In today’s episode: Marlon prepares for revenge Paddy learns a horrifying truth and danger closes in around Ray.

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Wednesday – Marlon plans his attack

On Wednesday, we rewind again to Ray in the kitchen, where he’s compelled to head upstairs before leaving.

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In another scene we’ve seen a part of previously, we see Ray standing at the door of the attic room.

Having been told by Celia the previous day that she had already killed Bear (Joshua Richards), Ray can’t bring himself to step inside, left staring at the man he had come to see as a father figure, laid out on the bed.

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Overwhelmed with grief, Ray makes a hasty exit.

Down in the village, Marlon is determined to get answers from Ray, certain that he must be holding missing April somewhere, and feels like he only has one option left.

“So there comes a point where he can no longer see where to go,” Mark Charnock explains. “And it leads into very desperate measures.”

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Kitchen knife in hand, Marlon heads out to find Ray.

“He’s been reduced into this sort of single-celled attitude,” Mark continues. “All that’s left is this tiny slit where all he can see is ending Ray.”

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“He can’t see any other option, but killing him. And that’s mixed in with just the logic of it—if I get rid of him, maybe he’ll stop. But also, the rage he feels of what this man has forced upon his daughter.”

Meanwhile, Paddy is dealt a devastating blow when he finally learns the truth about his father’s captivity up at Ray and Celia’s farm.

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This development is curious in itself, as viewers will know that Paddy supposedly didn’t learn of Bear’s situation until he returned from a conference in Lincoln in the episode that aired on 8th January.

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Why Paddy would keep this to himself remains to be seen, but when he confronts Ray outside the village hall about what he’s heard, he’s stunned when Ray brutally tells him that Bear is dead.

Paddy’s anger quickly explodes as he pins Ray up against the gazebo. But Ray keeps his cool, and makes it clear that if Paddy breathes a word, then Dylan will be the one to suffer. He’s nearly killed him once, he could easily go back and finish the job.