Episode 3 - Part 2 Hinterland

'Llew is a man in free fall.

'This morning he drove to his parents' house

'and suffocated his mother and then shot his father.

'Then he went looking for Liam Hughes,

'and when he found him, he shot him dead too.'

Bryn Morris, Llew's son, he's gone missing.

The other kids said he left with his father.

I want my son back.

'We know he's taken his son and we have to

'work on the assumption that he intends to harm him.'

The last call Iwan made was to Chief Superintendent Prosser.

Get out the car now!

Get in there!

Now, everyone be quiet. Nobody move.

'DCI Mathias. Leave a message.'

Tom, ring me when you get this message.

PHONE RINGS

Tom?

'DCI Mathias. Leave a message.'

It doesn't have to be this way, Llew.

It's not too late.

The police, they know where I went so they'll find me.

-It's only a matter of time.

-Shut up.

Shut your mouth. Stop telling me what to do.

I'm in charge here. I'll make the decisions.

I understand. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to tell you what to do.

-I just wanted to help.

-Help?

-Bryn.

You've got to let him go.

You don't need him. You don't need either of them.

No-one...

is going anywhere.

PHONE RINGS

KNOCK ON DOOR

As of 21:30, we have been unable to contact DCI Mathias.

-Lloyd.

-A uniformed officer last reported seeing DCI Mathias

at the inner roadblock here at 20:45.

The assumption is DCI Mathias returned to the field

to continue the door-to-door search.

We believe that DCI Mathias was working from this list.

Properties from within the inner corden

where the police were unable to make contact.

We need to check off everyone on that list.

Phone, speak to whoever you can to see if anyone has had any contact

-with DCI Mathias at those addresses.

-Trace all his movements.

We need to establish a timeline - fast.

I know how hard it must have been for you to keep things going, Llew.

To never give in.

To keep fighting.

That's what your father wanted you to do, isn't it? To be strong.

To be a fighter.

So when things went wrong and you asked him for help...

he refused, didn't he?

Your own father. That must have hurt.

You know nothing about it.

To beg your own father for money when your business was failing.

If he'd have just given you the money, Llew,

-none of this would have happened.

-Stop talking.

He might still be alive.

-Your mother might still be alive too.

-Shut up.

All my life I tried to please him.

To make him proud of me.

I lost everything because of him.

He deserved to die.

What about your mother, Llew?

Did she deserve to die too?

She was ill.

Suffering.

In pain. She was dying.

You smothered her.

I helped her. I set her free.

HE CRIES QUIETLY

HELICOPTER APPROACHES

Eiry, come over here and untie me.

Eiry, come on. Untie me.

Now! Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

Come on!

That's it.

Hurry.

-Have you got a knife?

-Kitchen.

-There's no time for that.

-Car keys. Where are your car keys?

-On the hook out the back.

-Can you get them?

-I don't know. What if he catches me?

This might be the only way you and Bryn can get out of here.

I can't do it. I can't leave you here.

Yes, you can! This is your only chance.

(Sorry.)

HELICOPTER ROTOR FADES

Bryn.

I know about your brother.

About what happened between him and Bethan.

-You spoke to them?

-Yeah.

It was just a mistake. It wasn't anybody's fault.

They weren't trying to hurt you.

You think that's what all this is about?

You don't know me.

No, no, but I think that was the last straw.

I think it's what drove you to do what you did.

It's what made you feel like you had no other choice.

Stop talking about it!

Listen...

Bethan doesn't deserve any of this.

No mother deserves this, Llew.

Think about him. Think about your son. Let him go back to his mother.

I said shut your mouth!

Nobody move.

LLEW RUNS UP STAIRS

FRUSTRATED GRUNT

Eiry.

Go now.

Now!

HEAVY FOOTSTEPS UPSTAIRS

ENGINE STUTTERS

Bryn!

Bryn!

ENGINE STARTS

Bryn!

Bryn!

Bryn!

HELICOPTER ROTOR

Llew.

Llew, think about what you're doing. You don't need to do this.

You can still walk away. You still have a choice.

Think about Bryn.

You can still see him again.

No, I can't.

Not after this.

My son will only see me as a killer.

-A murderer.

-That's why you have to stop doing this now!

You can have a chance... another chance to put things right.

Don't throw it away!

Look, let Bryn see who his father really is.

He's your son. He will understand.

We think we can control life, but we can't.

None of us can.

VEHICLE APPROACHES

I lost control.

The pressure was too much.

Things went wrong.

It all went wrong.

I just wanted one last day.

One last perfect day with my son.

To see him smile.

To see him happy.

I didn't want him to suffer.

Not Bryn.

I didn't want him to live with the shame of what I'd done.

I wanted to set him free.

Like I set my mother free.

No more pain.

But I couldn't even do that right.

Llew... Llew, look at me!

If you go out there with that gun...

Just think about Bryn!

I am thinking about Bryn.

Please tell Bryn...

that this is not who I am.

Don't go out there, Llew! Please!

Stop, Llew!

Armed police!

Put the weapon down!

Armed police!

Armed police! Put the weapon down!

Drop your weapon!

Put the weapon down!

Put the weapon down!

HELICOPTER DROWNS OUT SPEECH

SILENCE

Tom.

You look tired.

SIGHING: I... I am tired.

HE RINGS DOORBELL