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Kate enters the suite and sees Lindsay on the other side of

the screen. Kate is shocked by her condition -- both hands

bandaged and held up in slings, cuts and bruises visible on

her face.

KATE:

Are you in much pain?

LINDSAY:

Yes.

KATE:

What’ve they said about your hands?

LINDSAY:

The medical officer doesn’t know

how bad they’ll be. He’s referring

me to a specialist.

KATE:

I’m sorry.

KATE:

They said there was a problem with

the CCTV recording ...

LINDSAY:

Conveniently.

Awkward beats. Kate sits.

(CONTINUED)

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KATE:

DI Denton, I’d like to take a

statement from you today, to be

included in evidence, regarding

your amendments to earlier

statements given in evidence.

LINDSAY:

We had an agreement about that.

KATE:

Are you aware the Prosecution’s

made a Public Interest Immunity

application?

LINDSAY:

It was raised at my bail hearing.

KATE:

It’s been accepted. They’ve got nondisclosure

of sensitive evidence.

Included in said sensitive evidence

is my phone history.

LINDSAY:

They can’t do that!

KATE:

I was an undercover officer

gathering evidence against you.

Disclosure of my communications

history could jeopardise undercover

contacts and future ops.

LINDSAY:

That’s just not true! It’s a cover-

up!

KATE:

Our legal team did their job. I’m

here to do mine.

Kate opens her notebook.

KATE:

In regard to the phone call made to

the General Hospital -

LINDSAY:

Your phone call from Akers -- that

gets vanished? Like the CCTV of me

being attacked by two inmates, like

those two inmates now testifying I

burned my own hands and the prison

officers tried to stop me? It suits

everyone for me to be silenced.

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KATE:

I’m taking your statement, aren’t

I?

LINDSAY:

This attack. It’s opened my eyes. I

was set up to get involved in the

Witness’s transfer. The newspaper

leak about me, the attack, now the

non-disclosure of evidence -- it

all fits. The screws are in on it

too. They said as much.

KATE:

They said what?

LINDSAY:

Not to talk to you.

KATE:

What’re we doing now? Nobody

appears to be stopping us.

LINDSAY:

Yes, but ...

Lindsay trails off, realises how overwrought she sounds.

KATE:

You’ve been badly shaken up by the

attack. Maybe I should come back

when you’re feeling better.

Kate moves to exit.

LINDSAY:

Wait. Listen to me. Don’t you see

how I’ve been set up? Even down to

the fact AC-12 were prevented from

looking at Witness Protection --

you had no choice but to focus on

me.

That remark makes Kate stop dead in her tracks. Tense beats.

She remains standing.

LINDSAY:

Only someone at Executive Level has

that kind of power.

(Beats. Off Kate’s close

attention.)

The only person I informed about

the operation was Mike Dryden.

Tense beats. Lindsay has revealed a deep secret and waits

hopefully for Kate to respond positively.

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KATE:

You’ve lied through your teeth

throughout this investigation, and

now you’re naming an Exec Officer

as a way of tying us in knots.

LINDSAY:

No! That’s not it at all!

KATE:

(Very sarcastic.)

Really?

LINDSAY:

I know Mike Dryden.

KATE:

You “know” him?

LINDSAY:

We had an affair. Five years.

KATE:

And?

(Off Lindsay’s

hesitation.)

And?

(Off Lindsay’s further

hesitation.)

He didn’t leave his wife, you gave

him an ultimatum, and then it was

all over?

LINDSAY:

You and I both know you don’t have

the right to act superior over our

private lives.

KATE:

Why wait till now to say this?

LINDSAY:

Because I don’t know myself if it’s

true! Why would he do it to me?

I’ve done nothing to him. If

anything I’ve protected him.

KATE:

No, you’re a woman scorned. Not

only do you get your revenge on the

bloke, you use him as a way to

screw up our investigation.

LINDSAY:

D’you believe I’m guilty?

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KATE:

(Thrown away, looking down

at notebook.)

I only gather the evidence. The

court decides.

LINDSAY:

I get it, that’s your way of

dealing with the possibility you

might be putting away an innocent

person.

KATE:

(Beat.)

I think you’re guilty.

Kate holds her pen ready to take a statement.

Lindsay reflects on her appalling situation.

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353 INT. KATE’S CAR. LATER THAT DAY.

Kate drives back into town. She can’t shake what Lindsay told

her. It keeps nagging at her.

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354 INT. AC-12. OPEN-PLAN OFFICE. THAT NIGHT.

With Steve in the background at his desk, Kate works through

Lindsay’s career history -- every job she’s ever done. She

highlights the entry that shows Lindsay worked in Crime Audit

in 2008 as Detective Sergeant.

With Kate in the background at her desk, Steve looks up

information on Richard Akers. There’s an online entry about

his blog, “D.C. COMIC”, with revelations about police

bureaucracy and the target culture.

Another online entry refers to Richard Akers’ dismissal from

the Police Service for “Gross Misconduct”. It makes Steve

think.

Back to Kate:
now she’s looking at Dryden’s career history.

He also served in Crime Audit in 2008 as a Chief

Superintendent. She looks very pensive.

One of the other officers approaches Cottan, bearing a thick

file. Cottan moves off purposefully with them.

Steve watches them go, curious.

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355 INT. PRISON. VPU. LINDSAY’S CELL. MOMENTS LATER.

Lindsay is disturbed by abuse from the neighbouring cell.

NEIGHBOURING INMATE (O.S.)

Bent. B*tch. Bent. B*tch.

It works on Lindsay insidiously. She stares intently at the

wall.

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

Kate’s phone rings. She snatches it up.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

DC Fleming.

ADMINISTRATOR (O.S.)

Jan Evans. You left a message

regarding the 4th Street duty logs.

KATE:

Thanks for getting back to me. I’m

seeking information regarding the

rota for Duty Inspector at 4th

Street Station on the night of

September 5th ...

ADMINISTRATOR (O.S.)

You mean ...

KATE:

Yes, the night of the ambush ...

ADMINISTRATOR (O.S.)

I have that information on the

file. Hold, please.

She listens as the person at the other end explains something

to her.

Steve gets up to go.

STEVE:

Dot’s up to something.

ADMINISTRATOR (O.S.)

DI Denton covered the ghost rota as

Inspector Barlow was reassigned

that night.

Kate holds up one finger and mouths “one minute”, as she’s

intrigued by what she’s hearing.

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Exit Steve sharply.

KATE:

(Into phone.)

Who was responsible for that change

... ?

ADMINISTRATOR (O.S.)

Hold, please.

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