The Bullet That Missed

Joyce thinks about Heather’s murder and the questions it raises. Elizabeth asks Ibrahim to visit Connie again, and Joyce wonders if Connie is Heather’s murderer. She noticed how excited Chris was to meet Mike and now considers the notes Mike mentioned. Joyce is also curious about Pauline, due to her effect on Ron since they’ve been spending time together.

The club has a Zoom meeting with Joyce’s daughter, Joanna, and her coworker Cornelius. They have gone through the financials of the scam. Elizabeth gets another threatening text from the Viking as the duo on Zoom uncovers links to Jack Mason (Heather Garbutt’s boss) through old fake companies and his purchase of Heather’s house. There are also links to Carron Whitehead and Robert Brown—Elizabeth and Ibrahim will look into them. Ron volunteers to talk to Jack Mason. Joyce asks Ron if he minds her talking to Pauline, and he says she isn’t his girlfriend.

Mike prepares to interview police chief Andrew Everton on South East Tonight. They chat about Mike getting a parking ticket, and Mike asks Andrew to look into Heather’s death in prison. Before their segment, Andrew sees the interview with Ron and his friends at their retirement community. He doesn’t recognize Ron but recognizes someone else, later revealed to be Ibrahim. He plans to visit Coopers Chase.

Jack Mason agrees to meet with Ron for a game of snooker. Pauline gives Ron a ride to Stevie’s Sporting Lounge in Ramsgate. Ron says he used to drink with Ron’s brother, asks about Heather, and mentions the company with connections to Jack that Joanna’s research uncovered. Jack admits he’s heard of Heather and Bethany but will only say he is sure Bethany is dead, despite the lack of a corpse.

Andrew contacts Marjory at Coopers Chase and arranges to do a book reading for the literary society there. He has written several detective novels and reads from his fourth, Remain Silent. Elizabeth and Ibrahim interrupt him to mention that his protagonist has the same name as a wife of Henry VIII. Others, including Joyce and Ron, interrupt to ask about a book signing and discounts for Kindle books. The audience continues to interrupt as Andrew thinks about questioning Ibrahim after the reading.

In Ibrahim’s place, Andrew admits he set up the book reading to talk to him. Andrew asks Ibrahim about his meeting with Connie in prison. Citing patient confidentiality, Ibrahim does not tell him what they talked about. Andrew threatens to go after Ron for cannabis, and Ibrahim says he will contact Mike to get it on the news. When Andrew threatens Elizabeth, Ibrahim laughs. Ibrahim says he won’t share what he and Connie discussed and claims that he won’t see her again. Andrew thinks he’s lying.

Joyce tries Googling Carron Whitehead and Robert Brown MSc but doesn’t get any useful results. Ibrahim thinks the names are code and plans to visit Connie. Joyce emails Mike, asking about the names, but he doesn’t have any information. He says he’ll ask Pauline. Joyce thinks about the reading and how she bought several of Andrew’s books. Ron updates Joyce with the information from Jack. Joyce tries to get in touch with Fiona Clemence, but her Instagram message gets no reply. She plans to buy almond milk, which Joanna prefers, and to meet with Pauline.

Jack Mason shops online for a helicopter, thinking about how he had a good time with Ron. Jack worries he said too much about Bethany. However, Jack didn’t reveal the identity of Bethany’s killer even though he knows. The killer emails Jack, warning him to be alert. Jack considers telling the truth.

Chris and Donna walk to Juniper Court, talking about her mystery man and Chris’s audition with South East Tonight. They flash their badges, and the doorman asks if they are here about the man who built a conservatory without a permit. They ask about the management company, and he tries to make a deal about the builder. Donna copies down the name and number of the company—Arlington Properties—from a notice board. Chris feels competitive with Elizabeth, searching for clues she missed.

Pauline and Joyce have tea and chat about Joyce’s dead husband, Gerry, and Pauline’s ex, Clive. They swap sweets and sandwiches while Joyce asks about Bethany. Pauline doubts Fiona was the one leaving notes for Bethany. Also, Pauline suggests looking into Bethany’s clothes that were found at the crime scene because they were not her style. Then, Joyce tells Pauline about Ron’s faults and good qualities. Due to Pauline’s evasiveness about her comment about the blurry CCTV footage, Joyce asks Pauline if she is leaving anything out.

Elizabeth tells Stephen she’s had no luck in her searches for Carron Whitehead and Robert Brown MSc. As Stephen and Bogdan play chess, Elizabeth asks about Bogdan’s new lover, but he refuses to give her the details. Bogdan warns her to try out the gun he brought to make sure it works. Elizabeth plans to take Joyce to London with her to kill Viktor.

As they take the train to London, Elizabeth tells Joyce about her kidnapping. Joyce interrogates the employee with the food trolley and discusses her theory about Fiona. Elizabeth gets threatening messages from the Viking. While Elizabeth doesn’t tell Joyce that he has threatened Joyce’s life, she mentions that there is a threat of death and that she plans to kill Viktor.

Ibrahim talks to Connie in a private meeting room of the prison. She tells him that Heather was scared of someone and was writing a large amount when visited. She advises looking for the paper as she enjoys snacks and a coffee brought by the warders. Ibrahim says Connie isn’t a sociopath because she seemed to care that Heather was frightened. Connie calls him a fraud but invites him back to meet again.

Joyce fills in Elizabeth about her meeting with Pauline. They arrive at a pair of residential buildings with a glass-bottomed swimming pool suspended between their top floors. Joyce hopes to swim in it, but Elizabeth is unimpressed. They talk to the concierge, who claims there is no Mr. Illyich in the building. After Joyce says Elizabeth’s name, the concierge says Viktor has told him to let Elizabeth upstairs. Viktor enthusiastically receives them in his penthouse and kisses them on the cheeks. He offers to make drinks, but Elizabeth pulls out her gun and tells him to sit down.

Chris goes into the TV studio for his screen-test and works with a producer named Carwyn Price. Carwyn is rude to Chris until Mike arrives. Mike says the screen-test is unnecessary—Chris can come on the show in a couple days. Carwyn agrees. Then, Mike sees Donna and asks her instead of Chris to be on the show to talk about knife crime.

Viktor asks Elizabeth not to shoot him. She tells him about the Swedish kidnapper, and he suggests they team up and kill him. However, they aren’t sure who he is. Joyce tells Elizabeth they will no longer be best friends if she kills Viktor. Elizabeth makes Viktor walk into the bathroom, where she pulls the trigger. Later, the reader learns she does not kill Viktor.