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INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. CONTINUOUS.

Hastings calls them.

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HASTINGS:

(Into phone.)

No answer from the Guard Unit. I’ve

got someone trying again.

(There’s a staffer still on the phone nearby.)

HASTINGS:

(Into phone.)

Any sign of target?

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188 INT. GENERAL HOSPITAL. LOBBY. CONTINUOUS

Steve and Georgia run to the lifts.

STEVE:

(Into phone.)

Can’t see her anywhere.

HASTINGS:

(Into phone.)

Get up there, Steve -- fast as you

can.

Steve hangs up as he and Georgia jump into a lift and the

doors close.

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189 INT. GENERAL HOSPITAL. LIFT. CONTINUOUS.

Steve and Georgia watch the floors count up.

STEVE:

Come on, come on ...

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190 EXT./INT. ASHFIELD NURSING HOME/KATE’S CAR. CONTINUOUS.

Kate’s car creeps towards the Nursing Home but hangs back.

She takes in the signage.

She sees Lindsay’s car go out of sight.

NB CAR DRIVEN BY DOUBLE -- NOT KEELEY.

Kate’s phone rings.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

DC Fleming.

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CALLER (O.S.)

DC Fleming, we have the call ID you

requested.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

Go ahead.

CALLER (O.S.)

It’s the main switchboard number of

the General Hospital.

Kate is alarmed.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

Thanks.

(Hangs up.)

Kate watches Lindsay head into the reception area.

Quickly Kate keys her phone.

STEVE (O.S.)

DS Arnott.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

Denton just made a call to the

hospital from a pay-phone. Get over

there, Steve. Check on the witness.

STEVE (O.S.)

On our way.

Kate hangs up and gets out of the car.

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EXT. ASHFIELD NURSING HOME. CONTINUOUS.

Kate gets out of her car and takes cover behind trees/bushes

to spy on Lindsay.

Kate sees Lindsay enter the reception. Through the glass

doors she sees Lindsay embrace her mother, ELIZABETH DENTON.

Kate watches the moment which appears completely loving and

innocent.

Exit Kate quickly back to her car.

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192 INT. GENERAL HOSPITAL. LIFT. CONTINUOUS.

Steve and Georgia reach Level 5. The doors open and they rush

out.

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193

INT. GENERAL HOSPITAL. ITU CORRIDOR. CONTINUOUS.

Steve and Georgia run down the corridor towards the isolation

room. There are no police guards on the door. The door into

the Equipment Room is wide open.

Steve and Georgia exchange worried looks. They go into silent

mode and creep into the isolation room.

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INT. GENERAL HOSPITAL. ISOLATION ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Steve goes in first, followed by Georgia.

Steve sees Claire with the Striking Hair injecting something

directly into a port of the patient’s central line. She has

her back to them but appears to be wearing gloves, an apron

and a surgical mask.

Steve relaxes when he sees her.

Steve taps on the partition.

STEVE:

Nurse? Hi. Where are the guar“

Claire” spins round, revealing a man wearing a surgical mask

and a wig.

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Steve hurries into the room and the masked man punches him

hard, knocking him down to the ground. Steve groans, losing

consciousness.

GEORGIA:

HELP! HELP!

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The masked man continues to inject into the central line. The

heart monitor jumps into ventricular fibrillation and alarms

sound.

Georgia goes in to the room to grapple with him. She rips off

his wig and mask, revealing a man in his late 20s.

He reacts to being seen. He throws her up against the window.

The force of her striking the window releases a catch and the

window swings open. The man smashes against Georgia, forcing

her out of the window. She screams and struggles to cling on.

He hits her hard and she comes nearer falling out. She’s

screaming for her life. He hits her again and this time she

falls out of the window, giving out a long fading scream.

On the ground, Steve groans, barely conscious. The man pulls

the mask back over his face and leaps over Steve as he makes

his getaway.

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INT. 4TH ST STATION. SQUAD ROOM/LINDSAY’S OFFICE. LATER THAT

DAY.

Kate watches Lindsay return to her office. She no longer

wears her collar and won’t wear it again. She acknowledges

Kate with a nod and then shuts the door behind her, peering

out for a moment, unreadable, before snapping the blind shut.

SMASH OUT.

END OF EPISODE 1.

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Timeline of events

[16th August - Carly Kirk goes missing. DCC Dryden's car

issued with speeding ticket].

Night of 5th September

Night - 4th St police station, the safe house, THE AMBUSH

(sc. 101-125)

6th September

Hastings, Steve & Kate visit hospital. (Sc.125-129)

Kate quits (sc.120 - 132)

7th September

Lindsay visits nursing home (sc. 133 - 134)

Georgia is hired (sc. 135 - 138)

8th September

Lindsay returns to work and is bullied at work by O'Neill and

other officers (sc. 138A-C)

9th September

Funeral (sc. 139 - 141)

That night - Kate visits Rich Akers (Sc. 142 - 145)

10th September

Lindsay is put on Missing Persons cases by Mallick (Sc.146)

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That night - Lindsay at home - Watching Dryden's statement on

TV (SC.147 - 148)

11th September

Lindsay Interview at AC-12 (Sc.149 - 152)

AC-12 - Kate meets Georgia (Sc. 153)

AC-12 - Kate asks Hastings for her job back (Sc. 154)

12th September

4th street - Lindsay comes across Carly's missing persons

file (Sc.156)

Lindsay visits Carly's foster parents. (Sc. 157)

That night - Lindsay back at home - hits drunk neighbour with

a bottle (Sc.158-160)

13th September

Steve and Georgia question Lindsay in 4th St police station.

Kate is undercover working for Lindsay (Sc.161 -162)

That night - Hastings, his wife, Steve & Georgia have dinner.

Hastings' wife drops him at his bedsit. Steve & Georgia go to

a bar. They Kiss (Sc.163-170)

14th September

AC-12 - Steve, Georgia & Hastings hung-over (Sc.171)

Dryden & Jo are interviewed outside police HQ by reporters.

(Sc. 172-173)

Kate tells Steve that Lindsay is behaving suspiciously. Kate

follows Lindsay to a phone box and tracks the call (Sc.174185)

City Hospital - Steve & Georgia find man in mask, Georgia is

knocked out of the window (Sc.186-195)

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POLICE FAMILY TREE

Chief Constable BARRY LIGHTWATER

Deputy Chief Constable MICHAEL DRYDEN

Detective Chief Supt LESTER HARGREAVES

Chief Supt RAY MALLICK

Chief Supt IVAN GOLD

Superintendent TED HASTINGS

Detective Inspector LINDSAY DENTON

Detective Inspector MATTHEW COTTAN

Inspector JOSEPH BARLOW

Detective Inspector SAMUEL ROYAL

Sergeant Detective Sergeant STEVE ARNOTT

Detective Sergeant MANISH PRASAD

Detective Sergeant JAYNE AKERS

Sergeant O'NEILL

Sergeant Alex WALLIS

Detective Sergeant NICOLA ROGERSON

Detective Constable KATE FLEMING

Detective Constable GEORGIA TROTMAN

Detective Constable JEREMY COLE

Police Constable VINCENT BUTLER

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