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[Theme Music]
Yesterday, I didn't believe in faeries.
That was yesterday.
Yesterday everything changed.
I used to be a folklorist. Now I'm a cop.
There wasn't much room for faerie tales.
So I took a transfer.
A transfer, and a promotion, to a branch of Interpol.
A *specialist* branch.
This is what happened yesterday.
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Uh huh.
Right, I'll be right over.
Leah Bishop?
Yeah?
Welcome to Glasgow.
I am Detective Inspector Dorian Grey.
Dorian Grey? Did you make that up yourself?
Yes.
Erm...you said you had something to show me on the phone?
I do. I think we had better go.
The chief does not like to be kept waiting.
And you know how impatient he can be.
Especially given his temper, and history.
I do?
I'd assume so, yes. Come along.
So. Does the chief let you dress like that?
Like what?
Like, er...never mind.
Well, as I was saying
we called you in because of your unique knowledge and skills.
>>LEAH: Yeah, so you said.
That would be Adam, I take it.
>>LEAH: How do you know about him?
>>DORIAN: It's in your heartbeat. Are you coming?
The reason that we called for you
is because we think a human is killiing them.
>>LEAH: Them who?
Perhaps I should say...us.
Killing *us*.
[music]
>>DORIAN: I do apologise.
It's always very disorienting the first time.
Is this a cupboard?!
We've had some...budget cuts.
[knocking]
Welcome to Glasgow, Detective Inspector Bishop.
My name is Benandonner.
Benandonner? Like the giant?
No, Leah, he *is* the giant.
Do you expect me to believe that?
Are there magical portals in *your* world? People were just shorter back then.
He truly is the giant that fought Cuchulainn.
And who are you, Cuchulainn?
>>DORIAN: Don't be ridiculous.
I am the selkie Dorian Grey.
And yes, I did make it up myself.
Humans cannot pronounce my real name.
Can we get down to business?
We think we're dealing with a serial killer.
The first in our world.
That's why we needed you, Leah.
A human.
And you've never had to deal with humans before?
No.
We have enough trouble policing ourselves.
Do you think the human police
have time to investigate supernatural crime?
This is Glasgow.
Even the faeries have drug problems.
Policing yourself, how do you mean?
>>DORIAN: All over the world,
people were getting attacked by monsters.
Someone had to do something
and so, the police force was born.
There are branches worldwide.
That's the reason you don't hear about
monster stories anymore.
We arrest them, we try them,
and if necessary, we send them to prison.
It's not that the modern world
doesn't have monsters,
it's that we police our own nowadays.
But this time it's different.
>>DORIAN: Yes. This time we don't know what to do
because the killer isn't one of us.
And until now, no human has known about us
or interfered.
I don't know how much help I can be,
but...I'm game.
Good to hear.
Can you show Leah the evidence?
I have work to catch up on.
Yes, sir.
You said there had been another ***.
Is this the latest crime scene?
Yes, this photo was taken this morning.
This is Takam, the King of Goats.
The King of *Goats*?!
It's a Persian legend, similar to Pan.
Anyway, he was extremely powerful.
What's he doing in Scotland?
Immigration?
What does this mean?
"Murdering Reality"?
>>DORIAN: It's a phrase that was used hundreds of years ago
by some of us, when people began to believe
in science, and forget about us.
There were some who wanted to respond
in kind to humanity. After all,
we were here first.
The supernatural world isn't just Fair Folk,
it's demons, and ghosts, and Christian magic too.
There are some who believed, at the time,
that humanity should pay.
Or rather, science.
[ethereal music]
Who... is *that*?!
[ethereal music]
Turn that down, would you?
It's ungodly.
Sorry.
Detective Inspector Magnus Grey.
Er...Leah Bishop.
Did you say Grey?
Oh, yes. We're brothers.
Indeed.
Honestly, Magnus.
There is no reason for you
to walk around with *it* -
what is it they say these days?
"turned up to eleven"
Well
the ladies seem to like it.
I'm sure they do.
Anyway, is there anything *important*
you would like to discuss?
Yes. The murders.
The killer knows that we exist.
Not just the supernaturals, I mean,
but the force itself.
I think it's time we speak to our informant.
Hm. Agreed. Let's go.
All right, stop.
This is a lot to take in.
But...I have to ask
why me?
What can I possibly offer in this situation?
Someone has been killing off
supernatural creatures one by one.
But there's no rhyme or reason to it.
Good, bad, neutral
no pattern to the crimes.
We think the killer might be human.
So in all of this,
that's the problem?
I'm not sure I can help
simply because I *am* human.
It is more than that.
We need a human who knows about folklore.
Someone who might be able to make connections
that we cannot.
And someone who's new to all this,
with fresh eyes.
I mean, we've been doing this for...
a very long time.
Okay...
what suspects do we have?
You mean besides the unicorns?
Yeah...
besides the unicorns...
We have to wait for nightfall.
Why?
>>LEAH: But Dorian wouldn't say.
That was yesterday.
This is today.
I am Detective Inspector Leah Bishop.
I am the only human
on the Glasgow special task force of Caledonia.
Some days, you do believe in magic.
And today, I do.
Today someone gave me back faeries.
And whoever is trying to kill them off
is in terrible danger.
Because I've got nothing else to lose.
[Theme Music]