Moral Superiority Recap

This is a recap for the episode "Moral Superiority".

## Details

### Before Nick Huntley's First Interview with AC-12

Nick Huntley is running along the side of a road, looking worried. His wife, Roz Huntley pulls up next to him and he gets into her car. He is panicking and says he didn't know who else to call. Roz asks what happened. Nick says that DS Steve Arnott came to see him and ended up falling down the stairs. Roz is shocked and asks if he's still alive, Nick doesn't know. Roz is glad that Nick used a payphone to call her, Nick says that he thought it was a good idea, because Steve mentioned telephone calls between them that he was investigating. Roz asks what calls, Nick replies on the night that she said she was working and left her phone at home. Nick says that after Steve called him, he called Jimmy Lakewell straight away, and he said not to make any further comment to him. Roz pushes for more details. Nick says that he wanted to know her whereabouts on the night that she said she was working. Roz asks why, Nick says that he can't remember, that Steve was pressuring him and then he was coming up, and Nick thought he'd gone to the old floor. Roz mimics him and Nick gets annoyed, telling her not to start. Roz, now angry, says that he's the one who's started and she's left with the mess to clear up.

She stops the car and tells him to go back into the building, avoiding CCTV, then call security and tell them to go and look for Steve, claiming he's worried he's got lost somewhere in the building. Nick is worried someone will see him. Roz tells him that this is not an abstruse point of corporate law, this is real crime, and she does this for a living. She tells him to go and he eventually leaves. Once he's out of the car, she takes more pills, cradling her injured wrist and looking ill.

Outside Nick's office building, Steve is being loaded into the back of the ambulance by two paramedics. He’s on a trolley, unconscious, with both his legs covered by big inflatable splints, head blocks and neck collar with a non-rebreathing oxygen mask and an IV cannula in situ. He has a small gash in his hairline and dried blood on his forehead. DC Jamie Desford’s car pulls up sharply. The ambulance and police squad car have been there for some time already with 2 PCs in attendance. Supt Ted Hastings hurries to the ambulance and asks the paramedic what happened. She says that the security guard found him at the bottom of the stairs, didn't see anyone else around, and injuries are consistent with a fall, but he's in a bad way and it's to early to say anything for certain. Hastings looks very worried and says "Mother of God."

Jamie notices Nick in the foyer of the building. Hastings says that this is no accident until prove otherwise and he wants it locked down as a crime scene with full forensic deployment. He runs up to Nick and tells him he's a material witness to he events surrounding the serious injury of a serving police officer going about his lawful duty. Nick says he doesn't know anything, Hastings tells him to save it, that he can come with them voluntarily or do it the hard way. He wants Nick detained for forensics and leaves Jamie in charge before running back to the ambulance. Jamie tells Nick that they'll need his clothes, and leads him to his car.

### First Interview with Nick Huntley by AC-12

Hastings is sitting in the interview room with Jamie, looking worried. Nick walks in with his lawyer, Jimmy Lakewell. Both are dressed smartly. The other AC-12 officers glare at them, blaming Nick for Steve's accident. Nick thanks Jimmy for the change of clothes, Jimmy says there's no way he's letting Nick walk round looking like he's already been convicted.

In the interview room, Nick is telling Hastings and Jamie that Steve phoned him to arrange a follow-up interview, that he informed him that he was outside his firm's building and he was on his way up to his office, and then hung up. Nick says that when he didn't arrive, he realised he must have gone to the old floor, and as soon as he realised Steve's mistake- Here Hastings interrupts and says that Steve made no mistake, he was onto Nick, Nick was the only person who knew where he was, and they weren't born yesterday. Here Lakewell steps is and says that whilst they all appreciate he's concerned for his officer's condition, he ought to dial down the Ian Paisley. Hastings asks if he fancies himself as a bit of a comedian, saying that he has a man in the hospital and that's no laughing matter. Lakewell says that he and Nick are old colleagues, so he's got more than a professional interest in his client's fair treatment, so nobody would be happier than him if AC-12 stopped acting like they want to blame Nick for what happened and realised that Steve's fall resulted from an unfortunate accident. Hastings says that Steve is highly-trained, he's a former counter-terrorism team leader, he did not slip and fall down three flights of stairs by accident, and Nick was the only person who knew he was there. Nick says that this is a complete coincidence.

Jamie says that the security guard has no idea how Steve's attacker could have accessed the building without him knowing, unless he was in there already. Lakewell asks if they are seriously considering Nick as a suspect. He was two flights up in an office full of colleagues. Jamie says that the officer manager said that Nick left the office for approximately fifteen minutes around the time Steve sustained his injuries. Nick says that he went to the toilet, when Steve didn't appear he got butterflies. Lakewell asks if they have any evidence to the contrary. Hastings says they are looking at the whole picture.

Jamie struggles with the slide transitions which annoys Hastings. He shows the traffic camera video capture of Nick's car on 17th March. Nick is shocked and agrees it's his car. Hastings explains that they have this car crossing the junction and then coming back a few hours later, and the reason they're interested in this particular junction is that it serves an address a few hundred yards away where on the night in question, a member of the police forensic staff Tim Ifield was killed. Nick is shocked and says he has nothing to do with any murder. Hastings says that they have a witness claiming that a vehicle matching that description and a driver matching his description was seen outside the flats at around the time the murder took place. Lakewell asks if they are seriously considering Nick as a suspect. Hastings says they just want to know if Nick saw anything on the night in question that might help them. Nick very quickly says that he didn't. Hastings says that normally, a person's mobile phone would provide their location every second of the night, however Nick left his at home. Lakewell says that he forgot his phone, it's as simple as that. Hastings asks where Nick was that night. Lakewell says that Nick isn't obliged to provide that information and Hastings decides to move onto Roz.

Hastings says that on that night, Roz has claimed that she was at home, ill. Jamie, struggling to keep track of the files, says that a call was made to Roz's mobile that night from the house phone. Hastings asks why the call, when she said she was home? Nick replies that their kids made that call, that they didn't realise she was asleep in the spare room. Hastings questions this, and Nick says it was so she didn't give him her illness or disturb him.

Jamie manages to bring up the image of Balaclava Man taken in Moss Heath the night Leonie Collersdale was murdered. Nick checks his calendar on his phone and then says that he was at a work function in Northampton that evening, so can't help them. Jimmy adds that there are probably plenty of witnesses to corroborate that. Lakewell continues, asking if they have any of Nick's DNA or clothes fibres on Steve, or on Ifield. Hastings says that enquiries are ongoing. Lakewell lays it out, that they have no witnesses, no CCTV, no forensics, that Nick has cooperated, and they either need to arrest him or he's free to go. Hastings says that this enquiry isn't finished, not by a long chalk, and when Steve wakes up, he'll have a tale to tell, then they'll see what's what. Nick and Lakewell leave. Jamie is sorting the tapes up and Hastings tells him he needs to smarten up his act.

### After Nick Huntley's First Interview with AC-12

In City General Hospital, DS Kate Fleming walks along the unit corridor, showing her badge to the uniformed officer stationed outside Steve’s room. She enters. Steve is post-op. He lies with dressings on his legs, intubated and ventilated, on various monitors with blood infusing via a central line. The forehead wound has also been dressed. Hastings stands by, looking worried. He notices Kate and asks what she's doing here, she could be seen. She says she had to come and asks how Steve is. Hastings says he's got fractures to the right leg, pelvis, vertebrae, a fractured skull, some busted ribs, and they've operated, but the nurse says it's too soon to say anything. Hastings leaves and Kate stays watching Steve, worried about him.

Back at the AC-12 Building, PC Maneet Bindra shows Jamie a CCTV capture of a man in a balaclava around the time of Steve's fall, from neighbouring premises overlooking an alleyway. Jamie shows it to Hastings, who deducts that Balaclava Man can't be Michael Farmer or Tim Ifield, it's looking like he could be Nick Huntley. Jamie points out that none of Steve's blood or DNA or clothes fibres were found on Nick, nor any that might relate to the Balaclava Man outfit. Hastings says that this is no coincidence, Nick must be involved, he's the only person who knew where Steve was. He asks if Jamie thinks he tipped somebody off, Jamie says no, the only phone call he made after the one from Steve was to Lakewell, seeking legal advice. Hastings says that it's all down to Steve being able to identify Nick as his attacker. He asks about the Tim Ifield murder, if they've got any more connections with Nick there. Jamie says that Maneet's studying other traffic cameras in the vicinity but hasn't found anything. Hastings gets frustrated, saying that Steve's up in intensive care and he's gone into full steam reverse.

Roz and Nick are talking in Roz's car outside their house. Roz says that if they'd had anything, they'd have held him, so it's fine. She's about to get out the car but Nick stops her, saying that they showed him pictures of some scary bloke in a balaclava, that it's to do with this death, this murder. Roz asks why they were asking him about Tim's murder. She asks him what he hasn't told her. Nick gets annoyed, saying she's got a nerve, she's the one doing all the lying, not him. Roz asks again why they were asking him about Tim's murder. Nick replies it's because he was there, that night, that they've got his car on a traffic camera about a hundred yards away from Tim's flat. Nick says she doesn't get it, the late nights, the excuses, the brush off in bed, he knew she had to be with someone. Roz asks if he followed her. He says he didn't intend to, but she left her phone behind when she said she was going to work, so he picked it up and tried to catch her, but then he saw her take a different turn to some dodgy minicab firm, so he followed the cab until she got out. He realises now that it was to avoid the traffic camera that caught his car. He says that he saw her get out and go into those flats, and every minute he wanted to bang on the door and catch the pair of them at it, but he didn't, he gave up and came home, to their house and their kids and the life they've built.

Roz says that she had this under control, but instead he was prowling the area and now AC-12 and wondering if he set up one of their officers to be killed, that that's conspiracy to murder. Roz asks what he told AC-12. Nick says he covered for her, he told them that she was at home, unwell, like she'd told them. He asks who it was, was it the one who was killed? He says he wants the truth, no more lies. Roz lies and says she was with someone that night, someone from work, that they had feelings for each other and spent the night together. She continues that a crime took place in the area, but they had nothing to do with it, weren't even witnesses, but neither of them can admit to work that they were in the area. Nick asks who it was, she says nobody he knows, and it's over. Nick gets out the car and runs into the house through the rain. Roz is left in the car staring at the rain.

The next day, Jamie walks into Hastings's office and says that he's been looking at a way to place a suspect inside of Tim's flat. He says he's been looking at the isolated blood splatter, KRG-13. Hastings remembers that there was some question about the label being overwritten, but they didn't think it was important. Jamie says that was before they knew Nick was in the area that night, which raises the distinct possibility that Roz was leading the enquiry away from her husband. He wants to sequester the original sample to be examined by an independent lab. Maneet then walks in and says that the hospital's just called, Steve's regained consciousness. Hastings tells Jamie to meet him at the lift.

Jamie walks out and tells Maneet there's a few things Hastings has asked him to look into, then asks if she can find a way of telling him that his name's not James. Maneet says it would be easier to turn an oil tanker.

### First Interview with Steve Arnott by AC-12

Back in the hospital, Hastings and Jamie proceed to Steve’s room. An armed PC is on guard duty outside. The Trauma Consultant in scrubs is outside talking to Steve's parents, saying that he showed signs of coming round of his own accord, so they lightened the sedation and removed the tube from his throat. She says it's a good sign. Hastings introduces himself to Steve's parents and says he'll talk to them later, then he and Jamie go in to talk to Steve.

Hastings asks Steve what he remembers, he says he remembers talking on the phone to Nick and going up in the lift, then somebody jumped him, hit him over the head and after that it's all hazy. Jamie shows him the CCTV image of Balaclava Man outside Nick's office. Steve studies the image, trying to process his fragmented memories, but says he's not sure if that's the one who attacked him or if he's getting mixed up with images of Balaclava Man. He says he thought there was a baseball bat, but he doesn't have one, maybe he's remembering an old case. Hastings asks if it could be Nick Huntley, Steve doesn't know. Hastings is disappointed.

### After First Interview with Steve Arnott by AC-12

In her office at Polk Avenue Station, Roz takes more pills, rubbing her wrist. DC Jodie Taylor walks in and says that she's just heard from a friend in forensics that AC-12 have asked to examine some of the evidence from Tim's flat, including KRG-13, the blood splatter that Kate was interested in. Jodie feels like the messenger being shot, she apologises, saying she wasn't sure if she should have said anything, then leaves. Roz then calls ACC Derek Hilton.

Hilton and Roz meet in at the Kingsgate Hotel and have a drink together. Roz says she's aware of the pitfalls of making an official complaint, but he ought to know what AC-12 are up to. She says they're trying to discredit his enquiry, and she can't imagine a more embarassing climb-down for the force. She says there's a solution -they secure the case against Michael Farmer and keep Tim Ifield's crimes an internal matter, that he's dead, so there won't be a trial, only a coroner's inquest. She doesn't want to let AC-12 destroy public trust, all she needs his backing. Hilton says that AC-12 have a habit of using underhand tactics, that it's never a fair fight, but there are one or two things he could tell her that would even things up. She thanks him. She says that this is a nice place and asks if he's a regular. He says it's a convenient pit stop, he lives out of town so it's useful if he's working late. He says that he's booked in for tonight and asks if he's keeping her from something. She says no, the kids help themselves to a ready meal on school nights if she's working late, and Nick often works late too. He offers her another drink, saying they're just too old friends havig a drink. Roz says that tonight's too difficult, boring domestic reasons, but they could pick this up another evening. Hilton gives her a different number to be discreet, writing it on a napkin.

The next day, Roz talks to Jodie about KRG-13, asking which FI's initials those are. Jodie pulls up a profile for Kevin Robert Gill.

Roz goes to talk to Kevin Gill outside the station. She says that it looks like he wrote KRG-30 and then corrected it to KRG-13. Roz says she's the last person to point a finger, but AC-12 are a different story. He says he's not certain but he doesn't remember overwriting any label. She asks how certain he is, 75%, 50%? He replies 80 or 90%. Roz asks how it got overwritten then, saying that she's got no angle, but she's the SIO and if there's a question mark hanging over a crucial piece of evidence, she needs to know. Kevin gets annoyed and says he's got to work with them, not going to say if somebody's tampering with evidence because that would make him a whistleblower, and they all know what happens to them. Kate's been watching Roz and goes to talk to Kevin after Roz leaves.

The next day, at Starbrook Road Surgery, Roz's GP,  Dr Patel is looking at the wound on her arm, which is wet, red and oozing pus. Dr Patel says she should have come to see her sooner, and she's going to take a swab. Roz asks if that's necessary. Dr Patel says that she'll give her some painkillers and antibiotics, but she should see a specialist and she's going to sign her off ill from work. Roz says there's no way she can take time off work, she just can't.

Roz gets home to find Nick alone. She asks where the kids are, he says they're at Nandos. She gets irritated as it's a school night, then goes into the kitchen to get some paracetamol. Nick asks what really happened the night of the murder, because the more he thinks about it, the more holes there are in her story. He doesn't think she'd really risk so much to hide a fling. Roz says she knows she hurt him, and she is sorry. Nick says she doesn't seem sorry, she seems like she's still hiding something. He says he's stopped believing a word she says. Roz tells him not to look at what she says, to look at what she does, that everything she does is for this family. Nick says it's not for them, it's all for herself, and she had better start treating him better, because he knows that she was in those flats. Roz asks what he's saying, he gets annoyed and shouts that he's had it for being taken for a fool. Roz slaps him and tells him he's not listening, he needs to look at what she does, what she actually does. He's been linked to the near death of an anti-corruption detective, and he was hanging around outside the crime scene, he is a fool and she's protecting him. She slaps him again and he starts to cry. Roz then hugs him and tries to reassure him.

The next day, Maneet talks to Hastings about the blood splatter, KRG-13. The lab found an anomaly. Hastings is pleased with the news.

Roz walks into the office at Polk Avenue, where her Police Federation Representative, DCI Mark Moffatt is waiting to talk to her. He tells her that AC-12 are issuing her a second Regulation 15 Notice. He says that if they're issuing a second one, it must be on substantially different grounds to the first. He says that AC-12 are coming after her, this time it might not just be taking her off the case, it could be suspension, dismissal, even criminal charges. He leaves and Roz is left looking worried, rubbing her wrist.

### Roz Huntley's Second Interview with AC-12

AC-12 prepare for another interview with Roz Huntley. Roz and Moffatt are seen arriving at the AC-12 Building.

The interview begins. Kate is watching the video of the interview in a seperate room. Roz hides her bandaged wrist under the table and pulls her sleeve down over it.

The interview starts with Jamie showing Roz the iamge of Balaclava Man captured on the night of Leonie Collersdale's disappearance. Hastings asks what steps they have taken to finding this man. Roz says that they believe this is Michael Farmer. Jamie then shows the image of a man in a balaclava in the carpark of the DIY store the night Tim was murdered. Hastings says that they believe this is Tim Ifield. Roz admits that there are similarities, but says that Rim knew about the other image of Balaclava Man and could have deliberately styled himself to look like that. Kate messages Hastings from the other room, pointing out that Roz is unaware of the image from the attack on Steve. Jamie shows Roz that image. Hastings says that it can't be Michael Farmer or Tim. Roz asks why they haven't shared this information. Hastings says that he would have reservations due to the connection with her husband. Moffatt points out that Nick was released without charge, so they are presuming guilt before innocence. Hastings is annoyed.

Jamie shows them the MG-6 submitted on 5th April regarding Hana Reznikova. Jamie says that Tim's killer left no DNA or fingerprints at the crime scene. Hastings asks if she seriously thinks that Hana had the knowledge and skills to do that. Roz says that she is a cleaner. Jamie says that Tim's killer amputated three of his fingers post mortem. Hastings asks if she thinks that was Hana as well. Roz says she does think that, because Hana would have wanted to remove her DNA lodged under Tim's fingernails. Hastings asks if there were any corresponding wounds found on Hana's body. Roz says that the wounds could have been superficial enough to have healed by the time they had charged her, or she may have mistakenly thought that her DNA contaminated his body. Hastings asks the question again, and Roz admits that there were no corresponding wounds. Hastings says that they have not got the evidence to pass the threshold test, yet she seriously believes that Hana killed Tim. Roz agrees. Hastings points at the image of Balaclava Man and asks if she doesn't think he killed Tim. Roz says that this needs to investigated. Hastings says that that's their point.

Jamie shows Roz the forensic evidence log from Tim's flat, pointing out KRG-13. Again, Jamie struggles with the slide transition, but manages to show Roz an image of the overwritten label on the evidence bag. Jamie says that they interviewed Kevin Gill, who was unable to account for the overwriting. Moffatt says that that doesn't mean there's anything suspicious going on. Hastings agrees, but says that they sequestered the original sample. Jamie shows a crime scene photograph of the blood splatter taken at the crime scene and then shows the report from the independent forensic specialist. He reads from the report, which says that the probability of the blood being Tim's is greater than 99.9%. It also says that the blood splatter was contaminated with a number of clothing fibres, all of the type derived from white forensic oversuits, and the probability of this match is greater than 99.9%. Hastings asks Roz what she makes of that. Roz says it's possible that the FI taking it accidentally contaminated it. Hastings thinks that is unlikely, and says that those suits are specifically designed not to shed fibres. He points out that she would know this, being an experienced and highly skilled senior detective. Moffatt says that Hastings that his tone is oppressive. Hastings says that Roz is an SIO with twenty years on the force, if she can't take it, God help us all.

Hastings points out that that swab had to be taken from the forensic oversuit that Tim was wearing at the time of his death, which leads him to believe that the person who took the swab had to be very closely connected to the killer himself, or herself. Hastings says that that sample, KRG-13, was tampered with. Roz admits that that's possible. Hastings says that they all know, under modern policing methods, that it is nigh on impossible to plant evidence at a crime scene once it's been opened, but it is possible to tamper with evidence once it's in the storage facility if one has access to the storage facility. Jamie says that there's no CCTV covering that area, as it's a staff area. Moffatt points out that CCTV only needs to be in areas where police officers may come into contact with members of the public, that police officers have a right to go about their personal business in private. Hastings disagrees, he says that they are public servants so everything they do should stand up to public scrutiny. Hastings says they have the possibility of planting evidence in respect of Michael Farmer, and interference in forensic evidence in the murder of Tim Ifield. Roz says that i's a complex case, in fact, two cases. Hastings agrees, and asks if they investigated who had access to Michael Farmer's home before his arrest.

Roz reveals some files from her bag. She shows him a copy of her decision log on the night Michael Farmer was arrested "*21:25: FARS OIC clears property for entry. DCI Huntley clears FARS Investigator and FC to enter the crime scene.*" The FC was Tim Ifield. Roz points out that Tim's DNA was found on Leonie Collarsdale's body, hence they are pursuing complicity between Michael Farmer and Tim Ifield. Kate points out that they have no evidence. Hastings asks if she has any evidence, and Roz admits they don't. Hastings says that this complicity is just wild speculation on her part, and from what they know of Tim, he was probably trying to do the exact opposite and prove Michael Farmer's innocence as Tim stumbled upon a person or persons unknown, possibly the person in CCTV image on the 25th of January, for which he was murdered for his silence. Hastings asks if she or her enquiry have made any effort to explore that possibility. Roz admits they haven't. Hastings corrects her, saying she hasn't, her alone.

Moffatt says that Roz has been suffering from illness recently and asks if they could take a break. Hastings refuses, saying he really wished it all ended there, but sadly, Tim was murdered, and in respect of a prime suspect, they're looking very close to home, very close to home indeed. Jamie shows the image of Nick's car crossing the junction near Tim's flat. Hastings believes there is a clear conflict to of interest regarding her position and the possible involvement in her husband, and that therefore it is very difficult to exclude her as a suspect in regards to tampering with evidence that may implicate Nick in the murder, therefore, he will be recommending to executive officer in the strongest possible terms that she be suspended from duty, effective immediate. He says that she is not under arrest, but their enquiries are ongoing and she may subsequently be arrested in connection with these offences. Hastings asks if she has anything furhter to add. In the other room, Kate looks very pleased. Hastings asks Roz if she has anything further to say. Roz says she does, Kate looks worried.

Hastings, looking shocked, asks if she wants to take a break. Roz says he said it herself, she's an SIO, twenty years in, the tape's running, so they should proceed. She asks how many officers above the rank of inspector he's investigated in the last five years. Hastings says he doesn't see how that's relevant, and he doesn't have an answer to hand. Roz says he's investigated three, herself included, and two of the three were female, that's 67%, when the proportion of females in those roles in 10%. Hastings asks who gave her that information. She asks if she's wrong. Hastings says that that's a very small sample to be quoting percentages out of, they've charged a Deputy Chief Constable and retired Chief Superintendent, both male. Hastings says they're only interested in one thing, and it's bent coppers, irrespective of race, creed, colour or gender.

Roz asks if he's blind to gender, Hastings replies absolutely. Roz asks if, on the 23rd of March, at the scene of Tim's murder, he addressed her as 'darling'. Hastings says he doesn't see how this is relevant, but admits that he did. Roz asks how many female officers in AC-12 have been promoted to the rank of inspector or above in the last five years. Hastings says that the internal workings of this department have no relevance to the matter in front of them, and it's none of her business. Roz says that his use of sexist language made her raise the matter, and in respect of promotions, AC-12 lags behind the national average. Hastings says that it's very specialist work they do here, and he has to think very carefully about how he promotes to senior positions. Again, he asks where she's getting the information. She says that's confidential. Hastings tells Jamie to turn off the tape.

Roz asks Hastings if he's part of a Masonic organisation. Hastings again tells Jamie to turn off the tape, Roz tells him not to do that, as it will make him an active participant in denying her her rights under police regulations to defend herself. Jamie looks uncomfortable but returns to his seat. Roz again asks if he's a mason. Hastings says he's not at liberty to discuss it. Roz says that masons are the mafia of the mediocre, a network of officers linked to corruption, and an organisation that traditionally excludes women. Hastings goes to turn the tape off. Roz says that Hastings has a record of excluding women from positions of authority, and what better way than to conduct witch hunts against senior female officers. Hastings says she's just trying to wriggle off the hook, this won't wash. Moffatt says that Roz has raised valid concerns about the treatment of female police officers by his department, and has laid a foundation to explain why, in their view, the investigation against her malicious. Hastings sits down. Moffatt says that matter before them is whether Roz has carried out her duties in accordance with police regulations. Hastings argues that the matter before them is whether she has been complicit in a criminal offence.

Roz shows them a copy of a statement given to her team by Kevin Gill after the statement he gave to AC-12, where he takes responsibility for overwriting the label. Jamie points out that FIs rely on good relations with police officers. Roz says that that's an interesting remark, he's claiming that FIs say whatever the investigation police want to hear, and AC-12 wanted to hear that he didn't rewrite the label. Jamie gets annoyed and says that that's not what he said, she's putting words in his mouth. Roz asks him to repeat that and Hastings stops him. Roz comments stable door, horse bolted. Roz says that Desford volunteered that Kevin Gill gave the statement AC-12 wanted to hear, but has accused her of fabricating the same observation, when they both know that the DIR will support her version of the conversation. Roz says that the problem with AC-12 is they can never admit when they're in the wrong, and she wonders what lengths AC-12 would go to to prove they're right even when they're wrong.

Roz shows a video capture of a lawful recording of an interview with Hana Reznikova carried out by Kate and Jodie. The interview formed a starting point in the investigation into Hana Reznikova and at all stages of the investigation, Kate was an active participant, in fact, she was instrumental in securing the charges, the same charges they challenged the validity of which earlier in the interview. Roz then shows a digital photograph captured by Jodie on the fourth of April, showing Kate at the forensic office, enquiring into KRG-13. Roz notes that Hastings and Jamie both look extremely uneasy. She then shows another photograph from Jodie showing an off-the-record conversation with Kevin Gill. Roz asks if Kate is an undercover AC-12 officer. Hastings says that he can neither confirm nor deny, as she knows. Kate looks devastated.

Moffatt says that if an undercover officer is coaching witnesses against Roz, it would substantially undermine their case. Hastings says that his officers do not coach witnesses. Roz, very smugly, deducts that she is his officer. Kate is frustrated. Roz says that Kevin Gill told her team one thing, AC-12 another, and here they have an undercover AC-12 officer talking to Gill. She returns to Kevin's statement to her. He took a swab from the splatter in Tim's flat,sealing the sample in an evidence bag, labeling the bag, overwriting a slip of the pen, and despite all their theories, they have no evidence that KRG-13 was tampered with thereafter. If it was tampered with, who could have done it. Roz points at the picture of Kate, saying that she made enquiries about KRG-13 days before everyone else, and then, as if by magic, AC-12 requested the sample to carry out their own analysis. As soon as AC-12 seized that sample, the chain of evidence was broken, raising the question who had access to it after them.

Hastings says his officers do not tamper with evidence. Roz says that a jury acquitted a female detective called DI Lindsay Denton from Conspiracy to Murder at retrial because they were certain that one of his officers had engaged in an inappropriate intimate relationship with her in order to plant evidence in her home. Hastings says that his officers do not plant evidence. Roz asks if he sees the pattern here, sexism, undercover operations and questionable evidence. Hastings says that this circus is over.

Roz asks if he authorised Kate to engineer charges against Hana. Hastings says that he did not. She asks if he authorised Kate to tamper with evidence in regard to the investigation into the murder of Tim. Hastings says he did not. She asks if he induced Kevin Gill to change his testimony in regards to the handling KRG-13. Hastings says he did not.

Roz says that at this time, she's unable to exclude him, Steve, Kate and Jamie in respect of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by bringing the charges against her, which she believes are unfounded, vexatious and intended to obstruct her lawful inquiries into the murders of Baswinder Kaur, Leonie Collarsdale and Tim Ifield. She then hands him a signed authority from Hilton recusing AC-12 from their enquiries into her, her team, and the above offences. Roz and Moffatt then leave the room. Hastings tells Jamie to switch the tape off. Jamie then tells Hastings that his name is Jamie, not James. Hastings says "Frankly, son, right now, I couldn't give a shit."

=== After Roz Huntley's Second Interview with AC-12
Kate catches Roz as she leaves the AC-12 Building, saying that she never planted evidence, never coached any witnesses, and Hilton may have fallen for her crap but nobody else will. Roz asks Kate how old she is. Kate replies 31. Roz tells Kate that by the time she was 31, she'd been a DI two years already. Then she made life choices in the best interests of others, but not in her best interests at all, as it turned out, and from what she knows, Kate won't make that mistake. She'll give up anything to get to the top, but despite all her ambition, she's found herself on the wrong side of the line. Kate asks what she knows. Roz replies "That you've got a son you barely see. Hardly holier than thou." Roz leaves the building. Kate is upset.

Back at the Kingsgate Hotel, Roz and Hilton are having a drink again. Roz tells Hilton that Hastings had no idea where she was getting the ammunition. Hilton says he's happy to help, that AC-12 aren't fit for purpose, you could go so far as to say corrupt, and it's high time someone shut them down. Roz says she let their case play out, she thought it was worth seeing everything they had, in case there were any surprises. Hilton asks if there were, she says none she couldn't handle. He wants to know if his name came up. Roz says that AC-12 have stopped accusing her of succumbing to executive pressure. Hilton thinks this is the most agreeable solution, Tim's peccadilloes out of the public eye and Michael Farmer's crimes punished. He tells her she's done a great job, she thanks him. Hilton takes Roz's hand she pulls away. He tells her to bring her drink up with her. Roz apologises and says that she loves her husband she loves her children, and she won't betray their trust. She tells him it's a moral question, then leaves. Hilton is shocked.

Hilton is then seen walking down the pavement outside. He meets with Maneet in a dark alley. She hands him a file, looking nervous.

Roz returns home and goes into the kitchen. Nick watches suspiciously as she takes more pills. She notices him and tells him she has good news, nobody thinks he's a murderer anymore.