THURSDAY: One

Pip returns home, haunted by the absent sound of her dog, and exchanges routine banter with Josh and her mum. Her mum reports that Josh interrogated classmates over a missing pencil sharpener, upsetting them. Asked to intervene, Pip tells Josh that being a detective hurts people, citing Barney’s injury and her own regrets, and secures his promise to stop.

In the kitchen, Pip and her mum discuss Ravi’s arrival to record a trial update. Pip recalls testifying on Tuesday at Aylesbury Crown Court, feeling Max Hastings’s predatory gaze and resenting his not-guilty plea. She notes her inadmissible recording of his confession about drugging and raping Becca Bell, and that she could only recount it, omitting protected details to shield Naomi Ward. School obligations keep Pip from attending daily; Ravi observes from the gallery.

Ravi arrives and they record the third mini-episode of Pip’s podcast, covering day three of Max’s trial. They summarize Natalie da Silva’s testimony: limited memories consistent with Rohypnol effects, being led to a back room, blacking out, and waking disoriented with clothes disturbed; she says Max handed her her only drink that night.

They describe Max’s curated courtroom image and share a sketch posted online. They then recount defense solicitor Christopher Epps’s cross-examination of Natalie: invasive questions about clothing, alcohol, motives, and a past conviction, plus criticism for not reporting promptly and challenges about memory and consent. Natalie stayed composed but shaken.

Pip contextualizes this as a pattern: Epps also tried to discredit her by framing her podcast as an “aggressive feminist narrative.” They note Becca Bell’s recent guilty plea and video testimony, and the prosecution’s emphasis on drug-induced amnesia. Ravi remains hopeful the jury will see the truth as the trial continues.