Shetland on ABC and ABC iview S8E6 – Calder and Tosh are back together as the police descend upon the Bain farm and begin their search.
Bobby is arrested as his horrified family look on. In the interview room, Calder bluntly probes Bobby’s relationship with his niece and he explodes in a conspicuous fury.
Back at the farm, a piece of Ellen’s clothing is found, leading the police to Rory and then in turn to Grace. She admits she saw her granddaughter that night. They argued and Ellen left, but what the argument was about, Grace refuses to say.
With Bobby unravelling and Grace defiant, the team sense a secret at the heart of the Bains. Tosh draws a link to Ellen’s breakdown and the date of an important family gathering, while Calder questions rumours of her own father’s supposed affair with Stella. The penny drops on an answer more shocking than either could have imagined.
A devastated Bobby and Stella separately explain how they came to this point. Tosh and Calder reconvene to find themselves grimly aligned in their instinct for the identity of the killer.
Calder drives in funereal pursuit to Eala, and the spot where Ellen’s body was found, to learn of her final moments. How years of pain and suffering were unleashed in one uncharacteristic outburst of violence.
After the dust on the case has settled, Tosh offers her partner a final professional courtesy. To her surprise, Calder then finds herself restoring Alan’s view of their father – she appears to be seeing the old man and the Isles in a new light. Finally, a visit to James offers one last gift from his late brother.
Production credit: ITV STUDIOS
Shetland on ABC and ABC iview – Friday 13 December at 8.30pm
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Shetland on ABC and ABC iview S8E6
