Episode 3: Part 2 Hinterland

We've got a DNA match. His name's Michael Reynolds.

They tested the water in his lungs against the quarry water. No match.

He drowned somewhere else.

St Christopher, sir. Always wore it.

Defi? We were happy for Defi to spend time with Michael

but not Bratton, not in that caravan.

2003, Bratton and his wife divorce.

She's granted sole custody of their boys. He torches the house.

Are you or are you not having an affair with Bratton? No.

You were having an affair with Michael Reynolds.

Sir, it's Gwilym Morgan.

Dic Rees has just found him dead in his garage.

Gwilym Morgan did not kill himself. Gwilym Morgan was murdered.

Gwilym Morgan kept his shotgun locked in a gun cabinet in the workshop.

Whoever did it knew Morgan and knew the keys to the cabinet were in the desk.

And they killed him to silence him about the death of Michael Reynolds.

Tommy and Gwyneth James, Lowri and Dic Rees

all have alibis for the night that Gwilym died.

And Bratton doesn't.

Bring Bratton in and question him.

Now.

Did you like them using your place?

I wasn't keen, no. But you still let them carry on?

Why?

He was a friend.

'The other day at the caravan, when you fired the crossbow,

'who did you think I was?'

You thought I was Dic Rees, didn't you?

You knew that his wife was having an affair with Reynolds

and you did nothing. I didn't want to get involved.

You are involved, Wyn.

You let them have sex in your caravan.

You let Defi hang his drawings on your wall.

You think you don't need these people

but the truth is, you can't live without them.

Leave Defi out of this.

He liked you, Wyn.

He called you Mr Owl.

Why did he stop coming to see you?

Did Tommy warn you off?

Wyn?

He said he'd break my legs if I went near Defi again.

Michael stopped bringing him after that.

Is that why you kept his drawings?

Defi.

He must be the same age as one of your boys.

Isn't he?

Sam. Sam.

Sam and..? Harri. Harri. Sam and Harri.

You tried to burn their house down.

I didn't know they were in there. So you say.

I would never harm them.

I think you fancied Lowri yourself.

No.

But you were too scared of Dic and his pals to make a play for her.

You were jealous of Michael. No.

You fell out with him about it.

You really lost it.

You drowned him in a stream in the forest and dumped him in the quarry.

I never touched him. And somehow Gwilym found out about this

and you went there last night and killed him, too.

No, no, no!

OK. You're free to go.

I didn't kill Michael.

I didn't kill Gwilym.

That'll be all, DS Owens.

What the hell are you doing?

Bratton knows something, that's for sure,

but so do Dic Rees and Tommy James.

Something happened in that village and I know they're all involved.

You'd better be right about this, Tom,

because the last time I went out on a limb for you, a man ended up dead.

Sir, we checked Bratton's place. Nothing.

Michael's clothing?

No, sir. No sign of them. We checked the whole clearing.

Inside the caravan, under it, the rainwater butt, everywhere. Nothing.

Take Bratton back to his caravan, keep him talking.

Right, sir.

Did Dic Rees know about the affair?

I really don't know, but if he did, it would give him a clear motive for killing Michael.

Tommy and Gwyneth James flew to Dublin. When? April the 7th.

Here's the postcard from Dublin, here's Michael's handwriting.

Completely different.

If it came from Tommy James, it suggests he knew Michael was dead.

Why take the risk of sending a postcard? To stop Lowri asking more questions about Michael.

Hold on! Is this Tommy's handwriting?

We don't have a sample.

No, we do. Where's that box?

Here's a handwritten entry.

These were written by the same person.

TOMMY GROANS What now?

Is this your writing?

No. Are you sure? Certain.

I need to see a sample of your handwriting then, Mr James.

There'll be something in the office.

Defi.

What's that, Defi?

It's me, Daddy and Uncle Dic when we used to go to the quarry.

We used to go and watch the animals. Those were the days.

We've been keeping an eye out, like you asked, no sign of the van.

That forest is a big place. Asked Bratton about it, have you?

He told us that you threatened him.

I just...

I made it very clear I didn't want Defi to go up there.

Come on, be fair. Would you want your kids hanging around

that caravan with the likes of him?

That's my writing.

You took a flight to Dublin on April the 7th? That's right.

You don't deny it? No. We both went. Me and Gwyneth.

Wedding anniversary. Excuse us.

When did you find out that Lowri was having an affair?

She told Gwyneth. And nobody said anything to Dic?

It would have broken his heart.

I've loved Lowri for as long as I can remember.

I told her that I'd never leave her and I never will.

When did you find out about her and Michael?

I knew something was wrong.

What difference does that make? When, Dic?

Today. At the station.

Stop the car. What?

Stop the car. Please.

Someone's been here. Our boys were here a few hours ago.

Down there? No.

Someone's been down there.

Are you sure about this?

Of course I'm sure.

Come on, there's more tracks down here.

There's something down here, behind those trees.

Grab this.

It must have been here since the murder, sir.

The killer would have wanted to hide it as soon as possible.

The night Michael disappeared? Yes, sir. The 22nd of February. No.

There would be marks where the wheels stood,

the grass would be yellow.

This is too clean.

It should be covered in pine needles, filthy from the rain.

These trees, Lloyd, have just been cut down. Look...

These tracks weren't made in February. They're too fresh.

A couple of days at most. What have you got to say about it?

It wasn't here before.

But you knew where it was. You brought Lloyd straight to it.

I was in this clearing two days ago and I'm telling you, it wasn't here.

Somebody must have put it here whilst I was down in Aber with you.

"Somebody?"

Yeah, somebody who wants you to think I killed Michael.

So remind me, where were you on the night of the 22nd of February?

Here. Did you see Michael that night?

No. Wasn't he in your caravan with Lowri?

The last time I saw Michael was a week before he left.

Can anyone verify that you were here?

No, I told you, no-one was out that night.

I was up until the early hours, trying to fix a leak in the roof.

I've never seen rain like it.

Don't go too far, Wyn.

Lloyd, come with me.

Do you know where I was, the night he disappeared?

In Fishguard, buying tickets for the ferry.

We were going to take off to Ireland together, in his camper van.

It took me hours to get home.

The rain was terrible.

Tommy and Gwilym and Dic were still in here, drinking.

And Michael had gone.

That's what they told me.

Why have we stopped here, sir?

Something's dislodged this.

Our trucks, probably.

This bolt has been cut.

SHEEP BLEAT

"I've never seen rain like it" - that's what Bratton said.

This is where Michael Reynolds drowned.

The bruising on his face, the fingernails,

this is where he died,

pushing up against the bars, gasping for breath.

DEEP BREATHING

Is it deep enough to drown in? If it was full.

Listen, that gully carries all the waste from that sheep pen, right?

Right. I think there was so much water running down

from this hillside on the night of the 22nd of February

that it overflowed and flooded the pit.

If you were going to murder someone, would you really do it this way?

What if murder wasn't the intention?

Sir, over there.

DEEP BREATHING

Thanks, Lloyd, go get your car.

Someone puts Michael Reynolds under the cattle-grid and leaves him.

To frighten him? To warn him.

When they come back and see that he's drowned, they panic,

take the body and dump him in the quarry.

Was Gwilym involved?

I think he knew about it. That's why he was silenced.

You were in bed asleep? What, all night?

I went out to the bathroom, but that apart, yes.

I'd only been downstairs about a quarter of an hour

when Dic came banging on the door.

Dic came to you first? In a hell of a state, he was.

He told me what he'd found, about Gwilym.

And then? We rang 999.

PHONE RINGS Mathias.

Sir, you've got to get up to the forest road. Bratton's on the move.

Bratton's running.

Get onto Traffic, get him stopped.

Shit!

Sir?

I found these in the back of Bratton's truck.

They must be Michael's.

Recognise these, Wyn? No.

You know where we found them?

The back of your Land Rover.

These are Michael's clothes and this is his blood on them.

I didn't kill him. Why won't you believe me?

Oh, I'm trying to, Wyn, but every time I think you might be telling the truth,

something happens to make me think again.

How did you miss them? We didn't, sir.

The whole area was checked, including the Land Rover.

Those clothes weren't there. I'm absolutely sure of it.

'Those clothes were planted there.' By who?

You know who planted those clothes, don't you?

I want to help you, Wyn, but we're running out of time.

I know you're scared and I don't blame you.

But I can't help you if you won't tell me.

Please, Wyn...

..before it's too late.

Help me.

Tommy James...came to the caravan this morning.

He said if I didn't get out right now,

he'd do to me what he did to Gwilym.

He told you that he killed Gwilym?

The night Michael died...

..he was up there with the other two by the cattle-grid.

The rain was coming down.

They were chasing him in that lamping truck,

making him run around.

Then Dic gets hold of him and starts...

..like, hitting him, kicking him, just going wild,

the other two egging him on.

I should have stopped it. I know I should have. I wanted to.

You were scared.

Not of them.

I've worked so hard.

Do you know how hard that is?

Learning to live on your own?

You let Defi and Michael get close.

And Tommy took them away.

That's why I did nothing, I...

I saw them put Michael in the cattle-grid.

I heard him scream but I walked away.

I didn't think he'd drown in there but I walked away.

I should have helped him.

He would have helped me, I know he would have, but...

..I didn't.

I didn't.

The prints in the camper van all belong to one person, sir.

Tommy James? Yes, sir.

Is he here?

Gwyneth...tell me where he is!

TOMMY SHOUTS

TOMMY GROANS

THEY BOTH GROAN

DIC STRUGGLES

Right.

Come on! Come on!

Come on!

Come on! Come on!

DIC COUGHS VIOLENTLY

We didn't mean to kill Michael Reynolds.

Just teach him a lesson.

Carrying on with Lowri.

If it hadn't rained so hard...

..he'd still be alive.

So would Gwil.

I loved Gwil...

..like a brother.

None of this was meant to happen.

None of it.

Well done.

Thank you, sir.

Good night. Good night.