Episode 5 | Written by Gwyneth HughesThursday 1 February 2007, 9pm, BBC One
The hunt for Leanne's killer seems to be running dry. But the chance discovery of deceased flower seller Branko's burnt-out van offers Barclay evidence linking Kyle with Branko in a small-time cigarette smuggling scam, as the intricate thriller concludes.
But, to Barclay's dismay, he can't get to his suspect since Kyle has just been released from custody for his bail hearing and escapes from the police van.
Matt is furious the man who abducted his daughter has escaped. He spends the night staking out Kyle's home with his friend Gary, who encourages him to exact some rough justice of his own.
Meanwhile, Tanya visits her grandfather, John, at a psychiatric hospital where he has been admitted following his suicide attempt. The tragic loss of their daughter seems to have led to the breakdown of John and Barbara's marriage.
Today is also the day of DS Amy Foster's retirement, the last day of a 30-year career. At her retirement do, Foster makes a wild drunken speech and is spared further blushes when Det Supt Barclay takes her home. Through the course of the investigation, the two have become friends.
As dawn breaks, Foster makes a breakthrough. A routine forensic enquiry leads her and Barclay to the place where Leanne spent her last hours before she died: Vic's caravan. Leanne was there with Rosie, at least for a few hours...
At the same time, Kyle appears outside Matt's house and ushers Rosie down to the garden. It becomes clear that all this time Rosie has believed her mother to be asleep, not dead. She has kept a promise to Kyle not to tell anyone what happened to her and her mother. Kyle is moved by the child's loyalty to him. He runs off before Sarah and Ethan see him, escaping to another hiding-place: the gym, where Matt works.
Finally, all the pieces begin to come together and the net closes on the killer.
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The Cast
Hugh Bonneville
DSI Iain Barclay
David Oyelowo
Matt Wellings
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