Help me provide for my family.
(CHANTS)
I respect your power. I respect your weakness. Hear my prayers.
Like it Danny?
My biggest project to date.
You know what I love about it?
No tenants.
Tenants are...scum.
Always bleating on about their rights, never a word about their responsibilities.
Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
Oh, Danny...
Danny, Danny, Danny...
(SOBS)
Why didn't you come to me?
I'm a reasonable man.
We could have sorted things out.
Now, you've forced my hand.
(SQUEALS)
Winning the patient's trust is vital.
They have to believe in the treatment and the therapist
if they're going to make any progress.
It's the er...the placebo effect, if you like.
(SNIGGERS) Placebo effect?
Sorry, Noel? Yes?
The placebo effect? I mean, come on, it's like homoeopathy.
It only works in cases where the patient was getting better anyway.
So you don't believe suggestion can have any physical effect?
If you're extremely gullible, maybe.
Let's try it.
See if I can plant a suggestion in your head.
Round of applause for Noel. Come on.
How would you feel if I succeeded?
Controlled your reactions through suggestion?
You couldn't stand up to me, could you?
You couldn't rise to the challenge.
Yeah. I mean...
What?
Now...
Try raising your left arm.
Well, it looks like you were right, Noel. Go and sit down.
Go on, sit down.
I can't stand up.
What did you do?
How suggestible you are has nothing to do with intelligence or gullibility.
You can stand up, Noel.
If you want to.
Now, go and sit down.
We're studying psychology.
Try not to underestimate the power of your own mind.
Across behind...
That's it. Over.
Up through that hole under your chin. I'm falling behind.
There. That's it. Now you put it down through that gap. Underneath...
You got it. That's... (PHONE RINGS)
Fielding.
Right, we'll do it later. Go and get your shoes on.
Now is not a good time.
Yeah. He's getting ready for school.
He's fine.
He's happy and he's settled. Why do you want to see him now?
Well, he's been your son since he was born, Gabriel.
Yeah? Well, you do that.
Who was that?
Tie up your laces. You're going to trip up.
(PHONE RINGS)
Fielding.
Where?
Thanks for coming down.
It's a young girl, about 13, 14, washed up this morning.
Water will make it difficult to get forensics, so anything you can give us...
I'd say she's been in the water about 20 hours.
Strangled, and her throat was cut.
Both? Hardly a drop of blood left.
I can't tell yet if she was raped.
Not a drop of blood.
She's well-off. Middle-class family, but she's ashamed of it,
and they're ashamed of her.
All the piercings and the tattoos are only where they can be seen.
It's, "I wanted to shock. I wanted to be noticed.
I wanted someone to listen,
but they won't listen, and they don't care."
You know, they split up, my mum and dad.
It got a bit messy, and I got in the way.
Sexually motivated? Because she's half naked? Not necessarily.
Any signs of a struggle? Defensive wounds?
Not so far. Cuts, bruises, rope marks... Nothing.
Can you turn her over?
Chief, we have a possible ID.
Jenny Stark, 14, missing since Monday.
Her school reported her for truancy. Her school?
Checked with the parents. They said she'd walked out. And they let her?
Can you come?
Alex, I ought to be...
Yeah, OK. Why not?
I'm an accountant, at Green Belt Holdings.
And Denise is Jenny's stepmother? Yes.
It's just the photos. They're quite recent.
My wife and I divorced two years ago.
She didn't want custody of Jenny.
Did you?
Of course! It just got...
She resented me from the day we met.
First, it was just sulking, answering back,
then she started drinking and sleeping around, the tattoos...
She got pretty violent. She smashed things up. She swore
Did you retaliate? How do you mean, retaliate?
Look, this has got nothing to do with us.
Nothing to do with you? Why not talk to those weirdos she hung out with?
Let's get this straight... Alex?
You couldn't cope, so you washed your hands, didn't tell us, social services, her mother.
We heard from the school. What would you have done?
Thanks for your help. We should get back.
We'll talk again.
You don't terminate my interviews.
You know when you accuse me of being insensitive...
His daughter's on a slab and they think she did it to spite them!
You weren't questioning them. You were picking a fight! What's going on, Alex.
Talk to the neighbours, check for reports of domestics.
I want to know what they've been doing the past three days, both of them.
Tony, I need your input. Yeah, but you don't want it.
Tony!
Please?
Send me the files.
So, the knife blade's crude, possibly home-made.
Red paint under fingernails.
The tattoo... What is that? Is that Satanic?
"Hymen intact."
You were a virgin.
You weren't screwing around, despite what your stepmother said.
The name of Jesus... Is that to mock him or to honour him?
Death from blood loss?
No sign of ligatures or restraints.
So, you...you volunteered for this?
You submitted to this?
I mean, you were angry, but you weren't suicidal.
Ben, I told you to clear up those toys before I break my neck.
Karen, hi. It's Alex Fielding from No.31.
I know it's short notice, but I was wondering if you could do me a favour and baby-sit Ben?
(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)
Tonight. Uh-huh.
Sorry, your phone's been... Oh, no worries. Thanks all the same.
There's something ritualistic about... Baby-sitter's gone AWOL.
I've got a BCC meeting in 15 minutes.
What happened to the nanny? Are you busy tonight? Me?
Oi! So, you ladies still here?
Where are we supposed to go? What happened to Danny?
I thought he did all the talking. He disappeared.
So much for leadership, huh?
OK, you lot have to go.
You can't stay here. It's just not safe.
I mean, have you seen this, this big damp patch?
Have a closer look.
Argh...
If I was you, I'd leave while I could still walk.
You need a bigger bowl.
You can buy this stuff in bags. Yeah, but that's no fun.
You go first. You go. Ooh! My turn.
Got it. So, what happened to the nanny?
It was my fault. What did you do?
I called her mummy by accident.
Mum and her had a row and she left.
Well, that doesn't sound like your fault.
Do you have any kids?
No. You need a girlfriend for that, and I tend to freak them out.
Mum's always home late. She's always angry and she's always tired.
Have you ever tried maple syrup on this?
Mmm?
Maple syrup?
Bernard found abrasions on her back, suggesting contact with concrete or stone.
She lay down willingly. There's no sign of force or restraints.
She knew her killer, trusted him or her. The parents' story checks out so far.
Then try extended family or friends. Kevin, anything on the paint under her nails?
It's an American brand called Paratex, available by special order.
It's artist's paint. Pyral crimson.
It's painting as therapy, and a lot of my patients use a lot of red.
Makers are faxing a list of their UK customers.
I never thanked you for last night.
Oh, you can baby-sit for me sometime.
You'd have to bring a baby, of course. I could bring Ben.
He seems to have had fun.
Yeah, we did have a good time. We made popcorn with maple syrup.
Yeah, I know. It's still stuck to my kitchen ceiling.
You know, maybe you and Ben should... Guv, that fax from the US.
There's three customers for that paint in Bradfield, two art schools, plus this guy.
Louis Blake. You check out the other two.
Busy? I don't know that much about art.
I don't even know what I like. You'll know it when you see it.
(KNOCK AT THE DOOR)
Louis Blake? You got a minute?
We're making enquiries about this girl, wondered if you'd seen her around your premises.
I don't think so.
What happened to your hand? I cut myself shaving.
Er...hello?
They're pretty bleak, aren't they? Look, this isn't the gallery.
Ah, you work quickly.
There's not many layers. You're decisive, spontaneous.
He's passionate.
Angry.
Who er... Who's the girl?
She's my muse.
My inspiration. Do you use life models?
Forget it, love. I prefer them younger. How much younger?
Her age?
Look, whoever she was, I'm singing, OK? "Was"? Why do you say was?
Oi! Oi! What are you doing?
You need to mix your paint thicker.
Louis Blake, I'm arresting you in connection with the murder of Jenny Stark.
She posed for me a few times, yeah.
She was cute.
Eager to please, you know.
A girl of 14? You think that's appropriate?
Who wants appropriate?
Did you have sex with her?
Any form of sex?
Now, that would have been inappropriate.
No.
(HUMS)
When did you see her last?
Wednesday. I gave her cash for a taxi, and then she left.
Does he work in oils or acrylic?
Do you work in oils or acrylic?
Mixed media. Mixed with what?
Bodily fluids. Blood?
I find it adds a certain potency.
Just your own blood?
You know, we're going to go over your studio and your home with an electron microscope.
If we find one speck of her blood,
two days from now, you'll be painting the prison canteen.
Two days from now, I'll be out walking the street,
and there won't be a damn thing you can do about it.
Why would she have trusted him, a creep like that?
Well, he painted her.
He probably told her she was beautiful,
and he was the only one who ever did.
She's awake now.
It's Paula. Hop in.
Hey, Paula. Chief, we've got another one.
Oh, my God!
About nine years old. Heart's missing.
What happened to his eyes?
Cut out. Same carvings on his belly.
Is it with the same knife?
Early days, but yes, I'd say.
So it's mutilation now.
Some killers keep body parts as trophies, souvenirs.
Fetish objects. This is a child, Tony!
(PHONE RINGS)
I know, Alex.
Yeah, Kevin? We've got a possible ID on the new victim.
Jonas Nkomo, reported missing two days ago.
We were at the playground.
I went to buy him an ice cream,
and when I went back, he...
He was a good boy.
He would not have gone off with anyone.
I thought we would be safe here in England.
When did your family come over?
Six months ago.
There was fighting back home.
I was afraid for them, the children and my wife.
Where's your wife now?
She went back home.
Me and Jonas managed OK.
I didn't think these things happened here.
What things?
Muti.
Muti? You mean witchcraft?
They kill children, take their flesh.
The evil has followed us here.
We are still cursed.
He...
He promised us our luck would change!
Who's he?
Dr Kingston.
A doctor told you your luck would change?
He is a healer.
I paid him and he said he would pray for us.
His prayers were not enough.
You OK? Don't.
If this is witchcraft, why carve the name Jesus?
Ah, but not all witchcraft is anti-Christian.
Some forms, like er...
like voodoo, for instance,
that's an amalgam of religions and cultures,
pagan, pantheist, Christian.
I mean, whichever god's listening.
So, are we looking for an African or some sicko local who believes in the occult?
Yes. Yes.
I mean both.
See, magical thinking, it's about er...
It's about symbolism,
believing there's a mystical connection between the symbol and the thing it represents.
Now, Jenny didn't bleed to death, she was bled to death, so they took her blood.
Then why the strangulation? I don't know.
If this is witchcraft, these body parts aren't for trophies.
They're ingredients for spells, Jenny's blood, Jonas' eyes.
The killer wanted to see something?
Or to become invisible, to move among us unseen.
So they could do this again?
I think we should talk to this healer.
ALL: Hallelujah! MAN: Hallelujah!
MAN: Hallelu!
Say amen! Amen!
Hallelu! Hallelujah!
Praise the lord! Praise the lord!
We believe!
When we are washed in the blood of the lamb, Jesus will heal you.
Say Jesus. Jesus! Say amen! Amen!
Amen! Amen!
Yeah, because he, he is the son of God,
in whose name we cast out demons!
Hallellu! Hallelujah! Hallellu! Hallelujah! Hallellu! Hallelujah!
We have no health, no power, no life without Jesus Christ.
Say Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Do you believe? We believe.
Do you truly believe? We believe!
Then only say the word! Lord!
And you shall be healed.
Healed! Healed!
Look at the work of Jesus!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
(CHEERING)
Sorry, can I help? DI Fielding, Bradfield CID.
I'd like to speak to Dr Kingston.
He doesn't usually see people without an appointment.
That's all right, Wendy. It's OK.
I'm sorry. She's new.
It's hard work, preaching the word.
How can I help you? You had contact recently with Rory Nkomo and his son, Jonas.
Nkomo? Nkomo...Nkomo...
Oh, yes! Nkomo! Lovely people. We have prayed together many times.
You offered to lift a curse from them. Mm-hm.
Why? What has happened?
Jonas has been murdered.
We believe that voodoo is involved. Parts of his body were cut out.
Wicked... Wicked...
God forgive them.
Little Jonas? That is terrible.
Do you know anyone that could have done this?
Demons, they walk amongst us in human form every day.
Those who have eyes, they let them see.
Sir, what do you mean by that?
It's a figure of speech.
Are you actually a doctor? I'm a healer.
Through me, the lord works miracles.
In exchange for donations.
Mmm... Well, premises, they cost money.
Do they work, these miracles? You saw what happened here tonight.
I saw a woman who believed she was cured, yes. Mm-hm.
But these cures might be down to suggestion, and suggestion, it wears off.
Miracles do not wear off.
If you have no faith, they will not work for you. That's your loss.
I'm sorry. I know nothing about Jonas' death.
I really hope you catch the savages who did it.
Thanks. Been fascinating.
Lovely murals, by the way. Thank you.
May I? Oh, yes, take one.
He should come and see me.
Mr Nkomo.
With God's blessing, he can have more sons.
Do you think you can simply replace a child?
Do you have children?
No, I don't. Then how would you know?
"Wash in the blood of the lamb. Eat the flesh of the Son."
Figures of speech?
If spells are figures of speech
and prayers are just words that make wishes come true...
Curses and prayers.
Rituals mask the signature, but the motives are the same.
Surrender, submission, power.
These children, they were motherless.
They were eager to trust someone...
..and you betrayed that trust.
And when innocence dies, there's no going back, is there?
The choice of victims suggests predatory male, late 30s...
With African connections, like Nkomo.
What, you think he'd sacrifice his own son?
Parents attack their children every day, Tony. You know that.
Alex...Er...
Forensics went over his studio and his squat. The only blood they found was his own.
Plus, he was in custody when Jonas was killed.
Tony! Switching to anthropology?
I need your advice. This is one of your murders, isn't it? No.
Well, yes.
Esther, is there a tribe anywhere that commits ritual murder,
where firstly, the victim is strangled and then they have their throat cut?
Not now. There was, of course, this lot. The Celts.
Lindow Man, smacked on the head, strangled,
throat slashed, dumped in a bog.
Very economical.
Economical? Three gods, one victim.
The blow to the head for Tanarus, god of thunder,
the strangling and slashing for Esus, god of the underworld,
and then dumped in a bog to honour Teutates, the river god.
What was the second one you said? Esus.
Here we are.
Can I borrow these?
A rope and a knife. It's the same ritual.
You're not just doing this for Jesus Christ. You're sacrificing to Esus as well.
God of the dead.
(RINGS)
CID. DS Geoffries
Could you repeat that please?
I'm sorry, I didn't get your name
Yeah, right.
Guv! Just got a call about Jonas Nkomo.
(PANTING)
(MOANS)
Oh, my God... You're going to wear me out.
What's the magic word?
You wicked little bitch.
(PHONE RINGS)
Yeah?
You what?
What the hell do they want?
Once you've finished here, start over there.
They've just started laying concrete. Well, they can stop.
You! What the hell's going on here? And you are?
Peter Vancliff and this is my development.
Every minute these men stand around costs me a fortune!
We've received information relating to an ongoing murder inquiry.
What the hell does that mean? We've had a tip-off there might be body parts buried here.
A tip-off? You kidding me?! You'll get your site back when we're finished.
Someone is taking the piss, someone who wants to screw me and my business.
Nobody screws me, not you not anybody. You understand?
I'm sorry. Couldn't find any wellies. Mr Hill, this is Mr Vancliff.
Pleased to meet you, Mr... Ah, piss off!
Guv... Yes? You need to take a look at this.
Stay here, please. This is my bloody site!
You'll stay here or I'll have you arrested!
You don't want to screw with me either, believe me.
Oh, God Almighty... Is that... A human heart? Yes, it is.
It's Jonas.
This caller, was it male, female? Er...male.
Yeah, I think it sounded male.
Any idea of an age?
Did he have an accent?
What did he say exactly?
You took notes, didn't you?
Er...something about... Oh, for God's sake!
He could have been the one who left this here!
I want the site entrance closed until the SOCOs have gone over the area thoroughly.
Find out who was on security the past 48 hours, and start interviewing them.
Get on top of it, Kevin.
The early Egyptians and the Aztecs, the Celts,
they used to sacrifice humans, and buried them in the foundations of buildings.
So, do you want me to round up all the Aztecs?
Maybe this wasn't intended to curse the site.
Maybe it was put here to bless it.
Sorry, love. We need to keep this area clear.
Can you not see what's going on here? This is sabotage!
You got any rivals or enemies capable of this?
All of them. This is going to cost me 100 grand easy.
A little boy was murdered to sabotage your site?
It'll cost his father a damn sight more than money.
What? The guy's a prick. Mm-hm. Which guy's that?
Is that Vancliff or Ben's father?
Has he been in touch, hassling you about Ben?
No, I'm not psychic, Alex. Ben told me someone rang, and...
You know the way you've been acting: distracted, defensive, aggressive.
My personal life is none of your business.
You're not seeing enough of your son so you're feeling guilty and insecure.
Then you fire your childminder and can't bring yourself to replace her,
but that's only making things worse.
I don't have time... Alex, you're good at delegating, so do it now.
Go home. Stop having nightmares.
None of the workmen saw anyone in that area.
Security reported no intruders. This person is not invisible.
Whoever buried that heart knew the layout.
They probably had authorised access.
Joseph... (COUGHS)
(COUGHS) Sorry. Joseph Stark.
What, Jenny's father? He works for Vancliff.
Go and see what he has to say.
Anything on Vancliff? Plenty.
Hand-on property developer.
Allegations of harassment and intimidation.
Nothing's ever stuck. Expensive lawyers.
You've got quite a reputation as a certain sort of businessman.
A successful one, yeah.
I was thinking one who uses physical methods of persuasion.
I'm a physical kind of guy.
You've been interviewed for assaults on your tenants.
You got an actual question?
He's trying to dictate the pace. Take your time, Alex.
One of your tenants, Danny Miller, he disappeared a few days ago.
Last seen getting into your car.
Can't I even give a friend a lift to the station?
Is that where he ended up?
Oh, you think maybe I killed him,
cut him up into pieces,
bagged him, buried him hosed the site down
and chucked the weapon into the river maybe?
That's not conjecture. That's boasting.
Can you tell me
how a child's heart came to be there?
I think someone killed him, broke into my site,
buried the heart and phoned you anonymously.
Why? What do you think happened?
Ask him about Africa.
I understand you've done business in Africa.
I have connections there. Are you planning a holiday?
Was Muti ever used against him?
In your dealings over there, have you ever come across witchcraft?
Once or twice: a hand buried in a doorway brings in business,
and a man's tongue can talk you into a woman's knickers.
Did any of your business rivals use it?
Your clients or your employees?
Not till now.
Doesn't it frighten you? It's like psychological warfare.
A splash of blood works wonders.
Terrify the enemy, make them think you're capable of anything,
you've won the battle before you've even started.
Do you enjoy frightening people?
Do you enjoy inflicting pain?
Business isn't about winning.
It's about tearing the other guy apart.
Literally? You can't let this guy go, Alex. He's a classic psychopath.
(LAUGHS)
Do you know what the really funny bit is?
The kid's dad, Nkomo... What about him?
Worked for me till last week.
One o'clock in the morning, I walk in and found him worshipping at a voodoo altar,
offering bits of raw meat up to some god, with a machete in his hand,
and you drag me in here?
He has the motive, he has access to the site,
access to the victim.
I should be a copper. Any eejit can do it.
Yes, Green Belt Holdings is Peter Vancliff's firm, but I just do the books.
I'm office-based.
So you have never been to the riverside site?
I have been to the occasional meeting there, but...
Can I get you a drink or something?
Have you ever found anything odd in the accounts? I can't discuss that with you.
I have a duty of confidence to...
(WHEEZES)
Let me get you that drink.
(WHEEZES)
It seems to be a serious attack of asthma, probably triggered by an allergen.
Has she been exposed to any toxins or chemicals?
Shit! Better warn the team working on that site.
Has she suffered from asthma before?
Late-onset asthma is surprisingly common, I'm afraid.
Why can't you just book a holiday like everyone else?
So, why did you leave your last job? Well, they had to move abroad.
They did ask me to come, but my dad's getting on a bit.
Well, they do speak very highly of you.
Oh, Ben!
Is that me? It's lovely!
Do you want to show it to your mum?
(I like her.)
Typical! I spend millions on plant.
One call and the cops would have dug the foundations for nothing.
(CHUCKLES)
You think this is funny, somebody using my site as a tip?
Nobody got in or out, guv. Security's positive. Security (!)
They got the Nigerian arsehole.
They're all in this together.
Guv?
That witch doctor thinks he can psych me out.
I'll baptise him in his own blood.
Christ!
I know who sent this.
He wants to play funny buggers?
Fetch the Merc.
(LAUGHTER)
Watch! Guv?
He can't!
He's dead and buried!
Why's he here?
Boss, just take it easy.
He opens it, and he just goes mental.
Starts seeing things. Yeah? What sort of things?
He said someone was coming after him, someone dead and buried.
He talked about a witch doctor trying to scare him.
Witch doctor? Said he'd baptise him in his own blood.
Wash him in the blood of the lamb.
Your boss, did he have any dealings with a man called Kingston?
The preacher? Yeah. He's one of our tenants.
I wish I could help you. Vancliff was your landlord.
God have mercy upon him. Not a very good man.
Who did your paintings? A local artist.
What kind of rent did he charge? Vancliff. Extortionate.
That is our play area, for the children.
Extortionate? Pardon?
You used the word extortionate. Did Vancliff try an extort money from you?
Well, he tried to raise the rent. My congregation cannot afford it.
Your congregation or your clients? I don't know what you mean.
Rory Nkomo paid you to lift a curse.
It must have taken a special kind of prayer.
Is this your...
That area is private!
Where's your bathroom? There is no bathroom.
Oh, you don't live here?
Why the big fridge?
Do you want to tell us how you came to have a fridge full of blood and animal organs?
The Bible tells us sacrifices pleases the lord:
the fatted calf, lamb...
Firstborn son.
Where in the Bible does it tell us to sacrifice dogs and snakes?
It is a tradition in many parts of Africa.
Oh, so you practise a mixture of African and Christian traditions?
We do the lord's work.
We cure the sick.
So, if you've got the power to cure, you've also got the power to curse.
I do not curse anybody.
We found this under a floorboard.
Jenny Stark was killed with a rough blade.
Her blood was drained from her body.
Jonas Nkomo had his heart and his eyes cut out.
Not with that knife. Who else had access to it?
The blood that I keep is the blood of animals.
The lord gave us dominion over them.
The Nkomos came to you for help, but you had your own problems.
Vancliff was threatening you, demanding half your profits,
so you retaliated with witchcraft.
Not witchcraft, ancient wisdom.
Do you recognise this?
Yea...
Do not get involved.
I warn you. I'm not one of your followers.
I don't believe you have the power to cure or to curse, so spare me.
It does not matter what you believe. You would not be spared.
He's not just angry, Alex. He's scared.
Did you make this doll? (PRAYS)
Did you send this to Vancliff? (CONTINUES TO PRAY)
This doll is made of Plasticine and blood.
I think it's human blood, Jenny Stark's blood,
and there'll be DNA of your own there too, of your sweat, of your skin.
Voodoo works both ways! (CHANTS)
(SCREAMS)
How does he get those kids to trust him?
You've seen him work a crowd, Alex.
He uses hysteria, mesmerises the audience,
puts them in a trance-like state, and then they'll do whatever he tells them to.
Even lie down and die?
Oh, yeah.
Vancliff was under stress.
You shut down his site. You dragged him in for an interview.
You make it sound like I killed him.
Alex, he thought he saw one of his victims coming towards him.
That is about guilt.
The doll triggered an association with something he did or someone he hurt,
and the stress brought on the coronary.
So the witchcraft worked. Not in the way you mean.
How do you know what I mean?
The effects are all in your mind, Alex,
except that's the worst place for them to be.
(CHANTS)
You said this was some sort of asthmatic attack?
That's what we're treating her for, but she's not responding.
(CHANTS)
Any news on Paula? They've asked to contact her next of kin. Jeez.
Guv, someone left something in my car.
What kind of something?
The same sort of something that Vancliff... Shit!
Kevin?
Kevin, talk to me!
(CHANTS)
How's he doing this?
He isn't doing anything.
The head came off the doll.
Five minutes later, my head nearly comes off as well.
Someone planted the doll to frighten you like they frightened Vancliff.
Yeah, what someone?
How did they arrange for me to run into the back of a truck?
They didn't. The doll had rattled you.
You weren't paying attention and you crashed the car.
Come on, Kevin, what were you doing when it happened?
The only cause and effect here is in your imagination.
What about Paula? She imagining what's happening to her?
Kevin, go and get cleaned up.
(CHANTS)
The names carved on the bodies, it wasn't just Jesus,
it was Esus, the Celtic god of the underworld.
Right now, I'm more concerned about who planted the doll in Kevin's car.
Kingston must have a follower. A helper on the outside.
And now they're targeting the police?
I think it's time we check out his congregation.
What about the painter? Louis Blake? Mm-hm.
The murals on Kingston's temple,
I think Blake might have painted them.
We've already checked out his studio and his home. We found nothing.
Can I look?
Guess who owns this place.
Vancliff? Not big on maintenance, is he?
Oh, look... Looks like it's been redecorated.
Recently. What, by Vancliff?
Must have been Blake.
My God...
Is that meant to be Paula?
Paula's never seen that doll.
She would have said something, so it can't be affecting her, subliminally or otherwise.
Paula's never had asthma. Now she's critically ill.
So there must be some other cause.
She must be reacting to an allergen or something.
No. They tested for it, and how come no-one else was affected?
Alex, witchcraft works on the mind of the victim,
suggesting they've been cursed.
If you don't know about it, it ain't going to work.
Can there be some other causality that we don't understand?
Can the knife, the dolls focus somebody's malice somehow?
Alex, there is no such thing as action at a distance,
and there's no such thing as magic.
Do you know that for a fact, or is that just what you want to believe?
Hi! How's it going? Frantic.
Ben's been asleep since eight, and there's some pasta in the oven.
Oh, brilliant.
Some friends of mine run a playgroup at the park cafe.
I was going to take Ben tomorrow, after school.
Should be fine. (PHONE RINGS)
Great. Sorry. Don't worry. I'll see you tomorrow.
Kevin.
The Plasticine in all three dolls came from Kingston's place.
The pigment came from Blake's studio and the blood came from Jenny Stark.
One thing though, the blood on Kingston's knife wasn't hers.
I mean, it isn't even human. So he bleached it after the murders.
Any sign of Blake? The guy's got no home, no family, no friends. He could be anywhere.
You've just got to ask the right questions.
Why did they go for Paula, and what did they do to her?
How did they get to her?
You're saying he was oblivious to pain?
Like he was out of his head on something?
It was more than that. He didn't even react to a faceful of ammonia.
He's in some sort of trance.
What, you mean like a zombie?
Yeah. That's exactly what he was like.
Zombies were subjects acting under hypnotic suggestion
before they knew what the suggestion was.
But who put him in a trance? Kingston's locked up.
Maybe he did it himself.
It's difficult, but it's possible.
The unconscious mind overrides every safety mechanism you have,
like pain, fear, exhaustion.
It can affect your pulse, your blood pressure...
Paula...
It's not a good time. She's barely conscious.
You got to stop the medication. That's what's making her sick.
That's absurd! Can't you put it on hold for a few minutes?
Right, Paula...
Look at me.
Kevin, are you all right?
Just er... I hate bloody hospitals.
Tony? I think she'll be OK.
What did you do?
I'd still like to keep her under observation.
She had all the classic symptoms. Because someone gave her them.
Someone planted a suggestion in her mind that she couldn't catch her breath.
When she collapsed, the doctors diagnosed asthma,
give her steroids, that makes things worse.
But how did you cure her? I didn't cure her, Alex. She wasn't sick.
I just planted a suggestion in her mind that counteracted the first one.
She got better because she believed she would? The placebo effect.
It means, "I will please you," but there's an opposite known as the nocebo effect.
It means, "I will harm you."
People sicken and die because they believe they can't be cured
or they believe someone has cursed them.
(CHANTS)
Louis Blake is dead.
Your acolyte, your apprentice, whatever he was, so, just lay off the spells.
You're not frightening anyone. (CHANTS)
You're on your own, Dr Kingston.
(CHANTS)
Yeah, artist therapy didn't work for you, did it?
Real pain, real fear, that's what inspired you.
Ah, "my muse"...
The inspiration.
There's no tattoo. Now, why's that?
So, either this was painted before...
That's a timid, submissive, manipulated girl. This...
Confident, assured...
It's a woman.
Yeah, this isn't Jenny.
Ayesha, it's Alex. I came to school to meet you and Ben.
I'm going to the park cafe. Call me when you pick up this message.
(MOBILE RINGS)
Tony? Blake didn't put himself in that trance. He didn't have the talent.
Slow down. He couldn't have made those dolls,
because the one thing he did have was technique.
These dolls, they're crude, amateurish. They're almost childlike.
What are you saying? A young woman.
Yeah, she modelled for Blake. Another apprentice?
No. She sent Blake to kill me.
She framed Kingston for Jonas' death.
He's not scared of us, he's scared of her. She is stronger than him.
Look, she can win your trust absolutely when you hardly even know her.
She could be right in front of us.
You might have even interviewed her.
I'm looking for Ayesha Simon.
She's 22, got sallow skin, she might be with a little boy...
Hey, Alex, are you OK? Ayesha, where's Ben?
Isn't he with you? That detective collected him.
What detective? At the school. She said you sent her to pick him up.
No... I thought she was one of your... Oh, no! Oh, God!
OK, now, most of you will know by now,
half an hour ago, DI Fielding's son Ben was abducted from outside his school gates.
Paula, shouldn't you be... I'm fine.
All right, now, we have a description of the suspect.
She's a mixed-race girl in her late 20s,
pale complexion, brown eyes, mid-length dark hair.
Now, she hasn't made contact. And she isn't going to.
Somehow, this girl managed to convince the nanny she was a police officer.
She's extremely clever at subliminal persuasion.
Using vocal and physical cues, she can convince anyone of anything
and then make them forget she was even there.
She phoned in the tip-off for the Vancliff site.
No, but that caller was male. Are you sure?
Can you even remember the conversation, Kevin?
I think I met her. On the site, after we found Jonas's heart.
She said she was Vancliff's girlfriend. That could be true.
He tells her about his condition, she induces the heart attack that kills him.
This woman believes she's a witch. She's ritually murdered two children.
The first gave her power. The second makes her invisible.
Now she's taken the son of a policewoman.
She thinks if she sacrifices him, it'll make her immune to the law.
I should have been there.
He's like an orphan!
Hey, Alex...
(SOBS)
I used to hold his hand.
and tell him that everything would be OK.
I promised him I would never let anyone take him away from me.
We'll find him.
I betrayed him. No.
Right, look, you shouldn't be here.
Where else am I going to be?
How long have we got? She's not acting on impulse.
She'll want to perform the ritual properly,
so there'll be some sort of external cue, like sunrise, or...
Sunset.
An hour from now.
I don't know how I missed it. Not now, Tony!
She is not a witch. She is a murderer, and you understand murderers, so think!
She kills children. And?
And a child's life, it gives more power. So is that it? Is that all this is?
Look, Jenny was abandoned by her parents,
so she is angry and desperate for affection and acceptance.
Jonas' mother left him so they're both vulnerable.
And I...I kept them calm.
Right up until the end, they think they're going home.
So that is what she cherishes.
Despair, betrayal, abandonment.
You're acting out.
You were betrayed as a child.
You were abandoned by your mother and...
And your father.
They took your heart, they tore it out and they buried it.
I need to speak to Kingston.
She's taken another child.
The woman who killed Jenny Stark and Jonas Nkomo.
It's her you fear. You're chanting to protect yourself from her.
I don't think she wants to kill you.
I think she wants to make you suffer, and I think I know why.
You betrayed her.
That girl was conceived by demons.
Yeah, demons walk among us every day in human form. Are you a demon?
You're her father, aren't you?
When you rejected, her, she lost her home, her job and her family all at the same time.
She was born of my lust, but she is not my daughter.
Her mother, was she English? No, Scottish.
And did you send her to Africa as a child?
We tried to drive out the evil spirits.
So we're talking confinement, starvation, torture...
They thought they had succeeded, but the demons, they deceived them.
Did it ever occur to you that if you tell a little girl over and over that she is evil,
she's going to believe it?
She killed Vancliff to frame you.
She tried to kill two police officers because she despises all authority figures.
And now she's taken a little boy... and she's going to kill him,
because his mother is a policewoman.
I am sorry.
Where will she have taken him? You must know.
When you threw her out, did she contact you? Did she write to you?
Moonrise.
That is the propitious time.
Propitious? For the sacrifice.
Along the river. That's where the other two... That's 150 miles!
Warehouses, docks, derelict sites. Yes, but it's not just a river to her.
It washes away evidence. It baptises, it sanitises.
She's worshiping Teutates, the river god.
Her mother's Scottish, so she identifies with the Celts.
The belief, the ritual... Look at these abrasions.
From being dragged along stone. Some ancient Celtic site.
Is there a barrow or a stone circle?
Not in the city, then. Out here.
In the forest, by the river. It's a tumulus.
We used to hike up that way. There's a circle of stones in a clearing. With an altar?
Esus, lord of he underworld,
Jesus, lord of the living world,
to you I dedicate this life,
this death.
MAN: Drop the weapon! Armed police! Drop the weapon! Now!
Ben! Mum?
Where's she gone? Spread out! Spread out!
Me and Bernice were doing magic. Were you, darling? Let's get you home.
Don't let anyone pass. She's still armed.
Where the hell has she gone? She hasn't. She's still here.
Stay close together. Check the trees. Right, guv.
What are you doing?! Shut up! You're under arrest!
Oh, for God's sake, she's still out there!
Ow!
This is silly, isn't it, because in no sense am I the one you're looking for.
It just isn't me.
I'm sorry. Well, you're amazing.
Your vocal technique and your body language... It's a mix-up.
In the dark, in the mist...
Take my hand. Here.
Really see me.
I'm not the one you want.
See, all those hidden words... It's...
"In-no-sense."
You've got "release." "Just-is."
"Mist-take"... You are... You're very gifted.
And you disappeared in plain sight in front of nearly 20 people.
You saw me. Well, I'm sort of weird that way.
I don't see the obvious, but I spot the hidden.
That's why I'm here. You're here because you broke my knife.
I knew you for my enemy.
Bernice, I'm not a witch.
I'm a psychologist.
No, I don't have any magical powers, Bernice, neither do you.
You control people by subliminal suggestion. It's not witchcraft.
How long do I have?
Before your familiars come.
And the necklace. That's for protection.
Sorry, everything. No, you can't have it!
We'll keep it safe. Don't touch me!
Calm down. Let me go! Let me go!
Please don't!
Lord of the dead, send your demons!
Feed on their flesh! Tear their skin!
Bathe in their blood! (SCREAMS)
Calm down. We don't want to hurt you.
Oh, my God! I'm really sorry!
Don't put me in a hole! Please don't let me die!
They've suggested therapy to help him get over the trauma. Mm-hm.
Does he look traumatised to you? Nope.
You do. I'm fine.
No, you're not.
No, I'm not.
I'm not going to be able to let him out of my sight.
You talk to someone. Take a break and spend some time with Ben.
Don't hold on to the fear, Alex.
It's how we make our nightmares come true.
Hello, sweetheart.
No! No! No!
It's face to face. It's not from behind, so he doesn't mind if they see him.
So, if he was raping and killing in Denmark in 2002,
what's he been doing since?
Exactly.
Who is this?!
Who is this?
He's at the height of his killing spree. He's a supernova waiting to implode.