The episode opens with Nicole Butler (Jade Anouka) providing Sami Kierce (Adeel Akhtar) support during a mental health crisis. He receives a call from Marty McGreggor (Dino Fetscher) informing him of a body being found. Kierce heads toward the crime scene. Upon arrival, he finds Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan) explaining to Marty how she came to find the body. Kierce requests she give him her phone. She claims the call came from a landline. Marty suggests she knew landline calls take longer to investigate. Kierce asks why she trying to make contact with Tommy Dark. Maya says if Claire Walker (Natalie Anderson) was searching for him, it is possible he knows something about her murder. When Marty tries to stop her from leaving, she punches him in the stomach and demands he never touch her again. After permitting her to leave, Kierce warns that the Burkett’s attorney would tear them apart without evidence. Maya is denied access to her car because it is linked to a crime scene.

Kierce says Maya is constantly finding dead bodies. She sarcastically confesses to killing Tommy and requests he arrest her. He assures her that they are on the same side. She accuses him of accepting 9,000-pound bribes from Judith Burkett (Joanna Lumley). She says the money was deposited in his Monktons’ bank account. He invites her to his house where he shows her proof of his streaming and gym memberships canceled, a cheap phone, and a watch. He urges her to run a background check on him. She refuses to divulge any more information.

Eddie Walker (Marcs Garvey) and Lily Burkett (Thea Taylor Morgan) are playing when Maya arrives. She tells him that the Burkett yacht captain when Andrew Burkett (Edward Harper Jones) died was found dead in a freezer. She says Claire was asking questions about Christopher Swain, a classmate of Andrew and Joe Burkett (Richard Armitage). Looking at Christopher’s photo, he recognizes the building as Crawmond Place.

Pam Proctor (Charlotte Melia) voices concern about Kierce drinking. She tells Marty that Kierce’s wife was killed in the line of duty and he put the killer behind bars. She claims he blames himself and refuses to talk about it.

Crawmond Place – Maya evades security and races to the mail sorter box to find an envelope addressed to Christopher. She knocks on his door when a glamorous woman (Judy Loe) says he is in a retreat.

Eddie asks Abby Walker (Danya Griver) if there is enough food for him. She reminds him that she is his daughter, not his wife. He apologizes. She says in the oven but he doesn’t like mushrooms. He admits to not being a good father lately. She tells him about Louis (Charlie Cain). He asks why she was looking for Louis. She says for answers about Claire’s murder. They decide to invite him over. Daniel Walker (Daniel Burt) storms off when he learns Abby met Louis without him.

Kierce attends a meeting with Nicole’s support. He tells the group that he fears hurting someone when he dies. Later, he informs Molly Sardana (Clara Indrani) of his diagnosis. She assures him that their child will be better with him in his life regardless of how long. She pleads with him to let her in. He teases her about the sex of the baby before confessing to love her. They embrace.

Maya receives a call from Caroline Burkett (Hattie Morahan) claiming to have seen Joe who said to tell her when the call ends. She calls Caroline back and someone answers the phone. She can hear heavy breathing before the call ends. She races in to check on Lily and locks the window. She has flashbacks of Joe and Claire’s murders. Later, someone watches her from outside the house.

Danny and Abby arrive home to find Eddie preparing Claire’s favorite dish and Louis. She tells Danny that Louis is their half-brother. Louis apologizes for the way he handled it. Danny reluctantly shakes his hand.

Marty shows Kierce CCTV from a petrol station near Tommy’s storage unit shows Maya and Corey Rudzinski (Laurie Kynaston). Kierce gives him the blood analysis report from Maya’s car. Maya and Lily are preparing to leave when Lily excitedly jumps up and down while saying “dada”. Kierce and Marty arrive to transport her to the police station. Later, they show her the CCTV footage from the petrol station. She refuses to identify her passenger, Corey. Kierce asks how AB+ blood was found in the trunk of her vehicle. After explaining the rarity of AB+ blood, Tommy’s blood type. Marty accuses her of lying. She admits to being with Corey who claimed he and Claire were working on a Burkett pharmaceutical scandal. She tells them about Corey’s hideout in the woods. Proctor orders Kierce to go to the hideout and Marty to the arcade. Marty refuses to let Kierce drive. Kierce tells him he told Molly. Marty bear hugs him.

Shane Tessier (Emmett J Scanlan) picks Maya up at the police station. He demands she tell him everything. She promises to never lie to him but refuses to say anything else. He tells her the police pulled Swain over for driving under the influence several weeks ago. He says it is a pattern but there is no record of jail time. He suggests Swain was sent to a posh rehab. Elsewhere, Abby assures Louis that Claire always felt he was part of her. Eddie offers to contact Louis’s father. Louis accepts the offer.

Kierce learns that a bullet from Claire’s murder was checked out from the evidence room for several hours a few months past. The military police made the request. He suggests it was Shane. The computer system at the police station is hacked. Proctor points the finger at Corey. Kierce leaves Marty a voicemail alerting him of the computer hack. A short time later, Kierce is on the phone with Marty when he starts driving erratically.

Luka Godek (Frederick Szkoda) tells Maya that Izabella Godek (Natalia Kostrzewa) has no interest in talking to her. She places a tracker on his delivery vehicle. Judith gives the name of a posh rehab. She claims Joe kept secrets before asking Maya if she really knew him. Maya tells her that she is looking for Joe and Andrew’s classmate, Christopher Swain, because there may be a connection to Claire.

Kierce pulls up outside Corey’s hideout. Outside the vehicle, he takes some medicine. Shane invites Maya for a drink. She claims to have plans with Eva. Shane can be seen sitting on a sofa inside her house. She arrives at the posh rehab. Corey spots Kierce on a security camera outside his hideout. Marty races to the location. Maya asks Swain to tell her what happened on the yacht the night Andrew died. He claims Joe murdered Andrew when the episode ends.

 

Fool Me Once Review

Kierce opens up to Molly about his condition. DNA in Maya’s vehicle is a match with Tommy Dark. Kierce and Marty find CCTV footage that puts her and Corey near Tommy’s storage unit. Fearing arrest, she tells them that Corey and Claire were working together to expose the Burkett medicine scandal. To throw the police off his trail, Corey hacks their computer system.

Christopher Swain has a history of DUI but he has no criminal record. Maya tracks him to a wealthy rehab to ask about the night Andrew died. He claims Joe killed Andrew.

Eddie invites Louis over to properly meet Abby and Daniel. He offers to connect him with his father.

Kierce finds evidence that one of the bullets that killed Claire was checked out of the evidence room per request of the military police. He believes Shane made the request.

 

Much about the series is unrealistic and downright incompetent policing. Corey hacks the computer system, Proctor’s response is to send Marty and Kierce out alone to locate him. There is enough evidence to arrest Maya for Tommy’s murder but she is released on her own recognizance. Kierce is distracted by his personal issues. Marty runs around like a chicken with his head cut off while Maya competently gets one step closer to solving the murders.

The episode deserves a 4.5. Get more Fool Me Once recaps here. Support Reel Mockery by donating. Find out how our onsite advertising can help build your brand awareness, click the link. Join our newly established forum to discuss the latest movie and TV show releases, celebrity happenings, and much more.