Episode 6

With leads growing cold and the budget tight, Jenkinson scales back the murder investigation. At Jack's funeral, Rev. Coates accuses the town of failing an innocent man. At Jack's wake at the Trader Inn, Hardy sees Coates suspiciously touching some boys. Beth asks Karen to arrange a meeting with one of the parents in the Sandbrook case, to help her overcome her grief. Tom angrily tells an astonished Chloe that he was not Danny's best friend. Hardy discovers that Coates is a recovering alcoholic, and Danny's hair and prints and paint chips from his skateboard are found on the burned boat. Olly provides a list of those who used the boat recently, and Hardy confronts Coates over his alcoholic past and a previous assault on a child. Beth meets with Cate, the mother of one of the murdered girls from the Sandbrook case, and Chloe has a rough time on the first day back at school. Beth learns of Chloe's relationship with Dean, and Rev. Coates provides a DNA sample to police while accusing Hardy of suspecting everyone and having no faith in mankind. At the Broadchurch Echo, Maggie learns the truth about Susan. Susan meets Tom, and gives him Danny's skateboard. Ellie's discovery of the skateboard leads to Susan's arrest. Nigel steals Susan's dog, the Latimers have a normal day out, and Rev. Coates catches Tom destroying his laptop. A break-in at the summer house leads Hardy and Ellie on a footchase with an unidentified suspect. Hardy collapses from the exertion and suffers a heart attack.