Lisa reviews CCTV from the promenade. The 360p compression blurs faces, but a frame-by-frame advance reveals a second shadow on the pier that official evidence missed. The shadow matches Danny’s missing friend, Kai. Official report says Kai was home all night. The rip shows Kai's jacket logo (Brighton Rock arcade) — a detail lost in broadcast quality.
Forensic dive team recovers Danny’s phone. The 360p version (ripped from a police leak) includes an extra 11 seconds at the end of the file: a muffled argument between Danny and an unidentified older man. "You tell anyone about the boat, and you’re done." The boat? A small fishing vessel, Sea Spray , linked to a missing persons cold case from 2019. the bay s02e02 360p
Lisa confronts Danny’s father, Carl Holt. In the broadcast, he’s grieving. In the 360p rip, between frames, you can see his hand — bruised knuckles, fresh. The rip’s low resolution accidentally preserves the raw data of a clenched fist tightening. Carl’s alibi: home alone. The rip’s metadata (if you know how to read it) shows his phone pinged at the pier at 11:47 PM. Same time Danny went into the water. Lisa reviews CCTV from the promenade