Peter, Chris, James and Tim are all interviewed by Cassie and Sunny about the time they spent renting a holiday cottage near where Hayley disappeared over the turn of the millennium. James is the first to be called in, and reveals that Tim and Chris both had their families with them at the time. He recalls seeing press coverage of Hayley's disappearance, but never having seen her in person. Meanwhile, Chris is looking at flats with Jamila, who resolves that she needs to know everything about his past before she will take their relationship further.

Cassie and Sunny call James, Tim and Chris back for further questioning following the revelation that they have all lied about their whereabouts on the night of Hayley's disappearance. With Pete having said he saw Eliot climbing back into the holiday home through the window in the early hours of New Year's Day, the focus is on James as Cassie and Sunny suspect his son may have accidentally killed Hayley whilst driving erratically. Meanwhile, Fran thinks she has cracked a code in Hayley's diary.