Line of Duty

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PREVIOUSLY ...

Gunmen in motorcycle kit ambush the police convoy. Lindsay is

shocked and horrified.

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Georgia is killed by Tommy’s assassin.

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The team show Lindsay an E-Fit of Georgia and Tommy’s killer.

LINDSAY:

I’ve never seen him before in my

life.

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Hastings arrests Lindsay.

HASTINGS:

DI Denton, I’m arresting you for

conspiracy to murder.

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CAST CREDIT:

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Cottan briefs the team, showing a photo of Jayne Akers.

COTTAN:

DS Jayne Akers, Witness Protection.

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Steve and Kate discuss her secret in a bar.

KATE:

Jayne Akers called me, the night of

the ambush.

STEVE:

You say it was nothing, you cover

it up.

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CAST CREDIT:

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Steve and Kate interview Rich Akers.

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RICH:

Jayne called to say she might be

late home. That was all.

Steve drives with Kate.

STEVE:

Bastard’s hiding something.

Kate looks uneasy.

Kate snogs Rich Akers.

Lindsay goes to prison.

Her cell door shuts on her.

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Hastings meets with Roisin.

ROISIN:

You know what you did.

Hastings fesses up to Dryden.

HASTINGS:

I’ve suffered severe financial

losses.

Dryden supports Hastings.

DRYDEN:

I’m backing you, Ted. This

operation needs you.

Old Jo tells Dryden about the press leak.

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JO:

They’re going to run a story that

you lied about your wife’s driving

offence.

DRYDEN:

I was driving. Helen was home. We

strenuously deny the allegation.

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Lindsay confides in Kate.

LINDSAY:

I was set up by someone who had the

power to organise the ambush.

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Dryden gives a press conference on rolling news, with his

name and rank on a strap line.

DRYDEN:

There’s been an attack on the

police. Manpower cuts mean we can’t

even protect ourselves.

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A body is dug up at the industrial estate.

Hargreaves stonewalls Steve and Kate.

HARGREAVES:

Major Violent Crime officers only.

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Rogerson gives Steve a helping hand.

ROGERSON:

Don’t let this get back to my boss.

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CAST CREDIT:

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A post-mortem starts on the body.

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Kate breaks the news to Lindsay.

LINDSAY:

Is it Carly?

KATE:

There isn’t DNA evidence yet. We’ll

have it soon.

LINDSAY:

(Upset.)

Nobody when she was alive, nobody

now she’s dead.

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WRITER CREDIT:

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Hastings introduces Cottan.

HASTINGS:

DI Matthew Cottan.

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Cottan reveals the identity of the Witness, showing a photo

of Tommy.

COTTAN:

A protected witness known as Tommy,

with connections to organised

crime. Akers was his case officer.

HASTINGS:

We think he was going to turn in

evidence against parties who needed

him dead.

Lindsay questions Kate.

LINDSAY:

Do you think I’m guilty?

KATE:

I just gather the evidence.

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In her first interview at AC-12, Lindsay reacts to questions

about her finances.

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LINDSAY:

I sold up to pay for my mum to be

looked after in a nursing home. You

people, you twist everything.

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PRODUCER CREDIT:

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Cottan and Steve discuss the case.

COTTAN:

I’m not comfortable sending an

innocent person down.

Steve looks like he feels the same, only more intensely.

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Cottan and Steve inform Kate of new evidence.

COTTAN (CONT’D)

Looks like there was money going to

Akers. Upwards of fifty grand.

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Steve comes to visit Lindsay.

STEVE:

I believe you.

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Lindsay’s hands get burned.

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DIRECTOR CREDIT:

END OF RECAP;

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401 INT. PRISON. VPU. LINDSAY’S CELL. ONE WEEK LATER. DAY.

Lindsay wakes up on her bunk. It’s another day of

confinement, another day with nothing to get up for. She

moves listlessly.

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401A INT. STEVE’S FLAT. EARLY MORNING.

In close-up, Steve works on his laptop. On screen he’s typing

out:

FLAWS IN CASE AGAINST LINDSAY DENTON

LACK OF MOTIVE, OPPORTUNITY AND MEANS

FRAMED?

BY DCC DRYDEN?

Steve looks very intense and thoughtful.

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402 INT. STEVE’S FLAT. MOMENTS LATER.

In contrast, with the radio playing an upbeat tune, Steve

moves about his kitchen energetically, gulping fruit juice

straight from the bottle as he flicks on the kettle and drops

bread into the toaster.

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

Lindsay’s hands are visible. With the passage of time, she

appears to wear much lighter dressings on her hands, though

they remain painful. She wears dexterity aids, a spoon that

attaches to her wrist, enabling her to eat her breakfast.

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404 INT. STEVE’S FLAT. MOMENTS LATER.

The toast pops up and Steve starts buttering.

He hears someone approach and turns. Rogerson has entered,

hair messed up, wearing one of his shirts, legs and feet

bare.

ROGERSON:

Morning.

STEVE:

Morning.

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

Lindsay finishes her meagre breakfast. She pushes the bowl

away from her and this reveals a note concealed under the

bowl (trapped between the bowl and the tray). She reacts.

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406 INT. STEVE’S FLAT. MOMENTS LATER.

Steve takes a bite out of his toast as Rogerson comes deeper

into the kitchen. She picks up items of her clothing

discarded the night before.

STEVE:

Tea? Coffee?

ROGERSON:

Got to get going.

STEVE:

(Beat.)

Okay.

ROGERSON:

Anyway. You’ve got my number.

STEVE:

Seriously, I’m making myself a

coffee ...

ROGERSON:

(Beat.)

Okay.

He starts making the coffee.

STEVE:

Milk? Sugar?

ROGERSON:

Just milk.

More awkward beats while he makes it. If only to deal with

the awkwardness, she moves to the fridge. She brings out the

milk. There’s an awkward misunderstanding as he reaches for

it before she hands it over, he brings his hand back just as

she moves it towards him.

ROGERSON:

Sorry.

STEVE:

Sorry.

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406 CONTINUED:

ROGERSON:

It’s fine, I’ll do my own.

STEVE:

Okay.

He watches her add the milk to her cup. He puts his aside and

steps towards her. She senses him just behind her. From

behind, he slips his hands round her hips and down under her

shirt. He steps in and kisses her neck. They’ll continue, but

we cut.

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406A

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

Lindsay reads the note. It says:

WE KNOW:

Lindsay looks concerned.

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