["Sudan Archives" by Selfish Soul playing]
[atmospheric music]
Someone else must've taken the burner phone.
But look at this. It's a proper stash.
Yeah, what is it all?
Coke or ket.
Pills, weed.
A big, fat spliff.
Who was Andie Bell?
None of this makes any sense.
Maybe she needed money?
The Bells own three cars.
Yeah, it's weird.
Help.
It's a tick list.
These are the buyers, that's the drug, there's the amount.
JL likes their coke.
DW is a pothead.
And TT has a soft spot for Rohypnol.
Any one of them could have killed Andie, but who are they?
I'll take it with me and see if I can work it out.
You get rid of all that.
You know, I've always wanted to pursue a career as a small-time drug dealer.
Well, now's your chance.
Wanna be my henchwoman?
Definitely.
But maybe after school, though.
Rabbit guts.
Take it away.
I'm really sorry.
It's okay, Pip. Just in time.
This is Mrs. Bradshaw.
She'll be conducting your Cambridge University practice interview.
Hi, I'm Pip.
Neo-feminists might view Jane Eyre as both progressive
and limited in its feminist perspectives,
but Jane's determination to assert herself
and pursue her own desires despite societal expectations,
surely has to be seen as an example of feminist resistance.
Your personal statement was interesting.
I enjoyed your reference to Le Guin's Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction very much.
Thank you.
"We are so much more than hunters and warriors."
"We are foragers and carriers too."
And finally, what is your chosen EPQ topic?
It's on feminism and the gothic novel.
[Elliot] Perhaps you want to elaborate on that?
No, thanks. I think I've got that covered.
Uh, now, if that's everything...
I'll be off.
As the head of party committee, I think we're gonna need more glitter.
[Connor] More is more.
[Lauren] Is anyone even going to show up to this reunion?
Two of their year group are dead, the rest have lost the plot.
For our five-year reunion, I'll be living out in L.A.
But I'll come back for you guys. Maybe.
Hey, you. How was the interview?
Yeah. Went well.
Oh, good.
Dad came into the art room looking for you.
I was worried you'd missed it.
Pip bunked off three lessons.
You what?
Bunking's a strong word.
Who were you bunking with?
[Pip] I wasn't bunking with anyone.
Hi.
[Ruby] How's it going, Wards? Cute hat.
[Cara] Do you think? I wasn't sure.
- [Ruby] You'd look cute in anything. - [Cara] Thanks.
[Zach] I don't think I've ever seen Cara flirt before.
- [Connor] Are they a thing now? - [Lauren] Oh, my God,
how do you miss these things? They hooked up at the Calamity.
- [Connor] Really? - [Lauren] Razor-sharp insight as ever.
[Connor] What?
[spray paint hissing]
[Lauren] Now where's she off to?
[Leanne] Victor, could you get those bags?
Hiya, how was school?
[Pip] Boring.
No, the interview.
Oh, yeah, it was fine.
[Leanne] Where are you off to?
- Um... Cara's. - To do what?
She's got a school project.
Was that a lie?
Okay.
Ravi and I have another lead on the case. We're going to look into it.
Sorry, what?
Exploring a lead on the case.
You're no longer doing the case.
Well, I'm no longer doing the case for my EPQ, but I'm still doing the case.
Okay, well, you're absolutely not going.
But I am going.
Well, I'm saying no, so it's a no.
[Pip] So, I looked into it.
The cheapest room is £200 a night.
So she definitely didn't come here with Sal.
It's far enough away from Little Kilton
that if she did come here with Secret Older Guy,
no one she knew would find out.
So you're thinking his name is somewhere in the records?
That's what I'm hoping.
What if Andie's not actually dead?
If she and Secret Older Guy have been holed up in a posh hotel,
ordering room service for five years.
- What? - [chuckles]
[dramatic music]
I hope you've got a plan.
Not yet.
[indistinct chatter]
[mouse clicking]
Hi, there.
Henry, is it?
I'm Pippa Fitz-Amobi, and this is Ravi Singh.
I don't know if you remember the Andie Bell case.
She went missing in April 2019 and hasn't been found since.
I'm afraid not.
You didn't take a proper look.
Oh, yeah, she was here a couple of weeks ago.
That's not possible.
Well, if it's not possible, I must have made a mistake.
We think she might have stayed here shortly before she went missing.
Can we take a look at one of your guest books?
All guest information is confidential.
If you two aren't going to book a room, then I suggest you leave.
Wait!
I've got an idea.
[alarm ringing]
[beeping]
Don't panic, anyone. Don't panic.
Please, just calmly to the assembly point, thank you.
This way.
[alarm continues ringing]
[suspenseful music]
[alarm stops]
[Ravi whistles]
[Henry] False alarm.
[Ravi] This one's empty.
Did you get it?
I got it.
How did you set the fire alarm off?
[chuckles] I blazed this bad boy up in the toilet.
[Ravi laughs]
Great.
It just came to me like a flash of genius.
Crack!
You're such an idiot.
Let's wait here a minute and then we'll get out of here.
Wasn't that the weirdest thing when he said he'd seen her the other week?
[Pip] A few months after Andie went missing,
there were loads of sightings, but they were all fake.
Got quiet after a while.
Hmm.
[soft suspenseful music]
[shutter clicks]
Look!
[Ravi] Uh...
You look great.
[sighs]
Max Hastings has this same exact photo hidden in his bedroom.
She was here.
Yes.
You're smarter than you look, Pippa Fitz-Amobi.
Well, thank you.
[both chuckle]
[door opens]
["I'm Coming Home" by Brandis and Tarlton playing]
[music ends]
The luxurious softness of the cream,
with the delicate sharpness of the berries,
then the sudden surprising, sweetness of the syrup.
It's really very delicious.
There's no Andie or mystery guy,
but there is one entry on April 17th, just before Andie went missing
under the names Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby.
Oh, hang on. I actually think I know them.
They're fake names.
The Great Gatsby.
Honestly, I need you to stop being such an idiot.
Okay.
That has to be them, it's Andie's handwriting.
Who else could it be?
[birds twittering]
[TV program plays indistinctly]
[Leanne] Hiya.
Love you.
Me too.
[tense music]
[automated voice] The number you have dialled cannot be reached.
Please try again later.
Dad?
[Leanne] Victor, love, you fell asleep as they were storming the embassy.
- [Victor] No, no. No, I saw that bit. - What, with your eyes closed?
- I was just resting them. - [Leanne] Oh, that's what that was.
Right, I'm off.
I'll get the streamers and balloons on the way back tonight.
[Leanne] Thank you, sweetheart.
I'll see you later, chicken.
[door closes]
You know that time when Dad went back to Nigeria
to visit Granny for a week five years ago?
Yeah?
Why didn't we all go?
Um...
I think we just felt it was a very long flight with two small children.
[Dan] Morning, Pippa.
Now, as an officer, I'd usually warn a young woman
about getting into a car with a strange man,
but there's something I'd like to show you.
I've got school.
I'll give you this back.
How old do you think I am?
I'm kidding! Come on.
No, thanks. Like I said, I have school.
I promise to get you back before first lesson.
And that didn't bother you the other day...
when you broke into a dead girl's house.
[Dan] Don't worry. I'm not about to turn you in.
Did you go round the back of the house and find the key under the plant pot?
Hey, I admire your nerve,
even if your methods are a little unconventional.
You remind me of my sister.
I'm not sure who my money would be on, though, if you two came to blows.
We sort of raised each other, Nat and I.
It's why we're both still a little rough around the edges.
Where were your parents?
They were terrible people.
But we did all right. We had each other.
Andie must have been round your house a lot.
Her and Nat were really close.
I don't want to talk about Andie.
Nat and I had to fend for ourselves.
We managed, but there were some hairy moments with no money coming in
and a little sister to support.
Nat's small, but wow, she can eat.
Jason Bell stepped up,
took me under his wing, gave me a job.
And later, he encouraged me to join the police.
I never would have dreamed that for myself, but...
he saw something in me.
Then when he lost Andie,
and the grief was terrible.
Seeing a grown man taken down like that,
it was humbling.
Why am I here?
You need to stop now.
A girl died.
Her parents are mourning. It's still raw.
Sal's parents are mourning.
Of course,
but that's on him.
He made his own choices. Andie had no choice.
Look, Sal is guilty.
I worked on the case.
When Sal found out that Andie wasn't the good girl he thought she was,
he couldn't take it.
I don't believe it.
[scoffs]
Of course you don't.
I've seen your family.
What does that mean?
It means you want to see the world in a certain way.
I get that.
There's one more thing I think you should see.
[DI Hawkins on phone] I know you left Max's house at 10:30, not 12:15!
[Sal] That's not true.
You want me to believe that you're telling the truth
and all three of your friends are lying? It doesn't make sense!
You and Andie were arguing the day she died, weren't you?
[Sal] No!
You left Max Hastings' at 10:30.
And then you went to meet Andie! What happened next, Salil?
- What did you do to her? - [Sal] Get off me!
- Let me out of here! - Hey! Hey, hey!
I was there, up close with him.
You could smell the rage on him.
- Time to get you to school. - [car starts]
[tense music]
[Sal] Hey, Pip.
Have you seen Andie?
It's okay, I just... need to speak to her about something.
[music continues]
She went in there.
Pip, can I have a word?
Sure.
[Elliot clears throat]
I just want you to know that I understand
you must be disappointed about your EPQ.
But I also think you're smart enough to understand
why we felt perhaps it wasn't the most appropriate subject matter,
all things considered.
It's okay.
It's done now.
How you feeling?
Just a bit wobbly.
Is this about what we were talking about this morning,
about Victor going to Nigeria?
Victor checked himself into a hotel room five years ago.
I found his name in the guest book.
He didn't go to Nigeria.
Uh, no, yeah, okay. That's, um... that's true.
What was he doing?
We were going through a rough patch and he was at work the whole time,
and I was stuck at home looking after two children.
So, of course, I jumped to the conclusion that he was seeing somebody else,
when actually, he just needed to take a minute.
Anyway, we did have a break, but it was work stress.
How do you know he wasn't seeing someone else?
Because he told me.
[sighs]
It's okay, Pip.
It's not okay.
He makes himself out to be this good guy when he's just--
He is a good guy. He really is.
Do you know all relationships go through tough times?
And I can be a bit much sometimes.
You're not a bit much.
You're exactly the right amount.
Anyway, the important thing is, he wasn't having an affair.
Yeah, so he said.
So he said.
And I chose to believe him.
Well, if you choose to believe someone when all the evidence
points against them, then you're just an idiot.
[sombre music playing]
[phone buzzing]
[knock on door]
[door opens]
[Victor] Can I come in?
No.
Nothing happened.
How can I know that?
Because you know me, chicken.
And I respect you too much to lie to you.
Just because I want that to be true doesn't make it true.
Hey, Sarge.
I need to tell you something.
Okay.
Dan da Silva showed me the video of Sal's police interview.
Sal seemed...
upset.
So? He's being interviewed by the police. He's going to be freaked out.
Defensive.
Yeah, maybe, but...
But what?
He lost his temper.
He had this energy about him that I haven't seen before.
What, anger?
Aggression?
How would you react if you were accused
of having something to do with your girlfriend disappearing?
I wouldn't react like that.
Sal loved Andie.
And people in love do stupid things.
- What does that even mean? - I'm trying to look at it objectively.
You think Sal was looked at objectively?
A Brown guy going out with a pretty blonde girl.
The papers calling him a beast and a monster?
No!
But Sal lied.
He told them he wasn't arguing with Andie the day she disappeared,
but they were.
There's something I haven't told you.
I saw Andie and Sal in school.
That day.
She passed me in the corridor.
She'd been crying.
She put her finger to her lips, like, "Don't tell anyone where I am,"
and then... and then Sal came and he asked me, had I seen Andie...
and I told him.
Then the next day she was gone.
Sometimes I wonder if I hadn't done it, then... maybe...
Sal wouldn't have murdered her?
What if we're wrong?
Have you even considered it?
So it's all about you?
It's always been about you and your guilt.
You needed Sal to be innocent.
Oh, wow, poor little Pip.
Stop it!
That's not it. I knew Sal was innocent.
At least I thought I did.
Now I don't know what I think.
I can't believe I thought you were different.
I actually liked you.
You think you're this good person.
What if you're not?
I can't believe I trusted you.
[sombre music]
[breath shuddering]
[tense music]
[accelerating]
[revving]
[brakes squeal]
[gentle music]
[knock on door]
[Pip sobbing]
Can I come in?
'Course.
When are you going to tell me what's wrong?
Nothing's wrong.
Come on, please.
Do you think you can ever really know a person?
No.
But you know me.
I know you.
There are definitely parts of you I don't know.
No, there aren't.
What about when you're doing the case with Ravi?
I don't see that Pip.
That makes me sad.
It's not meant to.
I'm happy with the Pip I know.
Is that Pip a good person?
The very best.
Can I stay here tonight?
Of course.
But I will need your help with something.
Submit to my power. I'm making you beautiful.
Come on!
[Elliot] We need to go.
I have to make sure no one's lacing the punch.
Oh, and I regret to inform you that the television is broken,
so you'll have to entertain yourselves the old-fashioned way.
- Masturbation? - Oh, stop.
I was thinking maybe Pip could read aloud.
Okay, Boomer.
We'll watch a film on my phone.
A film on your telephone! What dark wizardry is this?
- Right. Right. - No.
School reunions are for losers. There's no one I want to see anyway.
If nothing else, you have to admire our banner. Pip and I spent hours on it.
Did we?
Plus, Jamie Reynolds is going to be there...
and I heard he's looking fine.
Pip, do not release her. I need to get the straighteners.
["Since Last Wednesday" by Highasakites playing faintly over radio]
Run while you still have the chance.
How are you getting on with the case?
Cara doesn't want me talking to you about it.
She thinks it upsets you.
I want to know.
Not good.
I'm pretty sure I've got it all wrong.
What do you mean?
I think Sal's guilty.
Got them. Pip, man, you let her go!
I'm done and it's fine. I'm going.
You can borrow my laptop if you want, to watch a movie.
- Well, that's got to be a first. - No, Pip can borrow my laptop.
The password is "wardsrus."
I highly recommend Tango Tits.
Okay. Sounds like a '90s porno.
More like 2019.
Thanks for making me look pretty.
[tense music]
Tango Tits.
- [Cara] Pip! - Coming!
We were at Max's playing Super Mario Party.
Sal left early.
[Pip] What time did Sal leave exactly?
[Naomi] 10:30 p.m.
Then who's taking the picture?
Shit!
Is it a porno?
- I've got to go. - You've always got to go.
- I'm really sorry. - It's okay. Call me tomorrow.
[tense music rises]
[music fades out]
As we all know, Andie wouldn't have missed this for the world.
Being here, attending this school was so important to my sister.
It's where she made her friends,
it's where she had dreams of what she was going to do with the rest of her life.
I know how happy that made her.
She was always the life and soul of any party.
I just wish it was my beautiful sister standing up here tonight,
not me.
[applause]
["Take Care" by Beach House playing]
We had such a hot year group.
It's just a shame so many of us ended up dead.
How did you become so...
Fucked up?
I don't know.
It's either 'cause my mother doesn't love me
or 'cause my father thinks I'm a failure.
Probably both.
["Take Care" continues playing]
How could you?
Not here.
Sal's innocent.
He didn't leave at 10:30,
he was with you until 12:15, just like he said.
Why did you lie?
- [whimpers] Maybe I can't do this. - You can.
You need to.
We had to lie.
Why?
Because they found out what we did.
["You Should See Me in a Crown" by Billie Eilish plays]
[song fades out]