0:00:03 > 0:00:05Yeah, that's about right.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Yep.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Thanks, mate!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Are you all right there?
0:00:45 > 0:00:46- Fine.- Sorry?
0:00:49 > 0:00:52I'm fine. Where's my tea?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I didn't know you wanted one. Would you like me to put the kettle on?
0:00:57 > 0:00:59No, no. I'm fine.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06TYRES SCREECH
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Oh. OK, just hold it there, thanks, mate. Hold up.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Thank you.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Slow.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Thanks, mate.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Righto, come through.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Miss, you've got to come through. Come through, please.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Jesus, stop the car! Argh!
0:01:42 > 0:01:44CLATTERING
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Sir, are you all right?
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Are you hurt?!
0:02:00 > 0:02:03All right, I'm going to try and open the door, all right?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Oh, he smells like a brewery.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08SHE GROANS
0:03:19 > 0:03:21I was going to bring you that cuppa.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Looked like hard work out there.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24It is.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Don't we have a vacuum cleaner for that sort of thing?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30It's not working.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Well, you know there's an appliance fair at the co-op this week.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Oh! You'll enjoy that.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36PHONE RINGS
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I'll get it.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Dr Blake's surgery.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44One moment, please.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45It's for you.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Oh, Danny. How's your morning? - Terrible!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Almost got killed. How about you?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Yes, me too.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56What's the story?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Straightforward drunk driver. I'll just leave it to Gus.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Right, so, everyone's safe. Who was it?
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Travelling salesman. He died at the scene on the Creswick Road.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07And how do we know he's a salesman?
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Oh, back seat of the car was full of gear.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Head back to the crash site, look through his car.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Make sure you get the man's personals.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Can I take a car? That bloke wrecked my pushie.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Walk. Be good for you - and you can go home.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20There's nothing here for you.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Good. Right. Well, feel free to waste my time whenever it suits.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- Uh, Doc? Doc, Doc? - Yes?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31What would make a bloke's face turn blue?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Gus! I was curious too. What do you make of the colour?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Professional curiosity, or are you just here to annoy me?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42As always, Gus, I'm here to help.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01CAR HORN BEEPS Hey!
0:05:01 > 0:05:02WOMAN LAUGHS
0:05:05 > 0:05:07You should have seen your face.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Do you mind?!
0:05:09 > 0:05:10You actually left the ground!
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Yeah, very bloody funny, all right?!
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Oh, there's no need to be like that.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19I was nearly killed earlier today, so it's not a joke, all right?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Well, maybe you need to toughen up a little bit there.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Don't suppose I could grab a lift.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Come on, it's halfway out of town!
0:05:27 > 0:05:31Well, maybe that'll teach you not to bite my head off next time.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33The walk'll do you good, get that blood pumping.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Ray Beck, travelling salesman.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Looks like a film star.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Women must've been all over him.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Do I detect a hint of envy there, Gus?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Done the bloods?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Not yet. Obviously another drink driver.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Really? - You didn't smell his clothes.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04No, but I smelled his mouth. No trace.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06You'd expect something there, wouldn't you?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Colour suggests asphyxiation, wouldn't you think?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Haemorrhagic stroke?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Hmm, might be right.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Cracked sternum.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Minimal bruising.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24I think he was dead before he crashed the car.
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Can I see his clothes?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Argh!
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Help yourself - his clothes. They're too sharp for my taste.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Oh, I find that hard to believe, Gus.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Phew, I see what you mean about the alcohol.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26His trousers are covered in it.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Actually, only one leg.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Gus.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58What do you make of these?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Acute infection or some kind of poisoning.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Snake bite.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Argh! Argh!
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Argh!
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Lawson. - I told you to go home.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Is Danny still at the crash? - Yep.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- You told him to search that car, didn't you?- Yeah, why?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23He might be in trouble.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Some help here! Mattie? Get some help here!
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Take his shoulders.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Right, oxygen, now!
0:10:24 > 0:10:26I've got the treatment room prepped! What kind of snake?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I don't know.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29We can't give him anti-venom
0:10:29 > 0:10:33- if we don't know what kind of snake it was.- I don't know!
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Right, on my 'three'. One, two, three.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44- Pulse.- Onto it.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49110.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Blake.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57The men are looking for the snake. They still haven't found it.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00What do we do now?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Haemotoxic, cytoxic, neurotoxic.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Haemotoxic, cytoxic...- Haemotoxic?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07But from what you said, there was obvious neural dysfunction.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08What are you talking about?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09We can't give him anti-venom
0:11:09 > 0:11:11if we don't know what kind of snake it was.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Can we give him something else?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- We have three generalised vaccines. - Well, use one of those.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16We don't know what the poison is...
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Pulse again, please, please, please.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23- 120.- He's in shock.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Danny!
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Snake bite.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28- What kind of snake? - We don't know.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Well, what are you going to do? - Blake.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Lucien!
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Blake?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- What kind of snake? - I don't know.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Well, we can't give him anti-venom
0:11:44 > 0:11:46if we don't know what kind of snake it was.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Lucien?
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Pit viper. Asian pit viper.- Asian?!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Native to Asia. Not an Australian snake.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Two deep puncture marks from hollow fangs. Very, very distinctive.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00No Australian snake has fangs quite like it.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02You've treated a viper snake bite before.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- No, but I've read about it. - Are you sure about this?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- Not 100%, no. - But as sure as you possibly can be?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Please clear the room. Jean?
0:12:09 > 0:12:10I'll wait in the corridor.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15All right, Mattie, haemotoxic.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Good.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10120 over 80.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- He's going to be all right. - Oh, thank God!
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Perhaps he should stay with us until he's feeling better.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Of course! Absolutely.
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Well done.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Well done.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48An Asian pit viper.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Hmm. An educated guess.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57How did a deadly foreign snake get into that salesman's car?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Well, snakes crawl into cars all the time.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Not Asian pit vipers, not here.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Well, some idiot bought it into the country, let it escape.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Good job, Lucien.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Thank you, Matthew.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Right, see you again next week.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Claire Connolly!
0:14:50 > 0:14:51How are you?
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I can't find anything specifically wrong with you, Mrs Connolly,
0:14:58 > 0:15:02however, in general you are certainly run-down.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Your heart rate is normal...
0:15:05 > 0:15:07..your blood pressure's a little high.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Have you been under much stress lately?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15My husband and I, we run a boarding house.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19There's been some drama lately.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23One of the guests died in a car crash.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26Ray Beck.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27You know him?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Not really, no. I gather he sold vacuum cleaners.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Apparently he was the best.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42You know, my housekeeper is in need of a new vacuum cleaner.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Oh.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47The house is full of salesmen.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48You could name your price.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Latest model - the Constellation, for your delight.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05It is, as they say, pure heaven.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06- Heaven?- Mm-hmm.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09For the lady, therefore, for the gentleman.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11What about the Canterbury?
0:16:11 > 0:16:12Hubby's on a budget, is he?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- Erm, I'm just the housekeeper. - My apologies.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Like I said, free delivery, free bags, one year's free servicing.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24There's a sucker born every day.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- This is my sale. - Jim Thurlston.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31District's top salesman, all domestic appliances.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Second top seller. - Haven't you noticed?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Ray's no longer with us. - Ray Beck, the chap who died?
0:16:36 > 0:16:37That's right.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Bloke had the most amazing contacts, especially in refrigeration.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Look, I just couldn't compete.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47He's gone. I'm top dog now.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Gentlemen, surely a little healthy competition isn't a bad thing.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Fine by me.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55That's because Mulleton here is never going to match me.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Well, I'm off to find a cup of tea.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Hubby might leave you with it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Hand on heart, all the ladies swear by the Constellation.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10You want a real deal?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11Talk to the real salesman.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Mrs Connolly?
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Mrs Connolly?
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Hello?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Don't you yell at me, Frank Connolly!
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Come here, woman!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I will bloody yell at you if I want to.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- I have had it up to here... - You've had it?!
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Yes, I bloody have!
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I hate you so much!
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Don't you walk away from me! - Don't you give me orders.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Come here, woman!
0:17:41 > 0:17:42DOOR CLOSES
0:18:32 > 0:18:33See that?
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Perfect suction every time.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Exactly the same model I was offering.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- But with free bags. - I said free bags.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Year's warranty. - I can do that too.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50Two sets of bags, year's warranty, cost price.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52How do I know it's the model I really want?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55You can borrow mine, try it out and see if you like it.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Oh, thank you.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58And if you like it, do we have a deal?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07There you are.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08The A...
0:19:08 > 0:19:12The Asian pit viper hates the cold, so that snake...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You know, THE snake,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18there's no way it would survive out here in the bush.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- What?!- The...
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Never mind. How is it?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Well, it's fine, but it's not picking up as well as it was before.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I think we need to empty the bag.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I'm sure that's probably relatively easy to sort out.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Well, maybe you could do it for me.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38Yes, of course.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I'm sure it's just a matter of...
0:19:44 > 0:19:47unfastening something on the side or the back or...
0:19:47 > 0:19:49There we are.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- Oh, yeah!- Relatively easy?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Well, if it would just do as it's told. Oh!
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Don't worry, I'll fix all that up.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Hang on.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Constable, we'll need access into here.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Go and get the key from Frank Connolly.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Sorry to disturb you at a time like this.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Was the Mrs happy with the vacuum she borrowed?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Yeah, the Mrs was ecstatic, thank you.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Then I'll drop the machine over tomorrow.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Tell me, was Mr Churchill disappointed
0:23:14 > 0:23:15he missed out on the sale?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18It's dog eat dog in our line of work, Doc.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Yeah. - What's with all the coppers?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Oh, I couldn't possibly comment, Mr Thurlston.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24If you'll excuse me.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Is there a law against keeping a few snakes or something?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Mmm, there is. You broke it.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48I understand a Mr Raymond Beck was staying here, Mr Connolly.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49Yeah, he was.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52You know that he died?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Car crash, I heard. Hate to think that booze was behind it.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57He could always put it away.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Well, there's more than the car crash.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02He died from snake bite, and then a young constable of mine got bitten
0:24:02 > 0:24:04while he was searching his car down near Kilburn.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06The thing's still on the loose.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Now, you've got an empty cage downstairs
0:24:11 > 0:24:14that's supposed to have an Asian pit viper inside.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Yeah, I didn't know it was missing till that bloke broke in.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Where's the snake now?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23No idea!
0:24:23 > 0:24:25What do you mean, you've got no idea?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26It's supposed to be in the bloody cage.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29But I honestly don't know.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Look, I told you.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35I always keep the key to the basement on me.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I used to have a spare key, but...
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Missing too, is it?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I've got a dead man who stayed here and a young constable in hospital,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51both bitten by a snake, and you know nothing about it.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56I need you to come down the station and make a statement.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58My men are going to search Mr Beck's car,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and if they find a snake and it's an Asian pit viper,
0:25:01 > 0:25:02I'm charging you with murder.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18SHE CRIES
0:26:10 > 0:26:12This is where Ray Beck was staying.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17It's all right, Mrs Connolly.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20I'm sure this situation isn't helping those issues
0:26:20 > 0:26:21we discussed in my surgery.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27If you feel the need to come back and see me again, please do.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I do have to ask you a question, I'm afraid.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Your husband mentioned the spare key to the basement went missing.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Now, is this right?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Frank looked after the keys.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42The basement wasn't any of my business.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Of course.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Just one more thing, if I may.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Ray Beck was a very handsome man.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Did your husband have any reason, any reason, to be jealous?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13- She was having an affair? - She's unhappy.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17She has an affair with the handsome salesman in the upstairs room,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20then hubby finds out and sticks his deadliest snake in her lover's car.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Well, how do you know she was unhappy?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I heard them arguing.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I was hiding in their kitchen at the time.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29You should've seen her expression when you mentioned Ray Beck.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32She was almost in tears! The way she folded his clothes.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35By the way, did you find his sales notebook?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Apparently Ray was the region's top seller,
0:27:38 > 0:27:41but his notebook wasn't in his jacket at the hospital.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42Haven't found it. Why?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Their notebooks contain their contacts,
0:27:45 > 0:27:47and they treat these books like the Holy Grail.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Word is that Ray's contacts were the best.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53No, haven't found it, but there was something else.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55The man liked to punt.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57All these are marked "unpaid."
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Goodness! £200, that's a lot to owe.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03If it's the bookie I'm thinking of,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06he wouldn't have been happy that Beck couldn't pay.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Eddie Carlin, real lowlife.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Has a particular way of writing his numbers.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12PHONE RINGS
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Saw young Parks today. Looks like he's on the mend.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- Close thing, but, yes. - Lawson.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Yep.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22It's Hobart. They've found the snake.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25Well?
0:28:27 > 0:28:28Yeah.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31That's a pit viper.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Frank Connolly, I'm arresting you on the charges of murder,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40attempted murder, possession of dangerous animals
0:28:40 > 0:28:41as defined in the relevant Acts.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43You don't have to say anything at this time,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45but anything you say or do may be given in evidence.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Do you understand?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Take him down.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Mrs Connolly.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Are they charging Frank?
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Yes, they are. Can you...? Can you tell me what happened?
0:29:19 > 0:29:22There's no way he would have ever hurt Ray.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Well, that's not how it looks, Mrs Connolly.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Now, I know you and your husband weren't exactly happy.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29But Frank wouldn't hurt anyone.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Wives often say that, Mrs Connolly.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33But I know Frank!
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Then please tell me what happened with Ray.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36- Oh! - Mrs Connolly!
0:29:46 > 0:29:48No admissions yet, but that'll come.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50What about that bookie you were talking about?
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Carlin? Lowlife scum.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Have to get him on something else.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14RADIO PLAYS
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Mr Carlin will see you now.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Yep, righto, Harry. Yep, right, OK, gotcha. See ya.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Ray Beck said you'd give good odds at today's meet at Flemington.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Ray Beck ain't worth a toss.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Don't bring idiots like this in here again.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36- Come on.- Wait!
0:30:36 > 0:30:37I need to place a few bets,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40and I'm guessing Ray owing you money's left a bit of a hole.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41What do you know about Beck?
0:30:44 > 0:30:46That he died.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Real shame.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Must've been somewhat annoying... - PHONE RINGS
0:30:50 > 0:30:52..Ray dying owing you money.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53You talk too much.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Hello? Ah, yeah. Spring flutter?
0:30:59 > 0:31:00OK, mate. Yep, see ya.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Look, I'd like to take a piece of that action, if I may.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Spring Flutter for a win in the fourth.
0:31:06 > 0:31:0720:1.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12£5. And Landed Gentry in the sixth for a place, £5.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- 16:1. - Good.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20I guess it's not really in your interests to kill someone
0:31:20 > 0:31:21if they owe you money.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Sterling Silver in the ninth.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Winner or place, £5.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35You kill them, you don't get your money back, do you?
0:31:35 > 0:31:39Well, if depends. I need to set an example.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41And how would you do that, exactly?
0:31:41 > 0:31:42HE CHUCKLES
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Would you ever use a snake to make an example of someone?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Who is this guy, boss?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52I've no idea, Maurice.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56But he's lucky, he's lucky you got a sense of humour.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Yeah.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02You've probably got less than five seconds
0:32:02 > 0:32:05to tell me exactly what you want.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Right, well, when you put it that way, I... Please, just...
0:32:11 > 0:32:13I just need to find out more about Ray Beck.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Nothing about you.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Oh, why didn't you say so?
0:32:18 > 0:32:19Rubbish punter!
0:32:20 > 0:32:24He owed me 200 quid. He's lucky I didn't get to him first.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Pretty boy.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Apparently the bloke couldn't keep it in his pants.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44RADIO: It's almost a dead heat
0:32:44 > 0:32:46between Acapella and Sterling Silver.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49It'll be remembered for the fourth that lasted longer than the race...
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Mr Carlin said there wasn't much return for you today.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Oh, I don't know. I think I got what I needed.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Oh, and he said to say you're welcome back at any time.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Well, thank you, Maurice.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07You tell Mr Carlin I'm honoured.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31HE CLEARS THROAT
0:33:37 > 0:33:38Hi! How are you feeling?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Yeah, pretty weak still.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45I'm not surprised.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46I brought you something.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- Thanks. - It was the least I can do.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55- You feel up for this? - Yeah.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02What sort?
0:34:03 > 0:34:04You choose.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Oh.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22HE LAUGHS
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- What?- I'm sorry. - What?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27You should see your face.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Oh, I can't believe you were going to feed that to me!
0:34:31 > 0:34:32That's hilarious!
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Ma... Mattie!
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Oh!
0:35:03 > 0:35:04Bloody...
0:35:06 > 0:35:07Jean?
0:35:11 > 0:35:12I see your new vacuum's arrived.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- Oh, has it? - Yes.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19I thought you might've unpacked it by now.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21No, I've had other things to do.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Right.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Here's hoping it makes something of a difference, eh?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Tell me, what do you know about the Connollys?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31The Connollys - married young.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34The house has been in the Connolly family for years.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Frank and Claire have had to rent rooms out.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- Hard times? - Hard times. Pass the whetstone?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Yes.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Frank was a champion full forward till he did his knee.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47She's nice. Seems unhappy.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I wouldn't have thought he's the kind of man
0:35:49 > 0:35:51who would kill anyone, though.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52Well, did you think he was the kind of man
0:35:52 > 0:35:54who'd keep snakes in his basement?
0:35:54 > 0:35:55Oh, I stand corrected!
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Any reason for the unhappiness?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Should there be?
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Well, yes, I'd have thought so.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Oh, why don't you ask her yourself?
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Huh. I have absolutely no idea.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Really? No idea at all?
0:36:11 > 0:36:15No. I missed something?
0:36:15 > 0:36:17No, I'm sure you're right.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19It's probably just that time of the month or the stars have aligned...
0:36:19 > 0:36:20Mattie.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22I'm sure Jean loves being taken for granted
0:36:22 > 0:36:24just as much as the rest of us,
0:36:24 > 0:36:27and God help us all if any of us started complaining.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28The whole bloody world would end.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33PHONE RINGS
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Yes?! Dr Lucien Blake.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46I wouldn't have called you.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47The bloke doesn't seem to be in any danger.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50It's just...strange.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Has he been this way the whole time?
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Usually used to the blokes who want to take me on.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Mr Connolly!
0:37:20 > 0:37:22- You need me to stay? - No, I'll be fine.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Mr Connolly, it's Dr Blake.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Is there anything I can do for you?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I want to die.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Mr Connolly, whatever you say to me
0:37:57 > 0:38:00I will hold in the strictest confidence.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Claire never deserved this.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03Deserved what?
0:38:06 > 0:38:07Mr Connolly, please.
0:38:12 > 0:38:13Leave me alone.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Morning. Are you all right to walk?
0:38:24 > 0:38:25- Jean...- How are you?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Fine.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- You're going to be a bit slow for a while.- I'm fine!
0:38:30 > 0:38:31You're coming to stay with us for a few days.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33We'll set up the spare room.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Is Mattie going to be there? - Yeah.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Right.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51RADIO PLAYS
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Well, come on through.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00We'll get you settled and I'll pop the kettle on.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Hey.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- Oh, I was rather enjoying that. - G'day.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14I'll put you here, Danny, till I've set up the spare room.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Yes.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- I'll leave you to it.- You're not staying for lunch, Mattie?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Uh, no, I'm going out.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I might get you to drop me at work, if that's all right.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Boss doesn't like being a man down,
0:39:28 > 0:39:29and the boys have been covering for me...
0:39:29 > 0:39:32No, no, no, no, Danny. You're just out of hospital.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Doc, I'm good, and I don't want to be hanging around, you know?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- Danny, I really would... - I'm fine, really!
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I'll be on my way.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Thank you, Mrs Thompson. You take care now.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15New hobby.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Hmm.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19What do you think of him?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Too smooth for my taste.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24What about him?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Well, he's fine if you're a 16-year-old girl,
0:40:26 > 0:40:28but the rest of us have more important things to worry about.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39What would you think
0:40:39 > 0:40:42if I started cutting these chaps out of our magazines?
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Yes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Just returning your vacuum cleaner.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Oh! Mrs Beazley says thank you.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17I'm afraid we had a blockage.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25- Your husband... - He's innocent!
0:41:25 > 0:41:27They should let him go.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Claire, how long have you known?
0:41:31 > 0:41:34When did you first realise Frank was homosexual?
0:41:36 > 0:41:38He'd beat you to a pulp if you'd said that to his face!
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Yes, he probably would,
0:41:40 > 0:41:41but I think it's also the reason
0:41:41 > 0:41:46he's currently catatonic on the floor of a cell back at the police station.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Is he all right?
0:41:47 > 0:41:48He's not doing well.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50He's in deep trauma.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- Can I see him? - Not till he goes to remand.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54Now...
0:41:55 > 0:41:58..your husband and Ray were lovers, weren't they?
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Claire, it's not your fault. It's not his fault.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05In fact, it's not even a question of fault.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Modern research...
0:42:06 > 0:42:10What does modern research know about my marriage?!
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Probably not much, but it suggests, it suggests,
0:42:14 > 0:42:18that this has been a part of Frank right from the very beginning,
0:42:18 > 0:42:22right from the start, just like hair colour or eye colour.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27This has nothing to do with you.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34I didn't understand at first.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38I just thought it was me.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41I started to wonder.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Then I found him with someone.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52He said he'd change, but he couldn't.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56So, Ray wasn't your husband's first lover?
0:43:00 > 0:43:01No, there were others.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Sometimes the men who passed through here.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09He only met Ray a few months ago.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13I had never seen him like this before.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18He was...
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Happy.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26Claire, do you think your husband could have killed Ray?
0:43:27 > 0:43:29He couldn't have.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32He loved him.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38So, what's this about?
0:43:38 > 0:43:39Connolly and Beck were lovers.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Trying to eat my lunch!
0:43:43 > 0:43:45I'm sorry to offend your sensibilities.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48You realise that if this is true, I'll have to charge Connolly
0:43:48 > 0:43:50with unnatural acts on top of everything else.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52Well, you could, but I hope you don't.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Where did this piece of information come from?
0:43:54 > 0:43:57Well, I completely missed it,
0:43:57 > 0:43:59but Ray had the only single room in the place -
0:43:59 > 0:44:01a place where everyone else has to share.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Doesn't mean he's a...
0:44:03 > 0:44:08No, no, no, but Frank Connolly was the one who assigned the rooms.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10His wife confirmed it.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Always thought she was a reasonable-looking woman, myself.
0:44:12 > 0:44:17Yes, and Eddie Carlin told me Ray couldn't keep it in his trousers.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22- Eddie Carlin? - Mmm.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25Of course, we all assumed he was talking about the ladies,
0:44:25 > 0:44:28and I thought Claire and Connolly were fighting over Ray,
0:44:28 > 0:44:33and of course, they were, only not quite as I imagined it.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35Maybe they were just a couple of blokes having a little tiff.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Well, Claire doesn't think so.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40It sounded like they were soul mates.
0:44:40 > 0:44:41Oh!
0:44:41 > 0:44:43So, I may have encouraged you to arrest the wrong man.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Still, means we can rule out Eddie Carlin.
0:44:48 > 0:44:49Jesus, Blake.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51You don't think Mrs Connolly...
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Took revenge on her husband's lover?
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Possibly, but I doubt it.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57Parks, get me the Connolly file.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00I really don't think it was her,
0:45:00 > 0:45:03and I'm not convinced Danny should be back at work.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05Well, it was only a little snake.
0:45:20 > 0:45:21Jean?
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I'm a little bit stuck. I'd love a chat, but if you're busy...
0:45:32 > 0:45:34Oh, I think I can manage.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Is this about the Connollys?
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Yes.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Turns out she's not having an affair.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46He was, with one of his boarders.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49- The chap who died. - Oh!
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- Would you have guessed? - No! He was always attentive.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Just like any married couple, eh?
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Well, there's more than one kind of marriage.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59I was only married a very short time, so I'm afraid I'm no expert.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Thing is, the basement was locked, there was only one key.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04Are you sure about that?
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Well, there was another key, but it was missing?
0:46:07 > 0:46:10So, who else could get into that basement?
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Did Frank any other lovers?
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Claire said quite a few,
0:46:14 > 0:46:17but once Ray showed up on the scene, that was that.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20So, why else would you want to put a snake in his car?
0:46:22 > 0:46:25You know, they're a competitive bunch, these salesmen,
0:46:25 > 0:46:27and apparently Ray was the best,
0:46:27 > 0:46:31and it would appear someone has stolen his book of contacts.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36So, how would you like to go about this, Dr Blake?
0:46:48 > 0:46:50Danny? Yes.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Listen, I might need your help with something.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00Ah, Jean, allow me.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03- Now, are you ready? - I think so.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08Danny, give us five minutes and then come up, yes?
0:47:08 > 0:47:09OK.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14I sold you that machine. We had a deal.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17- Well, I think we can do better. - You can't do better.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19I'm the region's top seller.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20Since Ray died.
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Care to give it a go, Mr Churchill?
0:47:22 > 0:47:25He already tried and he couldn't do it.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Keen to have another go, Doctor.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29And just to add a little bit of a sweetener,
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Mattie here could use a small refrigerator.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33This is my sale.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35I'm sick to death of you scrimping on spending
0:47:35 > 0:47:36and then splashing out on whatever SHE wants!
0:47:36 > 0:47:39Oh, yes, that's right - pretend to be innocent.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42Ladies, ladies, I think we can find something that keeps you both happy.
0:47:42 > 0:47:47Same great machine, same price, two free bags and a year's warranty.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49- I'll match it. - And you've already got the machine.
0:47:49 > 0:47:50I've got one in my car.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53How do you like ice-cold juice, sweetheart?
0:47:53 > 0:47:56I've got all the latest fridges for you, cost price.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59And that's better than you'll ever be able to do.
0:47:59 > 0:48:03It's killing me, but for someone as pretty as yourself,
0:48:03 > 0:48:0820% off cost, free delivery, and the Constellation as we agreed,
0:48:08 > 0:48:10and I've got the Constellation in my car, if we're done.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15- I'll get my contacts book. - But that's...wrong.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17How can you get 20% off cost?
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Only Ray could go that low.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33Yes, that's interesting, Mr Churchill.
0:48:33 > 0:48:37The other day you couldn't beat Jim here on the price of a vacuum.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Today you can,
0:48:39 > 0:48:43and also today you can offer tremendous discounts on fridges.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46I thought that was solely Ray's territory,
0:48:46 > 0:48:48and I'm guessing that's probably Ray's contact book,
0:48:48 > 0:48:50the one you stole after you murdered him.
0:48:50 > 0:48:51This is my contact...
0:48:51 > 0:48:55Mrs Connolly, do you have the key the young constable returned to you?
0:48:55 > 0:48:56- Yes.- Thank you.
0:49:04 > 0:49:05Identical.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09The missing spare key to the basement
0:49:09 > 0:49:10on your key ring, Mr Churchill.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15This is my con...
0:49:17 > 0:49:20Hey, stop! Stop there!
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Stop!
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Jean, see to Danny, please!
0:49:30 > 0:49:31I'm fine!
0:49:32 > 0:49:34Danny, are you all right?
0:49:37 > 0:49:39We need to get you back to the hospital.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47Anything for a sale, Mr Churchill.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Told you not to go back to work.
0:49:56 > 0:49:57I was feeling better.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00You weren't ready. Two days bed rest, minimum.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02You're coming home with us and taking it easy.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04Oh, no, I might go home.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06- Danny!- No, it'll be fine.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12- Afternoon.- Excuse me.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22All good, just not quite ready to exert himself.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Would you be interested in sitting in on the interview?
0:50:27 > 0:50:28- Churchill?- Of course.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Listen, you say g'day. I'll just be a moment.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Mattie.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42You should go in and see him.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46I'm sure he's just fine without me.
0:50:57 > 0:51:03So, you and Frank Connolly were lovers,
0:51:03 > 0:51:06then Ray came on the scene.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Frank didn't want to know me after that.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13What about the snakes?
0:51:13 > 0:51:14I knew where Frank kept the spare key.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17So you took it and then you stole the snake.
0:51:20 > 0:51:21Mmm.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27Do you think it's easy being like this?
0:51:27 > 0:51:28Do you think I want to?
0:51:28 > 0:51:29Mr Churchill...
0:51:29 > 0:51:31I never asked for this.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35You despise me, don't you?
0:51:37 > 0:51:39I... I disgust you, don't I?
0:51:41 > 0:51:42Mr Churchill...
0:51:46 > 0:51:49..I spent some time in a prisoner of war camp,
0:51:49 > 0:51:50and there was a young man there,
0:51:50 > 0:51:53he was executed just before we were liberated.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57He tried to steal medical supplies to save his mates.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00I had to read some of his letters to get word back home,
0:52:00 > 0:52:01and it was only then that I realised...
0:52:04 > 0:52:06..the girlfriend he spoke of...
0:52:08 > 0:52:10..wasn't a girl at all.
0:52:12 > 0:52:13And he was the bravest man I ever met.
0:52:18 > 0:52:19I loved Frank.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25But he loved someone else.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00KNOCK AT DOOR Yes?
0:53:04 > 0:53:06- Is it safe to come in? - Perhaps.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08I just wanted to say thank you.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10I still don't know how you could afford
0:53:10 > 0:53:13to buy us a brand-new vacuum cleaner and a refrigerator.
0:53:13 > 0:53:17Well, believe it or not, I had a little win on the horses.
0:53:17 > 0:53:18Oh!
0:53:20 > 0:53:24Erm, happy birthday for tomorrow.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26I hadn't forgotten.
0:53:26 > 0:53:27Lucien!
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Well, go on, open it.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Oh, thank you!
0:53:42 > 0:53:44It's beautiful.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47Was it hers?
0:53:47 > 0:53:48No.
0:53:48 > 0:53:49No, I, um...
0:53:51 > 0:53:53I bought it before the Japanese invaded,
0:53:53 > 0:53:57and I thought it might make a good present one day,
0:53:57 > 0:53:59and indeed it has.
0:54:03 > 0:54:04Happy birthday, Jean.
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