Will The 'Guilt'y Party Please Stand Up?

After last week’s relatively straightforward mess, the second half of Guilt turns up the twistiness. Let’s start with a flashback, where Sheila learns Walter left his estate to her, except for his vinyl collection, which goes to his niece, but disorganized solicitor Henry McKinnon can’t locate her. Sheila offers to get in touch with the niece, whom she claims is American. Sheila heads to the pub and proposes Angie pose as the necessary relation. At first, she says no, but Sheila’s son is Angie’s boss and has told his mother the American is in dire financial straits. Sheila offers £10,000; Angie counters with double.

Picking up where last week left off, Angie leafs through the albums, finding a note addressed to Walter’s real niece, Jessie. It prompts her to look through Walter’s medications and confront Sheila about the checks Walter gave her, accusing the woman of overdosing him. Angie wisely refuses to leave without payment, so Sheila pulls out Max’s bag of blackmail cash.

Confronted by Jake, Angie admits she arrived in Scotland six months ago to escape her abusive ex and claims after checking on her uncle, she went traveling, ran out of money, and started working illegally at the Highland pub. Jake, believing her and spurred on by his new love high, has a head full of plans: rearranging stock, setting up a website, and even thinking of moving to a better location. When Max shows up with more business paperwork, Jake asks for the store’s finances. Offering vague promises to Jake, Max starts scrambling. Alas, Cameron, the shady moneylender behind the record store's finances, warns Max not to mess with things above his pay grade.