Episode 3 Mayday

-I saw you wearing a crown of flowers.

-That's a shame - your own brother.

Is the Crisis Team available?

-She didn't want to be May Queen.

-When did you ever talk to her?

-I feel like he's hiding something.

-I need you on my side, Fi.

I'm always on your side.

The girl who spat blood at me has made a complaint.

-Dad's out looking for Hattie Sutton?

-I'll find the little bitch.

-She's a child, Malcolm.

-You have no idea.

-What made you think to look in there?

-I was told not to.

-By who?

-Malcolm Spicer.

-What have you found?

-It's all gone. The house. The boat. Your savings.

-Because of Hattie and the Village Green campaign.

-She ruined him.

KNOCKING Uh!

KNOCKING

BARKING

Mrs Spicer?!

KNOCKING

Mrs Spicer?!

KNOCKING

KNOCKING

Police, Mrs Spicer. Please, can you open the door?

Sandra? What's going on?

Go inside, Gail. Sit down.

Everything's going to be OK.

Why are you holding my hand? Stop it.

I'm sorry to inform you that we found the body of a man in the woods

and we believe it might be that of your husband, Malcolm Spicer.

N-n-no. Um...

He's out searching. I'm...I'm expecting him back.

Malcolm's dead, Gail.

He hanged himself.

I'm sorry to run out on Gail like this,

but I'm needed at the hospice shop today.

You've been a great help.

Take care of your mum, won't you?

Of course.

I do pray that what happened to your father...

..has nothing to do with Hattie Sutton.

It doesn't.

Mum.

I know this is hard, but the police are going to come here

in a few hours, to question you formally.

So we have to take everything to do with Hattie

out of the office before then.

It doesn't matter, does it?

He's dead.

They can't arrest him now. They can't do anything.

He can still be accused. He can still be tried in the press.

I don't want my kids growing up

thinking that their grandfather was a child killer.

You can sit there, and you can let the whole town talk

and ruin all our lives - or you can get up and you can do something.

How am I going to tell Nana Spicer?

How can I tell her her son's dead

when she doesn't even remember having a son?

I guess it's up to me to save this family, then.

It needs to look how it used to, before all this.

-When things were normal.

-Hello, this is Mrs Gail Spicer.

How's Helen today? Is she well enough for a visit?

Oh, I see.

No, I've...I've got some very bad news for her.

No, I understand. Erm...

I'll call... I'll call again later in the week.

OK. Bye-bye.

You're making a mess.

-So, what? Tell me.

-Malcolm was with us on the search

but he disappeared when we found the crown of flowers.

-I reckon he knew his time was up and we'd be coming for him.

-The police have said nothing.

They stick a Family Liaison in your house to keep you quiet.

-They don't want you to know what's going on.

-Malcolm Spicer.

LATCH OPENS

He's lucky he did what he did.

If we'd have found him, we would have killed him...ten times over.

How do we find Hattie now?

Jo.

Do you need anything?

-I'll run down the shops for you?

-I'm OK. Angie's coming.

That's great...

..for you.

You look like shit and you need the support.

SOBBING

LOUD KNOCKING

-They said two o'clock. They're early.

-Doesn't sound like police.

-Is she in your house?

-What?

My daughter, Hattie. Is she in your house?

No, no, of course not.

I've got to find her. I want to look for her.

-No! You can't come in.

-Calm down, Richard.

-What are you hiding?

-Nothing!

You know, don't you? You know what he's done. You know where Hattie is!

-No!

-Let me in!

-She's not here! Get inside, Mum!

I want my child back! I know he took her!

The back door!

-No! Quick! Close it!

-I know he took her! I know what you've done!

Close the blinds!

Oh, go away! Go away!

GLASS SMASHING

-No! Stop it!

-I know what you've done!

No! Go away!

PHONE RINGS

Don't answer it, don't answer it.

Ah, you've made a right mess of your face.

It's a blunt razor.

Calm down.

It's an IPCC investigation. I don't feel calm.

Just tell the truth.

That's all you can do.

Yeah.

You're right.

I love you.

I love you, too.

What's wrong with you?

Are you pregnant?

I think I should see a doctor.

What for? You've got food poisoning. Don't be a baby.

-So you admit you poisoned me?

-No!

I can't help it if you've got the constitution of a Victorian lady.

Look, I'll drive you to school, on my way to work.

-Show you a bit of sympathy.

-I can't go to school.

Of course you can.

You'll be fine, now that you've got it all out of your system.

I'm going to stay here...

..and die on the kitchen floor.

You can't be in the house today.

Linus...

..you can't be here.

You'll be at work.

What do you care where I am?

Hey, change of plans.

Yeah, can't use my house today.

No, I know. We can still meet up, though.

I've got a different idea.

You're running late this morning.

You're watching MY house?

I look at anything I find interesting.

Like you.

You're wasting police time.

That's an offence, you know.

How am I going to do this?

You've nothing to be afraid of.

Just keep your answers simple and look them straight in the eye.

When you're done, we'll all be at home waiting.

Feet up in front of the telly, before you know it.

Thank you.

Don't keep them waiting.

You going to be on telly?

Can I have your autograph?!

No, I'm here to stop people like you getting in the way.

-A reconstruction, is it?

-No, they're just filming the roads

-Hattie Sutton would have cycled on May Day.

-Oh.

It's an appeal for witnesses. Be on the news tonight.

Oh, well, if they're going to film my road,

I'd better smarten up my front garden, move the bins.

-Relax, she didn't go past your house.

-Didn't she?

-No.

-Oh, you know those clothes you found?

-Yeah?

-They weren't her's.

-Oh.

-It's all right, no-one blames you.

Not even the divers who had to spend four hours in that muck.

Well, Malcolm Spicer's suicide's as good as a confession, isn't it?

The DI's not so sure.

Carroll's Field was over a year ago. Half the town were on the protests.

-Get off my van.

-Sure.

I saw your brother on May Day.

Wearing a crown of flowers.

So?

Everyone wore flowers.

-It doesn't mean anything. You saw nothing.

-Hattie Sutton's flowers.

-You shouldn't spread rumours.

-It's only a rumour if it isn't true.

OK, fine. I don't want the aggravation. What do you want?

A tenner? 20? I don't have a lot on me right now.

I don't need your small change.

I need to upgrade my transportation.

You can't have my van, you moron. It's my work.

It's my work, too.

You're nothing but a shitty little drug dealer, who should be at school.

SPITTING

See you on the TV, then.

What TV?

What TV?! What you on about?!

-Are you happy with your care plan, Seth?

-Yeah.

-No.

-You're not happy?

-No, I'm not. He's not supervised.

You don't know what state he's in. What delusions he has.

-You don't even know he's living in the woods again.

-Is that true, Seth?

Well...I like camping.

And when the weather's good, I do like to be outdoors.

No, you're not getting away with that.

People camp in a tent, on a campsite. You go off and live in a tree

and talk to the fairies.

We have very different belief systems.

I have this...enduring interest in English folklore and customs

and Steve has no sympathy with Druidism.

I'm trying to help you, Seth.

It's not normal to think trees are alive.

Steve...trees are alive.

Shall I make some more tea?

ECHOING WHISPERS

Look at that mother.

Must have hurt.

I keep finding them.

In my shoes.

Or they fall out of the sky and land right in front of me.

Really?

Hattie...believed in elementals,

like earth spirits.

That's why she wanted to protect Carroll's Field.

She was always talking about nature being alive...

..even the stones.

Yeah, I know. OK, that's what I thought, but...

Except now I think these are from her.

I think she's trying to tell me something.

It's stupid.

The, erm...

The police found a bag in Hattie's locker.

It had her passport in it and her money and clothes.

It looks like she wanted to run away. Maybe with NDN.

-Well...run away from what?

-That's what we're fighting about.

Mum wants me to have all the answers, like me and Hattie

were the same person, with the same thoughts.

I'm going to be really late.

I'll see you later.

ECHOING WHISPERS

Steve, could you explain to me what you think the crisis is?

A girl has gone missing, and people are looking for someone to blame.

Someone with mental health problems, like Seth, is an easy target.

I want him sectioned.

For his own safety.

You feel frightened that Seth will be scapegoated by the community.

Exactly.

I understand that you have anxiety,

and you want to protect your brother.

However, this in itself is not grounds for a hospital admission.

Oh, for Christ's sake!

If there's any vigilantism, and Seth feels threatened, he can call 999.

Seth is capable of making his own decisions at the present time,

so I can see no need to alter the care plan.

Can you see him?

No.

I'm dropping these off at the tip, and then I'll be straight back.

I don't want you saying anything to the police without me here.

-No, no.

-Not a word, Mum.

No, I won't.

CAR ENGINE STARTS

You can't stay here on your own, and you can't live in the woods.

You have to stop worrying.

-You're going to have to come and live with me.

-No.

That's not going to happen.

Just for a while, until it calms down.

My home is in the woods.

They're baying for blood out there.

If they get hold of you, I can't do anything.

If you come and live with me, I can keep you safe.

I'm really sorry for your loss, Mrs Spicer.

I know it's a difficult time, so I won't ask a lot of questions.

I guess your husband's death has come as a terrible shock.

Oh! One of many.

Do you mind explaining what you mean by that?

Well, Malcolm lost all our money.

Everything you see here, my beautiful house,

none of this is real.

It's all been an illusion. And I found out.

-When was this?

-Monday night.

-Did you argue about it?

-Well, we didn't have the chance.

-Oh.

-DS Mills.

I'm James.

Mum, you should have waited for me.

Well, we didn't have the chance. He couldn't face me.

So he went out to search for Hattie Sutton and he never came back.

I'm sorry.

He knew that I'd shout at him.

That maybe I'd even leave him. That I'd make him suffer.

And he couldn't face it. Well...

Couldn't face me.

So his financial problems, were they caused by, erm...Carroll's Field?

By Hattie Sutton?

No.

No, I'm to blame.

If I'd been a different... sort of wife...

..kinder,

you know, the kind of woman who loves unconditionally, he'd still be alive.

But I'm not.

I'm a judgemental bitch, who expects to live in the biggest house

in the street and have fresh flowers in every room.

I drove him to that tree.

I tied the knot in the noose.

He was more afraid of me than...dying alone in the woods.

I'm worse than death.

Did Malcolm know the woods well?

Did...did he go there a lot?

Yes, yeah...he walked the dog there.

He was asked to help out with the searches in the woods, wasn't he?

Because he knew them so well that he could find his way in the dark?

Mmm, I suppose, yeah.

He spent a lot of time there.

What did he do?

Bird watching.

Bird watching?

I don't know why he bothered. He never saw anything rare.

Any other reason for going to the woods?

No.

I think my mother's had enough.

Yeah, why don't we leave things there?

Thank you for your time, and the tea.

Do you mind if I have a look around upstairs?

Oh, no, no. Help yourself. James, would you?

VOICES FROM OTHER ROOM

It's a nice view.

This is putting a lot of stress on my mother.

I know, and I'm sorry about that.

But so long as Hattie Sutton is missing, we have to consider all lines of inquiry.

That'll be all for now.

I'll let you know if we need to talk again.

Thank you. Do call me, if you have any questions.

Yes, yes.

DOOR CLOSES

We did really well.

-I'm going out.

-Where?

Walkies!

-Don't go to the woods, Mum.

-Good boy. Come on!

Do you know what this is for?

Yeah, that's erm...

Sacred Circle Rooms.

My dad goes here every Wednesday, at eight.

So you're getting to know him at last

and it turns out he's into painting auras and crystal therapies?

That's the kind of thing he takes the piss out of.

I mean he hates flakiness. He doesn't believe in anything.

It's a good place to pick up needy women with low self esteem.

Easy lays.

RUMBLING SOUND

I'm not doing anything wrong.

-What class is this for?

-Oh, that's an appointment card.

It could be for anything - acupuncture, massage,

hypnotherapy, or one of our classes.

What classes?

Pilates. Zumba.

And there's usually a dance class, but that's cancelled

because of Hattie Sutton.

Hattie came here?

Yeah. Sad, isn't it? The girls don't want to dance without her.

And this class was always Wednesdays at eight?

Yeah.

Did you ever see Hattie talking to a guy called Everett?

Everett? Of course, he drove her home sometimes.

Do you know him?

Yeah, a bit.

Wow!

That girl really looks like Hattie.

Shit!

Oi! Excuse me!

Excuse me, you've dropped the baby's hat!

The baby's hat! It's just back there.

It's just behind you!

Thanks.

Excuse me!

-Excuse me, what are you doing?

-We're filming your street, love.

Well I don't want you to film my house!

-Is your house on this road?

-Yes, it's over there.

-It's going to get filmed then, isn't it?

-No!

No, I refuse permission.

Yeah, you go ahead and do that.

No, you can't film my house without authorisation!

I can. And I will.

Mrs Spicer, is it?

Oh!

Wipe your feet.

BIRDS CHEEP

Wow.

-This is new, isn't it?

-Don't touch that.

It was really expensive.

Hey, guys, how's prison?

Don't touch them, either, ever!

-I can help feed them.

-No. I don't need help with my birds.

Look, you're making them stress out. Just leave them alone, OK?

Don't touch the cage. You're through here.

You don't mind?

It's here. You might as well use it.

I'm really sorry your little boy hasn't seen this. It's really nice.

He should know what you've done.

See how much you love him.

I'm going to see him.

Soon.

You are?

You found him?

I thought he was in Spain.

Angie's coming. She's going to help look after Jo.

She's going to bring my boy.

And I've been such a help to the family, they'll have to let me see him.

Just as long as you weren't the one who took Hattie.

Look.

I don't think I even saw her that day.

Are you sure about that?

I couldn't have harmed her.

She was an earth spirit.

The woods wouldn't have allowed it.

Keep that shit to yourself.

Oh!

Oh!

Go on, Duke, say goodbye.

SHE SOBS

TWIG SNAPS NEARBY

I've always wanted to do it up here, ever since I moved to this place.

Everyone has.

You dirty little bitch.

I stopped coming here when my friends told me

there was a Peeping Tom who liked to watch from the bushes.

I don't know if it was true, but it creeped me out.

Yeah. Well, if he is out there...

..let's show him something that he'll never forget.

Hey, you've got to walk quicker than that,

otherwise we're never, ever, going to get anywhere.

Are we?

ECHOING WHISPERS

Mrs Brooks said you didn't eat your lunch today.

I wasn't hungry.

But you didn't eat much breakfast either, did you?

I've got butterflies. They were making me feel sick.

You feel sick because you haven't eaten anything! Hang on.

Let's have a biscuit, if I can find one.

ECHOING WHISPERS

Have a biscuit. There you are.

It'll make you feel better. Hm?

BIRDS CHEEP

I want to go out.

No, you stay here.

Everything I need is in the woods. No one's going to see me.

You stay.

What do you want with your roast? Nothing.

I'm vegan.

I'll get you some turf from the garden centre then.

I've got some tomato soup.

It's a bit out of date. You can eat that, can't you?

I destroyed the bird hide.

-You didn't need to do that.

-Yes, I did.

This isn't about money anymore.

This isn't about Carroll's Field, or...or me and my moods.

I think your father went to the hide...

..to watch teenagers have sex.

How come you never brought any girlfriends home when you were younger?

I didn't have any.

No, no.

No, they'd call for you at the house, but you never let us meet them.

It's not like I was getting engaged.

I didn't think you had to meet them.

What were you afraid of?

France.

-The sailing holiday?

-No, the year after.

When Dad was questioned by the police.

That wasn't about parking.

He'd been picked up for masturbating in the sand dunes.

He was spying on local teenagers.

Dad didn't think I understood because it was all in French.

Why didn't you tell me?

I assumed you knew.

I've ignored it all these years because I thought that's what we did.

I didn't know.

I don't think I knew.

When I met your father, I was 14.

Just started modelling.

He was older, had a bit of money, a nice car.

I thought he was romantic.

If he wasn't dead already, I'd kill him myself.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

All right?

People think you like me.

Let them think what they want.

What was it like in there?

Everyone's texting me saying Malcolm Spicer took Hattie.

I don't know what I'm supposed to do about it.

Don't do anything, because they're wrong.

Malcolm wasn't interested in girls, you know. He liked boys.

And you know that because...?

I could tell.

Sixth sense and that.

ECHOING WHISPERS

-Can I have a surprise?

-No.

-Can I have cake?

-No.

-Can I have a biscuit?

-No.

-Can I have juice?

-No.

My mum used to play this killer version of I Spy.

She'd go, "I spy with my little eye...

"erm...S-O-G-E-C."

Oh, my God. Really?

Sparrows On Ground Eating Crumbs.

That's so hard.

It got you to look beyond the obvious.

Like NDN?

I mean...

It might not be a proper name.

It might be what she called him, like a nickname or a code.

Oh, strange man. Let's go.

It's Seth.

I know him.

Oh, he's a friend of yours?

I...I look out for him.

See you later.

Seth!

Hi.

What are you doing out of the woods?

I've seen the end of the world.

Is Seth your brother?

He said it was OK to come here.

Yeah, get in.

-What happened to him?

-I found him like this.

I think he's having one of his moments.

Something's freaked him out.

Thanks for bringing him here. I appreciate it.

I didn't know he had any family.

We're not close.

I told you not to go out.

What did you see in the woods?

No. No...

Have you had your pills?

Don't you think you should?

I think...

Bad Seth killed Hattie.

I've seen what he's done.

Ssh.

Take your pills.

Don't say anything.

BABY SQUEALS

Oh, yes, we're just coming now.

Oh, beautiful colouring in.

Have a breadstick if you want.

Hello!

Fried chicken.

-Is it a birthday?

-What's happening?

-Guess what?

-What?

She withdrew the complaint.

-What?

-Yeah.

-Why?

I don't know. She changed her mind.

What? Because she sobered up?

They didn't tell me that. I just...I don't care.

-It's fantastic. It is.

-Yeah!

Oh, my God, I'm so happy.

-You just didn't need the stress. Huh?

-No.

Time to celebrate?

I'll get the glasses.

Right!

VIDEO GAME PLAYS

-You look better.

-Yeah.

Full recovery.

You're hard to kill.

You left the lid off the bins. We've had foxes in the garden.

There's rubbish everywhere.

Oh.

Yeah, you'll need to clear that up.

Why didn't you clear up? You found it.

Well, I could have cleared it up,

and then I could've given you a bollocking for going through my room

and looking at my stuff.

But I thought, on balance, I'd rather have the leverage

and tell you to clear up the mess on the grass.

-Deal?

-Deal.

What were you looking for?

Drugs.

Like I'd let you find my stash.

VIDEO GAME RESUMES

TV: A large number of firefighters

and the scientists battled to put the fires out...

Tomorrow, we'll have a wake for him

and show the world he was a much-loved husband and father.

I'm so sorry about all this.

If no-one finds out, there's nothing to be sorry about.

Police investigating the disappearance...

It's on. Do you want to watch?

No. I can't.

..for anyone who might have seen her on May 1st to contact them urgently.

14-year-old Hattie was last seen

on her way to a traditional May Day parade,

where she was due to act as May Queen.

-Hattie was wearing a crown of flowers...

-Charlotte, bedtime.

..found in an area of the wood known locally as the Magic Circle.

In a statement issued earlier today, Hattie's parents said

the disappearance of their daughter was extremely out of character.

They describe the situation as their worst nightmare.

Police are particularly keen

to speak to anyone dressed as a Green Man at the May Day parade.

Hattie was a well-known, much-loved member of her community.

-Bastard.

-Residents are distraught by her disappearance

and desperate for her return.

That was Jaden who grassed you up.

He knows.

..and said their support had gone far beyond the call of duty.

He didn't give them your name.

-It's just a warning.

-Yeah, they know. They know.

All information will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

So, that went well.

I didn't see it.

The appeal got bumped by a fire at a warehouse,

like literally a bunch of junk getting burned

was more important than my sister.

And then, when it came on, it was for a whole minute and a half!

Just nothing. A blip.

People will have seen it.

You just need one person to call and it could make a difference.

Yeah.

-Mummy?

-Yeah?

We saw Hattie on May Day.

No, we didn't.

I did. She went past on the road when we were going to cross.

No, no...I'd have... I'd have remembered if we saw her.

But we did see her!

Look, I know you want to find Hattie,

but saying you saw something when you didn't see it,

it...it just doesn't help anyone.

I DID see her.

Look, you didn't see her.

-I did!

-I would have remembered.

Why don't you believe me?

Because I know I would have seen her.

Well, you weren't looking so of course you wouldn't have seen her.

-Stop it!

-Well, I DID see her!

Don't shout at me.

SHE SOBS

Can I trust you?

Yes.

Listen.

MUFFLED, DISTANT VOICES

What am I listening to?

Hattie.

She called me.

I assume when she went missing.

I didn't answer.

It's the sound of her being taken.

Shit.

I haven't told anyone about it.

Well, don't you think you should?

Oh, yeah. Then my parents know I could have saved her.

They'll know that she asked for help

and I was too busy kissing Philo to be bothered.

They'd hate me. They'd despise me.

I'd basically become an orphan through loathing.

Hey. I can't hear anything on that message.

It probably wouldn't be any help. You know?

You should delete it.

Don't torture yourself.

The thing is, sometimes, I can hear her on it.

ECHOING WHISPERS

SHOUTING

-Get him out!

-Come out!

-Murdering scum!

-Go, go!

HAMMERING ON DOOR

-Don't answer it!

-I wasn't going to!

What are you doing? James!

James, what are you doing?

-No, James! Please! Don't!

-It's what I have to do, Mum.

-I'm calling the police.

-Ssh!

SILENCE

Have they gone?

LETTERBOX CLACKS

No, James! Please! Don't!

Run!

Mum doesn't believe me.

She's being so horrible.

I can't tell anyone.

It's not safe here.

ECHOING WHISPERS

OK, that's a good idea.

TOILET FLUSHES

Linus! Crack a window in there, will you?

I nearly choked to death the last time.

Hattie.

Why would Hattie be in our house?

Because it wouldn't surprise me

if you were hiding her in that den of illegality you call a bedroom.

Well, I'm not.

No, you're not. You went for the other one.

Aren't you lucky to have pick-and-mix next-door neighbours?

NDN.

-Next Door Neighbour.

-It's you, Linus.

Oh, God!

Oh, James!

SHE SOBS

Oh, God!

Is this what it's going to be like living here?

BIRDS CHIRP

You're the one who took Hattie.

Nothing draws a family together like a tragedy

and you'd do anything to see your son.

Take the May Queen away and then you can be the hero who finds her.

Do you really think you're going to get away with it?

Do you?!

Charlotte!

She's not in her bed!

You think I'd hurt my own child?

Do not turn your delusions on me again.

You're NDN.

-Explain this.

-It's a love charm. She gave it to me.

I think he killed them both.

You can't find the killer cos he's inside me.

Please don't do this, Seth. It's not your fault you're like this.

I've got a right to know who I was married to.

When did you turn into such a bitch?

Police! Quick!

I didn't kill her!

Hattie's alive.

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