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The Secrets She Keeps **Episode 5**

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Series 1, Episode 5

Series background: Set in Sydney and the Blue Mountains, the screen adaptation of Michael Robotham’s bestselling novel. Starring Laura Carmichael (Downton Abbey, The Spanish Princess) as Agatha and Jessica De Gouw (The Hunting, Riot, Underground) as Meghan – both with explosive secrets that could destroy everything they hold dear. Agatha (Laura Carmichael) works in the supermarket as a shelf-stacker whilst Meghan (Jessica De Gouw) is an online ‘mummy blogger’ on the rise. 

Although the women live near each other, they come from different worlds – their lives on radically different trajectories. Agatha is a loner, barely subsisting above the poverty line. She’s ecstatic to be pregnant, pinning all her hopes and dreams on this much longed-for ‘miracle baby’. Yet the father of her child, Hayden (Michael Sheasby), a sailor on active duty, remains oblivious to her condition. 

Meghan is a sophisticated mother-of-two who uses her website to reframe her imperfect life into a more aspirational existence. Her husband, Jack (Michael Dorman), an ambitious television sports reporter is often recognised at the pub. Despite posting enthusiastically about her pregnancy to her avid followers, including Agatha, behind closed doors this third baby is putting pressure on a strained marriage. 

Episode 5: Agatha offers her thoughts and prayers to an emotional Meghan. Meanwhile, Agatha’s compulsive lying starts to catch up with her, as she fends off suspicion from Hayden.  Meghan and Jack’s despair deepens when Jack’s affair with a real estate agent is leaked to the media.  When Baby Rory develops a persistent fever, Agatha is forced to take him to the doctor, accompanied by Hayden and his mother.  When the doctor insists that Agatha is to be examined – Agatha’s violent outburst confirms to all that she is the kidnapper.