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A misty dawn on Morecambe Bay. A jogger’s dog digs up a child’s backpack half-buried in the sand. Inside: a moldy teddy bear, a 2019 school photo of a missing girl named Leah Porter (age 9 at the time), and a SIM card wrapped in cling film. DS Jenn Townsend (Marsha Thomason) gets the call while making breakfast for her own kids. She stares at the photo. The case was closed as a probable drowning. Jenn isn’t so sure.

Jenn pressures Carol again. Carol breaks: Dave didn’t leave — he’s in the shed. Jenn finds Dave ( Paul Higgins ) living in a locked garden shed, gaunt, terrified. He confesses: the night Leah vanished, he saw Ewan leading her toward the water. Dave followed, but the tide came in fast. He lost them. He’s stayed hidden because Ewan threatened his family. “He said he’d hurt Carol if I talked.” Jenn checks Ewan’s record — the indecency charge was dropped due to “insufficient evidence.” The arresting officer? Retired DC Bill Coyle , now a local councillor. the bay s05e04 1080p hd

Back at the station: Coyle arrested. Carol Porter watches from the observation room as Jenn brings her Dave’s message: “He’s sorry he ran. He’s ready to talk now.” Carol finally cries — not for Leah, but for the years lost to silence. Final shot: Jenn walks out to the bay at low tide, holding the teddy bear. She places it on a rock as the water begins to rise. Fade to black. A misty dawn on Morecambe Bay

Tony and Jenn confront Coyle ( Philip Whitchurch ) at a civic dinner. Coyle laughs it off. “Ewan was harmless. Just a flasher.” But Jenn notices Coyle’s cufflinks — navy blue with an Omega logo. She asks where he got them. Coyle’s smile freezes. “Gift.” Cut to: Ewan’s canal boat. Karen and uniform find a hidden locker — inside: the vintage Omega watch, a lock of child’s hair, and a handwritten note: “Bill knows.” DS Jenn Townsend (Marsha Thomason) gets the call

Over the credits: a news report on Coyle’s arrest. Karen calls Jenn: “SIM card’s second layer just decrypted. There’s a video. Leah recorded everything. Including who picked her up that night.” Jenn’s face tightens. The video thumbnail shows a car’s back seat — and a familiar face behind the wheel. End episode. Tagline: Some secrets drown. Others wash ashore.

At the station, DI Tony Manning (Daniel Ryan) warns Jenn off reopening old wounds. “Leah’s mum did her grieving. Don’t make her do it again without evidence.” But Jenn runs the SIM card — it pings a tower near the old Heysham caravan park , abandoned since 2020. She visits Carol Porter (guest star Lesley Sharp), Leah’s mother, now living in a tidy bungalow with a shrine to her daughter. Carol is brittle, rehearsed. “The police said tide took her.” Jenn notices a man’s work boot by the back door — size 13. Carol’s husband, Dave , supposedly left two years ago.