Professor T

[DOG GROWLS] [DIFFERENT DOG GROWLS, BARKS] [OVERLAPPING GROWLING AND BARKING] [PROFESSOR T. WHIMPERS] [PROFESSOR T. GROWLING AND BARKING] [FINAL BARK ECHOES] [THEME MUSIC PLAYING] [BIRDS CHIRPING] [INDISTINCT CHATTER] [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] PROFESSOR T.: CATCHING UP ON THE NEWS?

SOMEONE LEFT IT LYING ON MY DESK.

STUDENTS.

[SCOFFS] I'VE OPENED YOUR MAIL.

ANYTHING OF INTEREST?

I DON'T READ THE CONTENTS.

ALTHOUGH I COULDN'T HELP NOTICING AN INVITATION TO YOUR MOTHER'S UPCOMING EXHIBITION.

IF SHE DROPS BY, PLEASE INFORM HER I AM INDISPOSED.

AND WHAT IF SHE INSISTS?

GIVE HER YOUR SIGNATURE LOOK.

WHAT SIGNATURE LOOK?

[DOOR CLOSES] [WOMAN ON RECORD SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [MUSIC SWELLS] [MUSIC PLAYING AT NORMAL VOLUME] [DOOR OPENS] A WORD WITH YOU, PLEASE, JASPER.

YOUR ABSENCE FROM THE FACULTY MEETING WAS WIDELY COMMENTED ON.

YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE BEGINNING TO GRUMBLE, AND THIS HOBBY OF YOURS.

- I DO NOT HAVE HOBBIES.

- HEH!

PLAYING DETECTIVE!

- NOR DO I PLAY.

- IT'S DISTRACTING YOU.

YOUR STUDENTS HAVE BEGUN TO COMPLAIN, AND YOUR SUBSTITUTE.

IT WAS AN EXERCISE IN OBSERVATION.

YOU ASKED THEM TO STARE AT A FISH, JASPER, FOR 45 MINUTES.

[KNOCK ON DOOR] THE DETECTIVES ARE HERE, PROFESSOR.

SO, YOU'RE DISCOURAGING ME FROM ADVISING THE POLICE?

OH.

HEH!

WELL, NOT AT ALL.

NO, WE MUST ALL DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAINTAIN THE RULE OF LAW.

OH, AND WILL I SEE YOU LATER?

AS YOU'VE MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, I SHOULD FOCUS ON MY WORK.

WELL, THAT'S ALL SORTED, THEN.

THIS IS CHARLIE TURNER.

SIX YEARS OLD, MISSING SINCE LAST NIGHT.

DAN: CHARLIE WAS APPARENTLY HOME ALONE - WITH HER FATHER MAX.

- [TAPS DESK] HE'S SHY.

RIGHT.

CHARLIE'S MOTHER WAS OUT AT YOGA.

THERE WAS ALSO AN AU PAIR, SALLY BAINS.

LIVES WITH THE FAMILY BUT HAD BEEN GIVEN THE EVENING OFF.

THE FRONT DOOR WAS OPEN WHEN SHE GOT HOME.

[SUSPENSEFUL BACKGROUND MUSIC] LISA: SALLY FINDS THE FATHER UNCONSCIOUS, BADLY BEATEN UP.

SALLY: MR. TURNER!

- [DOOR SLAMS] - DAN: LUCY, THE MOTHER, ARRIVES HOME AT EXACTLY THAT MOMENT.

- WHAT HAPPENED?

- I DON'T KNOW.

MAX?

WHERE'S CHARLIE?

CHARLIE?

[WHIMPERING] CALL THE POLICE!

[ECHOES] LISA: ALL MAX CLAIMS TO REMEMBER IS THE SECURITY LIGHT GOING ON IN THE GARDEN, HE OPENS THE DOOR TO INVESTIGATE AND IS JUMPED BY A MASKED ASSAILANT.

NEXT THING, HE'S WAKING UP ON THE FLOOR WITH HIS WIFE SHRIEKING THE HOUSE DOWN.

WE'RE TREATING IT AS A KIDNAP.

AND YET, THERE'S BEEN NO CONTACT FROM WHOEVER TOOK CHARLIE.

NO NOTE, NO CALL, NOTHING.

LISA: DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR BRAND HAS ASKED YOU TO RUN THE RULE OVER THE FAMILY AND THEIR STORY, SEE IF THEY'RE TELLING THE TRUTH.

DAN: YOU'VE PROVED YOU'RE EXPERT AT DEALING WITH KIDNAPPERS.

PAUL: YOU'RE HERE DURING THE DAY, EVEN WHEN CHARLIE'S AT SCHOOL?

I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO BE.

[DOOR OPENS] DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY PRIOR TO THE KIDNAPPING?

[DOOR CLOSES] - DAN: MORNING.

– LISA: MORNING.

THIS IS PROFESSOR TEMPEST.

HE'S A CONSULTANT CRIMINOLOGIST.

YOU'VE STILL HAD NO CONTACT?

NO.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING, THOUGH, RIGHT?

PROFESSOR T.: IN A CLASSIC KIDNAPPING WITH EXTORTION, ONE WOULD EXPECT CONTACT WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS.

SO, IT IS A BAD SIGN?

IT'S MUCH TOO EARLY TO SAY.

PROFESSOR T.: PARENTS ARE OBSESSED WITH STRANGER DANGER, AND THERE ARE A FEW SUCH CASES WHERE A CHILD IS TRAFFICKED, BUT MOST KIDNAPPINGS OF MINORS INVOLVE A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER.

- WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING?

- ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AT ALL.

THE LOGICAL EXPLANATION, OF COURSE, IS THAT YOUR DAUGHTER WITNESSED THE ASSAULT, AND THEY'VE TAKEN HER TO ENSURE HER SILENCE.

[LUCY WEEPING] [WHISPERS] COME WITH ME.

[MOURNFUL BACKGROUND MUSIC] [WEEPING CONTINUES] YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WINDING THEM UP.

JUST EVALUATE THEM.

NO FURTHER EVALUATION IS NECESSARY, FOR MRS. TURNER, AT LEAST.

JUST LIKE THAT?

NO MORE QUESTIONS?

INDEED.

AND HIM?

HIS INJURIES ARE GENUINE.

SO, WE SHOULD BELIEVE HIM?

NOT NECESSARILY.

BUT IF HIS STORY'S TRUE, WE NEED TO ADJUST TO A NEW HYPOTHESIS.

AND WHAT'S THAT?

THE FACT HE WAS BADLY HURT SUGGESTS HIS ASSAILANTS WERE SETTLING A SCORE, NOT JUST INTENDING TO NEUTRALIZE HIM.

SO, IF CHARLIE HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED, THAT MEANS THEY KNOW WHO DID IT.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] LISA: YOU KNOW WHO THE KIDNAPPERS ARE.

WHAT?

IF WE DID, WHY WOULD WE KEEP IT FROM YOU?

MAX: OUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING.

[POIGNANT BACKGROUND MUSIC] [DOOR CLOSES] DAN: REST ASSURED, MRS. TURNER.

WE'LL BE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, OK?

WE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO FIND CHARLIE.

[DISTANT GEESE HONKING] GIRL: CAN YOU PUSH ME?

[PLAINTIVE BACKGROUND MUSIC] [SWING CREAKING] WHERE'S MY MUMMY?

SHE'LL BE HERE SOON.

I WANT MUMMY!

OH, SHUT UP, OR I'LL FETCH THE BOGEYMAN WHO EATS CRY-BABIES WITH KETCHUP FOR BREAKFAST.

[SUSPENSEFUL BACKGROUND MUSIC FADES] [DISTANT BIRDS CHIRPING] [SOFTLY] I NEED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING.

PROMISE YOU WON'T GET ANGRY?

YEAH, I PROMISE.

IS KEVIN INVOLVED IN THIS?

KEVIN?

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

- JUST TELL ME.

IS HE INVOLVED?

- OH, COME ON.

HE COULDN'T.

THERE IS NO WAY.

NO WAY.

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

[SOFTLY] IT'S OK. [SOBBING] LET'S NOT BRING KEVIN INTO THIS.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES] [RECORD PLAYING JAUNTY MUSIC] [MAN SINGING IN ITALIAN] MAN: NO!

[BRISK KNOCK ON DOOR, DOG YAPS] ADELAIDE: JASPER, DARLING, ARE YOU THERE?

I CAN HEAR YOU HIDING.

[KNOCKS BRISKLY] JASPER?

ADELAIDE: DEAR HEART, YOU HAVEN'T REPLIED TO MY INVITATION.

I AM UNAWARE TO WHICH INVITATION YOU'RE REFERRING.

FOR MY EXHIBITION.

DON'T TELL ME YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT.

PERHAPS IT GOT LOST IN THE POST.

NO MATTER.

ALWAYS CARRY A SPARE.

RESPONDEZ VOUS, SI'L VOUS PLAIT.

AH.

HMM.

[BREATHLESSLY] HOW ARE YOU?

BUSY.

UH, VERY BUSY, MOTHER.

TOO BUSY TO ATTEND AN EXHIBITION.

SURELY NOT?

IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO ME.

I WILL ASK MISS SNARES TO HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT MY SCHEDULE, BUT I CANNOT PROMISE ANYTHING.

WILL YOU, DEAR?

I NEED TO CLOSE THE DOOR NOW, MOTHER.

YES, OF COURSE.

VERY WELL.

DON'T FORGET TO DRESS UP.

[SINGING CONTINUES] [SINGING FADES OUT] THANKS.

YOU KNOW I LOVE CHARLIE, DON'T YOU?

OF COURSE, I DO.

YOU THINK I'M TOO HARD ON HER.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] - I'VE GOT NO PATIENCE.

- NO, I DON'T.

- [CLATTERING] - SOMETIME-- IS THERE SOMEWHERE YOU COULD STAY FOR A FEW DAYS?

UH...COULD ASK ONE OF MY FRIENDS?

WOULD YOU MIND?

FOR WE COULD DO WITH SOME SPACE.

YOU'LL STILL GET PAID.

[FOOTSTEPS RETREATING] [DISTANT ANIMALS CHORTLING] YOUR TURN.

I WANT TO WATCH TELLY.

I DON'T HAVE A TELLY.

HEY!

I'M LETTING YOU WIN, YOU LITTLE BRAT.

JUST ROLL THE DICE.

I DON'T LIKE THIS GAME.

- WELL, HAVE A BLOODY NAP THEN!

- I'M NOT TIRED!

[LIQUID POURING] [PILL BOTTLE RATTLES] [SPOON TAPS] HERE'S SOME JUICE.

DRINK IT.

[SUSPENSEFUL BACKGROUND MUSIC] [DISTANT SIREN] [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] CHRISTINA: MORNING.

MORNING.

[EXHALES] UH, WE PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER.

AND?

NOT MUCH TO SHOW FOR IT.

I'M NOT CONVINCED THE PROFESSOR'S RIGHT ABOUT THIS ONE.

HE SUGGESTED THE TURNERS MAY KNOW WHO TOOK THEIR DAUGHTER.

SO, HE BELIEVES THE KIDNAP STORY?

LISA: I THINK HE BELIEVES MRS. TURNER.

NOT SO SURE ABOUT MR. DAN: MAX TURNER'S NAME POPPED UP IN AN INVESTIGATION INTO V.A.T.

FRAUD.

AND THIS OTHER GUY, KEVIN CHARTERS-- THERE WAS AN ACCUSATION THEY WERE IMPORTING MOBILE PHONES - AND DODGING THE V.A.T.

- CASE WAS DISMISSED.

SEEMS PRETTY SMALL FRY.

THERE MIGHT BE MORE TO IT.

WE COULD TAKE A LOOK.

GO ON, THEN.

GET ON WITH IT.

AND DON'T GO ACCUSING ANYONE OF ANYTHING UNLESS WE'RE SURE.

DAN: ROGER THAT.

[VEHICLE APPROACHING] [DISTANT, LOUD CLANGING] LISA: EXCUSE ME.

WHERE CAN I FIND KEVIN CHARTERS?

- THANK YOU.

- THANK YOU.

KEVIN: KIDNAPPED?

LISA: YOU HADN'T HEARD?

I HAD NO IDEA.

WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MAX TURNER?

WE DO BUSINESS TOGETHER.

- WHAT SORT?

- WE IMPORT.

MOBILES, TABLETS, CONSOLES, THAT SORT OF THING.

HAS HE HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH ANYONE RECENTLY?

NO IDEA.

WE'RE NOT THAT CLOSE.

BUT YOU WERE JOINTLY INVESTIGATED FOR V.A.T.

FRAUD.

- THAT WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING.

- A MISUNDERSTANDING?

MAX BOUGHT A LOAD OF MOBILES FROM AN INTERMEDIARY.

TURNED OUT TO BE A BIT OF A DODGY CHARACTER.

WE WERE COMPLETELY CLEARED.

YOUR CASE WAS DISMISSED.

IT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEING EXONERATED.

WE REPORTED OURSELVES TO THE TAX OFFICE.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU DO IF YOU'RE GUILTY, IS IT?

DAN.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WE'LL BE THERE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

WHAT'S THE HURRY?

SOMEONE'S MADE CONTACT WITH THE FAMILY.

[PLAINTIVE BACKGROUND MUSIC] LUCY: WE'LL RE-MORTGAGE THE HOUSE.

MAX: IT'LL TAKE TOO LONG.

LUCY: THEN WE'LL TAKE OUT A LOAN.

OH, JESUS, MAX.

JUST TELL THE TRUTH.

YOU DON'T YOU THINK CHARLIE'S WORTH IT.

[WHISPERS] I'M SORRY.

[SIGHS] LUCY: I'M SO SORRY.

[DOORBELL RINGS] I'LL GET IT.

[LUCY SIGHS] LISTEN...

IT'S NO GOOD, US BLAMING EACH OTHER, OK?

[DOOR OPENS] THIS WAS IN THE ROADSIDE MAILBOX.

- THAT'S BALLSY.

- YEAH, OR STUPID.

EITHER WAY, IT SUGGESTS THEY'RE LOCAL.

AND IT ALSO SUGGESTS THE TURNERS ARE TELLING THE TRUTH.

THERE WAS A LOCK OF HAIR WITH IT.

THE MUM SWEARS IT'S CHARLIE'S.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.

[DOOR CLOSES] PAUL: WE NEED TO ESTABLISH BEYOND DOUBT THAT THIS IS CHARLIE'S HAIR.

MRS. TURNER, WOULD YOU PROVIDE A SAMPLE FOR A DNA TEST?

WELL, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

MAX: CHARLIE'S ADOPTED.

WE CAN TAKE A SAMPLE FROM SOMETHING SHE'S KEPT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY-- A COMFORT BLANKET OR CUDDLY TOY.

I'LL GET THE MONKEY.

- YOU NEED ANOTHER COFFEE?

- I NEED AN EARLY NIGHT.

- OH, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

- MMM.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING YOUR TOOTHBRUSH.

[PUFFS TWICE] YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO STAND SO CLOSE.

LUCY: IT'S GONE.

I CAN'T FIND MOPS.

DAN: DON'T WORRY, MRS. TURNER.

A TOOTHBRUSH WILL DO JUST AS WELL.

[BIRDS CHIRPING] PROFESSOR T.: I FIND MYSELF WONDERING WHETHER TO ENCOURAGE MY MOTHER IN MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF HERSELF.

FISH: IT MIGHT PROVE YOU'RE HUMAN.

BEING HUMAN IS OVERRATED.

IT IS MESSIER THAN BEING A FISH.

I THINK MY WATER MAY NEED CHANGING.

YOU KNOW, I DO EVERYTHING IN HERE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR, DOOR OPENS] D.S.

DONCKERS TO SEE YOU AND...

THE OTHER ONE.

A RANSOM DEMAND, BUT NO FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

THEY SENT A LOCK OF HAIR THAT MATCHES CHARLIE'S DNA, - BUT GET THIS-- - CHARLIE IS ADOPTED.

WELL, HOW DID YOU KNOW?

IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PARENTS WITH BROWN EYES TO PRODUCE A CHILD WITH BLUE, BUT IT IS STATISTICALLY UNLIKELY.

I THEREFORE SURMISED THAT GENETICS MIGHT BE THE SOURCE OF THE TENSION THAT SO CLEARLY EXISTS BETWEEN THE TURNERS.

[LIGHT OPERA MUSIC PLAYING] SO, WHAT NOW?

[TURNS UP VOLUME] WE'LL COME BACK ANOTHER TIME.

[WOMAN ON RECORD SINGING SOPRANO] [DOOR CLOSES] [OPERATIC SINGING CONTINUES] [OPERA MUSIC FADES OUT] [COFFEE CUP HITS FLOOR] AAH!

DAMN IT.

DON'T WORRY.

I GOT IT.

[SIGHS, CHUCKLES] - DON'T GIVE ME THAT LOOK.

- I'M SAYING NOTHING.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS MISSING AND WE'RE JUST FLAILING ABOUT.

DON'T.

RELAX.

- IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT-- - STOP IT!

SORRY.

I JUST-- STOP BEING SO NICE TO ME, DAN!

ALL THE FLIPPIN' TIME.

NOW, YOU'RE TIRED.

YOU NEED TO GET SOME SLEEP.

[WHISPERS] WAIT, WAIT.

I CAN'T DO THIS.

- NOT HERE.

- YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO MINE?

IT JUST...

IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT, NOT WHEN THAT LITTLE GIRL IS MISSING.

HER PARENTS MUST BE WORRIED SICK.

I'M SORRY, DAN.

LET'S CALL IT A RAIN CHECK.

YEAH, I'M COOL WITH THAT.

[SIGHS] IF YOU NEED ME, I'LL BE AT MY DESK, MAKING OUT WITH WHAT'S LEFT OF THIS MEAT FEAST.

[SIGHS] [SUSPENSEFUL BACKGROUND MUSIC] MAX?

IT WAS IN THE MAILBOX.

PLEASE, MAX.

I WANT OUR DAUGHTER BACK.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER] DAN?

- DAN?

- WHAT?

SALLY BAINS IS DEAD.

-WHO?

-SALLY BAINS, CHARLIE'S AU PAIR.

- WHAT HAPPENED?

- SHE OVERDOSED... TWO YEARS AGO.

THE TURNERS' AU PAIR IS NOT WHO SHE CLAIMS TO BE.

FEMALE SINGER: WHEN THE NIGHT HAS COME AND THE MOON IS BLUE TAKE THE RIDE I DON'T KNOW I'VE BEEN LOOKIN' FOR YOU BUT THE ROAD IS LONG WITHOUT YOU IN THE DARK, I FEEL PAIN BUT MY HEART IS TRUE 'CAUSE THE ROAD IS LONG WITHOUT YOU LISA: NIKKI.

NIKKI TRENT.

THAT'S YOUR REAL NAME.

COME ON, NIKKI.

YOU HAVEN'T EXACTLY COVERED YOUR TRACKS.

YOU'RE STILL FRIENDS WITH SALLY ON FACEBOOK.

I'M NOT HURTING ANYONE.

IDENTITY THEFT IS A CRIME.

LISA: I'M SURE YOU CAN EXPLAIN.

SALLY WAS A FEW YEARS ABOVE ME AT SCHOOL.

WE USED TO GO DRINKING TOGETHER.

SHE GAVE ME HER OLD DRIVING LICENSE SO I COULD USE IT AS I.D., AND THEN SHE LET ME STAY AT HER PLACE AFTER MY MUM KICKED ME OUT.

WHY DID YOUR MUM DO THAT?

TEENAGE.

[SIGHS] DRUGS AND STUFF.

I ENDED UP LIVING ROUGH AND BURGLED A PETROL STATION.

I WAS STILL INSIDE WHEN SALLY OVERDOSED.

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN TOUGH.

[DOOR OPENS] NIKKI, OVER INTERCOM: AFTER I GOT OUT, I WAS JUST DESPERATE FOR A JOB, BUT NO ONE WOULD REALLY LOOK AT ME.

LISA: I'M NOT SURPRISED.

HOW ON EARTH DID YOU GET EMPLOYED AS AN AU PAIR?

I SENT OFF A REPLACEMENT FOR SALLY'S OLD I.D.

IT WAS EASY ENOUGH TO GET A D.B.S.

CHECK.

MMM.

MMM.

IT'S A BIT TOO COINCIDENTAL...

THE TURNERS TAKING ON A NEW AU PAIR A MATTER OF WEEKS BEFORE CHARLIE IS KIDNAPPED.

I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT LIKE THAT.

AN AU PAIR WHO HAS THE EVENING OFF... ON THE NIGHT IN QUESTION.

LISA: DO YOU KNOW THE KIDNAPPERS, NIKKI?

THIS IS AN INSIDE JOB.

YOU MOVED IN UNDER A FALSE NAME TO KEEP THEM INFORMED.

- THAT'S NOT TRUE.

- DID THEY PROMISE YOU A CUT?

- A CUT OF WHAT?

- THE RANSOM, NIKKI.

WHAT RANSOM?

THERE ISN'T A RANSOM, IS THERE?

DON'T PLAY THE INNOCENT.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL US, NIKKI?

[SUSPENSEFUL BACKGROUND MUSIC] NO, IT'S, UH... NONE OF OUR BUSINESS, REALLY.

LISA: WHAT ISN'T?

WHAT ISN'T YOUR BUSINESS?

CHARLIE, SHE'S, UH... SHE'S A SWEETHEART, BUT SHE CAN BE A BIT DEMANDING.

DEMANDING?

UH, SHE CRIES A LOT.

SHE'S-- SHE HAS NIGHTMARES.

STILL WETS THE BED SOMETIMES, AND MR. TURNER, HE CAN'T REALLY DEAL WITH THAT.

DOES HE LOSE HIS TEMPER?

UH, I HAD A WEEKEND OFF ONE TIME, WHEN I CAME BACK, MAX SAID THAT CHARLIE HAD FALLEN DOWN THE STAIRS.

LISA: AND YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM?

DAN: NIKKI TRENT SERVED 18 MONTHS FOR BURGLARY.

SHE MAY BE INVOLVED, BUT IT CAN ONLY BE INDIRECTLY.

SHE WAS AT THE CINEMA.

WE HAVE CCTV OF HER.

SHE WAS SPOTTED AT A PETROL JUST AFTER 9 P.M. WE RESPONDED TO MRS. TURNER'S CALL AT... DAN: 9:34 P.M. LISA: IT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO KIDNAP CHARLIE.

DAN: THERE'S NO WAY SHE BEAT UP MAX TURNER.

PAUL: HER STATEMENT CHECKS OUT.

CHARLIE WAS TAKEN TO A&E TEN DAYS AGO-- SIGNIFICANT BRUISING TO HER ARMS AND LOWER BACK.

REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT NO FOLLOW-UP AS YET.

SO, OUR ORIGINAL THOUGHTS COULD STILL BE RIGHT.

LISA: MAX WAS HOME ALONE WITH CHARLIE.

AND HE LOST CONTROL.

HE COULD HAVE WRITTEN THE RANSOM NOTE HIMSELF.

CHRISTINA: LET'S QUESTION HIM AGAIN.

YOU'RE VERY QUIET THERE, JASPER.

UNCHARACTERISTICALLY SO.

TSK.

I HAVE A THEORY.

PAUL: ANYTHING YOU CARE TO SHARE WITH US?

NO... NOT UNTIL I HAVE A FURTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE TO CORROBORATE IT.

FAIR ENOUGH.

[BIRDS CHIRPING] IT'S BEEN HOURS.

HOW MANY?

WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY ASKED.

MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE POLICE THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO PAY.

LISA: MR. TURNER?

WE HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.

LUCY: HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO CHARLIE?

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE KIDNAP.

IT'S OK.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

LISA: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS?

HEH!

I'M NOT HAVING THIS.

CHARLIE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.

SHE WAS IN HER SOCKS AND SHE SLIPPED.

YOU KNOW HOW KIDS ARE.

SHE DOESN'T, ACTUALLY.

NEITHER OF US DO.

WHY DON'T YOU ENLIGHTEN US?

I WOULD NEVER HURT MY DAUGHTER.

THEN YOU SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT TELLING US EVERYTHING YOU KNOW.

KEVIN SENT THE GUY WHO BEAT ME UP.

DAN: WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?

HE GAVE ME 400 GRAND TO BUY LAPTOPS AND STUFF IN NEWCASTLE.

I WAS EXHAUSTED, SO I CHECKED INTO A HOTEL.

SOMEONE BROKE INTO THE VAN, TOOK THE LOT.

LISA: AND KEVIN BELIEVES YOU STAGED IT?

- WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?

- SO, HE KIDNAPPED CHARLIE TO TRY AND PRESSURE YOU TO PAY HIM BACK?

BUT I PAID.

YOU--WHAT?

MAX: I PAID.

100,000, IN CASH, AS INSTRUCTED.

CHARLIE STILL HASN'T BEEN RETURNED.

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING] [TURNS DOWN VOLUME SLIGHTLY] SIR, YOUR METER'S STILL RUNNING.

WOULD YOU RESTORE THE VOLUME, PLEASE?

[VOLUME RISES] CHRISTINA: IF KEVIN THINKS MAX STOLE 400 GRAND OFF HIM, WHY ONLY DEMAND 100?

LISA: MAYBE IT'S A DOWN PAYMENT.

DAN: AH, IT JUST DOESN'T ADD UP.

HE'S CLEARLY NOT TELLING US EVERYTHING HE KNOWS.

PAY HIM ANOTHER VISIT AND SEARCH HIS WAREHOUSE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

KEVIN CHARTERS IS CLEARLY NOT INVOLVED IN THE KIDNAPPING.

PAUL: DOES ANYONE CARE WHAT I THINK?

I THINK WE OWE MAX TURNER AN APOLOGY.

CHRISTINA: AN APOLOGY?

WHAT FOR?

FOR IMPLYING HE ABUSED HIS DAUGHTER.

HE MUST BE GOING THROUGH HELL.

LISA: OH, COME ON.

DON'T LET YOUR EMOTIONS - COLOR YOUR JUDGMENT.

- THAT'S ENOUGH.

- LISA, STOP.

- WHAT?

IT'S TRUE.

WE CAN'T KEEP TIPTOEING ON EGGSHELLS JUST BECAUSE-- - LISA, STOP!

– CHRISTINA: THAT'S ENOUGH!

[LOUD CLASSICAL MUSIC CONTINUES] PAUL: I'M NOT GONNA TAKE LECTURES ON PROFESSIONALISM FROM YOU... NOT WHEN THE TWO OF YOU-- PROFESSOR T.: D.S.

DONCKERS IS RIGHT.

DETECTIVE INSPECTOR RABBIT IS TRAUMATIZED.

ALCOHOL IS THE ANESTHESIA BY WHICH WE ENDURE THE OPERATION OF LIFE; HE'S DRINKING EXCESSIVELY, AND IT'S AFFECTING HIS JUDGMENT.

SHE IS THE ONLY ONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO LOYAL, AND YOU ARE TOO KIND.

[CLASSICAL BACKGROUND MUSIC] [MUSIC SWELLS] CHRISTINA: HEY!

HEY, HEY, HEY!

[MUSIC CONTINUES LOUDLY] THANK YOU SO MUCH.

KEEP THE CHANGE.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING] IN AUSCHWITZ, SOME MOTHERS THREW THEMSELVES UNDER THE TRAINS WHEN THEIR CHILD WAS TAKEN FROM THEM.

I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING.

IT JUST WON'T COME OUT.

I UNDERSTAND CHARLIE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO'S GONE MISSING.

LUCY: MOPS.

THAT'S WHAT SHE CALLS HER MONKEY.

OFFICER: DETECTIVE, I FOUND SOMETHING.

[SUSPENSEFUL BACKGROUND MUSIC] WE FOUND THIS IN YOUR WAREHOUSE.

DAN: HEY, MISTER, WHAT WAS I DOIN' BETWEEN YOUR PHONES AND YOUR TABLETS?

I SWEAR TO GOD, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE LAID EYES ON THAT.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

I'VE GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE KIDNAPPING, ALL RIGHT?

YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS, KEVIN.

[SIGHS] LOOK...

I SENT MY GUY AROUND, OK?

BUT I DIDN'T KIDNAP HIS LITTLE GIRL.

NIKKI: DID YOU ASK FOR MONEY?

WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?

NO.

DID YOU ASK THEM FOR MONEY, MUM?

WELL, ANSWER ME.

OF COURSE, I DID.

MUM, THIS WASN'T ABOUT BLOODY MONEY.

WE'LL NEED IT TO START OVER, BABE.

WHERE IS SHE?

HEY.

CHARLIE?

CHARLIE?

HEY.

NIKKI: WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER?

HAVE YOU DRUGGED HER?

NO.

WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN HER?

[DISTANT BIRD CHIRPING] ARE YOU MAD?

YEAH, WELL, YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE, SHOULD KNOW I'M NOT GOOD WITH KIDS.

I'M JUST HERE TO HELP YOU OUT.

YOU CALLED ME, REMEMBER?

I DIDN'T ASK TO GET INVOLVED.

AW, COME ON, LOVE.

MR. TURNER SENT A TEXT.

THE MONEY'S ALL THERE.

IT'S JUST WAITIN' FOR US TO PICK IT UP.

[CELL PHONE RINGTONE] PROFESSOR?

WHERE ARE YOU?

PROFESSOR T.: ON THE ROOF.

OH, YEAH, YOUR SPECIAL PLACE.

PROFESSOR T.: IT HELPS ME THINK.

KEEPS ME CALM.

LISA: COULD PROBABLY DO WITH SPENDING SOME TIME UP THERE MYSELF.

YOU'RE MOST WELCOME TO, AND DETECTIVE INSPECTOR RABBIT AS WELL, IN MY ABSENCE, OF COURSE.

LISA: OH, HE MAY HAVE SOME THINKING TIME ON HIS HANDS.

D.C.I.

BRAND PLACED HIM ON SICK LEAVE, TOLD HIM TO SORT HIMSELF OUT.

PROFESSOR T.: AN ACT OF KINDNESS, I BELIEVE.

LISA: WE'RE ABOUT TO CHARGE KEVIN CHARTERS.

I TOLD YOU, KEVIN CHARTERS IS NOT INVOLVED IN CHARLIE'S KIDNAP.

LISA: BUT WE FOUND CHARLIE'S TOY IN HIS WAREHOUSE.

- AND THE RANSOM MONEY?

- IT WAS STILL THERE.

WE RETURNED IT TO THE TURNERS.

PROFESSOR T.: WELL, YOU NEED TO PUT IT BACK.

WHY ON EARTH WOULD WE DO THAT?

PROFESSOR T.: D.S.

DONCKERS, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE THEORY OF BROKEN WINDOWS?

BROKEN WINDOWS.

IN 1969, PHILIP ZIMBARDO CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENT.

HE PARKED TWO CARS WITHOUT LICENSE PLATES AND OBSERVED THEM-- ONE IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK, THE OTHER IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA.

THE CAR IN THE BRONX WAS DEMOLISHED WITHIN TEN MINUTES.

THE ONE IN CALIFORNIA REMAINED UNTOUCHED UNTIL ZIMBARDO BROKE A WINDOW.

[STUDENT COUGHS] THEREAFTER, IT, TOO, WAS ROBBED AND VANDALIZED.

I AM EXPECTING ONE OF YOU TO VENTURE AN EXPLANATION.

THE BROKEN WINDOW INCITED MORE VIOLENCE AND VANDALISM?

PROFESSOR T.: CORRECT, BUT INCOMPLETE.

SUPPOSE AN AU PAIR IS HIRED BY A FAMILY WITH AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER.

SWEET CHILD, BUT WITH HER OWN SPECIFIC EMOTIONAL NEEDS.

THE ADOPTIVE FATHER IS NOT PATIENT WITH CRY-BABIES AND BED-WETTERS, HE SHOUTS AT THE GIRL, POSSIBLY EVEN HITS HER... AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE AU PAIR THINKS.

[BRAKES SQUEAK] PROFESSOR T.: THEN ONE NIGHT, SHE COMES BACK TO FIND THE FATHER HAS BEEN ATTACKED, BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS.

NIKKI: MR. TURNER?

PROFESSOR T.: SHE WANTS TO HELP, OF COURSE... MR. TURNER!

PROFESSOR T: AT LEAST AT FIRST, BUT THEN AN IDEA OCCURS TO HER.

THIS...

THIS IS HER BROKEN WINDOW.

[ASCENDING FOOTSTEPS] PROFESSOR T.: A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED, AND IT INCITES A SECOND ONE.

PROFESSOR T.: AFTER ALL, EVERYONE WILL THINK THAT WHOEVER BEAT UP THE FATHER ALSO TOOK THE DAUGHTER.

- WHAT HAPPENED?

MAX?

- I DON'T KNOW.

WHERE'S CHARLIE?

CHARLIE!

PROFESSOR T.: ONE CRIME GIVES COVER TO ANOTHER.

POLICE, PLEASE.

BUT A BROKEN WINDOW ALWAYS LETS THE LIGHT IN IN THE END.

[OMINOUS BACKGROUND MUSIC] NIKKI: IT'S GONNA BE OK, YEAH?

IT'LL BE FINE.

DAN: NIKKI.

[SIREN] DON'T PANIC.

RUN, NIKKI, RUN!

DAN: DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID!

TELL THEM TO BACK OFF!

TELL THEM TO BACK OFF!

- NO ONE'S ARMED, OK?

CALM DOWN.

- MUM!

I WILL HURT HER!

I WILL HURT HER!

YOU'RE NOT GONNA HURT HER.

IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

I WILL HURT HER!

BACK OFF!

I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

JUST CALM DOWN.

WE JUST WANT CHARLIE.

THAT'S IT.

MUM, LET HER GO!

DAN: WE NEED YOU TO LET GO OF CHARLIE.

- NO!

TELL THEM TO BACK UP!

- WE'RE NOT GONNA HURT YOU.

- I NEED TO GO!

- YOU'RE NOT GOIN' ANYWHERE.

PUT THE KNIFE DOWN.

YOU'RE NOT GOIN' ANYWHERE.

DON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID.

WE NEED YOU TO LET GO OF CHARLIE, OK?

MUM, LET HER GO.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC SWELLS] [SIGHS] THAT'S IT.

PUT THE KNIFE DOWN.

DON'T BE STUPID, OK?

IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

IT'S OVER.

COME ON.

THAT'S IT.

DROP THE KNIFE.

[PANTING] THAT'S IT.

WELL DONE.

[HANDCUFFS CLICKING] WELL DONE.

[EXHALES SHARPLY] [POIGNANT BACKGROUND MUSIC] NIKKI: THAT NIGHT, WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I SAW MR. TURNER, THINGS JUST GOT OUT OF HAND.

NIKKI: MRS. TURNER GOT BACK MUCH EARLIER THAN I WAS EXPECTING.

[CAR DOOR SLAMS] I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

[VEHICLE APPROACHES] I-- I CALLED MY MUM.

NIKKI: THAT WAS HER IDEA.

I SWEAR.

AND TO PLANT MOPS AT THE WAREHOUSE, I-- I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

LISA, VOICE-OVER: EXCUSE ME.

WHERE CAN I FIND KEVIN CHARTERS?

[POIGNANT BACKGROUND MUSIC] MAN: WHY DIDN'T SHE JUST GO TO THE POLICE...

IF SHE THOUGHT THE CHILD WAS BEING ABUSED?

BECAUSE SHE'S SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST AN INNOCENT AU PAIR.

SHE'S ALSO THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER.

[NIKKI SOBBING] I NEVER SAW HER AS A BABY.

[SOBS] I NEVER SHOULD HAVE GIVEN HER AWAY.

I-- I DIDN'T-- I DIDN'T PLAN ANY OF IT.

IT...

I JUST...

I REALLY JUST WANTED TO BE NEAR HER.

[POIGNANT BACKGROUND MUSIC] LOOK, I-- I KNOW YOU WOULD NEVER HURT CHARLIE.

I-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT POSSESSED ME.

I'M SO SORRY.

COME ON.

[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS] [SNIFFLING] [SOBS] COME BACK NOW, BABY.

IT'S OK. [DRAMATIC BACKGROUND MUSIC] [DOOR CLOSES] [INDISTINCT CHATTER] [JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY] FIVE PICCADILLY, FOUR PICCADILLY, THREE PICCADILLY, TWO PICCADILLY... AND OFF HE GOES.

ADELAIDE: SO, MISS SNARES, WHAT'S THE FINAL TALLY?

AN ARTIST CANNOT LIVE ON PRAISE AND PAINT FUMES ALONE.

"CANINE IN RETROSPECT."

IT'LL LOOK SIMPLY SPLENDID IN MY OFFICE.

SHALL I CONTINUE?

ARE THERE MANY MORE?

SIX.

REALLY?

DO SHUT UP.

"SKETCH OF DESPAIR, NUMBER 1.

WHITE YELLOW;" "POETRY OF CHILDHOOD TRANSFORMED;" "MANIFESTO OF BIRTH;" "ADOLESCENCE--" IT'S A TRIUMPH, ADELAIDE.

WHAT A PITY JASPER WASN'T HERE.

HE WAS HERE IN SPIRIT.

HONOR THY MOTHER FOR ALL HER HANDS HAVE DONE, AND MAY HER WORKS BRING HER GREAT PRAISE.

CHING.

[BIRDS CHIRPING] [DOGS BARKING AND SNARLING] [PROFESSOR T. WHINES] [BARKING CONTINUES] [PROFESSOR T. BARKING] [DOGS STOP BARKING] [DOG GROWLS] [DOG WHINES] [DOG GROWLS] [DOG WHINES] [DOGS WHINING] VO: Next time on Professor T...

PROFESSOR T: Miss Snares?

SNARES: These two ladies are seeking the famous Professor.

PROFESSOR T: Indeed.

SNARES: I said you might see them instead.

GRANDMOTHER: You're aware that Sophie's mother has been murdered?

PROFESSOR T: Fascinating.

Sophie is autistic.

People think I look like a weirdo.

SOHPIE: You are a weirdo.

PROFESSOR T: She may know who killed her mother, but something is preventing her from sharing whatever she's witnessed.

BRAND: So how do we handle this?

PROFESSOR T: She has nominated me as her personal Sherlock.

DONCKERS: Are you joking?

PROFESSOR T: She insists she will only cooperate with the Professor.

DONCKERS: Ridiculous.