Episode 1

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0:00:02 > 0:00:09This programme contains some strong language.

0:00:23 > 0:00:28CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK

0:00:33 > 0:00:35CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK

0:00:38 > 0:00:40You look lovely, Lula.

0:00:40 > 0:00:41CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK

0:00:41 > 0:00:44Lula, over here. Lula, just turn around!

0:01:47 > 0:01:51PHONE RINGS

0:01:51 > 0:01:53Look, I don't want to see you, OK?

0:02:07 > 0:02:08DOORBELL RINGS

0:02:42 > 0:02:45PHONE RINGS

0:03:31 > 0:03:34SIRENS WAIL

0:03:54 > 0:03:56CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK

0:03:56 > 0:03:58SIRENS GROW LOUDER

0:04:02 > 0:04:03# You and me

0:04:05 > 0:04:06# Me and you

0:04:08 > 0:04:12# Somehow, we made it through

0:04:14 > 0:04:18# I may be gone, I may be far away

0:04:20 > 0:04:25# But I walk beside you every step of the way

0:04:27 > 0:04:34# When you're used, bruised, black and blued

0:04:34 > 0:04:37# I'll think about it

0:04:38 > 0:04:41# Never doubt it

0:04:41 > 0:04:44# I'll walk beside you. #

0:04:46 > 0:04:49Doors will open on the left-hand side.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51Change for the Northern Line.

0:05:31 > 0:05:33- SHOUTING FROM UPSTAIRS: - Why are you doing this?

0:05:33 > 0:05:35Because I can't live with you any more!

0:05:35 > 0:05:38For a chance of being happy without some psycho making my life a misery.

0:05:38 > 0:05:40Oh, a psycho now, as well as a liar.

0:05:40 > 0:05:42Yeah, among other things.

0:05:42 > 0:05:43And where are you going to sleep next?

0:05:43 > 0:05:45I don't know, but anywhere will be better than...

0:05:45 > 0:05:48CLUNK Argh! You mad bitch!

0:05:48 > 0:05:49You need me, you just watch!

0:05:49 > 0:05:51THUDDING

0:05:52 > 0:05:54Walk away!

0:05:57 > 0:06:00You'll come running back. You always do!

0:06:10 > 0:06:11Charlotte!

0:06:11 > 0:06:13SHE GASPS

0:06:22 > 0:06:23Sit down.

0:06:25 > 0:06:26- You OK?- Yeah, sorry.

0:06:26 > 0:06:28Sorry about that.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30Oh, it's fine. Um...

0:06:34 > 0:06:35Um...

0:06:36 > 0:06:38How can I help you?

0:06:38 > 0:06:41Oh, um...er...I'm the new temp.

0:06:41 > 0:06:42I'm here for the week.

0:06:42 > 0:06:43No, I cancelled that.

0:06:43 > 0:06:45- Um...- Definitely.

0:06:47 > 0:06:48They're pretty strict on refunds.

0:06:53 > 0:06:55OK.

0:06:55 > 0:06:57I'll just, er, clear this.

0:06:58 > 0:07:00So do you want me to...?

0:07:01 > 0:07:03Yeah, just, you know...

0:07:07 > 0:07:08I'll be in my office.

0:07:10 > 0:07:11OK.

0:07:33 > 0:07:34SHE SIGHS

0:07:58 > 0:08:00KNOCK AT DOOR

0:08:02 > 0:08:03Hello, can I help you?

0:08:03 > 0:08:06Oh, hi. Um, my name's John Bristow.

0:08:06 > 0:08:08I'd like to speak to Mr Strike, if possible.

0:08:08 > 0:08:10Do you have an appointment?

0:08:10 > 0:08:13Ah, er, no. Um...

0:08:13 > 0:08:14We know each other.

0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Well, take a seat, Mr Bristow. - Thank you.

0:08:23 > 0:08:24SHE KNOCKS Yeah?

0:08:24 > 0:08:26There's a ...

0:08:26 > 0:08:29new client. Mr John Bristow.

0:08:29 > 0:08:31Doesn't have an appointment, but he says he knows you.

0:08:33 > 0:08:35I don't know a John Bristow.

0:08:35 > 0:08:37Right.

0:08:37 > 0:08:38Well, he says he does.

0:08:40 > 0:08:41Two minutes.

0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Could you shut the door, please? - Mm-hm.

0:08:48 > 0:08:50Would you like anything to drink?

0:08:50 > 0:08:54Oh, er, yeah. White coffee, no sugar, please.

0:09:10 > 0:09:12- WHISPERS:- OK.

0:09:21 > 0:09:23Um...shall we go through?

0:09:25 > 0:09:26Agh!

0:09:29 > 0:09:31Remember me?

0:09:31 > 0:09:34Charlie's brother. Your friend, Charlie Bristow, from...

0:09:34 > 0:09:36John. It's been...

0:09:37 > 0:09:38Take a seat.

0:09:40 > 0:09:43How's your mother? After Charlie's accident, I never really...

0:09:43 > 0:09:45Not so good, I'm afraid.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48She has stage four cancer, which has spread to the lymph nodes.

0:09:48 > 0:09:50I'm sorry to hear that.

0:09:50 > 0:09:51She was always very kind to me.

0:09:51 > 0:09:53I remembered that when I saw your name.

0:09:55 > 0:09:57- There aren't so many Cormoran Strikes around!- Yeah.

0:09:59 > 0:10:02- How can I help you, John? - It's about my sister.

0:10:04 > 0:10:07Oh. Er, of course, you wouldn't have met.

0:10:07 > 0:10:11Mum and Dad adopted again about a year after Charlie's death.

0:10:11 > 0:10:15My sister used our mother's maiden name for her professional career.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18The world knew her as Lula Landry.

0:10:18 > 0:10:20Thanks, Sandra.

0:10:22 > 0:10:24THE Lula Landry?

0:10:24 > 0:10:27I was with her earlier that day to discuss contracts.

0:10:28 > 0:10:31She had an upcoming shoot in Morocco, she was excited about it,

0:10:31 > 0:10:32she was happy.

0:10:34 > 0:10:37Now, the inquest verdict said suicide...

0:10:40 > 0:10:41..but I think she was murdered.

0:10:45 > 0:10:49DOOR CLOSES PHONE RINGS

0:10:53 > 0:10:55Hello, Cormoran Strike's office.

0:10:56 > 0:10:59Er, I'm afraid he's with a client at the moment.

0:10:59 > 0:11:02Yes, of course. Who shall I say called?

0:11:08 > 0:11:12Now, a chap they picked up on CCTV -

0:11:12 > 0:11:14they never traced him.

0:11:14 > 0:11:16He was outside, watching the flat.

0:11:16 > 0:11:18Looks like a black chap.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20Not that...you know...just...

0:11:22 > 0:11:24We haven't got the actual footage?

0:11:24 > 0:11:26No, just those stills.

0:11:26 > 0:11:28But it is my priority to find out who he is.

0:11:30 > 0:11:32It's all set out in there.

0:11:32 > 0:11:35My own analysis, plus a lot of the police evidence

0:11:35 > 0:11:37which I obtained during the inquest.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40The inquest that returned a verdict of suicide?

0:11:40 > 0:11:42Because the coroner couldn't see past a girl

0:11:42 > 0:11:45- with a poor history of mental health.- Mm.

0:11:45 > 0:11:46Look...

0:11:47 > 0:11:51..review the information in the file. Ask some questions.

0:11:51 > 0:11:53Then we can discuss any further involvement.

0:11:57 > 0:11:59There's £1,000, just to do that.

0:12:00 > 0:12:03Look, even if it's just to put our minds at rest

0:12:03 > 0:12:04while Mum's still alive,

0:12:04 > 0:12:08and stop this horrible anxiety that justice has not been done.

0:12:12 > 0:12:14Charlie never wanted to let me play football with you guys.

0:12:14 > 0:12:16Do you remember?

0:12:16 > 0:12:19And you always said, "Oh, let him tag along, he can be ball boy."

0:12:21 > 0:12:22As a friend of our family...

0:12:24 > 0:12:26..you're exactly the right person.

0:12:26 > 0:12:27Please don't say no.

0:12:33 > 0:12:36I can only promise to review the file at this stage.

0:12:36 > 0:12:37Of course.

0:12:37 > 0:12:39We'll, er, speak later, then.

0:12:39 > 0:12:40See you, John.

0:12:42 > 0:12:43DOOR CLOSES

0:12:48 > 0:12:49Thanks for sorting the coffee, Sandra.

0:12:49 > 0:12:53That's all right. A Mr Gillespie called. He said it was important.

0:12:56 > 0:12:58Why do you keep calling me Sandra?

0:13:00 > 0:13:01- That isn't your name.- No.

0:13:03 > 0:13:05- The last girl was called Sandra.- Ah.

0:13:06 > 0:13:08I accept that isn't a brilliant reason for me

0:13:08 > 0:13:10calling you by her name.

0:13:10 > 0:13:12I'm Robin. Robin Ellacott.

0:13:12 > 0:13:13Cormoran.

0:13:13 > 0:13:15Just popping out.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17Where shall I say you are if anyone important calls?

0:13:17 > 0:13:19Down the boozer.

0:13:19 > 0:13:21Don't worry, they won't.

0:13:22 > 0:13:25So is there anything in particular you'd like me to do

0:13:25 > 0:13:26while you're gone?

0:13:26 > 0:13:28Er, could you look up Landry, May and Patterson?

0:13:28 > 0:13:30They're a law firm. Print out their partner biogs.

0:13:30 > 0:13:33And, er, anything you can get on Lula Landry's family background.

0:13:33 > 0:13:35Mm-hm.

0:13:35 > 0:13:39Er, computer password's Hatherill123. Two Ls.

0:13:44 > 0:13:47Sorry about nearly killing you earlier.

0:13:47 > 0:13:48It's OK.

0:13:59 > 0:14:01Hiya, Corm.

0:14:01 > 0:14:03Is that a new girl in your office?

0:14:03 > 0:14:06She came down to borrow some coffee stuff.

0:14:06 > 0:14:08Roger was all over her like a cheap suit.

0:14:08 > 0:14:10Tell Roger she has a massive engagement ring.

0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Yeah, like that'll stop him from trying.- Ha!

0:14:13 > 0:14:15What happened to your...?

0:14:15 > 0:14:17Got smacked with an ashtray.

0:14:17 > 0:14:18- Ouch!- Yeah.

0:14:54 > 0:14:56Pint.

0:15:48 > 0:15:50Yeah, the Lula Landry case.

0:15:50 > 0:15:52Who was the investigating officer?

0:16:53 > 0:16:55Can I help you?

0:16:55 > 0:16:56You the concierge?

0:16:57 > 0:16:58What do you want?

0:16:58 > 0:17:00My name is Cormoran Strike.

0:17:00 > 0:17:02Wondered if we could have a quick chat.

0:17:02 > 0:17:04Even when she's dead, you lot don't give up.

0:17:04 > 0:17:05I'm not a journalist.

0:17:05 > 0:17:07Yeah? So what are you, then? You're not a cop.

0:17:07 > 0:17:12I was. Royal Military Police. Now a private investigator.

0:17:12 > 0:17:15Right! Hacking phones for a living?

0:17:15 > 0:17:17Dishonourable discharge, was it?

0:17:17 > 0:17:20Medical. My leg.

0:17:20 > 0:17:22Want to see it?

0:17:22 > 0:17:24No.

0:17:24 > 0:17:25Lula's family have hired me

0:17:25 > 0:17:29to investigate the efficiency of the police investigation.

0:17:30 > 0:17:31Were you working the night she died?

0:17:33 > 0:17:35First to the body.

0:17:35 > 0:17:36What happened?

0:17:36 > 0:17:40Mrs Bestigui - she's on the first floor - she runs down screaming.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43Somebody had just fallen past their window. I run out, and...

0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Horrible.- You called the police?

0:17:49 > 0:17:51- I went straight up to Lula's flat. - Why did you do that?

0:17:51 > 0:17:53Cos of what Mrs Bestigui was saying.

0:17:53 > 0:17:55She thought there was somebody there, so....

0:17:55 > 0:17:58You'd know if anybody had gone up, presumably?

0:18:00 > 0:18:01Yeah.

0:18:01 > 0:18:03Ah. Excuse me.

0:18:11 > 0:18:14Ah, Dennis, I need to show you that lift door, come in.

0:18:14 > 0:18:15- WHISPERS:- Derrick.

0:18:15 > 0:18:17Derrick, sorry.

0:18:17 > 0:18:19Certainly, Mr Bestigui.

0:18:21 > 0:18:26Actually, you should talk to Nico. He was Lula's favourite driver.

0:18:29 > 0:18:31PHONE BUZZES

0:18:31 > 0:18:33I got a pick up in Greek Street.

0:18:33 > 0:18:34Well, I'm going that way.

0:18:34 > 0:18:36Half a fare?

0:18:37 > 0:18:38Yeah, OK. Hop in.

0:18:46 > 0:18:48Delivery from Charlotte Campbell.

0:18:48 > 0:18:49Oh! Careful!

0:18:49 > 0:18:51I'm on a double yellow, love.

0:18:51 > 0:18:52DOOR SLAMS

0:19:05 > 0:19:07It's sad.

0:19:07 > 0:19:10Lula, she was all right, you know? She had a big heart.

0:19:12 > 0:19:15She lived in a world that's really fucking hard.

0:19:15 > 0:19:17- We had a lot in common.- Such as?

0:19:17 > 0:19:19Both mixed race, for one thing.

0:19:19 > 0:19:23My dad's a Cypriot from Swansea, and my mum's a West Indian Scouser.

0:19:23 > 0:19:25Must have been a nice, quiet wedding.

0:19:25 > 0:19:26NICO CHUCKLES

0:19:26 > 0:19:28- HORN BEEPS - Whoa, whoa.

0:19:28 > 0:19:30You've still got to follow the rules of the road,

0:19:30 > 0:19:32even if you are on a bike, love.

0:19:32 > 0:19:33Where did you take her that day?

0:19:33 > 0:19:36Er, OK. So first off, we went to Vashti.

0:19:36 > 0:19:39- It's a clothes shop on Conduit Street.- Vashti?

0:19:39 > 0:19:42They was in there for a little bit, and then I took them back to Lula's.

0:19:42 > 0:19:45- They?- Yeah, she met a mate in there. Rochelle.

0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Another model?- Rochelle Onifade?

0:19:47 > 0:19:49Lula met her in a nuthouse.

0:19:49 > 0:19:52I used to pick her up from her hostel on, er, Hallum Street,

0:19:52 > 0:19:54and bring her out to play.

0:19:54 > 0:19:56Can you remember what they were talking about?

0:19:56 > 0:19:57- Like what?- Like anything.

0:19:59 > 0:20:03Er, was looking at something for a bit. Some piece of paper.

0:20:03 > 0:20:05You don't remember what it was?

0:20:05 > 0:20:07All I remember is Lula laughing,

0:20:07 > 0:20:10and saying it was going to piss people off big time.

0:21:13 > 0:21:15Anstis?

0:21:15 > 0:21:17Any luck with DI Wardle, mate?

0:21:21 > 0:21:23Yeah, if you could.

0:21:23 > 0:21:24Yeah, that would be great.

0:21:26 > 0:21:29Yeah, sure. Yeah, bye.

0:21:45 > 0:21:49BLUESY GUITAR MUSIC

0:23:01 > 0:23:04People have been coming all day to pay tribute to Lula Landry...

0:23:04 > 0:23:05DOOR OPENS

0:23:05 > 0:23:08..who fell to her death from one of the flats behind...

0:23:08 > 0:23:09ROBIN STOPS VIDEO

0:23:11 > 0:23:13- How'd it go today, then? - Well, when I got there,

0:23:13 > 0:23:17the boss had obviously been in a massive fight with some woman.

0:23:17 > 0:23:18The office is all smashed up.

0:23:18 > 0:23:20And he doesn't want me there at all,

0:23:20 > 0:23:24and then he buggers off to the pub, leaves me on my own all afternoon,

0:23:24 > 0:23:27with this really rude guy calling every half hour, demanding money.

0:23:27 > 0:23:30- So it's just him, then? - Yeah, he's a private detective.

0:23:30 > 0:23:31HE SCOFFS

0:23:31 > 0:23:34Private detective. That's a bit Roger Rabbit.

0:23:37 > 0:23:40It not, actually. He's, um...

0:23:42 > 0:23:44His dad's Jonny Rokeby.

0:23:45 > 0:23:46- What?- Mm.

0:23:46 > 0:23:49- Then how come he owes money? - I don't know.

0:23:49 > 0:23:52From what I read online, they don't have much of a relationship.

0:23:55 > 0:23:57Isn't that the model who jumped out of a window?

0:23:59 > 0:24:01Gosh.

0:24:01 > 0:24:03She was so young and beautiful.

0:24:03 > 0:24:06Girls always get other girls wrong.

0:24:06 > 0:24:08You are miles fitter.

0:24:08 > 0:24:10She's way too skinny.

0:24:13 > 0:24:15FOOTBALL COMMENTARY ON TV

0:24:21 > 0:24:24That'll be an Arsenal throw, down this left-hand side.

0:24:49 > 0:24:50Night.

0:24:55 > 0:24:57- Matt!- They...

0:24:57 > 0:24:59destroy communication...

0:25:01 > 0:25:03..and intimacy.

0:25:08 > 0:25:11ROBIN LAUGHS

0:25:18 > 0:25:20PHONE RINGS

0:25:23 > 0:25:27CONSTRUCTION NOISE IN STREET

0:25:33 > 0:25:34Yeah?

0:25:34 > 0:25:37It's DI Wardle here. I've just come off my shift.

0:25:39 > 0:25:41You can have half an hour, if you get your skates on.

0:25:41 > 0:25:43Great.

0:25:45 > 0:25:48So you think Lula Landry was murdered,

0:25:48 > 0:25:50- and we messed up the investigation? - Not at all.

0:25:50 > 0:25:53I just want to have a better picture of Lula's last hours.

0:25:55 > 0:25:56Well, we know she was in a state,

0:25:56 > 0:25:59because of the latest bust-up with her boyfriend.

0:25:59 > 0:26:01Evan Duffield - he was seen outside the bar where...

0:26:01 > 0:26:04He was seen all over the place, with that stupid wolf head.

0:26:05 > 0:26:08But he has a cast-iron alibi for time of death.

0:26:08 > 0:26:11Let's make this nice and clear -

0:26:11 > 0:26:14Lula enters the lobby alone, says goodnight to the concierge,

0:26:14 > 0:26:15and heads upstairs.

0:26:15 > 0:26:19- Nobody followed her, and there's no other way up to her flat.- Mm.

0:26:19 > 0:26:23Underneath Lula's, there's flat two, a rental property, empty.

0:26:23 > 0:26:25Deeby Macc was meant to arrive that night,

0:26:25 > 0:26:27but diverted to Claridge's from the airport.

0:26:27 > 0:26:29Who is Deeby Macc?

0:26:29 > 0:26:31- WARDLE CHUCKLES - He's a pretty famous rapper.

0:26:31 > 0:26:34And believe me, his entourage and credit card limit

0:26:34 > 0:26:37are big enough to make tracking him fairly easy.

0:26:37 > 0:26:42On the first floor, flat one, the Bestiguis', Freddie and Tansy.

0:26:42 > 0:26:43He's in a conference call,

0:26:43 > 0:26:46and there's six witnesses to that effect.

0:26:46 > 0:26:48She's in a nightie, and sees a body fall past the window,

0:26:48 > 0:26:49and raises the alarm.

0:26:49 > 0:26:53With the concierge. He told me Tansy said she heard an argument upstairs.

0:26:53 > 0:26:55That's why he ran up to check it out.

0:26:55 > 0:26:57By the time it came to her official statement,

0:26:57 > 0:27:00Tansy Bestigui had reverted to the facts.

0:27:01 > 0:27:04She was coked up. Might have altered her perceptions a bit.

0:27:07 > 0:27:09You think I wouldn't have liked

0:27:09 > 0:27:12to head up the Lula Landry murder investigation?

0:27:13 > 0:27:15Well, sometimes the truth is boring -

0:27:15 > 0:27:18a girl with mental health issues, a pressure job,

0:27:18 > 0:27:20and boyfriend trouble topped herself.

0:27:23 > 0:27:26My advice would be, take whatever that arse head brother's

0:27:26 > 0:27:29already given you, and get back to sniffing sheets.

0:27:56 > 0:27:58DOOR OPENS

0:27:58 > 0:27:59Morning.

0:28:00 > 0:28:02Morning.

0:28:02 > 0:28:04I need you to prepare some terms and conditions for John Bristow,

0:28:04 > 0:28:06and create a client account, please.

0:28:06 > 0:28:08- You're taking the case, then?- Yeah.

0:28:08 > 0:28:11The woman who raised the alarm said she heard a fight upstairs,

0:28:11 > 0:28:13and then she changed her statement.

0:28:13 > 0:28:15Hmm. Why would she do that?

0:28:15 > 0:28:17Well, that's a good question,

0:28:17 > 0:28:20and one DI Wardle was all too happy to dismiss.

0:28:20 > 0:28:24I suspect he suffers from acute confirmation bias, which means...

0:28:24 > 0:28:26Preferring evidence that supports a pre-existing theory,

0:28:26 > 0:28:28and ignoring that which doesn't.

0:28:31 > 0:28:32I did it at uni.

0:28:33 > 0:28:36- You've got a degree? - No. Dropped out.

0:28:37 > 0:28:38Me too.

0:28:39 > 0:28:41What's all this?

0:28:41 > 0:28:43So, the last photos of Lula.

0:28:43 > 0:28:46These are all picture taken at the funeral. This is the family.

0:28:46 > 0:28:49That's Lady Yvette Bristow with her brother, Tony Landry.

0:28:49 > 0:28:50John and Lula's uncle.

0:28:50 > 0:28:53Who is also a partner at the law firm,

0:28:53 > 0:28:55so I've printed off his biog for you as well.

0:28:57 > 0:28:59These are industry people and friends.

0:28:59 > 0:29:03This is Guy Some, the designer, with Lula's best mate, Ciara Porter,

0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Evan Duffield... - Rock star boyfriend.

0:29:05 > 0:29:07..and this is the big film producer, Freddie Bestigui,

0:29:07 > 0:29:10who lives on the first floor of Lula's building.

0:29:10 > 0:29:12I'm guessing that's his wife.

0:29:12 > 0:29:15That's Tansy. The neighbour who changed her statement.

0:29:18 > 0:29:22I'm heading to Lula's now. Do you want to look around with me?

0:29:23 > 0:29:24Sure.

0:29:26 > 0:29:28Have you ever heard of Deeby Macc?

0:29:29 > 0:29:31- Yeah.- Well, I hadn't.

0:29:33 > 0:29:35Actually, he had a big thing for Lula Landry.

0:29:35 > 0:29:38Wrote a couple of tracks about how he was going to

0:29:38 > 0:29:40take her off Evan Duffield.

0:29:40 > 0:29:41Did she get any say in this?

0:29:41 > 0:29:44No. Obviously, it was a matter to be sorted out between the boys.

0:29:46 > 0:29:47Why?

0:29:47 > 0:29:51He was going to rent the flat underneath Lula's for his UK tour.

0:29:55 > 0:29:58DOOR BUZZES

0:30:01 > 0:30:03Did John Bristow call you about the key?

0:30:05 > 0:30:08- So this is where you were the night of Lula's death?- Yeah.

0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Nobody comes or goes without you seeing them, right?- Yeah.

0:30:11 > 0:30:14I mean, they'd have to report to you?

0:30:14 > 0:30:16Yeah, I tell them what flat to go up to.

0:30:16 > 0:30:18Unless Lula's told me not to let them up.

0:30:18 > 0:30:20She do that often?

0:30:20 > 0:30:21Well, a couple of times.

0:30:21 > 0:30:23Who?

0:30:23 > 0:30:24Evan Duffield mostly.

0:30:26 > 0:30:29And her uncle, Tony Landry, IF they'd had one of their rows.

0:30:30 > 0:30:33LIFT BELL PINGS OK.

0:30:34 > 0:30:37So tell me about the building's layout.

0:30:37 > 0:30:40Well, the Bestiguis are on the first floor

0:30:40 > 0:30:43and the second floor is currently vacant.

0:30:43 > 0:30:46The penthouse was Lula's.

0:30:46 > 0:30:48And this is the only entrance?

0:30:48 > 0:30:50Only one way in and out.

0:31:25 > 0:31:29- Why do you think she got changed when she got home?- Comfort?

0:31:29 > 0:31:30CAMERA CLICKS

0:31:30 > 0:31:33Funny thing to do when you're about to kill yourself.

0:31:33 > 0:31:35In the Army, I knew this lieutenant.

0:31:35 > 0:31:38Life and soul of his own birthday party,

0:31:38 > 0:31:40shot himself two hours later. CAMERA CLICKS

0:32:44 > 0:32:46DISTANT SIREN WAILS

0:32:49 > 0:32:51Locks as soon as it's shut.

0:32:54 > 0:32:56INAUDIBLE

0:32:56 > 0:32:57HE TAPS

0:32:57 > 0:32:59Don't think he can hear me.

0:33:01 > 0:33:02INAUDIBLE

0:33:07 > 0:33:11You can't hear a single thing from these flats with the door shut.

0:33:11 > 0:33:15They could have a Trenchtown sound system playing downstairs...

0:33:15 > 0:33:18- and you'd never know. - What's Tansy Bestigui like?

0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Better than her husband. - You believed her when she said

0:33:21 > 0:33:23she thought there was somebody up here with Lula?

0:33:24 > 0:33:26She was scared.

0:33:26 > 0:33:28OK.

0:33:28 > 0:33:30What about Rochelle Onifade?

0:33:30 > 0:33:33Nico said he dropped them both back here during the day.

0:33:33 > 0:33:36- I told Lula about that girl. - What did you tell her?

0:33:36 > 0:33:38She was trash. Only after her money.

0:33:38 > 0:33:40What did Lula say?

0:33:40 > 0:33:43Just laughed, told me not to be horrible,

0:33:43 > 0:33:44she didn't care about money.

0:33:44 > 0:33:47Only people who with a lot of it ever say that.

0:33:47 > 0:33:49Do you mind showing me the rest of the building?

0:33:49 > 0:33:51Oh, there's only the swimming pool, really, so...

0:33:51 > 0:33:53I don't know why you'd want to...

0:34:21 > 0:34:22Mrs Bestigui?

0:34:24 > 0:34:26My name is Cormoran Strike.

0:34:26 > 0:34:27I'm an investigator.

0:34:28 > 0:34:31- A what?- A private investigator.

0:34:31 > 0:34:33Sorry to bother you,

0:34:33 > 0:34:36but I've been hired to look into the death of Lula Landry.

0:34:36 > 0:34:38I just need to ask you a few questions

0:34:38 > 0:34:39about the night of Lula's death.

0:34:41 > 0:34:42Yes?

0:34:42 > 0:34:45- How did you know Lula fell? - I saw her.

0:34:45 > 0:34:47- You saw her?- That's what I said.

0:34:49 > 0:34:52So you were close to the window.

0:34:55 > 0:34:59I'm sorry, this really isn't a great time for this kind of conversation.

0:35:02 > 0:35:03Please, er...

0:35:06 > 0:35:09..call my office and fix a meeting.

0:35:09 > 0:35:12I just want to ensure we've got all the facts.

0:35:13 > 0:35:14Who's paying you?

0:35:14 > 0:35:17John Bristow, Lula's brother.

0:35:19 > 0:35:20OK.

0:35:21 > 0:35:22I'll call you.

0:35:31 > 0:35:35- She's lying.- Why?- When you start an investigation, Robin,

0:35:35 > 0:35:39it's like looking into an aquarium for the first time.

0:35:39 > 0:35:41Walk around, check how many fish there are,

0:35:41 > 0:35:43see what happens when you tap the glass.

0:35:43 > 0:35:46And, right now, Tansy's the most interesting fish?

0:35:46 > 0:35:48And Rochelle Onifade.

0:35:50 > 0:35:52# If you keep dancin' on me

0:35:52 > 0:35:54# Girl, I'll be tempted to touch

0:35:54 > 0:35:56# Tempted to touch Tempted to touch

0:35:56 > 0:35:59- ON CLIP:- # Feel like I can't get enough, can't get enough

0:35:59 > 0:36:02# If you keep dancin' on me Girl, I'll be tempted to touch... #

0:36:02 > 0:36:03So this is Deeby Macc.

0:36:03 > 0:36:06# Tempted to touch Tempted to touch

0:36:08 > 0:36:10# If you keep hitting on me... #

0:36:10 > 0:36:11Right.

0:36:11 > 0:36:14And I also found out that Ciara Porter has a web channel

0:36:14 > 0:36:17of video clips she made with Lula and her mates.

0:36:17 > 0:36:19- ON CLIP:- Oh, we should call her Beulah!

0:36:19 > 0:36:20Oh, my God, it's a she and I am not...

0:36:20 > 0:36:23- Ciara's just got a new dog. - Oh, look...

0:36:23 > 0:36:24With stupid ears.

0:36:24 > 0:36:26Expensive ears.

0:36:26 > 0:36:27Rochelle!

0:36:27 > 0:36:31They shouldn't breed them flat faced like that, poor things.

0:36:33 > 0:36:34Pause it there.

0:36:34 > 0:36:36Oh, my Little Rock!

0:36:38 > 0:36:41Where are those funeral photos you showed me?

0:36:43 > 0:36:44Um...

0:36:52 > 0:36:53Is that Rochelle?

0:36:55 > 0:36:56Yeah.

0:37:07 > 0:37:09Think that could be Rochelle?

0:37:09 > 0:37:10PHONE RINGS

0:37:10 > 0:37:12Oh, it's hard to say.

0:37:12 > 0:37:13Could be.

0:37:16 > 0:37:18Cormoran Strike's office?

0:37:19 > 0:37:22Yes, of course. I'll pass that on immediately.

0:37:22 > 0:37:23SHE HANGS UP

0:37:23 > 0:37:25Tansy Bestigui wants to meet you tonight.

0:37:26 > 0:37:28Hm!

0:37:30 > 0:37:31I'll go and iron a shirt.

0:37:35 > 0:37:37Here's my Little Rock.

0:37:37 > 0:37:41My Little Rock knows more about me than you lot ever will.

0:37:41 > 0:37:42THEY CHUCKLE

0:37:43 > 0:37:46CAR HORN HONKS

0:38:06 > 0:38:09- Good evening. - I'm meeting Tansy Bestigui?

0:38:09 > 0:38:11Sure. May we take your coat, sir?

0:38:29 > 0:38:31This isn't...

0:38:31 > 0:38:32My name is Tony Landry.

0:38:32 > 0:38:34I'm Lula and John's uncle.

0:38:35 > 0:38:36Please sit down.

0:38:41 > 0:38:46Coincidentally, our law firm also represents Mr and Mrs Bestigui.

0:38:47 > 0:38:51So now...I've been looking you up. All very interesting.

0:38:51 > 0:38:52Afghanistan.

0:38:52 > 0:38:55- Jonny Rokeby. - HE CHUCKLES

0:38:55 > 0:38:57And your mother.

0:38:58 > 0:39:00Leda Strike, wasn't it?

0:39:00 > 0:39:04They don't make them like her any more, unfortunately.

0:39:05 > 0:39:08And now my delusional nephew has hired you

0:39:08 > 0:39:11to cause more pain to the family.

0:39:11 > 0:39:14My aim is to lessen his pain by providing him with the truth.

0:39:14 > 0:39:18I can't interfere with my nephew's madness.

0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Or his love for his sister. - Very true.

0:39:21 > 0:39:24Family is a complex thing.

0:39:24 > 0:39:26You, of all people, are surely aware of that.

0:39:26 > 0:39:29Lula's death was tragic,

0:39:29 > 0:39:35but I must advise you to stay away from the Bestiguis.

0:39:36 > 0:39:38- WAITER:- How is everything?

0:39:39 > 0:39:40Delicious, thank you.

0:39:40 > 0:39:43I would like a bottle of Puligny-Montrachet

0:39:43 > 0:39:46- and, PLEASE, not too cold. - Of course, sir.

0:39:46 > 0:39:50The thing is, Tony, I take my instructions from your nephew so...

0:39:50 > 0:39:56They say that we are all just two mistakes from being homeless

0:39:56 > 0:39:59and I know that currently my nephew's money

0:39:59 > 0:40:03is all that is keeping you from displaying that stump

0:40:03 > 0:40:06for loose change on Waterloo Bridge.

0:40:07 > 0:40:09Put John's mind at rest,

0:40:09 > 0:40:12ease his pain if you like,

0:40:12 > 0:40:15take your money and we'll all be happy.

0:40:15 > 0:40:19Don't be greedy, though, and take advantage of his grief

0:40:19 > 0:40:24by prolonging this tragedy or I will tie you in so many legal knots

0:40:24 > 0:40:27you won't be able to get out of bed in the morning.

0:40:29 > 0:40:31Definitely give that some thought.

0:40:32 > 0:40:35Let me give you a little bit of advice.

0:40:35 > 0:40:37You can insult my financial status,

0:40:37 > 0:40:39my disability, anything you like.

0:40:40 > 0:40:42Mention my mother again,

0:40:42 > 0:40:44I'll introduce you to an experience

0:40:44 > 0:40:47far worse than an over-chilled burgundy.

0:40:47 > 0:40:48Got it?

0:40:50 > 0:40:51Enjoy the rest of your dinner.

0:40:56 > 0:40:58MATCH FLARES

0:41:08 > 0:41:10PHONE RINGS

0:41:27 > 0:41:30ANSWERPHONE: You've reached the offices of Cormoran Strike.

0:41:30 > 0:41:32Please leave a message.

0:41:32 > 0:41:33MACHINE BEEPS

0:41:33 > 0:41:37- CHARLOTTE:- I know you're there. Just pick up the phone.

0:41:40 > 0:41:41I can't cope.

0:41:43 > 0:41:44I need you, Bluey.

0:41:45 > 0:41:47Please.

0:41:47 > 0:41:48MACHINE BEEPS

0:42:07 > 0:42:08Bollocks.

0:42:10 > 0:42:13Why do I always take you off before I remember to have a piss?

0:42:31 > 0:42:34TRICKLING

0:42:44 > 0:42:46HE GRUNTS

0:42:46 > 0:42:49MOBILE RINGS

0:44:06 > 0:44:09HE SIGHS

0:44:10 > 0:44:12KNOCK ON DOOR Yeah.

0:44:13 > 0:44:15The, um, the stuff for John Bristow you asked for.

0:44:17 > 0:44:19Would you like me to get rid of that cup?

0:44:19 > 0:44:21NO!

0:44:21 > 0:44:23No. You're not a cleaner.

0:44:24 > 0:44:26OK...

0:44:29 > 0:44:30DOOR CLOSES

0:44:40 > 0:44:41LIQUID POURS

0:44:59 > 0:45:02- Tashakor.- Nooshe jan.

0:45:12 > 0:45:14Sorry I'm a bit late,

0:45:14 > 0:45:16couldn't find anywhere to park,

0:45:16 > 0:45:19had to use the, er, Chinatown car park.

0:45:22 > 0:45:28Look, um, I am so relieved you've agreed to take this on.

0:45:28 > 0:45:30Here are my terms of business.

0:45:30 > 0:45:33Daily rate includes money for informants and incidentals, and...

0:45:38 > 0:45:40..here's some issues and questions.

0:45:44 > 0:45:47Yeah. Lula did have a computer but we wiped it

0:45:47 > 0:45:50and gave it to charity once the police had returned it.

0:45:51 > 0:45:53Was there anything else taken from her flat?

0:45:53 > 0:45:56Er, Tony took Mum round there -

0:45:56 > 0:45:57just to pick up a few personal things...

0:45:57 > 0:45:59Tony Landry, your uncle?

0:45:59 > 0:46:00- Yeah.- Hm.

0:46:02 > 0:46:03Why?

0:46:03 > 0:46:06I bumped into him. Or rather he bumped into me.

0:46:06 > 0:46:09BRISTOW LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

0:46:09 > 0:46:11How do you get on with him?

0:46:11 > 0:46:13Tony's a little, er...

0:46:13 > 0:46:14- HE SIGHS - Yeah...

0:46:15 > 0:46:17Lula?

0:46:17 > 0:46:20They sometimes clashed.

0:46:20 > 0:46:23The doorman told me she asked him not to let Tony up.

0:46:23 > 0:46:25Yeah, I-I can believe that.

0:46:26 > 0:46:29Did Lula ever mention Rochelle Onifade?

0:46:29 > 0:46:32- Er...is she a model?- No.

0:46:34 > 0:46:36So, I'm afraid, er...

0:46:37 > 0:46:40No, I'm sorry, I can't put a face to her.

0:46:48 > 0:46:49Fiver for a hand job.

0:46:53 > 0:46:56Rochelle's not here any more. She was asked to leave, actually.

0:46:56 > 0:46:59- Any idea where she's gone? - No, sorry.

0:46:59 > 0:47:01You don't have any contact details?

0:47:01 > 0:47:04Yeah, but I can't just give them out to strangers, obviously.

0:47:04 > 0:47:05PHONE RINGS

0:47:06 > 0:47:09Hallum Street Hostel.

0:47:09 > 0:47:10Yep.

0:47:12 > 0:47:13No, we haven't got any places.

0:47:13 > 0:47:17You have to be resident in the borough for B&B.

0:47:17 > 0:47:20- Yes, it is a disgrace. - SARCASTICALLY:- Welcome to London!

0:47:21 > 0:47:24OK, thanks. Sorry to bother you.

0:47:47 > 0:47:49Could you do me a big favour?

0:47:49 > 0:47:50No.

0:47:50 > 0:47:52Could you do me a big favour for 50 quid?

0:47:54 > 0:47:58Thought you wouldn't be able to resist. You got a car?

0:47:58 > 0:47:59It's not that kind of a favour.

0:48:03 > 0:48:06WOMAN SCREAMS

0:48:29 > 0:48:31CAMERA CLICKS

0:48:34 > 0:48:37INDISTINCT RAISED VOICES NEARBY

0:48:44 > 0:48:46Might not be a big deal to you, but I'm proper phobic!

0:48:46 > 0:48:49It was an enormous big, hairy monster... Nearly as bad as him.

0:48:49 > 0:48:52- Everything OK? - It was a bloody spider in her room.

0:48:55 > 0:48:58I need you to call Rochelle, tell her a friend of Lula's needs to meet

0:48:58 > 0:49:00to give her an important message.

0:49:04 > 0:49:07You ain't going to hurt her, are you?

0:49:07 > 0:49:08No.

0:49:09 > 0:49:10Why can't you call?

0:49:10 > 0:49:12It'll come better from you.

0:49:14 > 0:49:17Tell her Lula said I needed to speak to "Little Rock".

0:49:18 > 0:49:19"Little Rock".

0:49:33 > 0:49:35Rochelle?

0:49:35 > 0:49:38- You ain't no friend of Lula. - Sit down.- What do want with me, man?

0:49:38 > 0:49:41I just want to ask you a few questions. I'm not police. OK?

0:49:41 > 0:49:42Really not the police.

0:49:45 > 0:49:46SHE SIGHS

0:49:57 > 0:49:58You want something to eat?

0:50:00 > 0:50:02Yeah, get me a burger and chips.

0:50:06 > 0:50:07Burger and chips.

0:50:08 > 0:50:10You want...?

0:50:41 > 0:50:43Bastard, bastard leg.

0:50:45 > 0:50:48- ROCHELLE:- I don't know. He said he was a mate.

0:50:48 > 0:50:53Yeah, well, Lula never had any mates who looked like him, so I bounced.

0:50:54 > 0:50:55Course not!

0:50:57 > 0:50:59But you need to sort me out again.

0:51:01 > 0:51:02Rochelle...

0:51:03 > 0:51:05- SHOUTING:- Leave me alone!

0:51:06 > 0:51:09- Who were you talking to? - This guy is bothering me. Please!

0:51:09 > 0:51:11- Hey, leave her alone! - CROWD MURMURS

0:51:22 > 0:51:25- How'd it go?- Er...

0:51:25 > 0:51:26Badly.

0:51:30 > 0:51:32How do you feel about identity theft?

0:51:47 > 0:51:49SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

0:51:49 > 0:51:52Yeah, it's Rochelle Onifade, I've lost my appointment card.

0:51:54 > 0:51:56It is...

0:51:56 > 0:52:00It's, er, 13th of November, 1994.

0:52:00 > 0:52:03- SARCASTICALLY:- Do you want to know the time as well?

0:52:03 > 0:52:05What address you got for me there?

0:52:06 > 0:52:09Cos I've been movin' about a bit since I last saw ya.

0:52:09 > 0:52:11Yeah.

0:52:11 > 0:52:13Just tell me what address you got for me there!

0:52:16 > 0:52:17Thank you.

0:52:22 > 0:52:24- How was that?- Not bad.

0:52:25 > 0:52:28- I'll head down there. - Oh, can you fill in my time sheet,

0:52:28 > 0:52:31- in case I'm not here when you get back?- I'll do it tomorrow.

0:52:31 > 0:52:33Today's my last day.

0:52:34 > 0:52:35Oh!

0:52:42 > 0:52:44Good luck with the job hunting.

0:52:44 > 0:52:46Thanks.

0:52:46 > 0:52:48Er...

0:52:48 > 0:52:52I could come back next week and we could cut the agency out.

0:52:55 > 0:52:56Yeah!

0:52:56 > 0:52:57If...?

0:52:57 > 0:52:58That could work.

0:53:05 > 0:53:06Great.

0:53:09 > 0:53:11DOOR CLOSES

0:53:46 > 0:53:48The lift is broken again.

0:53:56 > 0:53:59HE GRUNTS AND PANTS

0:54:12 > 0:54:14HE GROANS

0:54:23 > 0:54:25HE PANTS

0:54:28 > 0:54:31DOG BARKS NEARBY

0:54:35 > 0:54:37HE KNOCKS

0:54:41 > 0:54:42HE KNOCKS AGAIN

0:54:46 > 0:54:48WATER TRICKLES

0:54:52 > 0:54:53Rochelle?

0:54:56 > 0:54:57Rochelle!

0:54:57 > 0:54:58HE KNOCKS

0:55:09 > 0:55:11LOCK CLUNKS

0:55:16 > 0:55:18Rochelle?

0:55:21 > 0:55:23THUDDING, HE GROANS

0:55:23 > 0:55:25WATER GUSHES

0:55:25 > 0:55:27HE WINCES

0:55:31 > 0:55:33HE GROANS

0:55:45 > 0:55:47Come on, Rochelle...

0:55:48 > 0:55:49Come on, Rochelle.

0:55:51 > 0:55:53Rochelle!

0:56:22 > 0:56:23You got a cause of death yet?

0:56:23 > 0:56:25A drug-dealer maybe on a rented number?

0:56:25 > 0:56:27Listen, I'm quite busy with real cases so...

0:56:29 > 0:56:31You have no idea.

0:56:31 > 0:56:33About what?

0:56:33 > 0:56:35She was frightened of him...

0:56:35 > 0:56:36Who?

0:56:37 > 0:56:39REPORTERS CLAMOUR

0:56:39 > 0:56:41Get the fuck away from me!

0:56:41 > 0:56:42He's harassing me!

0:56:42 > 0:56:44- Some fashion designer.- Which one?

0:56:44 > 0:56:47- They call him Guy Some. - "Gee Sommay".

0:56:47 > 0:56:48Lights!

0:56:50 > 0:56:52I'm Ciara.

0:56:52 > 0:56:53I know.

0:56:54 > 0:56:57- I won't be around early afternoon anyway!- Why not?

0:56:57 > 0:56:58Job interview.