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With the death of Jack, Alec begins to tighten the screws even more. He seems determined to attack the local vicar because he resents him for some reason. He is a recovering alcoholic and has been sober for a time. Alec seems to believe that every element of a person's life is his to know. The parents begin to get back to some normalcy, though the daughter is stared at and pitied at school. The funeral for Jack gives the Vicar an opportunity to attack the entire town as complicit. He gets a bit high and mighty, telling Alec he failed to follow his advice and protect the man. Jack is unflappable in most respects but he is very ill. We are also privy to an attempt to phone his daughter who seems estranged from him. We also find out again about the death of a girl that Alec investigated to no avail. Phones and computers seem to be at the center of some activity with Ellie's son. He is caught smashing a computer. Menwhile, Danny's skateboard is given to Tom by the key lady. She is taken into custody. The plumber's assistant is seen with a crossbow, ready to kill her dog.

Broadchurch is obviously a rip-off of the first Forbrydelsen, a 20-hour Danish mystery, which aired in 2007, involving the murder of a teenage girl. It has the same episode structure and musical score, and appears to have not only the same plot, but, it would seem, the same conclusion. In that one the culprit turns out to be the family's best friend. As well as following the police, both shows spend an inordinate amount of time on the victims, and the falsely accused. And they similarly drag. They make similar statements about the press, too. And the detective's personal problems and previous shortcomings. It needs English subtitles for those not accustomed to a variety of British working class accents and slang, if it is ever to air in the US.