YMMV / DCI Banks

• Complete Monster:
  • "Aftermath": Marcus Payne appears to be a kind, polite man Happily Married to his wife Lucy, but is in fact a vicious murderer who rapes and tortures teenage girls. Meeting his wife Lucy in a club, Payne sensed she had been abused as a child and formed a relationship with her to make her solely dependent on him, all while beating her for the slightest infraction and raping her whenever he could. Using Lucy to offer underage girls a lift late at night, Payne took four captive, whereupon he raped and tortured them for days; throttled them to death when he was finished; and killed a fifth in the car when she tried to resist. Having a domestic argument with Lucy, Payne attempted to kill her outright by bludgeoning her over the head and, after the police were called to investigate, killed an investigating officer by slashing his throat with a machete and then tried to kill his partner as well.
  • "What Will Survive": Maureen and Jason McCready are a twisted mother-son duo who run a human slavery ring. Preying on vulnerable immigrants who have overstayed their visa, the two provide them with jobs in their businesses before kidnapping them and keeping them captive on their farm. They are then made to work in concentration camp like conditions, beaten frequently and starved, with at least one man dying due to the treatment. After a woman called Katrin Vesik realized the duo had her sister and confronted them alongside her autistic friend Robbie, Jason gave chase and, when Robbie knocked her unconscious by accident, convinced Robbie that he had in fact killed her and let him go solely to frame him for the crime. Jason then horrifically buried Katrin alive with Maureen's full approval. Taken into custody after DCI Banks and his team investigated and exposed their operation, Maureen abandoned Jason solely to save herself.

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