Line of Duty

PREVIOUSLY ...

Lindsay takes the call from Akers.

LINDSAY:

DI Denton.

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Lindsay gets run off the road.

Gunmen attack the convoy.

Lindsay stares through fire at the burning car.

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Lindsay turns on Kate.

LINDSAY:

People have been underestimating me

all my life.

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Lindsay is charged.

HASTINGS:

Detective Inspector Denton, I’m

arresting you for Conspiracy to

Murder.

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Lindsay gets locked up in a prison cell.

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Steve gets intimate with the witness Claire Tindall.

HASTINGS:

She was a witness. You’re saying

she was fair game?

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Steve’s tempted to linger with Lindsay at her home.

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Lindsay pleads with Steve.

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LINDSAY:

I’m innocent. You know I am.

Steve visits Lindsay.

STEVE:

I believe you.

Lindsay gets released on bail.

CAST CREDIT:

Dryden supports Hastings.

DRYDEN:

I need your guiding hand on the

tiller.

HASTINGS:

Thank you, sir.

Hastings sees CCTV of Dryden with Prasad.

Hastings listens to Prasad’s Dying Declaration.

PRASAD:

The ambush was set up by Dryden.

Hastings watches Dryden’s press conference.

DRYDEN:

This is the breakthrough we’ve

wanted.

Hastings’ eyes narrow.

CAST CREDIT:

Steve returns Lindsay to custody.

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LINDSAY:

Dryden’s the one behind this. We’ve

got to work together to get him.

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Prasad and Cole chuck Lindsay in the boot of a car.

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Lindsay turns the tables on Prasad, crushing him with the

car.

LINDSAY:

I was set up. By Dryden.

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In hospital, Prasad stonewalls AC-12.

PRASAD:

I’m not saying anything without

immunity from Prosecution.

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On tape, Tommy mentions the Caddy.

TOMMY:

The Caddy.

Cottan takes charge of that side of things.

COTTAN:

Leave that one to me.

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Cottan asks for Morton’s help.

COTTAN:

I need to tick this box. Cole was

the Caddy, right?

Morton looks unsure.

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CAST CREDIT:

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Steve and Rogerson break up.

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ROGERSON:

We can’t see each other.

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Kate marches up to her front door. She slips her key the

lock. It won’t go in. She keeps failing. She starts banging

on the door in frustration.

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Lindsay visits her mother in the nursing home.

KASIA (O.S.)

She’s had a stroke.

LINDSAY:

I’m here, mum, I’m here.

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Lindsay looks at the stripped bed where her mum lay.

LINDSAY:

I wasn’t here when she went.

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Lindsay studies Carly Kirk’s missing persons file.

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Carly appears in compromising photos of Dryden.

There are also photos of her body in a waitress’s outfit.

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A body is found.

LINDSAY:

It’s bound to be Carly.

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Mallick welcomes Lindsay back to 4th St Station after the

ambush.

MALLICK:

You’ve been through a lot. Take it

steady.

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O’Neill shoves Lindsay’s head down the toilet, while Mallick

is one of those looking on.

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WRITER CREDIT:

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More accusations fly at Dryden.

STEVE:

You set up Lindsay Denton.

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Dryden points the finger at Lindsay.

DRYDEN:

Lindsay Denton followed me that

night. She knows more than she’s

letting on.

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Hastings warns Hargreaves.

HASTINGS:

We’re coming after all the bastards

who got in our way.

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Lindsay gets bail.

JUDGE:

I grant bail.

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Lindsay gets tagged at home.

PROSECUTOR:

The defendant will be

electronically tagged.

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Lindsay sits on the sofa with Steve.

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LINDSAY:

I got rid of a cat for Mike.

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Steve studies Lindsay’s medical records. She had an abortion.

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Lindsay watches TV.

TV NEWS READER:

The suspect is believed to be

Deputy Chief Constable Mike Dryden.

She looks darkly gratified by Dryden’s downfall.

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END OF RECAP;

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EXT. CHURCH YARD. LATER THAT DAY.

This is a small church yard hosting a small private service.

The mourners, only a dozen, are mainly elderly friends of

Lindsay’s mum.

A coffin is lowered into a freshly dug grave. The headstone

reads:

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ELIZABETH ANNE DENTON

BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER

6.7.1938-9.10.13

VICAR:

Let us commend Elizabeth to the

mercy of God. We therefore commit

her body to the ground; earth to

earth, ashes to ashes, dust to

dust; in the sure and certain hope

of the Resurrection to eternal

life.

Lindsay wipes tears from her cheeks.

Her hand seeks out Steve’s. He feels her hand grip his and he

supports her, but he also registers an odd feeling of their

physical closeness.

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608B INT. GENERAL HOSPITAL. TRAUMA PRIVATE ROOM. LATER THAT DAY.

Prasad has now been moved out of an ITU setting and is

recovering from his operations. His legs are a mess of

plaster and external fixators. He has fluid running in via a

Venflon and he’s monitored.

Hastings, Cottan and Kate face Prasad. Prasad is now

accompanied by a Solicitor. The interview is recorded.

HASTINGS:

(To Solicitor.)

Anti-Corruption Unit 12 has been

authorised by the Crown Prosecutor

to offer Detective Sergeant Manish

Prasad immunity from prosecution

for Sexual Activity with a Child

and for Blackmail.

KATE:

No sex offences against Carly Kirk

-makes prison a whole lot more

tolerable.

COTTAN:

Cooperating with our investigation

gives the judge grounds for

leniency when it comes to

sentencing. You’ll need it if you

want to get out before you’re old

and grey.

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Prasad glares at them, weighing it up. His Solicitor whispers

in his ear:
“It’s a good deal.” Tense beats.

PRASAD:

Let’s give it a whirl.

HASTINGS:

Manish Prasad, you’re under arrest

on suspicion of Conspiracy to

Murder and on suspicion of the

murders of DS Akers, Sgt. Wallis

and PC Butler, the murder of DC

Jeremy Cole, and the attempted

murder of the protected witness

John Thomas Hunter. We intend to

ask you questions relating to all

these offences.

KATE:

Who killed Akers, Wallis and

Butler?

PRASAD:

They were killed by DC Jeremy Cole

and me.

KATE:

Who killed the protected witness

John Thomas Hunter and DC Georgia

Trotman at the General Hospital?

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