But instead, in the clever way that the series often leaves us guessing, we were left not really knowing when all would be revealed in the fourth episode.<\/p>\n
As we saw Rob Hepworth (Mark Stanley<\/a>) and his daughters come home, many of us were left holding our breath wondering if their youngest would find her mother dead in the kitchen. But actually, the house was empty.<\/p>\n Rob is confused but not enough to inform the police. When he listens back to their voicemails, though, he hears Catherine\u2019s (Sarah Lancashire) message and tries ringing Joanna again. We then see that her phone has been silenced and pushed under a counter in the kitchen.<\/p> Of course, everything pointed at Faisal having carried out something sinister. But what we didn\u2019t bank on were Faisal and Rob coming face to face in a fiery stand-off.<\/p>\n After accidentally crashing into Faisal\u2019s car in the morning school run, Faisal slowly pulls up the handbrake in his car. \u201cStay in the car ladies,\u201d Faisal tells his daughters once he notices Rob in the car behind him.<\/p>\n Hilariously, one remarks: \u201cWho\u2019s he calling \u2018ladies\u2019?\u201d The mood change is evident, his own daughters unable to recognise the man before them. He\u2019s gone from his usual bumbling self to a confrontational figure, stepping out of the car ready to take on Rob, it seems.<\/p>\n Rob, of course, is his usual hot-headed self, shouting, \u201cWhat are you playing at?\u201d before flinging in some not-so-subtle racism in the form of stating: \u201cThere are rules in this country, pal.\u201d<\/p>\n For someone who has been having an affair with Rob\u2019s wife, supplying her with drugs and has likely killed her, Faisal seems strangely calm. And it only hints at a wider plot, one that, at that point, only Faisal knows about.<\/p>\n As Rob gets increasingly more angry, Faisal asks him if he\u2019s alright. \u201cAre your little girls alright? The little girls in your car?\u201d<\/p>\n He continues: \u201cWe can show them that this can be dealt with amicably, properly, without aggression. This isn\u2019t that bad, it really isn\u2019t. At worst, it\u2019s inconvenient and it may affect your insurance premiums, but we can deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n But the final question is one that sent shivers down our spines, as he asked Rob: \u201cIs something else upsetting you?\u201d<\/p>\n After Joanna\u2019s parents take matters into their own hands and inform the police that their daughter is missing, the investigating officer, DC Hayes (Andrew Tiernan) goes over to Rob\u2019s home to have a look around. It\u2019s then that we finally get our first glimpse of the garage since the previous episode.<\/p>\n Everything seems fine, clean and in order but as the officer talks, Rob\u2019s eyes dart to a suspicious suitcase propped up against the wall. Once the officer\u2019s gone, Rob then runs back in and tries to lift it up but it\u2019s too heavy. He eventually turns it on its side and opens it to find Joanna\u2019s dead body inside.<\/p>\n Most likely, it seems. If you cast your mind back to the previous episode, Faisal had come into Joanna and Rob\u2019s home with shoe coverings so as not to leave any trace of his footprints.<\/p>\n He would have also likely disposed of the rolling pin, syringe and cleared up any blood or other traces of himself in the house. As for now, the wheels are most certainly in motion for Rob looking like prime suspect number one in Joanna\u2019s murder case.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s run through the facts.<\/p>\n Rob didn\u2019t immediately report Joanna missing, instead choosing to ring Catherine and enquire about his wife through her. This only alerted Catherine more, especially after she spoke with Joanna\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve got the same suspicions about the husband that I had when I nicked her,\u201d Catherine tells Mike. \u201cCoercive control, psychological abuse \u2013 she\u2019s only been missing since yesterday morning but we only have the husband\u2019s word for that.\u201d<\/p>\n We also learnt through Joanna\u2019s parents that Rob was actually a teacher at Joanna\u2019s school when she was a student. \u201cShe just started her A-Levels\u2026 next thing, he\u2019s wanting her to give it all up so that they can get married. We hoped she\u2019d get in at university,\u201d Joanna\u2019s mother tells Catherine.<\/p>\n Her parents also reveal that Rob never let Joanna take her diazepam, which she was prescribed for anxiety. Rob even later tells\u00a0DC Hayes: \u201cI think too many people take medication for self-diagnosed mental health issues when all they really need to do is get out the door and go for a run.\u201d<\/p>\n While in his home, Hayes also glances at the detailed weekly meal plan on the locked fridge. So, Rob\u2019s long-standing history of manipulation and coercive control is plain to see.<\/p>\n Add to that the very public argument between him and Faisal, which could lead to neighbours making statements about his state of mind at the time of Joanna\u2019s disappearance. Faisal was calm, Rob was highly strung and angry \u2013 who seems the more likely killer?<\/p>\n Well Faisal is a lot more dark and sinister than I thought he was. 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