Line of Duty Page #13

Season #2 Episode #4
Synopsis: After a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation, Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott is transferred to AC-12, a police anti-corruption unit. Alongside Detective Constable Kate Fleming ,they are assigned to lead an investigation into the alleged corruption by a popular and successful officer, Detective Chief Inspector Tony Gates. While Gates cleverly manipulates his unit's figures, DS Arnott questions whether Gates is being made a scapegoat for a culture of institutionalized spin, or is guilty of darker corruption.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
  5 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.5
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
60 min
575 Views


Over the sound of Lindsay’s cries, Prasad drops the keys onto

the shelf between the front seats. He hits the START-STOP

button on the dash and the engine fires up; he hits the revs

to drown Lindsay out.

Prasad drives calmly away. He hears approaching sirens but

doesn’t bat an eye.

CUT TO:

468A EXT. COUNTRY ROADS. CONTINUOUS.

Prasad and Cole’s vehicle departs the scene, crossing with

two liveried police patrol vehicles and an ambulance on blue

lights and sirens heading in the opposite direction.

CUT TO:

469 INT. PASSER-BY’S VEHICLE. CONTINUOUS.

Over Cole’s radio comes a bulletin from the controller.

CONTROLLER (O.S.)

All patrols, all patrols,

observations for a female who has

escaped from custody.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

469

Lindsay Denton -- IC1 female, midto-

late 30s, tall, long dark hair.

LINE OF DUTY #2.4 Blue Revisions 19/07/13

CONTINUED:

CONTROLLER (O.S.) (CONT'D)

CUT TO:

76.

470 OMITTED

471 INT. CAR BOOT. CONTINUOUS.

Lindsay hears the bulletin from the radio.

CONTROLLER (O.S.)

All patrols, all patrols, repeat,

Lindsay Denton has escaped fromcustody.

Trapped, she struggles vainly.

CUT TO:

472 EXT. PASSER-BY’S VEHICLE. CONTINUOUS.

Seen from behind, the boot in prominent foreground, thevehicle accelerates along the country lane, out into thewilds beyond.

SMASH OUT. *

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Jed Mercurio

Jed Mercurio (born 1966) is a British television writer, producer, director and novelist. He is reported to be one of the few British script-writers to work as a U.S.-style showrunner. A former hospital physician and RAF officer, Mercurio has been ranked among UK television's leading writers by TV-industry magazine Broadcast. more…

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