kate goes to the mitchell's house wearing a wire, and hears phil's confession that he had mentally abused lisa into handing over louise, leaving her in portugal. after this, kate takes off her wire, telling price and marsden that she has fallen in love with phil. they stick around outside, hoping that kate has changed tactic and is still on their side, but they cannot hear what is happening as the wire has broken, so marsden calls kate's mobile phone, which leads to phil discovering the wire. after a heated argument, price and marsden storm into the house to find phil with his hand around kate's throat. she refuses to press charges so they cannot arrest him, and they have to leave, deflated.