'The Hunter'

Aired Wednesday, Oct 21 2009 at 13:45 BST on BBC One
Published Wednesday, Oct 7 2009, 12:06 BST | By Kris Green
'The Hunter'
Grubby Morag Donley (32) sits in her pet cemetery on her farm, dreamily reading The Perfect Bride magazine. Putting the magazine in her pocket, she then starts checking her animal traps when she is summoned by her mother Flo Donley (60). She makes her way back to the farmhouse, and when Flo sees the magazine in her coat pocket, she berates Morag for her silly fantasies; doesn't she remember what happened last time she was engaged?

Morag later goes to see Simon at The Campus - strangely giddy as a schoolgirl – and asks Simon for something to calm her nerves for her wedding. She admits she hasn't told her disapproving mother, and Simon encourages her to stand up for herself. Morag returns to the farm and hides a recently bought wedding dress under a bush. Flo once again berates Morag for disappearing; she always has to cover for her.

Back at The Campus Simon has lost his keys. The culprit soon becomes clear as Morag lets herself into his house and touches his possessions and climbs into his bed. She is suddenly awoken by the phone and spots a note reading 'lunch Icon Bar'. Simon has lunch with Cherry as unseen Morag jealously watches on. As Simon leaves and Cherry goes to pay the bill, Morag writes a threatening note for Cherry on a paper napkin.

When Morag returns home Flo has found the wedding dress and says she is going to burn it. They start arguing and Flo locks Morag in a shed. Morag calls Simon and tells him her mother is a murderer and she is scared. Simon goes to the farm with the police in tow, and Flo crumbles and says she didn't mean to kill Morag's ex fiancée. She is arrested and Simon checks Morag is alright.

She becomes giddy once again, and she dashes off and returns in the wedding dress. It soon becomes clear to Simon that Morag thinks she is marrying him. He cannot get through to her and when he tries to leave he finds her pointing a shot gun at him. Simon's efforts to talk to Morag are fruitless; she tells him she can't let him leave and marches him across the farm yard to the pet cemetery. She tells Simon that this is where she keeps all those who have let her down, her dog, cat and her first fiancé.

Simon realises that Morag killed him but allowed Flo to think that she had. Simon manages to wriggle free and run but is soon caught by Morag who is an expert animal trapper.

As she raises her gun her foot becomes entangled in one of her snares, and as she struggles to get free she drops the gun which goes off. Simon looks on in horror and stares in shock at Morag's body and walks back to the farm house with a blank expression on his face.
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