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Anyone watching , so far quite tense especially the music

I think Ian will "get away with it" because of tony grasses him in he'll also get sent down for murder?
So he and wooden wife clear up the murder, but lovely baptiste suspects them. But doesn't chase it up because he knows Ian was a baddun???

He didn't say it was an accident, he said it was a mistake, which is a strange word to use.

Ian, I mean!

Oh and also yes Ian def wanted to either get caught or killed.
How scary was that bit when James Nesbit was walking through the trees?!!

I don't think Vincent is any relation to Ian because he travelled to Oxford to tell ian's wife that he was a monster now he knows Ian's missing for years. He also mentioned that his mother had been threatened and (I think) hurt by Ian in the past. That's why he kept quiet. Question is who was the friend he spoke of to the lady on the bus. She said he was very noble for carrying out their request. In other news, beginning to dislike Tony and his violent outbursts. Bet wooden wife found out about the murder and left him.

In the scene in the nursing home with Ian's widow and Vincent, there did seem to be a striking resemblance between him and the photo of Molly that he held up. But then he mentioned his mother, so possibly Ian was his father and Molly his half - sister?

I don't like the violence, I had to switch the volume down during the boat/Ian's head incident. But I can understand why Tony has been driven to it.

Um... How could Vincent be Molly? What did I miss for that to be suggested?

What artist? I think I must have nodded off at some point!

What did the Ollie's grandad and Nesbitt do? They referred to it in the first episode...

Wonder if baptiste will end up being part of a plot twist and be more involved personally than just a detective??

kinraddie no batiste did not get his limp from that car crash. He only limps in the present day scenes. Didn't you see him run across the square when Rini got her throat slashed. No limp. So that still is a question and that'll teach you to laugh!

iirc - if I remember correctly.

How did Ian get access to the police cell Tony was in after he attacked Vincent? Was he allowed in by the police chief? I suspect the police chief is involved somehow. He's reluctant to reopen the case, wants Tony to go away...hmm.

Yes, Ian wanted Tony to kill him. That's why he says the line about Olly being beautiful. God, it was chilling. Brilliantly acted by both of them. I could barely breathe. I still think he knew more about Olly. He said he didn't touch him, but I bet he knew who took him.

Yes Ian said the police chief was a friend of his

No conspiracy theories here, but just wanted to confess to a huge crush on Julien. Am I alone?

Not alone, fellow crusher on baptiste here

Vince went to see Mrs Garret as he'd promised Ian he would one day reveal his terrible secrets to the people Ian loved. It was now safe to do so but when he saw her didn't feel the need due to her condition.

Yes julien must know/suspect as in the previous episode had said something to tony like 'what bad things have you done?'

Tony and his FIL covered up/got tony off the beating-up-hospice-worker. I think that's their Bad Thing but I might have missed something.

And why did he best up hospice guy? Do we know. There's clearly history with the wife.

I think it's a ex if his wife. I think.

I've not watched last night's episode yet, but could Vincent be Molly's son?
Not sure of the timescale, when did Molly go missing?

Didn't he think that his wife & the hospice worker had an affair?

it's not leading up to Tony having done something in a temper is it??

There's no way that the artist was a random shag for Tony. Pretty young woman intentionally picks up a hagged old looking man for sex. Pst!!! there's a reason for that - she could be Molly, years of abuse have led to her seeking father figure maybe.

Not sure about the Vincent being Mollys sister - I think that it was just he and Ian were in the same ring

All my theories are subject to frequent change and then back again though!!!!

Can't wait for the next episode.

Wonder how Tony gets away with murder? He clearly does, as Ian is only declared dead after being missing for 7 years. There is blood everywhere so I'm not sure how he does it. Even if he scuttled the boat, surely it would be found? Ian's car is parked outside the house and there will be tyre tracks from Tony's car. Tony has just told the police that Ian and Vincent are part of a pedophile ring that are involved in Ollie's disappearance and has beaten Vincent badly. Surely he'll be suspect number one if Ian disappears?

And if Ian's murder is covered up / hidden then surely it makes it difficult to pursue the investigation into Ollie's disappearance? Ian clearly wasn't the only one in the pedophile ring. Vincent and Ian were associated and Ian was able to go into Tony's cell and threaten him because Georges (who I thought was the mayor but maybe is the police chief) is a "friend" of his. No wonder they didn't get very far with the investigation in 2006. I wonder who else might be involved.

I think the artist, who I think was called Monique, is significant. She has reddish blonde hair so I think could be Molly. I agree that all the pictures of children on her walls is a clue. I think that there will be a certain irony later in the fact that Tony leaves without really talking to her.

I'm not really following the bit with the Romanian gang. Did Rini's brother say that the gang had nothing to do with Ollie's kidnap but suggested to undercover policeman (Leon?) that they did in order flush him out? I'm finding the whole gang bit really confusing. Are the police still pursuing them now?

Now that James (Mark's son) has made it clear that he doesn't regard Emily as his real mum will Emily become more interested in finding Ollie?

If Baptiste knows that Tony beat up hospice guy, beat up Vincent and (suspects) killed Ian, does he not worry about hanging about with him? Tony was pretty aggressive towards Rini when he thought she was going to bail as well. If they ever catch up with the person who took Ollie surely Tony will just go for them?

Didn't we establish molly is dead killed by Ian her father??

Isn't Molly dead? I thought Ian admitted to killing her. But I agree, I don't think the artist is a random shag.

Ken Stott and James Nesbitt are so good in this. I've got no theories at all, it's hard enough just keeping up with the flashbacks and whatnot. Adding a non-reality flashback was just mean.

I'm confused about some timing- was Ian killed by Tony in 2008? And Olleh went missing in 2006, is that right? Because when Ian invited Tony to watch the cup final, I thought that Olleh disappeared during the final. Doesn't the World Cup only happen every 4 years?

Sign me up to the Baptiste fan club.

We don't know what happened in 2009 yet

I think Mark and the mother of James had split up before Ollie went missing as they seemed to be alone when we first met them in 2006.

Vincent was looking at that sheet of pictures of the dark haired woman in a previous episode and (I think) had a photo of her in his flat. I think that might be his mother. I think Vincent's mother may come into the story a bit more.

I don't like Tony.

funambulist I don't think the Romanian gang had anything to do with Ollie, but I bet they were into drug trafficking. I think James really is Emily's son and Ollie is with Mark's ex-wife (his real mum). Tony has killed a bad man but not the person responsible for taking Ollie. Scruples!