COMPLETE SEASON 2 GUIDE · EPISODE 5 OF 6

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Episode 5

BEFORE WATCHING

The setup

The clue to Knight’s Pass has connected Mandy’s crash to the investigation. Carter remains unaware of how much John and Lucy have found.

OPTIONAL REFERENCECharacters, places and useful termsContains story details. Open after watching.

QUICK REMINDER

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A professional puzzle setter now working openly as a civilian crime-scene consultant while continuing to search for his missing twin.

James’s wife. She investigates the conspiracy from outside the police and gains a useful new route into public records.

The detective leading John’s new cases. His late fiancée, Mandy, was Chief Constable Ziegler’s daughter.

A new member of the Major Investigations Team who is still adjusting to John’s methods.

A sharp new detective on Carter’s team who helps test John’s puzzle-like theories.

Lucy and James’s son, who helps John and Lucy follow the coded trail left by his father.

The head of the force and Mandy’s father. His connection to Joanne Kemper remains deeply suspicious.

A data analyst poisoned during his team’s regular Friday lunch.

One of Jonathan’s colleagues, skilled at finding patterns in large amounts of behaviour.

A member of Jonathan’s data team and one of the diners whose habits are examined.

Another colleague whose seat, food choices and relationship with Jonathan form part of the probability puzzle.

James’s former partner, now hiding from the people behind the Sinclair cover-up.

WHILE WATCHING

Three clear stops for the weekly case and the mystery around James. Open only the last scene you have reached.

AFTER WATCHING

Hidden until you finish the episode.

Content note: Murder, violence, bereavement, coercive behaviour, family distress and mild strong language.