Episode 4 - Part 2 Hinterland

Aron Bowen. 39 years old.

He was convicted in 2001 for the murder of Abi Watkins.

What about Ffion? Aron's daughter?

He was never a father to her.

Don't.

We brought her up as our own.

There was nowhere else for her to go.

The Abi Watkins case is closed.

Now, our priority is to find out who killed Aron Bowen.

What if both cases go hand in hand, sir?

TRANSLATED FROM WELSH:

Do you think Craig could have killed your son?

What difference does it make?

Makes a difference if your son was different.

He phoned me...

the night he was killed.

Ffion!

TRANSLATED FROM WELSH:

KEYS JANGLE

TRANSLATED FROM WELSH:

-MAN'S RECORDED VOICE:

-'I wish I'd never set eyes on her.

'Never got involved.

'I know how this looks.

'I'm no saint.

'I'm no angel.

'I may not be the best dad in the world.'

'I may not be the best human being in the world,

'but that doesn't make me a killer.'

'Do you love your daughter?

'What's going to happen to her now?

'Do you even care?'

-VOICE BREAKS:

-'Of course I care.'

HE DIALS NUMBER

MOBILE RINGS

'All that shit about the trawler

'and her father, Wil Watkins.'

'You know what he said?

'When he heard Abi was having my kid?

' "If my daughter has any sense, she'll get rid of it.

' "Kill the bastard before it has a chance to be born."

'What kind of man says that about their own grandchild?'

VCR WHIRS

SEABIRDS CALL

TRANSLATED FROM WELSH:

I think Aron Bowen called his daughter the night he died

from a kiosk. This is the number.

-I want to know who else he called from there.

-Yes, sir.

PHONE RINGS

Mathias.

'It's all my fault.'

Ffion?

'I should never have been born.

'Everyone's lives would be so much simpler.'

'Mam...Dad...

'they'd still be alive.'

Ffion, where are you?

'I want to be with him.'

Ffion?

-'With Dad.'

-CALL ENDS

Ffion. Ffion!

Get an ambulance over to where Aron Bowen's body was found, now.

Ffion...

METAL CLANGS

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Ffion turned up at the caravan last night.

She wanted to talk.

She took these without me seeing.

I know, I know.

You saved her life, Tom.

-Will you hark me now?

-Cal!

I told you not to go near her!

I told you not to put ideas in her head!

Ffion's going to be OK, Mr Bowen.

Look what you've done to her!

-Please!

-I understand why you're upset.

-Do you?

-Do you?!

-Calm down, Cal.

Sir?

Sir!

We know Aron called Ffion from the kiosk the night he was killed,

here, at 18:53.

Ffion said she tried to call the number back a few minutes later.

-But the number was engaged.

-Because Aron made a second call at 18:56...

..to the boatyard.

After Aron was released,

you said that you had no contact with him at all. Is that right?

-That's right.

-No meetings or letters?

No phone calls?

That's what I said.

On the night your brother died,

we know that he spoke to Ffion on the phone.

And after he spoke to her, he made a second call, didn't he?

To the boatyard.

Like I said, I wasn't there.

Last night, when Ffion didn't come home,

why didn't you call the police?

Aron had just been murdered.

You didn't think that whoever killed him might go after Ffion too?

That her life could be in danger?

The truth, Cal!

-DELYTH:

-It was me who answered the phone.

What did you and Aron talk about?

He wanted to talk to Cal - I told him he was out.

What else?

He said he wanted to come to the house...

..have it out with him.

He said, if Cal didn't come to him, he'd come to Cal.

I said he wasn't welcome.

Didn't want that man anywhere near us.

Because he wanted to talk about Ffion, didn't he?

Answer me, Delyth.

He said he'd been meeting Ffion behind our backs.

Did that make you angry?

I knew there was something going on.

Late-night phone calls, coming in late.

I thought she had a boyfriend.

But...

I couldn't stop her from seeing her father.

She's 17 years old.

She's not a little girl any more.

But you never told Cal.

I knew how he'd react.

I knew he'd be angry.

Delyth...

Aron wouldn't take no for an answer...

..and you told your husband about Aron's phone call.

I had no choice.

Aron said...

he'd be on the beach...

Nine o'clock that night.

And if Cal didn't come and meet him...

..he'd come to the house.

DOOR OPENS

You had no choice. You had to go and meet him.

You couldn't have him come to the house and make a scene,

not in front of Ffion.

Aron wanted Ffion back, didn't he?

But you loved her...

..and you were afraid of losing her.

There was no way you were going to give her back.

She's my daughter.

I was trying to protect her.

I'm the only father she's ever known.

We gave her a life...

..loved her like her own. She's ours.

I was the one who picked her up when she was crying,

who was always there for her.

He had no right to think

he could walk back into her life after what he'd done.

You had to kill him?

I did it for Ffion.

She belongs to us.

INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION

ENGINE STARTS, CAR PULLS AWAY

You can rake over the past as much as you like.

Sometimes you find something,

sometimes you don't.

Hmm.

That doesn't mean you have to stop looking.

Goodnight, Tom.

Goodnight, Mared.

'We had a fight.

'I was drunk. I was upset.

'I left, I went over to my dad's, but he was in bed sleeping.

'My mother was there. She got angry, started shouting at me...

'about the mess I'd made.

'Said I was going to ruin everything.

'Then she kicked me out.'

'And you didn't see anyone or speak to anyone after that?'

'No. I went home, back to my flat.'

'So after your own mother threw you out of the house,

'no-one can account for your whereabouts.'

'My mother was there. She got angry, started shouting at me...

'about the mess I'd made.'

QUOTE REPEATS AT SHORTER INTERVALS

Aron didn't kill Abi, did he?

But I think you know who did.

Somebody had to stop Abi...

..from getting her hands on everything you'd worked for.

Everything that family tried to destroy.

You pleaded with him...

..but it was no use.

They had a child together.

The die had been cast.

Aron had forgotten what was most important...

..but family comes first...

..no matter what the circumstances.

Aron got what he deserved...

..so did Abi Watkins.

You killed her.

If I did, you'll never prove it.

I don't have to.

I did what was right for my family.

Your family is gone.

ENGINE STARTS

CHORISTER SINGS, BELL RINGS

MATERIAL FLAPS

GLASS SMASHES

EXPLOSION

GLASS SMASHES

FIRE ROARS

SMASHING