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The room all come to attention. Hastings walks out. Once he’s

out, the officers break up.

COTTAN:

There’s hand-outs for anyone who

wants one.

Steve and Kate exchange looks and then look to Cottan. Cottan

looks back, affably enough, before other AC-12 officers

introduce themselves to him and he starts shaking hands with

them or distributing the hand-outs.

STEVE:

(Whispers.)

For Chrissake.

Exit Steve with a face like thunder. Kate glances again at

the picture of Akers, and it unsettles her.

She forms a purposeful expression and grabs a hand-out.

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313 INT. AC-12. 3RD FLOOR WINDOW/LOBBY. CONTINUOUS.

Steve comes to the window. He sees Kate in the lobby, exiting

the building. He’s curious/troubled.

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

Lindsay lies on her bunk staring at the ceiling. There’s

silence all around.

LELAND (O.S.)

Move away from the door!

The cell locks release and the door swings open.

Leland watches Lindsay like a hawk as a catering assistant

lays a breakfast tray down on the floor of the cell. Exit

catering assistant, exit Leland. The door locks shut.

Lindsay sits on the bunk, unable to find the energy to move.

Eventually she crosses the cell and lifts her breakfast tray.

It’s a bland, unappetising slurry of cereal plus a plastic

cup of weak juice.

She stares at the breakfast for a long time before she takes

up a plastic spoon and lifts a heap of slurry to her lips. It

smells awful. She puts it down again.

A few beats later she forces herself to eat. She takes a

mouthful.

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

Lindsay heaves a stomach full of vomit into the toilet bowl,

her whole body convulsing violently. Merchant watches over

her.

LINDSAY:

The dirty bastards put sh*t in my

food. Don’t you people check?

Style eyes her glassily, robotic.

LINDSAY:

Answering only “Yes” or “No”, don’t

you people check?

Merchant barely acknowledges the sarcasm.

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Lindsay heaves again, pale and sweaty.

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316 OMITTED

317 INT. PRISON. VISITATION SUITE. LATER THAT DAY.

Leland brings Lindsay into a suite in the same style as the

rest of the facility -- more like a brand-new office building

than a Victorian prison.

Leland shows Lindsay to a booth.

LELAND:

Kindly take a seat and your event

will commence shortly.

Lindsay sits in a chair at a desk screened off from the other

side by reinforced glass.

A few beats later, Kate enters and takes a seat facing her.

Lindsay stiffens.

KATE:

Hello, Inspector, how are you?

LINDSAY:

Tickety-boo.

KATE:

I need to conduct a further

interview in regard to the ambush

of 5th September. You remain under

caution.

LINDSAY:

(Folds arms.)

There are strict rules for post-

charge interview.

KATE:

One of which is for the detainee to

have put to them information that’s

come to light since they were

charged. In the interests of

justice.

Kate lays an A4 envelope in front of Lindsay tantalisingly.

Tense beats.

LINDSAY:

Go on.

Kate takes out her notebook.

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KATE:

Who was DS Akers’ protected

witness?

LINDSAY:

I don’t know. I never knew.

KATE:

You never saw him or heard a name?

LINDSAY:

No.

From the envelope, Kate slips out one of Cottan’s hand-outs.

She opens it to a page showing a photo of Tommy and shows it

to Lindsay.

KATE:

Have you ever seen this man before?

LINDSAY:

No.

KATE:

Fine. Have it your own way.

LINDSAY:

Is this the new information? Was he

the Witness?

Kate ignores her, makes a note in her book and puts the handout

away.

LINDSAY:

That all? Okay. End of

conversation.

Lindsay moves to push a button that rings a bell to summon

the prison officers. Kate cuts in just before she does.

KATE:

Why didn’t you reveal to Hastings

and Arnott that I’d received a call

from DS Akers’ husband on the night

of the ambush?

LINDSAY:

I didn’t need to.

KATE:

No?

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LINDSAY:

Hastings makes Greece look solvent

and Arnott can’t keep it in his

pants.

KATE:

Their transgressions are minor in

comparison. Irrelevant.

Lindsay shrugs, knowing she holds all the cards.

KATE:

How did you figure out I was an

undercover officer?

LINDSAY:

What, I give you tips so you can do

a better job on the next innocent

officer you go after?

KATE:

I did a good enough job on you.

(Indicates Lindsay’s

surroundings.)

Tense beats. But Lindsay still isn’t opening up.

KATE:

You want me on a string, wondering

when you’re going to screw my

career.

LINDSAY:

Don’t like it when the shoe’s on

the other foot, do you, Kate?

KATE:

Let me explain something to you,

Inspector. You’re facing a charge

of conspiracy to murder. That’s a

life sentence. You look like you’ve

already discovered that this is a

truly welcoming place for a police

officer.

LINDSAY:

I’m not going to be in here for

life. I’m innocent and I will clear

my name. That’ll become apparent at

the trial. If we get that far.

KATE:

We will.

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LINDSAY:

Are you sure that’s what you want?

Maybe it’d be better if you found

who the real culprit was, and got

the charges against me dropped.

KATE:

The evidence points at you.

LINDSAY:

Circumstantial evidence.

KATE:

The CPS buy it. So will the court.

LINDSAY:

Yes, the court -- where it’s going

to come out that you’re connected

to the person who’s much more

likely to have set up the ambush.

KATE:

There’s no connection.

LINDSAY:

You’re a good liar, Kate. Not good

enough to fool me when you were

undercover, but good enough to hide

that call. I’m glad you did. You’ve

made yourself my ticket out of

here.

Lindsay gazes triumphantly at Kate. Kate returns a level

gaze.

KATE:

While you’re in here bouncing off

the walls, our investigation rolls

on, day after day, gathering more

evidence against you. For one,

we’ll find the real reason you were

sniffing round that garage.

LINDSAY:

I’ve told you.

KATE:

We’ll see.

Neither party is going to back down.

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INT./EXT. INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. A&B CARRIAGES UNIT. LATER THAT

DAY.

From black, metal shutters are rolled up, letting in a blast

of daylight that reveals Steve and Kate standing outside the

site of A&B Carriage Repairs. A uniformed PC has lifted the

shutter, and then stands clear.

Steve and Kate stare into the garage.

STEVE:

We’ve both been here before. So’s

Major Violent Crime.

KATE:

What matters is Denton came here.

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