Joe\u2019s actions saw him hailed a hero, but his squeaky-clean image soon came under scrutiny when his connection to a murdered nurse was unearthed.<\/p>\n
Did Joe kill his former patient Catherine? Or is the real culprit someone else entirely? Can it really be that all the evidence apparently pointing to Dr. O\u2019Loughlin is, as he insists, just \u201ca series of coincidences\u201d?<\/p>\n
Join us as we unpack all the clues from the first episode of The Suspect.<\/p>\n
- The Suspect\u2019s Aidan Turner casting \u2018plays with audience expectations\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n
- Meet the cast of The Suspect<\/a><\/li>\n
- Joseph O\u2019Loughlin books in order<\/a> \u2013 the inspiration for ITV\u2019s The Suspect<\/li>\n
- Where is The Suspect filmed<\/a>? Location guide to ITV drama<\/li>\n<\/ul>
Did Joe kill Catherine?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
First, let\u2019s consider the evidence that suggests Joe is the murderer \u2013 and there\u2019s quite a bit of it.<\/p>\n
Most obviously, Joe knew Catherine \u2013 she was his former patient \u2013 and had a possible motive to kill her, with Catherine having previously accused Joe of sexual assault. Though she later withdrew the allegations and he was cleared of any wrongdoing, the incident almost ruined Joe\u2019s career and his marriage \u2013 giving him reason enough to bear a grudge.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s also possible that he\u2019s lying about the exact nature of their relationship prior to the accusation: Joe claims Catherine was \u201cinfatuated\u201d with him and that he didn\u2019t reciprocate her feelings, but Catherine\u2019s flatmate in Liverpool claims she was \u201cseeing someone in London\u201d.<\/p>\n
Was Joe having an affair with Catherine? Was it still going on at the time of her death, or did Joe break it off years earlier, which led to her making a false accusation of assault?<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Shaun Parkes as DI Ruiz and Anjli Mohindra as DS Devi in ITV\u2019s The Suspect<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n It\u2019s revealed that, prior to her murder, Catherine had applied to replace Meena (Carys Bowkett) in her administrative role at Joe\u2019s practice, which might chime with the idea that Catherine was obsessed with Joe and hoped to be near him in London. Plus, Joe shreds Catherine\u2019s application form when it lands on his desk \u2013 a strange thing to do if he\u2019s not guilty of something<\/em>.<\/p>\n
DS Devi (Anjli Mohindra) also suspects that Joe might\u2019ve orchestrated their first meeting in order to insert himself into the investigation into Catherine\u2019s death \u2013 a not uncommon habit of serial killers \u2013 and, once hired as a civilian profiler, he lies to the police repeatedly, including neglecting to mention that he recognises Catherine when he examines her body.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also the fact that Joe and his family were present at the cemetery at the exact time when Catherine\u2019s body was uncovered. DI Ruiz (Shaun Parkes) was already suspicious given that the call to the police notifying them about the body\u2019s discovery was made from a burner phone. \u201cWhat if it wasn\u2019t a dog walker who dialled it in?\u201d wonders Ruiz. \u201cWhat if it was the killer using a burner? Gets a kick out of seeing us find her.\u201d<\/p>
Did Joe make the call? Did he, as Ruiz suggests, \u2018get a kick\u2019 out of watching the police find Catherine\u2019s body, which he\u2019d buried sometime earlier? His DNA is certainly present on one of the spades at the cemetery, which Joe claims happened when he moved the tool from his mother\u2019s graveside. (\u201cYou remember the spade, right?\u201d he asks his wife, who nods rather unconvincingly.)<\/p>\n
Even Joe\u2019s diagnosis of early onset Parkinson\u2019s doesn\u2019t serve as much of an alibi \u2013 given that Catherine\u2019s wounds were all self-inflicted (as Joe himself says, \u201cSomebody forced her to kill herself.\u201d), it\u2019s possible he still could\u2019ve been responsible for her murder in some way.<\/p>\n
Then again\u2026 if Joe killed Catherine, why does he appear so surprised \/ distressed when he sees her body at the mortuary? If he was the one who buried his former patient in the cemetery, and later knowingly watched the police discover her, then he\u2019d surely suspect it might be her body that he was being asked to inspect?<\/p>\n
True, he later whispers, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry,\u201d to the late Catherine, but this could be a sign of genuine sadness rather than guilt.<\/p>\n
Did Bobby kill Catherine?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Aidan Turner as Dr. Joe O\u2019Loughlin and Bobby Schofield as Bobby Moran in ITV\u2019s The Suspect<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n So if Joe didn\u2019t kill Catherine, who did? The most obvious alternative suspect so far is Bobby Moran (Bobby Schofield), a troubled young man who was referred to Joe by his friend and fellow medical professional Dr. Gerald Owens (Adam James).<\/p>\n
Bobby has form \u2013 he\u2019s awaiting sentencing for violently assaulting another woman. He appears to incriminate himself by insisting that \u201csome people really deserve to die\u201d and uttering a series of sinister whispers (\u201cThe only time she sleeps alone is when she\u2019s in the ground \u2013 and she will sleep.\u201d). Most damning of all, he\u2019s obsessed with the number 21 and Catherine was stabbed 21 times.<\/em><\/p>\n
Then again, all of the above would make Bobby the perfect patsy if Joe wanted to commit murder and frame someone else. Joe already knew about Bobby\u2019s obsession with \u201c21\u201d (\u201cWe talked before about this number being important to you, didn\u2019t we?\u201d he says, during their first on-screen session) so could\u2019ve used this to divert suspicion away from himself and towards his patient.<\/p>\n
We see Joe suggest to Gerald that Bobby might somehow be linked to Catherine\u2019s murder, and tell his friend Dr. Rachael Fenwick (Sian Clifford) that he finds Bobby \u201cunsettling\u201d and that Meena is \u201cterrified\u201d of him \u2013 is he expressing genuine concern, or is this all part of Joe\u2019s plan to plant the blame for his crime elsewhere?<\/p>\n
One week to go until our next batch of clues.<\/p>\n
The Suspect continues on Monday nights at 9pm on ITV, with episodes also available after broadcast on ITV Hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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