LIVE ON CAM

***LIVE ON CAM*** is the final episode of the second season of *Dead Man's Phone*.

## Synopsis

*A social media livestream goes viral, revealing the truth behind what happened to Gemma Dream.*

## Plot

You and Sophie recap on the plan to apprehend Matthew McPherson - DCI Sutherland and Sara go to Gemma’s to record a video to lure him to an address, where a firearms team will be waiting for him. Sutherland video calls you. He and Sara go to Gemma’s luxury apartment. She shows them her bedroom and they prepare to start filming. Sutherland adjusts the camera to get her in the centre and they begin. Sutherland sends you the video after. You check with Sophie that tracking and surveillance are ready, and they send the video to Matthew. Sara asks if she should stay with Gemma, but Sutherland assures her Gemma’s building is fully secure. Sara insists she stays with Gemma for her well-being. If you let Sara stay, you can choose to be satisfied with that or call for another unit to go to Gemma’s.

### Bad ending

If you choose to keep all units at the fake address, Sutherland agrees with you, as you don’t want to draw attention to Gemma’s location. Sophie tells you Matthew was cautioned as a teenager for stalking a female classmate, and shows you interview footage from the case with the classmate, her boyfriend and Matthew’s dad - he killed her cat (like he killed Carly’s) but because she didn’t see him do it, the police just gave him a formal warning.

Meanwhile, Sutherland and the firearms team are waiting for Matthew to turn up. Sutherland video calls you to show them waiting. They see someone approaching the address, but they go to the adjacent house instead. No one knows where Matthew could be.

It cuts to a livestream Gemma started. Matthew walks into frame, puts the mask on her and realises it’s her. Sutherland can’t reach Sara, so Sophie patches you into her body cam - she’s lying on the floor by the front door unresponsive. Sophie accesses earlier footage, showing Matthew dressed as a construction worker walking out the lift. When Sara confronts him, he knocks her out and starts dragging her in the apartment. Sophie realises the video they sent Matthew showed Chelsea Harbour in the background, when Sutherland moved the camera.

Back to the livestream, Matthew asks Gemma why she ignored him and lied to him. He gets angrier and angrier but Gemma is doing her best to keep him calm. Sutherland calls Matthew, and seems to be riling him up. Matthew aggressively tells Gemma to tell him she loves him, but Gemma breaks, revealing she led him on as it’s only her job. He becomes furious and grabs Gemma as she tries to run away, stabbing her repeatedly just before the police burst in.

After a long wait with no response from anyone, Sophie tells you they arrested Matthew, but Gemma has died. Sara is recovering at home, having been granted 2 weeks off. Vikram tells you Carly’s head has been found in Matthew’s freezer. When you tell Sutherland he revealed Gemma’s location by moving the camera, he is devastated, and agrees with what his wife said, that he spends too much time at work, only to make stupid mistakes.

In the interview, Matthew doesn’t believe Gemma was the real Gemma Dream, but after seeing the evidence, he is enraged. He reveals everything - he thought Carly was Gemma after seeing her PornBox video. He traced the account back to Craig Earl, found Carly’s Facepage account, found her CareerPath account and followed her home from work. He went to confront Carly to ask if they’d really broken up. He only wanted to talk to her, but Carly freaked out when he came to her house and forced his way in. As he reached for her, she started screaming so he grabbed her round the neck to stop her, and she died. At first he wasn’t sure it WAS Gemma since her bedroom was different, but he saw the mask and decided it was. He dismembered her and cleaned up the place, keeping her head because he got off on the fact he was the only one who knew what her face looked like. He decided to draw attention to himself and go on BBO News to be arrested so the police could tell him everything they knew about Carly, including if she had been going out with anyone else. He expresses remorse about killing her and is charged with false imprisonment, harassment and two counts of murder. He bursts into tears, raging about how stupid he is to get them mixed up.

Sophie tells you Gemma’s family has given them access to her personal phone, and that she seemed to be a completely different person. You find out her name is Lucy Grant, and she kept her profession secret from everyone, telling them she worked in customer service. She expressed her struggle with demanding customers, how they would try to find her personal accounts with no respect for her privacy.

Sara is back on the chat, and says she won’t be coming back to work as the case hit her particularly hard, especially how lack of police resources led them to have to choose between keeping Gemma safe and catching the killer.

A newsreel plays, showing commentary on violence against women, how AllMyFans is still successful as Theodore Fox is now the richest man in the UK, and Gemma’s death being exploited on PornBox.

### Good ending

If you choose to send a unit to Gemma’s, Sutherland disagrees with you, as it will increase risk of letting Matthew get away, and the remaining officers being at risk. Eventually he gives in and Sara stays with the team at Gemma’s.

Sophie tells you Matthew was cautioned as a teenager for stalking a female classmate, and shows you interview footage from the case with the classmate, her boyfriend and Matthew’s dad - he killed her cat (like he killed Carly’s) but because she didn’t see him do it, the police just gave him a formal warning.

Meanwhile, Sutherland and the firearms team are waiting for Matthew to turn up. Sutherland video calls you to show them waiting. They see someone approaching the address, but they go to the adjacent house instead. No one knows where Matthew could be. Sara calls you to say someone near Gemma’s building called to say they saw a suspicious man that matches Matthew’s description. She says she’s going to check it out and there’s a lot of police around.

It cuts to a livestream Gemma started. Matthew walks into frame, puts the mask on her and realises it’s her. Sara tells you team are surrounding the building and have found two ways of entry. Sophie realises the video they sent Matthew showed Chelsea Harbour in the background, when Sutherland moved the camera.

Back to the livestream, Matthew asks Gemma why she ignored him and lied to him. He gets angrier and angrier but Gemma is doing her best to keep him calm. Sara says backup has arrived and are in position to ambush him. Sutherland calls Matthew to try and negotiate, and police sirens can be heard. Matthew accuses Gemma of setting him up and when he grabs her, the police burst in, shooting him in the chest as Gemma screams, traumatised.

After a long wait with no response from anyone, Sophie tells you Matthew died at the scene, and Gemma is OK but distressed. Vikram tells you Carly’s head has been found in Matthew’s freezer. When you tell Sutherland he revealed Gemma’s location by moving the camera, he is devastated. If he hadn’t done that, Matthew might have been alive to give them closure on what happened to Carly.

Sophie tells you Gemma has given them access to her personal phone, and that she seemed to be a completely different person. You find out her name is Lucy Grant, and she kept her profession secret from everyone, telling them she worked in customer service. She expressed her struggle with demanding customers, how they would try to find her personal accounts with no respect for her privacy. Vikram reiterates how he wished Carly’s family had closure.

Anoushka Nair from BBO News calls you to run facts by you for her report. You can choose to reveal Gemma’s real name. She congratulates you on solving the case.

A newsreel plays showing a sex worker rights protest led by Bella Rose, who goes on to make her own sex work platform called Rose, where creators will be guaranteed safety. Theodore Fox resigns after his sexual assault is unearthed. Gemma deletes her social media accounts. If you revealed Gemma’s real name to the press, Daily Shout release an article talking about the name reveal. Gemma calls you to say you’ve ruined her life and put her in even more danger from thirsty strangers. If you didn’t, at the end of the newsreel, Gemma does a livestream saying she’s back, and won’t let anyone stop her from doing her job.

## BBO News headlines

* Tributes Paid to mistaken murder victim
* Police Officer Set to Make Full Recovery (bad ending)

## Daily Shout headlines

* No Sign of Gemma Dream - Is she dead or alive? NO ONE KNOWS