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It\u2019s the question we\u2019ve been asking throughout this four-part series: who killed Simon Walden? The mysterious and Woodyard employee was first believed to be a loner who kept to himself, but Matthew and his team soon learned that he\u2019d begun to get involved with the Barum Brethren \u2013 the religious community Matthew had grown up in.<\/p>\n
While Matthew suspected Christopher Reasley (Neil Morrissey) at first, given that he\u2019d been unhappy with Simon living at his daughter Caroline (Siobhan Cullen) and asked Simon to sign an NDA over some unknown incident, while Simon\u2019s house mates Gaby (Aoife Hinds) and Ed (Amit Shah) also made the suspect lit at one point.<\/p>\n
However, Matthew ultimately became convinced that it was Barum Brethren leader Dennis (Martin Shaw) who killed Simon, who we learn was trying to help his wife Grace (Anita Robson) escape their abusive relationship.<\/p>\n
After Grace reveals the mental abuse she suffered at the hands of Dennis, Matthew obtains a search warrant to search the house and finds Simon\u2019s missing phone but no murder weapon. He arrests Dennis, however when CCTV backs up his alibi, he\u2019s released.<\/p>\n
Matthew and Jen figure that Dennis was assisted in murdering Simon \u2013 and it turns out they\u2019re right. After Matthew stops by their home to look for Grace and Dennis knocks him unconscious, Grace confronts Dennis about his mental control over her and tries to kill him before Matthew comes round and stops her.<\/p>\n
Grace admits that she murdered Simon, knowing that he was due to meet Lucy (Sarah Gordy) at Crows Point, after slipping away from Matthew\u2019s father\u2019s funeral. She says that Dennis convinced her that Simon never intended to actually help her escape him and that he just wanted Dennis out of the picture to take his place as the head of the Barum Brethren.<\/p>\n
While initially, she wants to take responsibility for the murder by herself and won\u2019t implicate Dennis, she eventually gives evidence that she\u2019d been ordered by her husband to kill Simon as a victim of coercive control. Dennis was subsequently arrested for soliciting his wife to commit murder.<\/p>\n
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The Long Call\u2019s first episode ended with the abduction of teenage Barum Brethren resident Rosa (Iona Anderson), who\u2019d managed to call the police from an unknown location.<\/p>\n
While she was found in episode two, the teenager said she couldn\u2019t remember what had happened, however the police tracked down where the necklace found in her room had come from and discovered that Christopher Reasley had bought it.<\/p>\n
When they brought him in for questioning, he said that he\u2019d bought the necklace for his daughter but gave it to Rosa as he\u2019d noticed she\u2019d looked upset. However, when Rosa finally goes to the police, she reveals that the necklace had been a bribe from Christopher to keep her mouth shut about an incident that had taken place prior to Simon\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
Rosa was sexually assaulted outside of The Woodyard by Ed Raveley (Amit Shah), Caroline Reasley\u2019s boyfriend who said he\u2019d moved to North Devon for a break from London life but was actually fired from his city job for sexually harassing an intern.<\/p>\n
Simon had witnessed the assault and intervened before speaking to Ed and recording him speaking candidly about it. Dennis picked Rosa up and told her not to tell anyone about what had happened, blaming Rosa for venturing outside of the Brethren community.<\/p>\n
After Ed told Christopher that the incident was actually just a misunderstanding after flirting with Rosa, he asked Simon to sign a non-disclosure agreement but he refused. Meanwhile, Ed went to Simon\u2019s chalet to look for his phone and take it, however he ran into Rosa and prevented her from leaving. She fell over and hit her head, leaving her confused and leading her to call the police.<\/p>\n
Ed is arrested by the police for the attempted rape of Rosa and while they suspect him of murdering Simon, they learn that he was not responsible for his death.<\/p>\n
Did Christopher Reasley\u2019s drunk driving kill Caroline\u2019s mum?<\/strong><\/h2>\n $\""The\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
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In the first episode of The Long Call, we learn that Caroline Reasley, Simon\u2019s housemate, does not have a good relationship with her father and landlord Christopher for unknown reasons, however throughout the series, she reveals that she suspects him of killing her mother.<\/p>\n
She says that she thinks he was drunk when driving with her and her mother in the car and that was the reason the car crashed into a tree, killing her mother. She tells her boyfriend Ed that she\u2019s certain her father covered up the truth to avoid being prosecuted for her mother\u2019s death and that if he did that, then he\u2019s capable of killing Simon.<\/p>\n
We eventually learn that Christopher wasn\u2019t responsible for either Simon\u2019s death or the death of his wife. He\u00a0tells Caroline that he wasn\u2019t driving under the influence when the car crash killed her mother, but that her mum, who\u2019d been dealing with depression, had grabbed the steering wheel during an argument and the car swerved into a tree. He didn\u2019t tell Caroline at the time as she had been grieving.<\/p>\n
The Long Call available on catch-up via ITV Hub. Visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight,\u00a0or check out the rest of our Drama<\/a> coverage.<\/strong><\/section><\/body><\/html>\n
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