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KATE:

Sure.

Kate returns to her desk and Lindsay greets Bob and Tessa.

TESSA:

We’re all set.

LINDSAY:

Come in for a minute.

Lindsay brings them into her office and shuts the door.

BOB:

What’s wrong?

TESSA:

(Aghast.)

Have they found a body?

LINDSAY:

No.

Tessa and Bob show relief. Beats.

LINDSAY:

I gave it my best shot with our

press officer. But I’m afraid there

isn’t going to be a press

conference.

BOB:

Why not?

LINDSAY:

Insufficient interest in the story.

TESSA:

(Beats of realisation.)

I get it. Carly is just some

nothing from a broken home ...

Upset, Tessa moves to exit. Bob comforts her.

LINDSAY:

I’m very sorry. But no one’s giving

up on Carly.

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CONTINUED:
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TESSA:

This is your job -

BOB:

Tess -

TESSA:

This is your job. You get them to

be here, you get them to ask people

to find Carly -

BOB:

Tess. She’s upset, DI Denton. We

know it’s not your fault.

TESSA:

No? Whose is it then?

Exit Tessa. Apologetically, exit Bob too.

The last part of the scene has taken place in full view of

the squad room. All eyes peer at Lindsay. Lindsay looks

anguished. It’s yet another thing pushing her over the edge.

She slams her office door shut, locking herself away from

view.

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237A

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

LATER.

Kate gazes at the shut door of Lindsay’s office while making

two mugs of tea.

She carries them to Lindsay’s office. Lindsay sees her at the

door and lets her in.

KATE:

Thought you could do with a lift.

LINDSAY:

Ta.

Lindsay takes a mug and returns to her desk. Kate lingers,

then decides it’s best to give her some space.

LINDSAY:

Don’t go.

Kate stays, shuts the door.

KATE:

Anything I can do?

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LINDSAY:

It’s me, actually. So far I haven’t

done anything towards your

Professional Development.

KATE:

You’ve had a lot on your plate.

LINDSAY:

So ... why Missing Persons?

KATE:

It’s challenging detective work,

plus, when you do find them,

massively rewarding emotionally.

LINDSAY:

When you find them.

KATE:

Yeah. Not so brilliant when you

don’t.

LINDSAY:

You done much of this before?

KATE:

A year on a Misper Squad at East

Mids.

LINDSAY:

Get away. Then you’d know Sally

Fordham.

At this point it’s revealed that on Lindsay’s computer is the

(fake) biographical profile for DC Kate Foster, that includes

the reference to the East Midlands Constabulary Missing

Persons Unit.

KATE:

Uh ...

LINDSAY:

What?

KATE:

There isn’t anyone by that name on

the Squad.

LINDSAY:

I’m getting mixed up. Rough day.

Mind if we pick this up later?

KATE:

No worries.

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LINDSAY:

Thanks for the brew.

Exit Kate.

Lindsay ponders what she’s learned about Kate.

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237B

INT. 4TH ST STATION. SQUAD ROOM. CONTINUOUS.

Kate returns to her desk feeling very uneasy.

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238

INT. 4TH ST STATION. LINDSAY’S OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

Intently, Lindsay looks at her handwritten notes on the Carly

case. She gazes at:

BOYFRIEND INTO CARS? MECHANIC?

On her computer she calls up a list of garages. In

alphabetical order, there are two and then there’s A&B

CARRIAGE REPAIRS.

She highlights the first company. She reaches for the phone

and makes the first call.

LINDSAY:

(Into phone.)

My name is Detective Inspector

Denton, from 4th Street Station. I

need to talk to someone who can

give me a list of your employees

over the last year ...

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

DAY.

Kate approaches the office with a set of files. The blinds

are down. She taps on the door and gets no answer. She taps

again and this time tries the door. It opens. She goes in.

Lindsay isn’t at her desk. Kate’s puzzled.

She looks round the squad room and asks the nearest

detective.

KATE:

Seen DI Denton?

The detective shakes his head. Kate is immediately concerned.

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239 CONTINUED:

A moment later, Kate receives a text message from “DI

Denton”.

Kate opens the text:

GOT A LEAD ON CARLY. MEET ME ASAP AT A&B CARRIAGE REPAIRS,

CANALSIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.

Kate ponders, then exits.

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240 EXT. INDUSTRIAL UNIT. MOMENTS LATER.

Lindsay gazes at the brutal looking units. The hard

desolation of the place affects her, starts to make her

emotional.

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241 INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. MOMENTS LATER.

At his desk, Steve’s phone rings.

STEVE:

(Into phone.)

DS Arnott.

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242 INT. KATE’S CAR. CONTINUOUS.

Kate drives, talking on Bluetooth.

KATE:

(Into Bluetooth.)

Denton disappeared, now she’s

asking me to meet her.

STEVE:

(Into phone.)

You suspicious?

KATE:

(Into Bluetooth.)

Not sure. It’s an industrial unit.

A&B Carriage Repairs.

STEVE:

(Into phone.)

That’s the empty repair garage they

used as a front.

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242 CONTINUED:

KATE:

(Into Bluetooth.)

Now I’m suspicious.

STEVE:

(Into phone.)

I’ll call in back-up.

KATE:

(Into Bluetooth.)

Okay.

STEVE:

(Into phone.)

I know the location, can be there

in ten minutes.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

If she sees you -

STEVE:

(Into phone.)

We’ll hold back till you pocket-

dial.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

Don’t blow my cover.

STEVE:

(Into phone.)

I said. But anything you don’t like

the look of, you call.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

Received.

She hangs up, drives on grimly.

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

Steve hangs up, looking very worried Kate won’t wait. Another

glance at one of the pictures of Georgia only adds to his

worries. He grabs his jacket and goes.

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244 EXT. INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. LATER THAT DAY.

Kate parks up next to Lindsay’s car. She selects Steve’s

mobile number from the menu on her phone, puts her finger

over the call button, and slips her hand and the phone into

her pocket.

She sees a motorcyclist speed by.

She approaches the garage unit. The sign’s still visible but

all the entrances and exits are locked down plus there are

vivid notices of it being a police crime scene.

As Kate approaches, there appears to be no one near the unit.

She looks down one side and sees clear along a side return to

the back fence of the industrial estate. No one’s there.

She turns back towards the front and gets startled by Lindsay

appearing as if out of nowhere right in front of her.

KATE:

(Flapping slightly.)

Gaffer.

LINDSAY:

Took your time, didn’t you?

KATE:

Sorry -

LINDSAY:

Chrissake. Round the back.

KATE:

Sorry, got here fast as I could.

But Lindsay leads off without waiting. They go round to the

other side return and proceed along this narrow pathway

between the garage and the next unit.

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