As the episode begins, responders work on Pete Carr (Neil Morrissey). Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker) has dinner with John (Alastair Mackenzie). Cassie and John chat about their work. Maria (Indra Ove) arrives at the hospital. John and Cassie joke back and forth. He walks her home afterwards. John kisses her on the cheek before leaving. Sunny (Sanjeev Bhaskar) calls and tells her about Pete. It is believed that Pete will be okay. The attacker is arrested. Sandra Rayworth (Tori Allen-Martin) learns about the attack. Meanwhile, James Hollis (Kevin McNally) is interviewed again. James admits to being out. He doesn’t know where Chris went. James blames Cassie for Pete’s attack. The conversation turns to Eliot.

He was 15 at the time. James is asked if Eliot took his car that night. He says no. James refuses to believe that Eliot was involved in Hayley’s death. James’s attorney stops that line of questioning. Tim (Alex Jennings) meets with James outside. He confirmed that Pete is awake and talking. Tim speaks with the detectives. He claims he lied because he was being loyal to Jamie. Tim tells them about Pete calling and telling him something about Eliot. Pete saw Eliot climbing into the house through a first floor window around 2 AM on that day. The team begins looking for Eliot Hollis (Tom Rhys Harries). Cassie wants to check James’s car and its service history.

Maria apologizes to Pete. Fran tells the detectives about the code Hayley used in her diary. She calls their attention to a passage written two days before her disappearance. It says that G is going to get them some drugs for the New Year party. Cassie puts steps in month to track down local drug dealers in the area. Chris (James Fleet) calls someone. He apologizes for not calling earlier. He tells them not to believe what the police said. Soon, Chris is speaking with Cassie and Sunny. Chris admits he lied because he thought someone would blame him eventually. He confesses that his bipolar was out of control at the time. He explains that he took some cocaine on New Years and left the house for a walk. He returned exhausted and fell asleep almost immediately.

He swears that he never hurt or even met Hayley. He confesses to the getting arrested for using credit cards on the child abuse site. He tells them how his life collapsed. He denies making the credit card payments. He claims that he was 100% innocent. Mel is asked about the vehicle. He reveals that James said he hit a deer. She is asked who slept in which bedroom. Chris tells the detectives that his credit card was cloned. The charges were eventually dropped. His wife had remarried and he hadn’t seen his daughter in years. He goes on to say that Tim tracked him down and bought him a van in 2010. Murray tells Jake that Mel said Eliot slept in the box room. It supports Tim’s claim.

Jake receives a call. He agrees to pass on a message. A doctor speaks with Maria. Chris is allowed to leave. Cassie isn’t sure whether to believe him. Jake enters and tells her that Peter has died. He died from a heart attack. Cassie cries in the bathroom. She places a call to Maria and apologizes. She is harassed by the press outside. Rayworth is arrested. James calls Maria and Chris sobs. Jessica (Bronagh Waugh) and Suzanne (Brid Brennan) watch the news report on television. Martin returns. He tells Cassie that he will always be there for her. He wants to give her space so he is going to be moving in with Jenny for a bit. He already proposed to her. Sunny sits down with Usha (Shobu Kapoor). She tells him that she misses being a family. Sunny reminds her that she left for her soulmate.

He explains that he has already moved on. He admits he loves Sal. Fran interviews Rayworth. Rayworth claims that she just wanted a job. She didn’t mean for someone to kill Pete. She was only trying to shock. That is what you have to do these days or you won’t get attention. Cassie learns that the Reid family want her to remain on the case. Tim argues with his daughter Emma (Jo Herbert). He denies hitting her mother. James manages to track down Eliot. James tells him that he wants to protect him from prison. Eliot admits he hit something and couldn’t find it. James doesn’t believe it. Eliot asks where she was found. James tells him that she was buried in London. Eliot begins crying. James asks him what. Chris returns to Jamila (Sasha Behar). The local drug dealer has been identified as a man with the nickname Gandalf.

His real name is Nigel Farndale. James and Eliot arrive at the station. James tells the detectives that he believed Eliot killed Hayley. He admits Eliot stole his car and was drunk. Eliot thought he might have hit a person. James confesses that he believed Eliot might have killed Hayley and hid her body. That couldn’t have happened, because Eliot was at school. He believes Eliot only killed a deer that night. He believes him enabling Eliot messed up his whole life for no reason at all. Chris tries to work things out with Jamila. Eliot leaves James after they exit the station. John collaborates James’s theory. Cassie tries to end the relationship with John. She doesn’t believe it is a good time for her to start a relationship. He agrees to call her later. Emma visits Derran (Siobhan Redmond). She wants answers.

Derran admits she shouldn’t have asked for the money. She explains that Tim never paid the settlement. She shows Emma letters from the attorneys. She explains that they both workers to keep it hidden from their daughters. She promises that the photos were real. The detectives speak with Nigel. He admits to seeing Hayley that night. She arrived roughly twenty past eleven. Hayley said she was going straight to her party. He shows them where he was living at the time. The detectives believe James and Pete were telling the truth. Now, they suspect Chris and Tim. Cassie confirms that the previous detectives thought Chris should have never been charged. Cassie wants to look for license endorsements. Tim has four offenses. There is one right around the time of the murder.

Later that night, Sunny learns where the ticket was issued. In the morning, Tim is arrested on the suspicion of murder. His home is searched. They question him about his whereabouts when he got the speeding ticket. He tells them why he was speeding. Jake interrupts and pulls Cassie aside. In a box in Tim’s house, they found a necklace with hair still attached to the clasp. They also discovered a scrunchie and a pair of knickers.

 

Unforgotten Review

This episode of Unforgotten was excellent just as the previous ones were. It pushed the investigation along quickly and killed off one of the suspects. The four suspects have been very dynamic. It has also been interesting to see more of Cassie and Sunny’s struggles. We’re down to the wire now. Is Tim the real culprit? What will happen with Chris and James? How will things end for Cassie and Sunny? I am eager to find out. The episode was equally interesting and depressing. The Chris Lowe character is definitely the bleakest.

The episode deserves an 8.5 out of 10. Catch up with previous recaps of Unforgotten now!