Vera: Season 1, Episode 4

1 - 4: Little Lazarus

After woman is murdered in a hedgerow her son manages to survive the attack but he ends up falling beneath the ice on a nearby frozen pond as he attempts to escape. He is pulled from under the ice by Vera and against all the odds he survives. Vera discovers a kindred spirit in the boy as the investigation into his mother's murder begins and she ends up coming to realise the key to solving the case lies buried in his memory.