Catherine's struggle to protect Ryan from Tommy Lee Royce's influence and the associated trauma.

In the kitchen of Catherine’s house, Clare dismisses Catherine’s growing paranoia about the Scalextric toy left on their doorstep, which Catherine now believes is a harbinger of escalating violence tied …

At Clare’s allotment, Catherine arrives to find her sister visibly distressed over Neil’s unexplained absence, though Catherine dismisses it as forgetfulness. Clare shifts the conversation to the morning’s news—Sean Balmforth’s …

In Catherine’s kitchen, Clare warns her against confronting Frances Drummond directly, fearing the risks of false accusations and escalating danger. Catherine dismisses the caution, her obsession with exposing Frances overriding …

Catherine Cawood arrives at Frances Drummond’s home in full uniform, a deliberate visual shift from their previous encounters that signals the gravity of her visit. She presents Frances with printed …

In the suffocating isolation of his prison cell, Tommy Lee Royce—already simmering with rage—is handed a stack of opened mail by a prison officer. Among the letters, he finds a …