagination
or are the hyenas getting younger?
Hmm, while asking their jackal husbands
for a second opinion on the rumors about your boob-job.
Oh? What's the consensus?
- [ Both chuckle ] - Relax.
Genetics-- by a landslide.
Now, Cassandra...
If you're about to suggest I find myself
a horny rich jackal...
Actually, I was gonna say
some of those trays need replenishing.
But I can see you're way ahead of me.
I shall return to my people.
[ Up-tempo classical music plays ]
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
[ Music continues ]
[ Cellphone vibrates ]
[ Alarm beeping ]
[ Canvas slicing ]
[ Thunder rumbles ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Theme music plays ]
- Morning. - Morning.
The deceased, an IC1 male, is in the main gallery.
Another IC1 male was apprehended
leaving the scene when uniform arrived.
Witness or suspect?
Husband of the owner.
- Benoît Chaban? - Mm-hmm.
How was your weekend with Priya and Nitin?
Yeah, she oversold us on that sea view.
Oh, yeah?
If I stood on tip-toe in the nursery,
I could just about make out a thin slither of sea.
Obviously, Brighton Central aren't as exciting as us lot.
[ Chuckles ] Mainly seagull-related thefts.
[ Camera whines, clicks ]
[ Indistinct conversations ]
[ Siren wailing in distance ]
Morning, Ashley.
Morning.
Have you seen my new D.S., Layla Walsh?
Yeah. She finger-spelled her name.
Nearly got it right, too.
Does he have a name?
Mm-hmm.
"Christopher Milton-Elvis."
Are you saying "Elvis"?
It's "El-wes."
Gallery manager, 32, lives on Marcovis Street.
MAX: What's the dried blood on his fingers?
Yeah, it's likely from the facial laceration.
Looks like a clean, flat blade.
But cause of death, at this stage, 90% certainty--
manual strangulation.
Found this in his jacket pocket.
Tickets for the Eurostar,
departing at 12:15 today.
He's gonna miss his train.
Hi, Max.
MAX: Morning, Layla.
So, a botched heist in a high-end art gallery.
Yep. Welcome to Chelsea.
What is it? What have you found?
This used to be a restaurant.
Mr. and Mrs... Zintilis,
a Greek family.
But I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.
No.
Right.
Shall we crack on with the case?
Yeah.
Uniform arrived at 23:18,
in response to the gallery's silent alarm.
Point of entry is this rear door.
Looks like it's been jimmied.
Multiple paintings believed stolen.
I'm thinking the deceased was in the wrong place
at the wrong time.
Ashley found two tickets for the Eurostar in his pocket,
for later today.
Oh, so what are we thinking?
The victim is robbing the place
and the owner's husband catches him in the act?
Could work.
There's a camera at the back of the gallery,
but it's broken.
Presumably, as gallery manager, that was his responsibility.
Could he and Benoît Chaban be in on it together?
What did Mr. Chaban say?
Oh, claimed he got here mere minutes before our officers.
Says he found the body, nothing more.
- Ah, always nothing more. - Mm.
- [ Chuckles ] - MAX: Okay.
What have we got on Chris Milton-Elwes?
CONNOR: Nothing on the victim's phone so far,
but I found a Chris Elwes on PNC.
Checking to see if it's the same one.
He has a file?
Marked NFA.
Shoplifting when he was 12.
Once a thief...
- 12, though. - [ Laughs ]
Well...
Can you check the guest list
and cross-reference it with our files?
Ooh, searching for crooks among the Chelsea elite.
Might be a long list.
Do we know what was taken?
LAYLA: Four paintings in total.
Not the slickest heist.
The canvases were cut from their frames.
There's spotting on here.
LAYLA: Expecting it to be the victim's,
if the same blade that cut him was used to cut the canvases.
You said there were four pictures?
But there's only three frames.
The fourth painting was only so big.
Small enough to take intact.
Do we know the value?
In total, just over £2 million.
Here is the big ticket.
Purchased by Rebekah Chaban at Sotheby's last year,
for one-point-three.
The artist is Friedrich Gustav.
"Im Blauen Zimmer."
My ex is a big fan.
And the other three?
Two canvases by Christian Fessel,
and the small one is "Louisa" by Konrad Mueller.
Each valued between two and three hundred thousand.
You're very well informed.
I don't like to make a thing of it,
but I do know a fair bit about art.
She looked it up on Wikipedia.
I looked it up on Wikipedia.
- [ Chuckles ] - Yeah.
What time did you and your wife leave the gallery?
It had all finished by 10:00.
But you returned later?
Yes. Around a quarter past 11:00.
LAYLA: Why did you return?
My wife asked me to check the alarm had been set.
I would have thought people like you have people
to do that for you.
People like me?
I don't appreciate your tone.
At 23:18, responding to the gallery's silent alarm,
police arrived to find you leaving via the rear door.
I heard a car door outside
and I assumed it could be whoever was responsible,
so I went to look for them.
Were you going to confront this person?
I don't know. I was acting on instinct.
MAX: Pity your instinct didn't include dialing 999.
After all, there were clear signs a robbery had taken place.
Did you touch the body, check for a pulse?
- No. - MAX: Why not?
Okay.
You say your wife asked you to check the alarm.
You drove there. What then?
You walked in to find Chris helping himself
to your wife's collection?
What? No! I...
I walked in, I saw Chris on the floor,
and before I could do anything else or even think,
- I heard a noise. - And fled the scene.
Yes! N-No!
I-- No! Ohh!
Mon dieu, c'est pas possible.
CONNOR: From July 2006.
"Berlin-born Rebekah Vidic, 23, married Benoît Chaban
in a lavish ceremony in Monaco..."
Looks like the Chaban wealth stems from the husband's side.
His family is in international fleet services.
[ Chuckles ] Whatever that is.
[ Connor whistles ]
How much do you reckon Benoît Chaban is worth?
Ah, but is he happy, Connor?
I won a tenner on the lottery two weeks ago,
and I was dancing 'round the kitchen.
Forbes estimates it at around $400 million.
Bought a bottle of wine, chocolate bar as long as my arm.
400 million can't buy that kind of happiness...
Gulliver Bauer.
Dealer, high-end art,
eventually convicted on tax-evasion charges.
He holds the record as the richest inmate at Belmarsh.
Knocked Jeffrey Archer down to second place.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
I know the last thing you want is us asking questions.
But what time did you leave the gallery event?
Around 10:00.
And you came straight home?
I got back at about 20 past.
On your own?
Chris stayed behind to tidy up.
He wanted to get everything ready
for today's public opening.
I was the last to leave, and he was on his own.
At the opening, did you or Chris notice anyone
acting suspiciously?
[ Sighs ] No.
Anything that you think might help.
GREG: There was one man I spoke to.
I-I don't know his name, but he was quite hostile toward me.
Can you describe him?
30s, short dark hair like...
Tell us about Chris.
How was he last night?
Why are you asking about Chris?
We're keeping an open mind.
You don't think he was involved?
That's absurd.
This morning, when you woke up and Chris hadn't come home,
what did you think?
That he'd hit a snag and it had turned into an all-nighter.
Did you call him?
I was going to this morning, but then the police arrived.
You must have been worried.
Not really.
When Chris was working on the gallery,
he would sometimes work through till morning.
This was nothing out of the norm.
I meant worried that you might miss your train.
What train?
The Eurostar to Brussels, leaving St. Pancras
at a quarter past noon today.
I... [ Chuckles ] Sorry, I...
Two weeks ago, Chris purchased two tickets.
We found them in his jacket pocket.
Well, I don't know anything about that.
MAX: One of them was in your name.
Last year, on my fortieth,
I woke up to find plane tickets on the kitchen table.
We flew to Venice later that same day.
A couple of years before, Chris sprung a surprise trip on me
for our anniversary, to Rome.
Is today your birthday or anniversary?
My husband has spent the last year
renovating that gallery, planning the exhibition,
so it's not out of question
that he wanted to mark the occasion.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Hands bang ]
[ Muttering ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
"Im Blauen Zimmer"--
proof that somebody in the former GDR
once saw an Yves Klein.
Mm, the two Fessels have a certain depressing charm.
Ugh. [ Inhales sharply ]
Mueller's "Louisa."
Terribly twee.
Reminds one of one's grandmother framing her embroidery.
CONNOR: Might we interrupt?
We're here investigating the suspicious death
of Christopher Milton-Elwes.
Of course.
Please.
Did you know him?
No. No. Not personally.
What about the Chabans? You had dealings with them?
GULLIVER: I have dealings with everyone.
I have brokered several sales for them, over the years.
- All aboveboard? - Of course.
Don't suppose you've heard anything
on the Chelsea art scene grapevine
about the stolen paintings?
Nothing.
2.3 million, wasn't it?
Your tax bill.
I have learned from my mistakes.
JESS: Remind me how it works.
You find an artist, the more obscure the better,
then you get an expert-- in your case, you--
to value one of this artist's paintings for a few million--
say, 2.3 million.
Then you hang it in a gallery
and claim its value back as a charitable donation.
Bye-bye, tax bill.
Viros non paenitet.
Oh, dear.
"Public schoolboy quoting Latin" alert.
After the gallery, my fiancée and I stopped off
at The Connaught.
We were there until midnight.
We'll check.
Good-oh.
May I suggest a good place to start?
Public toilets.
Public toilets?
The Whitworth Gallery heist-- 2001, 2002?
Four million pounds' worth of paintings was stolen,
and while the police were busy pushing warrants
under the door of every dealer and private collector in town--
including yours truly--
a cleaner found the missing paintings
a few yards from the gallery, stashed in a public lavatory,
complete with an apology letter. [ Chuckles ]
JESS: Thank you for your time.
Call us if you hear anything, Mr. Bauer.
Audere est facere.
- I didn't know you knew Latin. - I don't.
My old man's a Spurs fan-- written on his scarf.
CASSIE: Please, come in.
We're beside ourselves with the news.
Do you have any idea what happened?
LAYLA: We're still filling in the gaps.
I did the catering last night.
Did you know Chris well?
We were friends.
We worked closely for the last few months,
organizing the exhibition.
Please.
Were the Chabans happy with Chris' work?
Oh, well, Chris was good at managing his own PR.
If it was good news, he couldn't wait to tell Mrs. Chaban.
But for the bad news, he used me as his Miss Go-Between.
Last night at 11:00, where were you?
Home.
Well, if you need to check, my flatmate was still up
when I got in.
[ Door opens ]
Mrs. Chaban?
The police are here to see you.
It was around 10:15.
If you want to see any CCTV, ask my driver, Roy.
He installed the security system.
And later, you asked your husband
to return to the gallery?
Call it opening-night paranoia.
I wanted to make sure the alarms were set.
We're running through the guest list,
and the only person we're struggling to identify
is this gentleman.
This photo is from an Instagram account of one of your guests.
Do you recognize him?
Mr. Chaban?
Toby Hansard.
My personal trainer.
Cassie, would you...?
Oh, yes. I'll find his details for you.
Ms. Lawson is your housekeeper?
My executive PA.
My Girl Friday.
She's a bit of a charity case, but we're old friends, so...
Are we right in thinking you insured "Im Blauen Zimmer"
by Friedrich Gustav for £3 million?
You've done your homework.
Yet, the market value is one-point-two.
That's a tidy profit.
Obviously, I masterminded this whole thing.
For a miserable two million. [ Chuckles ]
I insured the painting for what I judged to be its resale value.
- Should it be stolen. - Quite.
MAX: This coffee tastes of tamarind.
There are tamarind trees on our reserve.
Indonesia.
Ridiculously lavish process, but worth it.
And all ethical-- I'm strict about that.
It's very good.
These are two of the missing pictures.
The Christian Fessels.
Prints, obviously.
Obviously.
BENOIT: Rebekah hangs them here so I never forget
her one true love-- art.
We'll need to see your collection,
to help with our inquiries.
I'm afraid that won't be possible.
My paintings are kept in a secure,
climate-controlled vault.
BENOIT: So we would need prior notice.
Or a-- a warrant.
Dung.
- Hm? - Dung.
I know, that's what I thought you said.
Is that your opinion on Benoît Chaban or...?
A pound of that coffee
is worth around a thousand pounds sterling.
Is there a point to this?
On their reserve, elephants eat the coffee beans.
The beans are then harvested from the elephant dung.
And you still drank it?
The point is, was that a deliberate ploy
to make us think they had money to burn?
"For a miserable two million"...
Roy Colin?
[ Chuckles ]
Layla Walsh.
Well, you're looking well.
Oh, you know me. Butter side up.
Well, what are you doing here? Hobnobbing with the posh folk?
Oh, well... I'm their glorified taxi driver.
So, erm, you caught this one, then?
The business up at the gallery?
D.I. Max Arnold, D.I. Roy Colin.
- Pleasure. - Like wise.
Er, former D.I.
Gave Walshy here her first leg up into Serious Crimes.
- You made D.I. yet? - Working on it.
MAX: Did you drive Mr. and Mrs. Chaban
to the gallery last night?
- ROY: Yeah. - LAYLA: When did they leave?
Oh, 10:00 or thereabouts.
And later, around 11:00, did you accompany
Mr. Chaban back to the gallery?
No, no, no, I was tucked up in bed by then.
Can you prove that?
Ah, exploring all the avenues, are we?
[ Chuckles ]
Not going to defend my character?
No change there, then.
Look, far as I know,
Mr. Chaban drove himself back to the gallery.
Soon as I dropped them both back here, I clocked off.
I was home half an hour later.
Feel free to check with the missus.
Well, nice to meet you, D.I. Arnold.
Good to see you again, D.C. Walsh.
D.S.
Yeah, 'course you are.
LAYLA: In Exeter, he was known as "Cookie Jar Colin."
Rumor was he was dipping into the cash
from a money-laundering op.
The higher-ups started asking questions,
Roy asked his team to back him.
Everyone did, except me.
How strong was the evidence?
Well, Roy insisted it was all hot air and hearsay.
But you thought they had a case?
I don't know.
Either you did or you didn't.
Well, I didn't have any proof.
MAX: Did they charge him?
He fell on his sword before they could push him onto it.
I was a new D.C. in a new team, new station, new boss,
but I had to be the rebel, had to stand apart from the crowd.
The damage it did.
I should've backed him.
That's what you're supposed to do, isn't it?
Have each other's backs.
[ Sighs ]
Chris was an honorary Ossi--
a nerd about East German history.
Especially its art.
MAX: Did you go to the opening?
I was busy.
And the real reason?
I pitched for the exhibition.
Ohh.
Even suggested the title they ended up using--
"The Lost Pieces."
And it was all going well, until Rebekah bloody Chaban
decided she wanted to do it in her own gallery.
Only she didn't have her own gallery,
so she did what they always do.
Rich Wessi bought up The Olive Branch and gutted it.
The Olive Branch-- that's it!
I loved that place.
- Oh, me too! - [ Sighs ]
MAX: Do you think Chris had anything to do with this?
No. If he was, the paintings
and the frames would be pristine.
He wouldn't want to damage them.
What about the gallery owner?
Chris always spoke highly about Rebekah Chaban.
And "Im Blauen Zimmer"--
how would all of this affect it's black-market value?
Through the roof. Collectors love notoriety.
I bet they do. [ Chuckles ]
[ Sighs ]
What you should be asking...
I should-- I shouldn't be saying it.
Why did Rebekah Chaban have it on show in the first place?
With minimal security, too.
You might as well wave a red rag at a bull.
- By bull, you mean...? - Collectors.
Unscrupulous collectors.
The Chelsea art scene is full of them.
So, Chris was collateral damage?
And if Rebekah Chaban had a conscience,
his death is on it.
Poor Chris...
Are you okay?
ASTRID: I'm fine. [ Sniffs ]
- Asti... - Max, I'm okay.
Chris loved my tales about growing up in East Germany.
I'll miss him.
Did you text me last night so you could rant?
Of course.
Did you think I was asking you to be my plus-one?
No.
You know how much I love your lectures on East German art.
Is there anything else you need from me?
Er, no.
Thank you.
I'll see you.
Bye, then.
[ Jet engine roaring overhead ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Beep, hiss ]
[ Piano music plays ]
[ Music stops ]
[ Door opens, alarm beeps ]
[ Beeping stops ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Distant bang ]
[ Gasps ]
Hello?
[ Scoffs ]
[ Distant bang ]
[ Footsteps ]
[ Keys jingle, lock clicks ]
Gregory Milton-Elwes, the husband of the victim,
said you spoke with him at the gallery opening?
Oh, that's what this is about?
Well, there's no way of saying this without sounding
like a terrible homophobe,
but I thought he was coming onto me
and I reacted badly.
I asked him to leave me alone.
Where were you at 11 p.m. on the night in question?
Here.
Hold on. Er...
The gym has CCTV.
Did you know the deceased? Chris Milton-Elwes.
No.
JESS: So, why were you at the gallery?
Well, I'm a massive fan of obscure East German art.
I-I'm kidding.
I hustled for an invite.
I thought I could drum up some new clients for this place.
Look, here I am. 10:45.
I did some paperwork, worked out for an hour or so.
We'll need a copy of that.
Yeah, 'course.
Apparently, you're Rebekah Chaban's personal trainer.
That's right. She got me the invitation.
But everybody I spoke to either owned their own gym
or, in some cases, owned their own chain of gyms.
Hold on.
I couldn't ask you to leave some of these
around your station, could I?
First month's trial is free.
Here.
Flecks of blue paint.
Found them on the victim's clothing.
From the picture frames?
What kind of paint is it, Ashley?
Chemical analysis matches normal household emulsion.
Except, all white walls in the gallery.
Cause of death-- manual asphyxiation.
Nonfatal perimortem injuries-- bruising here, cuts here--
suggesting he was struck around the face.
Laceration on the left cheek.
Broad, fast action. Left to right.
Attacker likely right-handed, similar height,
stood facing him.
Watched the life drain out of him.
CAT scan results.
Fracture of the hyoid bone.
Here.
And this patch.
I thought at first it was a hemorrhage
caused by the asphyxiation, but it's not.
It's a tumor, temporal lobe.
He had a brain tumor?
How advanced was it?
I consulted with oncology.
Even with treatment, they wouldn't go beyond a year.
I don't understand.
There must be some mistake.
I'm sorry.
Did Chris demonstrate any symptoms?
Mood changes, memory loss, headaches...
No.
How about his behavior?
Drinking more than usual? Using drugs, painkillers?
No. No. None of those.
Does this change things?
In what way?
If Chris was dying anyway.
Not for us.
But if Chris had the slightest suspicion
that something was wrong...
If he knew he had nothing to lose...
He didn't know.
I promise you that.
I knew Chris better than anyone,
and he was the biggest blabber-mouth.
He'd tell his life story to a stranger at a party.
Ask any of our friends-- if you want everyone to know
your deepest darkest secrets, you tell it to Chris.
It's why we all loved him.
REBEKAH: Oh.
Are you heading off early?
Risotto for supper, and it's on the kitchen table.
Thanks.
Is everything okay?
"A charity case."
Oh, God, Cassie. I...
I was babbling. I was nervous.
You know I didn't mean anything by it.
There but for the grace of God go I.
The flipping of coins.
That's all this is, why you're on that side and I'm where I am.
- It was you who told me that. - Cassie.
Do you know why I do all this?
Why I run things for you, cook, tidy up,
tell you what appointments you have.
It's not for pride, it's not for the money.
It's because you're my friend.
- That's why it hurt so much. - REBEKAH: Please.
Will you stay? We can eat together, we can talk--
My resignation's in the kitchen.
Cassie, no.
Enjoy your supper, Mrs. Chaban.
[ Sighs ]
[ Beep, hiss ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Blows ]
[ Echo & The Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" plays ]
[ Distant bang ]
- Benny? Is that you? - [ Beeping ]
[ Bang ]
[ Banging ]
Benny?!
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ "The Killing Moon" continues ]
♪ Though I know it must be the killing time ♪
Benny!
[ Steady beeping ]
♪ Your sky, all hung with jewels ♪
♪ The killing moon
- REBEKAH: Benny! - [ Banging ]
Anyone?!
Benoît!
[ Banging ]
Benoît!
[ Beep, hiss ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
Anyone?!
Help me!
[ "The Killing Moon" continues ]
- [ Beeping ] - Aah!
[ "The Killing Moon" continues ]
[ Gasping ]
[ Alarm beeping ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Horns blowing ]
- MAX: Morning. - LAYLA: Morning.
She's still locked inside.
Benoît Chaban called the fire service,
and they flagged it to us.
- Can you stand by? - Of course.
Signs indicate someone locked her in
and cut off the air supply.
- How long's she been in there? - I don't know.
Her PA was the last to see her. That was around half-five.
Wonder where the husband was last night.
Found out something interesting about him.
Looks like the security system's up the swanny.
We were under the impression you set it up for them,
- Mr. Colin. - Yeah, I did.
Which is why I'm here to help.
Mr. Chaban, where were you last night?
- I was at my office. - What time did you leave?
Around 2 a.m.
I-I didn't want to wake Rebekah,
so I slept in one of the guest rooms.
I didn't realize what had happened until I woke up.
- MAX: Jess? - The manufacturer's talking me
through a system reset.
MAX: I take it we've tried shouting?
It's four-inch ballistic steel.
What is she protecting herself from?
Her husband? What did you find on him?
Multiple calls between Benoît and Gregory Milton-Elwes.
And as he's a solicitor specializing in family law...
- Divorce? - Mm.
Reset complete. We're in!
Er, hold on.
Door controls...
- Now! - [ Beep ]
Get the medic in.
[ Sirens wailing in distance ]
Mrs. Chaban.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Blood oxygen was dangerously low.
MAX: Mr. Chaban!
Can this wait? I need to get to the hospital.
Did you lock your wife in the vault?
W-What?
Of course not.
What happened here was an accident.
A glitch in the security system.
Do you mind?
Tell us about your contact with Gregory Milton-Elwes.
Why you telephoned him several times in the last month.
No comment.
[ Chuckles ]
No comment.
Taking advice from a disgraced ex-copper.
That's not a good look.
What happened here was an accident.
A glitch in the security system.
LAYLA: When I check with the front desk at your office,
will they remember you leaving at 2 a.m.?
No, they won't, 'cause I collected Mr. Chaban
from the pickup point at the back.
Thank you, Mr. Chaban.
Roy...
Copper to copper...
- Ex-copper. - Oh, there it is.
What do you want, an apology?
Layla, look, it's all water under the bridge.
I understand. You knew what you were doing.
Got you on the radar, didn't it?
Excuse me?
You made D.S. younger than me.
Because I'm a better detective than you are.
Roy, we have a dead man, a robbery,
now a possible attempted murder.
What the hell is going on here?
[ Sighs ] Look, egos aside...
I drive this lot from A to B.
Now, it's an easy job.
I'm not part of their rarefied world.
I'm a tourist.
And, copper to copper...
There's a reason I advised against a hard reset
of the security system,
and that's because doing that wipes it clean.
Footage, logs-- complete reset.
Well, our priority was saving Mrs. Chaban's life.
Well, Walshy, I thought I taught you better than that.
Bit of an arse, your Mr. Colin.
- You think? - Hmm. Sloppy, too.
Failed to advise his boss
that now the house is a crime scene...
We don't need his permission to search it.
Wouldn't you want to show these off?
Not keep them locked away behind a bulletproof door.
No sign of the stolen pieces,
but they didn't want us poking around in here.
Hmm.
Something tells me they don't have the receipts
for all of these.
I think we should call in an expert.
[ Door creaks ]
Would you give us a moment, please?
Of course.
My love...
Just checking on you. Do you need anything?
The truth.
Was this an attempt at a poetic death?
Suffocate me amongst my treasures?
[ Chuckles ] What are you talking about?
Oh, please. Stop.
[ Sighs ]
I-I was going to save you, but I don't know
how the controls of your precious room work.
The truth, Benoît.
Why?
I was jealous.
And before you tell me it was a one-off,
I know that's not true.
Four visits in the last month.
And every time, when I was away on business.
Oh, Benoît.
Did you even look for an alternative explanation?
You left me in that room to die.
I'm sorry.
Let me get things right.
There must be something I can do.
Leave.
I don't care where you go,
but I want all and any part of you gone.
ASTRID: I'm not familiar with this one.
Nor this one...
Ah.
This, I think, erm, is Luke Morbury.
A British artist.
Is it stolen?
Mnh-mnh.
Interesting composition, though.
On to the next one.
I'm here to help.
And we appreciate it. Thank you.
Yes.
On to the next one, please.
ASTRID: Oh, it's wonderful.
Oh, this is beautiful.
It's Rinzler. "A Portrait of Emile."
Was it stolen or do you just like the composition?
[ Sighs] 1998, from an exhibition in Madrid.
It's never being recovered.
LAYLA: The highlighted items on this list
have been seized by the Art and Antiquities Unit.
They'll want to speak with you separately.
We believe those items have all been previously reported stolen.
How did they end up in your collection?
I'm certain I'm not the only collector in Chelsea
with a few controversial pieces in her hoard.
So you knew they were stolen.
I am protecting these pieces
from entering the black market and never being seen again.
Very noble.
My father made his fortune
buying and selling paintings from East Germany.
I'm trying to right a wrong.
[ Cellphone vibrates ]
Excuse me.
Jess?
Gulliver Bauer received a call from Benoît Chaban.
Benoît got an anonymous text
offering him the return of the stolen paintings
in exchange for 100,000 in cash.
Benoît assumed the message came from Gulliver,
but it didn't.
- MAX: Someone's scamming him. - Well, that's what I thought.
But looks like he's going along with it,
at ten o'clock tonight.
Thanks, Jess.
REBEKAH: Let me get this right.
You think I facilitated the whole thing
in order to boost the value of "Im Blauen Zimmer"?
[ Scoffs ] Why would I do that?
To raise funds.
Why would I need funds?
LAYLA: For a solicitor.
What are you talking about?
In order to leave your husband.
Er...
Did Benoît lock you in your vault last night?
No.
LAYLA: Was he trying to punish you?
No.
Did you know your husband had engaged a solicitor?
Gregory Milton-Elwes?
No marriage is a sunlit utopia.
Presumably, if he has asked for a divorce,
you would need money.
Ohh. Hmm.
"Former teacher marries billionaire".
I remember that headline. Hmm.
I was 19.
I did one year of teacher training.
Then my father died and left me 5% of his estate.
At the time, I was sleeping with a wonderfully handsome,
messed-up man who wanted to start a software company.
I wanted him to stay interested, so I gave him my cash.
By the time that chapter ended,
I was 22, and my stake in his company
was worth £400 million.
When Benoît and I met, he was broke,
working hard to try and keep his failing family business afloat.
A business I now own.
But still-- "former teacher marries billionaire."
[ Clicking tongue ]
Jess just spoke to Gulliver Bauer.
Benoît's set up an exchange for tonight-- 10 p.m.
Do you think she knows her husband's trying
to buy the paintings back?
- I doubt it. - Okay.
We'll get some eyes on him.
Unless...
- No. - What? You have plans?
Yes. I have plans.
Of course I have plans.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Car door closes ]
LAYLA: [ Whispering ] What's he doing?
He's pacing.
Pacing and waiting.
[ Notification dings ]
[ Cellphone chimes ]
From Connor.
Text sent to the target from unknown number.
"Leave money, paintings will be delivered to you tomorrow."
I think he's going for it.
[ Yawns ]
Oh, I need sugar.
Luckily...
[ Rustling ]
...I've brought snacks.
Ooh.
They're carrots.
Yeah, carrots.
That's not a stakeout snack.
That is a stakeout snack.
If you're five.
Have you got flying saucers?
I have a wide selection.
Thanks.
This is bad sugar, though.
- That's a myth. - [ Chuckles ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Car door closes ]
[ Engine starts ]
He didn't take it?
Layla!
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Speaking inaudibly ]
Police! Stop!
[ Engine starts ]
[ Tires squeal ]
MAX: Hold on!
I am holding on!
Max! Ugh!
[ Tires squeal ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Tires squeal ]
Stop!
[ Engine revs ]
[ Layla shouts ]
MAX: Ahh. Ah!
[ Breathing heavily ]
Wow.
That was a rush.
Car keys.
You alright?
Bad sugar. Next time, we're having carrots.
Ah.
- Who sent you the text? - I have no idea.
LAYLA: Do you know who collected the bag?
My sole hope was to recover the paintings
as a surprise for my wife.
LAYLA: Trying to make things up with her,
after you nearly killed her?
Mrs. Chaban has already stated
that there was a fault with the security system.
What, we know your client has been making inquiries
about divorcing his wife.
That was a misunderstanding.
A misunderstanding over what?
I believed that my wife was having an affair.
MAX: That's Toby Hansard.
- Her personal trainer. - BENOIT: Yes.
SOLICITOR: Mr. Chaban, please.
My client is the victim here.
He has been cruelly hoodwinked.
-"Cruelly"? -"Hoodwinked"?
Into handing over a substantial amount of his money.
Kindly tell your client not to leave the country.
- Shit. - Yeah. "Shit."
Jealous husbands, what can you do.
So, Mr. Chaban was right--
you are having an affair with Rebekah Chaban?
She just let me in.
Cassie.
I'm in a relationship with Cassie Lawson.
Her PA.
Then why all the sneaking around?
And why not tell us?
Because I have a girlfriend.
Sarah.
And Sarah happens to be Cassie's flatmate.
Very chivalrous.
Benoît's divorce would have left him penniless.
So why would he work with Chris to steal the paintings?
LAYLA: What if it's more personal for Benoît?
If he staged the robbery to teach Rebekah a lesson.
Mm.
Then there's the Eurostar tickets.
Yeah. Ugh.
And...
She doesn't match anyone from the gallery opening,
let alone the art world.
But, say she is from the Chelsea art scene.
Might your ex-- Astrid, isn't it?
Might she recognize her?
That's a good idea.
This came for you.
Thanks.
- What the... - I know, I know.
No personal stuff delivered to work.
But the last one got nicked off my doorstep, so...
Are you preparing for a zombie apocalypse?
Off hiking.
Are you camping or staying in a hostel?
I have a tent.
Peaceful, hiking, living off the land.
Well, hardly Bear Grylls.
I take tins and a Calor gas stove.
Have you called her yet?
Some sort of training... Are you training for something?
Yeah, right now, I feel like I'm in interrogation training.
If you must know, my other half snores,
and heading off to the wilds with a tent
is the only way I can guarantee a night's sleep.
That's not the real reason.
Nope.
Your other half lives in Devon.
Well remembered.
What's her number? I'll call her.
Yeah, alright, I'll do it. I'll do it.
Shame you don't have subtitles.
[ Objects rattle ]
[ Dramatic music plays ]
Oh, Max.
You're brilliant.
[ Door closes ]
Ashley, hey.
Beastie Boys?
- What do you want? - Love The Beastie Boys.
Er, a favor.
Tiny, tiny favor.
I have a surveillance video.
I was wondering... You read lips, right?
You want me to lip-read something?
Is that okay?
So, this gives me superhuman powers of observation?
Oh, er... no, I...
Oh, shit.
Shit. S-Sorry.
[ Laughs ] Alright, calm down.
Deep breaths. I was joking.
[ Chuckles ] I thought you were serious.
ASHLEY: I thought you were going to pass out.
Bloody chuffed you asked.
"No..."
Looks like "No," something, something...
"My boyfriend's"...
Then a number and address.
First bit's "fifty."
Fifty... Fifty-two...
App...
Ample...?
Amber or Amble Road?
Hamble Road?
Could be.
That's amazing. Thank you.
- Superhuman powers, mate. - [ Laughs ]
[ Chuckles ]
What's this about?
You've given us quite the run-around.
Me?
You.
MAX: This is from last night.
You were seen collecting a bag of money.
You were also talking to someone on the phone.
- Who was it? - I was home all night.
Oh, well, that clears that up.
Can anyone confirm that?
Boyfriend.
Does boyfriend have a name?
[ Sighs ]
Great.
If you'd prefer, we can get a warrant
and search 52 Hamble Road.
But it's so much less paperwork if you cooperate.
And D.I. Arnold here-- he hates paperwork.
I really do.
It's in my bedroom. On top of the wardrobe.
He didn't tell me what was in it.
- I didn't dare look. - Who?
"Pick it up and look after it for a few days," he said.
Who?
My dad.
[ Buzzer ]
Thank you for coming in.
I appreciate you calling me.
She okay? Can I see her?
After you explain why you asked her
to collect a bag of money for you.
What? Is that what she says?
Money you were embezzling from your employers.
Well... Well, I'm so sorry about this.
- Let me speak to her. - LAYLA: Roy...
- Please. - I've questioned Kitty.
She didn't even look inside the bag.
She didn't want to know.
But you know there's enough to charge her.
Okay...
Okay.
Yeah, she didn't know anything about it.
She was doing her old man a favor.
LAYLA: Are you in possession of the stolen paintings?
No.
Because you sent a text to Benoît Chaban claiming you are.
- Am I under caution? - We're just talking.
I was gonna give the money back.
I was testing Chaban.
You weren't testing him.
No, I really think that he's involved in all this.
You're carrying out your own investigation,
separate to ours?
What can I say?
Once a copper...
You have any evidence you care to share?
Were you in any way involved in the death
of Christopher Milton-Elwes?
Oh, come on, Walshy...
D.S. Walsh.
What are you doing?
No.
Do you know who was responsible for that?
No, of course not.
Listen, all this business with the money,
It was a big error of judgment.
I messed up. I admit that.
- That's all this is. - [ Buzzer ]
Okay. I think I'm leaving.
Sit down, please.
You said we were talking.
Mr. Colin, as defined by section 21 of the Theft Act 1968,
I hereby place you under arrest for blackmail.
I'm trying to explain everything.
You do not have to say anything...
There's no need for this!
But it may harm your defense if you do not mention
when questioned something which you later rely on in court.
Come on!
Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Layla.
We're mates.
Do you understand these rights?
One of the first things you ever taught me in this job
was the importance of patience.
Whatever's in front of you, that's only part of the story.
Sometimes it takes a long while for the rest to fall into place.
Look at you.
Look at me.
"Cookie Jar Colin."
I wish I knew who'd come up with that, 'cause that stuck.
Do you know what the final straw was?
Why I resigned.
You.
I had the whole nick in my corner,
and all it took was one person to ask the right question...
one person who saw what nobody else could see.
Or maybe what everybody else could see but chose not to.
Anyway...
I didn't teach you that.
Tim, would you take Mr. Colin
down to the custody desk, please?
[ Buzzer ]
Oh, bloody hell.
[ Indistinct announcements over P.A. ]
LAYLA: Why are we at St. Pancras?
MAX: Five minutes before Benoît Chaban claims
to have arrived at the gallery,
Astrid took a photo on the same road.
So I scoured the passing cars,
hoping for a glimpse of the Chaban Rolls.
I'd catch Benoît and Roy Colin out.
LAYLA: Okay, so are we meeting someone here or...
But I didn't see the Chaban Rolls.
However?
However, what I did see...
was this car passing in the background.
Okay, wow. Good spot.
According to his bank statement, he's been renting a locker here
from the day before Chris' murder.
Ah! That's why.
At least you're not here to stick me on a train
back to Exeter.
- Wrong station. - Well, I know that.
I was just checking if you knew that.
Wow.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
MAX: This is "Louisa" by Konrad Mueller.
This morning, as part of our inquiries,
we gained access to a locker registered in your name
at the Eurostar terminal in St. Pancras.
It was inside.
Here's a picture that was taken the night Chris died,
three minutes after the gallery's alarm
had been tripped.
That's your car passing.
You lied to us.
You told us you were home at that time.
Chris knew he was dying.
We both did.
He was so scared.
So, stealing "Louisa" was what?
Chris' dying wish?
To take it out of the hands of collectors,
return it to his family in Germany.
Konrad Mueller was his great-grandfather.
Oh! [ Laughs ]
Ah!
Er, okay.
Okay. Run us through the plan.
Chris would stage a robbery.
My part was simple--
meet him at the back of the gallery,
take the painting, and drive it to St. Pancras,
in case the police searched this place.
The next morning, we'd pick it up on our way to Potsdam,
to Chris' family.
So, what did he do with the other paintings?
He was gonna hide them. But I don't know where.
Once the dust had settled, he'd make an anonymous call,
make sure they were returned safely.
We only took this one.
How did you know about the locker?
Did you find Chris' bag?
What bag?
He had it with him, with a duplicate locker key in it.
It was never returned with his things from the gallery.
I went back to look for it, but I never found it.
You said Chris refurbished this place?
He oversaw the whole thing.
When this was a restaurant,
there was a serving counter
where a store room is now.
And at the far end, there was a door
leading down to a kitchen.
There.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
Help me shift this.
Hang on.
Blue paint flecks,
like the ones Ashley found on Chris' clothes.
[ Door jiggles ]
[ Door bangs ]
- Careful. - Mm-hmm.
Running water.
Someone could hide down here for a couple of days.
[ Chuckles ]
The Fessels.
"Im Blauen Zimmer."
LAYLA: Oh, there's a bag here.
Locker key.
That looks like blood on the collar, doesn't it?
Well, there was only one person we know at the gallery
wearing a gray jacket like this.
So, what's all this about, then?
In the basement of the Chaban Gallery,
we found a bag belonging to Chris Milton-Elwes,
containing a suit jacket which we believe belongs to you.
Right?
There was blood on it.
But I was here. You know that.
Mr. Hansard, could we see the security footage
from that night again, please?
Yeah, of course.
It's not very interesting.
Just a couple of hours of me working out.
Could you stand back, please?
This video has a time stamp here.
Whereas on there, it's at the bottom of screen.
I guess that's just how it exports.
LAYLA: Isn't that Chris Milton-Elwes?
[ Dramatic music plays ]
[ Siren wailing ]
So, you and Chris did know each other.
[ Sighs ]
When Chris was 12,
he got into a bit of trouble with the police.
Shoplifting.
File says he was with a bunch of mates,
but they scarpered.
Were you one of them?
Did you plan this together?
I didn't know what Chris was up to.
He told me he was going out the back,
to make it look like the door had been jimmied.
I didn't know he was taking a painting.
When he came back, I was...
cutting the canvases from the frames.
Which made sense-- we had to act fast.
The alarm was going off.
Plus, they're just paintings.
Not to Chris, though.
No.
He went mad.
What did he do?
We had a fight.
I pushed him.
I had the box-cutter in my hand.
I cut his cheek, which made things worse.
I told him he had to calm down so we could work things out.
What does it matter if I've cut the paintings?
We'll take 'em anyway. We'll sell 'em on.
But he laughed at me,
laughed at the thought of someone like me
mixing in his world.
That's how he put it.
"Someone like you."
Someone like you.
The way he looked at me...
That look in his eyes, I see that a lot 'round here.
Like I'm nothing.
Like I'm beneath them.
Me and him, we-- we're from the same place.
We went to the same school. Our mums were friends.
We knocked around with the same mates.
But...
"Someone like you."
Yeah.
Someone like me.
So what did you do then, Toby?
I squeezed that look right off his face.
Read him his rights.
[ Distant bang ]
Oh!
Cassie.
Rebekah.
I assume you haven't replaced me.
Oh. [ Laughs ]
No.
Good.
How are you holding up?
[ Sobs ]
Cassie, I'm... I'm sorry.
Please, can we-- we start again?
[ Cellphone vibrating ]
Astrid.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
I heard you caught the man responsible for Chris' death.
We did.
ASTRID: Good.
That's good.
Is that why you were calling?
I suppose.
And I was thinking of going, er, to Richmond.
What's in Richmond?
The Zintilis family, who ran The Olive Branch.
They've opened a new place.
Oh.
Well, that's good to know.
I thought I could pay them a visit.
MAX: Well, enjoy.
Y-You know, I haven't eaten yet.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean...
No, yeah, of course.
ASTRID: I read... I read the news and...
wanted to say something.
I don't know, mm, "Well done"?
Well...
Er, say hello to Mrs. Zintilis.
Okay.
I mean, if you wanted, I could pick you up in ten minutes.
Why not.
Can you make it twenty?
You're impossible.
Fine. Twenty.
[ Sighs ]
[ Theme music plays ]