Episode 2 builds up on Margo's (Abigail Lawrie) disappearance and again with lots of flashbacks shows how her receptionist, Gloria (Jessica Impiazzi) was dating the man, Luca (Jacob James Beswick) whose father, Nico Ricci (Andy de la Tour) was a criminal as Strike (Tom Burke) notices the ring the man was wearing in the snuff video provided by his police friend. Where they suspect the woman being assaulted half naked and wearing a blindfold could be Margot. That man being Nico. Who they find out was in a nursing home and Robin (Holliday Grainger) pays him a visit. Where Luca spots her and finds her in his room and she puts on a cockney accent claiming she was here to see another patient and paid him a visit too. Obviously she can't wait to get out of there recalling her attack from series 1, but also since no way does Luca send out good vibes. He and his father being as misogynistic as they come and even worse. However the victim is ruled out as not being Margot as she didn't have a scar across her body. She was Kara, as Robin feels the need to leave flowers at her workplace since she knows that Nico will never be brought to justice for her murder and probably countless others.
Margo it seems worked as some sort of a 'bunny' girl at a club where she met various men and pursued a so-called affair with one of them, a photographer, Steve (Jack Morris) who says that nothing happened, between them. Strike and Robin also visit one of her former patient's family, The Athorns, the father who was accused of being Margot's killer. Where his wife likes to do jigsaw puzzles on top of a large chest in the living room. Whom Robin tries to build a rapport with for information. Although they may be putting the two of them in danger from the Riccis. Two of Margot's nurses, Janice (Anna Caulder-Marshall - Tom Burke's real mother) and Irene are also interviewed and tell them about Margot and her visitors to the surgery. Robin donning her same disguise as Venetia Hall again adds some interest to keep the episode going.
Margot's footage from the Christmas party filmed by a fellow colleague, Dr Gupta (Madhav Sharma) is alluded to many times. As well as Strike visiting his aunt and uncle quite a bit now that she only has not long to live due to her cancer. Then the scenes with Strike's hired PI, Saul (Jonas Armstrong) who pus his foot in it, left, right and centre and with Robin all the time. As she takes him off the case he's working on and he says only Strike can do that. But she reminds him she's a partner here. He seems to want a 'thing' with her. Again he too comes across as sexist and many scenes in this series all allude to the so-called 'weakness' of women as opposed to the men. Margot who was all for feminism in such a time shows how things haven't changed at all no matter how times may have changed.
